2003-achievements

NUS Establishes The First Internet Point of Presence (PoP) In Seattle 2003 NUS established the first Internet Point of Presence (PoP) in Seattle, enabling a low latency and congestion free Internet transmission to and from the United States and the associated routing partners.

Launch Of Central Online Registration Systems (CORS) 2003 Launched a unique Central Online Registration Systems (CORS), featuring an innovative process of online bidding for modules by students in a broad-based curriculum adopted by the University. The innovative system ensures fairness in module allocation and optimal use of teaching resources.

First Grid Computing System Developed 2003 The first Grid computing system (PC Grid with 120 PCs) was developed. The combination of Grid and cluster implementation had further boosted the computing capacity by another 3 folds (593.80Gflops).

Computer Centre Certified As A Member Of FIRST 2003 Computer Centre certified as a member of FIRST (Forum of Incident Response Security Teams), an established and renowned International consortium

Commissioning Of A Campus-wide Examination And Class Timetable Schedule System 2003 Successfully commissioned a campus-wide Examination and Class Timetable Schedule System, enabling optimal use of institutional resources and resulting in significant time savings in the scheduling of the timetable.