Look forward to exciting experiences and opportunities to ignite your passion in computing @ ASR!
Through these, we hope that you will grow to become Imaginative Thinkers and Caring Leaders.
Look forward to exciting experiences and opportunities to ignite your passion in computing @ ASR!
Through these, we hope that you will grow to become Imaginative Thinkers and Caring Leaders.
In the past, we only have one such national olympiad, the National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI), which is a contest organised by NUS Computing on competitive programming (i.e. solving algorithmic problems within time and memory constraints).
This year (2025) we have two NEW national olympiads:
National Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (NOAI) organised by AI Singapore and NTU,
National Cybersecurity Olympiad (NCO) organised by NUS Computing.
As a computing student, you can seize numerous opportunities to learn more about computing!
These are just SOME of them that you can look forward to participate.
This is the largest nationwide “By Student, For Student” Computing Advocacy Program, aimed at teaching students the way of the coder. Each year (typically March, June, December), there are student conferences with different themes.
Student trainers and facilitators will conduct workshops to level up the technical skills of participants.
Do find out about the next conference on their website. Not to be missed!
BrainHack is a unique, hands-on experience into the swiftly evolving world of digital tech. Dive deep into the exciting realms of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), space technologies, app development, fake news detection, extended reality and more.
CTFs are gamified contests in the field of cybersecurity, where participants solve various 'hacking' challenges to find hidden 'flags'. They cover a wide range of areas within cybersecurity, such as:
- forensics,
- reverse engineering,
- cryptography,
- binary exploitation (pwn),
- network and web app exploitation
- open-source intelligence (OSINT)
These competitions offer a practical way to apply theoretical knowledge in a risk-free environment and encourages problem-solving and critical thinking. You can form teams to challenge yourselves in some of these CTFs...
Cyberthon (https://cyberthon.hci.edu.sg) - for all JCs and MIs
BlahajCTF (https://blahaj.sg) - mainly for secondary school and JC students
Lag and Crash (https://lagncra.sh) - for all Polytechnics, ITE and JCs
Grey Cat The Flag (https://ctf.nusgreyhats.org) - by NUS Greyhats and Division Zero
Whitehats (https://whitehacks.computing.smu.edu.sg) - by SMU Whitehats
The InfoSecurity Challenge (TISC) (https://www.csit.gov.sg/events/tisc) - by CSIT
Not only do you apply your computing skills in a practical context, working on projects that address social issues or sustainability challenges is a means where you contribute to meaningful changes. You also get to work with others collaboratively in these projects and share your innovative ideas to judges through oral presentation. Such participation demonstrates your commitment to using technology for good and reinforces your belief in your abilities.
In the past year, we have students participating in Swift Explorers (https://swiftexplorers.sg) and NUS HumanITy Challenge (https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/humanity). Some are also currently participating in the Young Lionheart Competition that works on developing solutions to promote mental wellness, as well as NUS Maritime Hackathon (https://www.maritimestudies.nus.edu.sg/maritime-hackathon-2025) to solve maritime challenges with AI and analytics.
Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT) has a scholarship specifically for Singaporean computing students in JCs and Polytechnics. It aims to encourage and nurture talents in pursuing an education and future career in the dynamic and evolving tech industry.
The scholarship includes:
Annual allowance of $1,000, tenable for two years
Learning allowance of $1,000
Experiential journey at CSIT
Do read more on their website.