Computer Science & Information Systems

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#SUSTHACK – The Hackathon Approach to Sustainable Development

#SUSTHACK – The Hackathon Approach to Sustainable Development

By Professor Ts. Dr -Ing. Lau Sian Lun
The Department of Computing and Information Systems under the guidance of Professor Lau Sian Lun received a project funding worth 32,000 € (approximately RM148,000) from the Finnish National Agency for Education Asia programme.
Teaching Online During Pandemic

Teaching Online During Pandemic

By Associate Professor Teh Phoey Lee
From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching has shifted from the traditional face-to-face in-class interaction to being completely online where the interaction was done through the various software platforms. The author shares some of the platforms she has tried and tested. How to perform the…

Amplifying Our Strengths Using Technology

Early last month, Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin was quoted as saying that the labour market condition could face another challenging situation in upcoming months.
Fennie Lee: The Perfect Balance

Fennie Lee: The Perfect Balance

This Sunway University valedictorian has built her career from the ground up, successfully balancing work and play. Since graduating with a computer science degree, Fennie has moved up the corporate ladder with much élan. Epitomizing the values of a Sunway University graduate, Fennie shares her…
Sunway University’s Startup Foundry Elective Course – Strengthening the Student Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and Fuelling Startup Success on Campus

No Fees, No Teachers and No Classrooms: Sunway Launches 42KL, Malaysia’s First Such Coding School

42 is the first in the world to offer peer-to-peer learning and is completely merit-based. The only requirement is that students must be above 18 years old. This ground-breaking coding school has a disruptive educational model as it has no tuition fees, no teachers, and no traditional classrooms.…
Alumni - Associate Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Alumni - Associate Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

In 2015, I started my degree at Sunway University and became one of the Microsoft Student Partners (MSP).
Computing Students Selected to MMSA 2020 Program

Computing Students Selected to MMSA 2020 Program

Bachelor of Science (Honours) Information Systems (Business Analytics) students, Chan Wei Chee, Chan Wei Wei…
The Power of Deep Reinforcement Learning

The Power of Deep Reinforcement Learning

By Professor Yau Kok Lim
When IBM’s “Deep Blue” beat Garry Kasparov in the mid 90’s, it was the first time in history that a computer had defeated the World chess champion. Then in 2016, Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo defeated Lee Sedol, one of the best players of the strategy board game, Go, as well as a host of other Go world…
Data Science Degree for 21st-Century Careers

Data Science Degree for 21st-Century Careers

Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) is an age in which new disruptive technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and three-dimensional (3D) printing, are altering the way we live, work, learn, and communicate. This new wave of change is not the first…
Preparing for Advanced AI, Safely

Preparing for Advanced AI, Safely

Recent progress in advanced information technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are all very exciting and point to a new world in which life and work should become easier in the future. Cars that drive and park themselves, robots that perform surgery better than humans, and…