NUS MSBA Student Nicholas Ang Wins AI Trailblazers Innovation Award 2023
Back NUS-NCS Innovation Challenge 2024 – Enablement Session at NUS In July 2023, the AI Trailblazers initiative was launched through a collaborative effort involving the Ministry of Communications and Information, Digital Industry Singapore, Smart Nation Singapore, and Google Cloud. As part of this initiative, 84 businesses and government agencies in Singapore developed over 100 Generative […]
Beyond Excel-lence in the business of analytics
Back NUS MSBA Graduate Class of 2021, Tommy Kangdra To the uninitiated, analytics might seem like a dry subject. Practitioners might have a reputation for being more comfortable with numbers, formulae, predictive models, and computers than with people. Analytics business units might be seen as non-revenue-generating, and therefore less important than other departments such as […]
From Finance to Analytics: Preparing for a data revolution
The modern world runs on data. A vast ocean of it exists, waiting to be tapped on. For businesses and individuals who are able to collect this data and use them to their advantage, the opportunities seem limitless. Just ask Rachel Sng, who has recently joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) Master of Science […]
MSBA Alumnus Liu Peng Receives Best Graduate Researcher Award 2020
Liu Peng, MSBA alumnus, AY14/15, currently pursuing PhD at NUS, received the Best Graduate Researcher Award 2020 organised by Faculty of Science, NUS on 15 July 2020. The award aims to promote and recognize the research excellence of graduate students in the Faculty of Science, NUS and only one Best Graduate Researcher Award is given […]
From oil driller to “data driller”
After completing her PhD in engineering and working nearly five years in a then stable and robust oil and gas industry, Li Fengzi’s career was progressing steadily. But when a severe market downturn shook the sector, she came to the stark realisation that optimising technologies is crucial for companies to be future-ready. This began a […]
MSBA alumni wins in Ernst and Young’s (EY) Better begins with you (BBWY)
Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) alumnus, Zhang Kaixiang led a project stream team to emerge ASEAN Regional Winner, after a 6 month nomination judging process. His project team was also one of the global finalist out of 270,000 employees for Pursuing Innovation during the Ernst and Young’s (EY) Better begins with you (BBWY). […]
A remarkable experience
26-year-old Shivam Bansal described his journey in the NUS Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) programme to be one that had “completely met his expectations”. Prior to enrolling into the programme, Shivam was a lead data scientist who built and developed analytics products for the insurance domain. With 5 years of working experience in […]
Landing a dream job through business analytics
When Tang Han first applied for the NUS Masters of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) programme, she had no relevant experience and was armed only with a strong interest in big data and machine learning. A career path in business analytics may seem like an exclusive one tailored to computing geniuses or professionals with relevant […]
Broaden your horizons
Pursuing further studies can often be nerve wrecking, but for Vincent Lee Jun Sheng, a full-time student of NUS Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) programme, it has been a transformative experience. After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering, he worked as a Product Support Engineer at OSIsoft, a software company that develops […]
Connecting analytics to business
After graduating with a Mechanical Engineering degree, finding a job in the world of analytics was the last thing Abhishek Roy expected. However, the opportunity with Mu Sigma, an analytics company in India intrigued and inspired him to improve his quantitative skills and understanding of machine learning. “Leveraging the smartest analytics solutions is the core […]