CN Yang meets CN Yang

Professor Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁) had a sharing session with NTU's CN Yang Scholars on 23 June 2014 evening. Professor Yang is currently 91 years old; he received the 1957 Nobel prize award in Physics.  

Weng Fan (翁帆), who was married to Prof Yang in 2004.

Japan Kyushu Trip

About S$250 worth of Japanese snacks which Lim Min had bought. Most are given away as gifts to friends and relatives.

At the airport

Soy Sauce Factory (Marue Shoyu)

Atomic Bomb Museum

Riding the bus directly into the ferry

Kumamoto Castle

Self-made noodles

Space and Science Centre

Colourful Ice Cream

Chinoike Jigoku Hot Spring

Organised by NTU CN Yang Scholars Programme office
Total about 40+ year 1 to year 4 CN Yang Scholars
Each student pays S$976 (NTU subsidizes about S$1500 per person)
15 - 21 June
Itinerary
Day 1: Soy Sauce Factory, Asahi Beer Factory, Newpie Mayonnaise Factory
Day 2: Kyushu University, Vinegar Factory, Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park
Day 3: Kumamoto Castle, Mount Aso Ropeway, Soba Making, Chinoike Jigoku Hot Spring
Day 4: Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Space and Science Museum, Genkai Energy Park
Day 5: Eco Town, Tea Cultural Ceremony at Kokura Castle, Nissan Car Factory, Canal City

CWMI 2014 Singapore Team

Congratulations to the following students who will be representing Singapore at the China Western Mathematical Invitational (CWMI) 2014:

Bryan Wang, Year 3, HCI
Clarence Chew, Year 3, NUS High
Matthew Fan, Year 3, NUS High
Joel Tan, Year 1, NUS High
Isaac Lee, Year 2, RI
Ma Zhaoyu, Year 3, RI
Glen Lim, Year 4, RI
Eugene Lee, Year 5, RI

CGMO 2014 Singapore Team

2014年中国女子数学奥林匹克（CGMO）定于2014年8月10日至8月14日在广东省中山市华南师范大学中山附属中学举行。中国女子数学奥林匹克竞赛始于2002年，至今已举办了12届。

The following girls have been selected to represent Singapore for the 13th China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO), which will be held from 10 - 14 August 2014, at Zhongshan, Guangdong, China:

Surya Mathialagan, Year 5, NUS High
Lim Li, Year 3, NUS High
Li Anqi, Year 2, Raffles Girls' Sch (Sec)
Cindy Wang Beini, Year 3, Raffles Girls' Sch (Sec)

Congrats :)

IPhO 2014 Singapore Team and IBO 2014 Singapore Team

The 45th IPhO (International Physics Olympiad) will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 13 - 21 July 2014. Our Singapore Team comprises the following Year 6 (JC2) students:

Francis Wang Fan, NUS High

Gideon Lee, NUS High

Lim Yong Hui, RI

Chan Jau Tung, RI

Jee Kai Yen, RI 

The 25th IBO (International Biology Olympiad) will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from 5 - 13 July 2014. The following Year 6 (JC2) students are in the Singapore Team:

Qu Xinyi, NUS High

Cleon Kho Yu Xuan, HCI

Raphael Soh, RI

Timothy Sim Soon Song, ACSI

All the best to the above students! Hope you can garner 9 Gold medals for Singapore!

Playing Little Fighter 2.5

An Yu (from SMU ISM Y1 going Y2) and Wei Xiong (from NUS Math&Computing Y4 going Y5). Both are interns at Defense Science Organisation. Lim Min is currently an intern at DSO too.

Lim Jeck, Lim Min, Wei Xiong and An Yu playing Little Fighter 2.5.

SMO 2014 (Open Section) Answers

SMO 2014 Open Questions

SMO 2014 (Open Section) Answers

1. 49840
2. 120
3. 0
4. 4480
5. 3
6. 6
7. 31
8. 31340
9. 61
10. 1
11. 4
12. 220
13. 3239
14. 51
15. 4356
16. 3
17. 126
18. 3021
19. 2013
20. 270
21. 5005
22. 9
23. 16
24. 64
25. 2744

Answers are provided by Clarence Chew.

SMO (Open) Previous Years' Cut-off Points (Inclusive of Round 2 scores)
2013 Gold (26), Silver (13), Bronze (10), HM (9), Round 2 (14), Top 30 (28)
2012 Gold (21), Silver (8), Bronze (6), HM (5), Round 2 (8)
2011 Gold (18), Silver (9), Bronze (6), HM (5), Round 2 (9)
2010 Gold (38), Silver (9), Bronze (6), HM (5)
2009 Gold (27-29), Silver (9), Bronze (6), HM (5)
2008 Gold (27), Silver (11), Bronze (10), HM (6)
2007 Gold (19-20), Silver (9), Bronze (6), HM (5)

SMO 2014 (Junior Section) Answers

SMO 2014 Junior Round 1 Questions
SMO 2014 Junior Round 2 Questions

SMO 2014 (Junior Section) Answers

1. C
2. D
3. E
4. A
5. D
6. E
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. E
11. 28
12. 21
13. 60
14. 935
15. 16
16. 2017
17. 8
18. 491
19. 52
20. 4008
21. 10
22. 24
23. 2
24. 25
25. 22
26. 0 (question is wrong as x is not real!)
27. 2
28. 2500
29. 2809
30. 203
31. 5956
32. 1
33. 44
34. 144
35. 4

Initial answers are provided by a Year 1 NUS High student who does not wish to be named.

SMO (Junior) Previous Years' Cut-off Points (Inclusive of Round 2 scores)
2013 Gold (27), Silver (11), Bronze (8), HM (7), Round 2 (13), Top 30 (~50)
2012 Gold (17), Silver (8), Bronze (6), HM (5), Round 2 (8)
2011 Gold (12), Silver (9), Bronze (7), HM (6), Round 2 (11), Top 30 (~34)
2010 Gold (24), Silver (9), Bronze (8), HM (5)
2009 Gold (11), Silver (7), Bronze (6), HM (5)
2008 Gold (23), Silver (14), Bronze (11), HM (10)
2007 Gold (20), Silver (14), Bronze (11), HM (10)

SMO 2014 (Senior Section) Answers

SMO 2014 Senior Round 1 Questions

SMO 2014 Senior Round 2 Questions

SMO 2014 (Senior Section) Answers

1. D
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. 27
12. 25
13. 225
14. 90
15. 2
16. 95
17. 21
18. 8
19. 270
20. 7
21. 66
22. 3
23. 5
24. 4
25. 16
26. 1
27. 2046
28. 42
29. 1
30. 74
31. 60480
32. 9
33. 2
34. 2034
35. 10

Credits to Clarence Chew for providing the initial answers.

SMO (Senior) Previous Years' Cut-off Points (Inclusive of Round 2 scores)
2013 Gold (13), Silver (8), Bronze (6), HM (5), Round 2 (~8), Top 30 (~26)
2012 Gold (24), Silver (11), Bronze (8), HM (7), Round 2 (11)
2011 Gold (21), Silver (15), Bronze (10), HM (9), Round 2 (~15), Top 30 (27)
2010 Gold (26), Silver (10), Bronze (7), HM (6)
2009 Gold (19-23), Silver (10), Bronze (7), HM (6)
2008 Gold (27-28), Silver (15), Bronze (10), HM (9)
2007 Gold (29-30), Silver (16), Bronze (12), HM (10)

NTU 2013/2014 Semester 2 Exam Results

Lim Min's NTU Year 1 Semester 2 results. Her semestral GPA is 5.0 and cGPA is 4.91.

Year 3 Semester 1 Progress Report

Lim Li's Year 3 Semester 1 results are as follows:

BL3105 General Botany A
CL3101 Chinese 3A B+
CM3107 Advanced Chemistry I A
CS3203 Basic Procedural Programming A-
CS3205 Informatics Olympiad Training A+
EC3101 Introduction to Economics A
EL3103 Introduction to Expositions -In progress-
MA3114 Advanced Mathematics I A+
PC3110 Mechanics -In progress-
PC3200 Introductory Physics Olympiad A

Semestral Grade Point Average (GPA): 4.8
Cumulative Average Point (CAP): 4.9

Graduation Parade of the 154th Intake of PNS Full-Time Officers Basic Course

Graduation Parade on 19 May 2014

Lim Jeck, last row, 4th from left

Lim Jeck, 3rd row, centre

Lim Jeck will be posted to the Special Operations Command (SOC), starting 26 May 2014. His vocation is Station Security Officer. Previously as a trainee, he received a monthly allowance of S$480 per month. Now, he will receive a monthly allowance of S$550 (Corporal allowance) plus S$100 (Operational allowance for Station Security Officer). (Afternote: Lim Jeck has been transferred to Internal Security Department, with effect from 1 July 2014)

IChO 2014 Singapore Team

The 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) will be held in Hanoi - Vietnam from 20 - 29 July 2014.

Singapore Team representatives are as follows:
Sun Jiarui, Raffles Institution
Lawrence Wong Wen Jun, Raffles Institution
Chen Xi, Raffles Institution
Brandon Tan Kai Jie, NUS High

Congratulation to them!

IOI 2014 Singapore Team

The 26th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) will be held in Taiwan, Taipei from 13 - 20 July 2014.

The following students will form the 2014 IOI Singapore Team:

Feng Jiahai,  Raffles Institution Year 4
Mark Theng Kwang Hui,  Hwa Chong Institution Year 6 (IOI 2013 Silver)
Wu Xin Yu,  Raffles Institution Year 6
Ranald Lam Yun Shao,  Raffles Institution Year 6 (IOI 2013 Silver, IOI 2012 Bronze)

Congratulations!!

IMO 2014 Singapore Team

The 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 3 to 13 July 2014.

The Singapore IMO 2014 Team comprises the following:

David Lin, Raffles Institution Year 5 (IMO 2013 Silver)
Liu Yijia, Raffles Institution Year 4 (IMO 2013 Silver)
Tan Siah Yong, Raffles Institution Year 5 (IMO 2013 Silver)
Dylan Toh, NUS High Year 2
Sheldon Kieren Tan, Raffles Institution Year 4
Ling Yan Hao, NUS High Year 6 (IMO 2013 Silver, IMO 2012 Silver)

Congratulations to the above students! Hope you will do Singapore proud in IMO 2014!!

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Euler Mathematics Competition 2014 Prize Presentation

Final results of Euler's Mathematics Competition 2014 are here.

Lim Jeck has emerged as the Winner.
With him is Dr Fedor Duzhin from NTU, organiser of the Euler Mathematics Competition.

Lim Min got an Honourable Mention.

Pizza party after the prize presentation

Left: Jit Wu's 3rd prize Apple iPod Shuffle worth S$68
Right: Lim Jeck's 1st prize Apple Pebble Bluetooth Smartwatch for iPhone and Android worth S$249

The Euler Mathematics Competition 2014 questions are here. Lim Jeck's solutions are below.

NTU SPMS Mathematical Sciences (MAS)

Lim Min is featured in the NTU SPMS Mathematical Sciences booklet

NTU Exam Welfare Package (EWP) 2014

From School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

From CN Yang Scholars Programme

From Hall 14

Graduate Employment Survey 2013 (Published 2014)

Taken from Salary.sg

By Average Gross Monthly Salaries (in brackets are the 75th-percentile salaries)

1. SMU Law (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – $5,617 (6,400)
2. SMU Law (4-years programme) – $5,246 (6,000)
3. NUS Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) – $5,099 (5,800)
4. NUS YLL Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – $4,741 (5,200)
5. NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery – $4,106 (4,400)
6. SMU Business Management (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,975 (4,100)
7. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) – $3,953 (4,000)
8. SMU Information Systems Management (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,862 (4,000)
9. SMU Economics (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,820 (4,000)
10. NTU NBS Accountancy and Business – $3,727 (4,000)
11. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) – $3,653 (3,970)
12. SMU Accountancy (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,634 (3,750)
13. NTU NBS Business and Computing – $3,615 (4,100)
14. NUS Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Hons) – $3,540 (3,750)
15. NTU Aerospace Engineering – $3,536 (3,816)
16. SMU Business Management (4-years programme) – $3,520 (3,750)
17. SMU Economics (4-years programme) – $3,513 (3,800)
18. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – $3,512 (3,800)
19. NTU NIE Arts (with Education) – $3,506 (3,575)
20. NTU NIE Science (with Education) – $3,478 (3,800)
21. SMU Information Systems Management (4-years programme) – $3,468 (3,800)
22. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) – $3,397 (3,800)
23. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Communications and Media) – $3,377 (3,425)
24. NTU Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering – $3,377 (3,800)
25. NTU Computer Engineering – $3,374 (3,600)
26. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) – $3,359 (3,644)
27. SMU Accountancy (4-years programme) – $3,342 (3,430)
28. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) – $3,334 (3,600)
29. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) – $3,322 (3,800)
30. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce) – $3,320 (3,553)
31. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) – $3,319 (3,500)
32. NTU Computer Science – $3,306 (3,600)
33. SMU Social Sciences (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,267 (3,781)
34. NTU Mathematical Science – $3,262 (3,500)
35. NTU Mechanical Engineering – $3,226 (3,500)
36. NUS Bachelor of Science (Hons) – $3,217 (3,500)
37. NTU NBS Business (3-yr direct Honours Programme) – $3,214 (3,500)
38. NUS Bachelor of Social Sciences – $3,210 (3,500)
39. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) – $3,208 (3,500)
40. NTU Physics / Applied Physics – $3,208 (3,400)
41. NTU Information Engineering and Media – $3,203 (3,400)
42. NTU Electrical and Electronic Engineering – $3,187 (3,440)
43. NTU Civil Engineering – $3,182 (3,380)
44. NTU English – $3,179 (3,400)
45. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) – $3,169 (3,260)
46. NTU Bioengineering – $3,166 (3,365)
47. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Hons) – $3,154 (3,500)
48. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) – $3,154 (3,300)
49. SMU Social Sciences (4-years programme) – $3,150 (3,320)
50. NTU Economics – $3,148 (3,545)
51. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) – $3,143 (3,200)
52. NTU Environmental Engineering – $3,140 (3,300)
53. NTU Maritime Studies – $3,111 (3,200)
54. NTU Materials Engineering – $3,096 (3,300)
55. NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – $3,083 (3,400)
56. NTU Sociology – $3,082 (3,310)
57. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Bioengineering) – $3,068 (3,250)
58. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration – $3,062 (3,370)
59. NTU Psychology – $3,061 (3,255)
60. NTU Mathematics & Economics – $3,059 (3,500)
61. NUS YLL Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons) – $3,042 (3,200)
62. NUS Bachelor of Science (Project and Facilities Management) – $3,025 (3,200)
63. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design) – $3,023 (3,000)
64. NTU Biological Sciences – $3,002 (3,250)
65. NUS Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) – $2,988 (3,179)
66. NTU Sports Science and Management – $2,985 (3,400)
67. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science) – $2,960 (3,150)
68. NTU Communication Studies – $2,956 (3,250)
69. NTU NBS Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours Programme) – $2,938 (2,900)
70. NUS Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) – $2,925 (3,255)
71. NTU Chinese – $2,924 (3,300)
72. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) – $2,922 (3,018)
73. NUS Bachelor of Arts – $2,888 (3,080)
74. NUS YLL Bachelor of Science (Nursing) – $2,886 (3,050)
75. NTU Biomedical Sciences (Traditional Chinese Medicine) – $2,883 (3,000)
76. NUS Bachelor of Science – $2,804 (3,000)
77. NTU Linguistics And Multilingual Studies – $2,725 (3,018)
78. NTU Art, Design & Media – $2,638 (2,900)

By Permanent Employment Rate (in brackets are the median salaries)

1. SMU Law (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – 100.0% (5,547)
2. SMU Law (4-years programme) – 100.0% (5,000)
3. NUS YLL Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – 100.0% (4,500)
4. NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery – 100.0% (4,000)
5. NTU NIE Arts (with Education) – 100.0% (3,498)
6. NTU NIE Science (with Education) – 100.0% (3,498)
7. NUS YLL Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons) – 100.0% (3,025)
8. NUS Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) – 98.2% (5,000)
9. NUS YLL Bachelor of Science (Nursing) – 97.5% (2,950)
10. NUS Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) – 97.3% (2,900)
11. NUS Bachelor of Science (Project and Facilities Management) – 96.8% (3,000)
12. NUS Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Hons) – 96.4% (3,500)
13. NTU NBS Accountancy and Business – 96.1% (3,350)
14. NTU NBS Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours Programme) – 95.7% (2,700)
15. NTU Aerospace Engineering – 95.3% (3,500)
16. SMU Accountancy (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – 95.2% (3,000)
17. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) – 94.4% (2,800)
18. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) – 94.1% (3,050)
19. SMU Economics (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – 94.0% (3,600)
20. SMU Business Management (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – 93.8% (3,580)
21. NTU Civil Engineering – 93.8% (3,100)
22. NTU Maritime Studies – 93.3% (3,000)
23. SMU Accountancy (4-years programme) – 93.2% (2,825)
24. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) – 92.4% (3,200)
25. SMU Information Systems Management (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – 90.9% (3,800)
26. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – 90.3% (3,200)
27. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) – 90.0% (3,175)
28. NTU Mathematics & Economics – 89.6% (3,000)
29. SMU Information Systems Management (4-years programme) – 89.5% (3,300)
30. NTU Mechanical Engineering – 89.5% (3,100)
31. NUS Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) – 89.2% (2,900)
32. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) – 88.9% (2,700)
33. NTU Electrical and Electronic Engineering – 88.7% (3,100)
34. SMU Economics (4-years programme) – 88.6% (3,339)
35. NTU Computer Science – 88.5% (3,125)
36. NTU Biomedical Sciences (Traditional Chinese Medicine) – 88.4% (2,807)
37. NTU Computer Engineering – 88.2% (3,175)
38. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) – 88.0% (3,200)
39. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) – 87.9% (3,000)
40. NTU NBS Business and Computing – 87.5% (3,400)
41. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) – 87.5% (3,110)
42. SMU Business Management (4-years programme) – 87.3% (3,200)
43. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) – 87.2% (3,225)
44. NTU NBS Business (3-yr direct Honours Programme) – 85.7% (3,000)
45. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) – 85.6% (3,200)
46. NTU Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering – 85.1% (3,200)
47. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) – 83.9% (3,005)
48. NTU Mathematical Science – 83.7% (3,000)
49. NTU Economics – 83.5% (3,000)
50. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) – 83.3% (3,425)
51. SMU Social Sciences (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – 83.3% (3,200)
52. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce) – 83.3% (3,080)
53. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration – 81.7% (3,000)
54. NTU Environmental Engineering – 81.5% (3,000)
55. NTU Linguistics And Multilingual Studies – 81.3% (2,625)
56. NTU Chinese – 80.5% (3,000)
57. SMU Social Sciences (4-years programme) – 79.8% (3,000)
58. NTU Information Engineering and Media – 79.6% (3,200)
59. NTU Communication Studies – 79.6% (3,000)
60. NTU Materials Engineering – 78.9% (3,000)
61. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Communications and Media) – 77.8% (3,050)
62. NUS Bachelor of Social Sciences – 76.8% (3,200)
63. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science) – 75.9% (3,000)
64. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Hons) – 74.6% (3,200)
65. NUS Bachelor of Science (Hons) – 74.0% (3,100)
66. NTU Psychology – 71.8% (3,000)
67. NUS Bachelor of Arts – 70.1% (2,800)
68. NTU Physics / Applied Physics – 69.2% (3,300)
69. NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – 68.9% (3,100)
70. NTU Bioengineering – 68.8% (3,125)
71. NTU Biological Sciences – 68.1% (3,000)
72. NTU English – 67.3% (3,100)
73. NUS Bachelor of Science – 65.1% (2,800)
74. NTU Art, Design & Media – 61.4% (2,500)
75. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Bioengineering) – 60.0% (3,000)
76. NTU Sports Science and Management – 59.1% (3,000)
77. NTU Sociology – 55.8% (3,100)
78. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design) – 53.6% (2,650)