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NUS ECE Students Win Second Prize at Intel Cup 2026 with On-Device AI Assistant for Visually Impaired Users
A team of NUS students has won Second Prize at the Intel Cup 2026 Undergraduate Embedded System Design Competition, held in Shanghai in July 2026, for their project EdgeSight, an on-device visual-language assistant designed to support visually impaired users. The team comprises Ms. Badrinath Sandhya (Year 3, Electrical Engineering), Mr. Chan Zun Mun Terence (Year 4, Computer Engineering), and Ms. Hsu Myat Noe (Year 3, Computer Science). The project was supervised by Dr Rajesh Panicker from the NUS Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).
ECE Research on Location Privacy in Direct-to-Cell LEO Satellite Networks Receives Distinguished Paper Award at USENIX Security ’26
Research by ECE PhD student Mr. Shi Quan, under the supervision of Professor Biplab Sikdar, has received a Distinguished Paper Award at the 35th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security ’26) for the paper “LPG: Raise Your Location Privacy Game in Direct-to-Cell LEO Satellite Networks.”
ECE Team Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE EMBC 2026
An ECE research team comprising Shao Yurui, Assoc Prof Arthur Tay, Assoc Prof Heng Chun Huat and Dr Yen Shih-Cheng has received the Best Paper Award at the 2026 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2026) for their paper, “Learning Temporal Dependencies of Gait Cycles for Freezing of Gait Prediction.”
NUS ECE Research Led by Prof Ang Kah Wee Recognised as Nanoscale Horizons 2025 Outstanding Review
A research review led by Professor Ang Kah Wee from the NUS Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has been recognised as a Nanoscale Horizons 2025 Outstanding Review winner.
NUS IEEE-HKN SMD Reflow and PCB Design Workshops
On 3 August, the NUS IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Chapter conducted two exciting workshops for the NUS CDE community as part of the Innovation and Design Programme’s Week 0 Hands-on Workshops.
Professor Dipti Srinivasan Receives IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence Outstanding Paper Award
Professor Dipti Srinivasan from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has received the Outstanding Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence for the paper, “SpinalNet: Deep Neural Network with Gradual Input.”
From Classmates to Changemakers: NUS EE Class of 1996 Celebrates 30 Years of Friendship with a Lasting Gift to Future Engineers
Nearly 80 alumni and guests gathered on 11 July 2026 to celebrate the 30th Reunion of the National University of Singapore (NUS) Electrical Engineering Class of 1996. Held at Eureka Taste, a restaurant owned by an EE96 alumnus, the evening was a joyful homecoming marked by laughter, shared memories and renewed friendships.
NUS ECE Graduate Student Wins Best Poster Award at the 2026 International Workshop on Ising Machine
Mr. Shuhan Yang, a graduate student from the research group of Professor Hyunsoo Yang at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the Best Poster Award at the 2026 International Workshop on Ising Machine.
NUS ECE Peer Tutoring Scheme Appreciation Ceremony for AY25/26 Semester 2
On 15 April, the IEEE-HKN NUS Chapter organised an Appreciation Ceremony to express our heartfelt gratitude to the peer tutors of the AY2025/26 Semester 2 NUS ECE Peer Tutoring Scheme.




