IBO Challenge 2020 Singapore Team Results

IBO2020 in Nagasaki is cancelled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.  Instead, a remotely-conducted competition (IBO Challenge 2020) was held.

Full Results

Singapore Team Results

Gold - Dewey Lin Ziwei, RI
Silver - Kate Lu, RI
Silver - Qiu Xinzhi, NUSH
Silver - Tan Cheng Yat, NUSH

IOI 2020 Singapore Team

The 32nd International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) will be held in Singapore from 13 to 19 September 2020. Due to Covid19, the participants will compete online in their own countries. IOI 2020 will be hosted by the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing.

The IOI 2020 Singapore Team comprises the following students:

Team 1
Tan Si Jie, NUSH Year 4
Ashley Aragorn Khoo, NUSH Year 4
Benson Lin Zhan Li, HCI Year 6 (IOI 2019 Bronze)
Daniel Choo Zhenghao, RI Year 5 (IOI 2019)

Team 2
Lim Rui Yuan, NUSH Year 5
Shen Xing Yang, NUSH Year 4
Daniel Toh Jing En, NUSH Year 4
Adriel Tan Jean Ren, NUSH Year 6

Henderson Waves Trail and The Southern Ridges

APIO 2020 Singapore Team Results

Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) 2020 was held in Indonesia, 15 - 16 August 2020. The participants competed online in their own countries. The Closing Ceremony was held on 21 August.

Full Results

Singapore Team Results

Silver - Benson Lin, HCI
Bronze - Daniel Choo, RI
Bronze - Tan Si Jie, NUSH
Bronze - Ashley Aragorn Khoo, NUSH
Bronze - Lim Rui Yuan, NUSH
Bronze - Leong Eu-Shaun, RI

NUS 2020/2021 Semester 1 Modules

Lim Li is taking the following modules this semester:

CS3203 Software Engineering Project
GET1004 Cyber Security
LAJ2202 Japanese 3
MA3236 Non-Linear Programming
MA4270 Data Modelling and Computation
ST2132 Mathematical Statistics

Shopee Code League 2020 Results

Shopee Code League is a 2-month online coding challenge consisting of a series of competitions, online algorithm questions and online training workshops open to all students and professionals across the region.

Team Mushroom: Pang Wen Yuen, Zhang Guang Xuan, Chang Si Yuan, Lim Li

Team puppycats: Chua Anlong, Ang Zhi Yuan, Bay Wei Heng, Lim Jeck

Imperial Mathematics Competition 2020 Results

Full Results

NOI 2020 Results

Full Results

NOI 2020 Top Contestants and Top Schools Results

Top 4 Contestants
1. Tan Si Jie, NUSH
2. Ashley Aragorn Khoo, NUSH
3. Toh Jing En Daniel, NUSH
4. Shen Xing Yang, NUSH

Top Secondary School Students
1. Evan Lim Hong Jun, RI
2. Huang Qirui, HCI

Top Female Medalist
Jamie Lim Jia Sin, NUSH

Youngest Medalist
Saw Ze Dong, DHS

Top Junior Colleges
1. NUSH
2. RI

Top Secondary Schools
1. NUSH
2. RI

IChO 2020 Singapore Team Results

Full IChO 2020 Results

IChO 2020 Singapore Team Results

Gold - Sean Leong, NUSH
Gold - Windle Charles Jordi, RI
Gold - Jovan Liau Yi Jun, NUSH
Silver - Ngwan Teng Wei, RI

Congratulations!

NUSH Class of 2017 in NUS Faculty Distribution

About 92 from NUSH Class of 2017 (Cohort size 165) have joined NUS. Apparently, a large % has joined School of Computing (27.2% NUSH vs 9.7% NUS). To check NUSH Class of 2017 University Destinations (both local and overseas universities), click here.

NUSH Class of 2013 Friends Gathering and PhD destinations

Interestingly, all 6 of them will be pursuing PhD: (from left)
Wei Hao (MIT, Chemistry)
Jun Fu (Oxford, Chemistry)
Lim Jeck (Caltech, Mathematics)
Jit Wu (Harvard, Mathematics)
Anlong (MIT, Mathematics)
Sean (Cambridge, Physics)

Besides the above, quite a number of NUSH Class of 2013 alumni are also pursuing PhD:
Zijian (Cambridge, Engineering)
Hansol (Max Planck, Physics)
Ian Foo (Caltech, Physics)
Daryl Jude (UCB, Bioengineering)
Nikhil (Clemson, Materials Engineering)
Aristotle (UK?)
Muhammad Arif (NUS, Physics)
Jonathan Lau (NUS, Physics)
Glenn Quek (NUS, Chemistry)
Kyra Wang (SUTD)

Quite a feat for a small cohort of just 200 students!

With Compliments from Google Singapore

Received today

Received on 13 June

Leftmost t-shirt was received on 16 June. code jam t-shirts were won from Code Jam competitions

From Google Singapore

Google Singapore is quite a generous and caring employer! Lim Li has been working from home for her internship with Google Singapore since the beginning of her summer break. So far Google has delivered to her a computer notebook, console, intern T-shirts, backpack, caps, google spectacles, etc., and just yesterday, a box of snacks (see above image).

IMO 2020 Singapore Team

The 61st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) will be held from 16 - 26 September 2020. It will be a virtual event due to Covid-19. It will be hosted by the State Pedagogical University of Russia (Herzen University).

Singapore Team comprises the following students:
(not in order of ranking)
Aloysius Ng Yangyi, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Silver)
David Toh Hui Kai, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Silver)
Tan Wee Kean, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Silver)
Tan Xu Chen, RI Year 6 (IMO 2019 Silver)
Low Choo Ray, RI Year 5
Hu Xinghui, RGS Year 4

Congratulations!

Cambridge Part III Results

2020 Alibaba Global Math Competition Results

Alibaba Global Math Competition

Jit Wu from NUS won US$20,000! Congrats!

CS3235 Outstanding Performance

Lim Li has scored full marks for CS3235

Singapore Schools' Oxbridge Applications, Offers & Acceptances in 2019 Admission Cycle

'2019 Admission Cycle' refers to applications made from September 2018 onwards for admission to courses starting in October 2019 or by deferred entry for courses starting after 2019.

	2019 Admission Cycle		Cambridge				Oxford
	UCAS Sch ID		Applns	Offers	Acceptances		Applns	Offers	Acceptances
	45126	Tanglin Trust School	9	<3	<3		11	3 (27%)	3 (27%)
	45199	HCI	78	29 (37%)	24 (31%)		66	15 (23%)	13 (20%)
	45681	ACSI	67	20 (30%)	17 (25%)		61	11 (18%)	8 (13%)
	45769	NUSH	29	11 (38%)	7 (24%)		10	5 (50%)	4 (40%)
	45777	DHS	18	9 (50%)	8 (44%)		14
	46015	RVHS	9	3 (33%)	<3		11
	47033	UWCSEA Dover	7	<3	<3		37	9 (24%)	9 (24%)
	48055	TJC	4	<3	<3		5	3 (60%)	3 (60%)
	48056	RI	99	35 (35%)	24 (24%)		128	31 (24%)	22 (17%)
	48058	NJC	17	5 (29%)	4 (24%)		23	8 (35%)	5 (22%)
	48091	VJC	16	4 (25%)	3 (23%)		27	3 (11%)	3 (11%)

Note: only schools with 5 or more applicants to Cambridge/Oxford, and with 3 or more offers, are shown.

Sources: Cambridge, Oxford

For statistics on admission cycles 2018 and earlier, refer to an earlier post here

NUS 2019/2020 Semester 2 Exam Results

Lim Li's NUS Year 2 Semester 2 Exam Results

^CS3235 A+
^CS3243 A
^CS4231 A+
#LAJ2201 B+ (S/U option exercised)
#MA2101S A- (S/U option exercised)
#MA3233 A+
#PC1432 A+

^account for CS CAP
#account for MA CAP
*account for both CS CAP and MA CAP

CAP for Computer Science (CS): 4.90
CAP for Mathematics (MA): 4.84

Google Code Jam 2020 Round 3 Results

Google Code Jam 2020 Round 3 Results

Singapore's Results

Rank nickname (real name), score
#57 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 36
#99 shenxy13 (Shen Xing Yang), 23
#163 btzy (Bernard Teo), 17
#195 errorgorn (Ashley Aragorn Khoo), 17
#205 mzy (Ma Zhaoyu), 17
#304 jacobtpl (Jacob Teo), 12
#355 lichenkoh (Koh Li Chen), 12
#375 bayweiheng (Bay Wei Heng), 12
#419 fenwicktree, 12
#458 czxcjx, 12
#489 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 10
#515 Zheyuan (Yu Zheyuan), 4
#566 limli (Lim Li), 4
#580 pwypeanut (Pang Wen Yuen), 4
#616 SmileyFace (Zhang Guang Xuan), 4