Achievements

First Access Grid Node To Support Large-Scale Collaboration With Other Research Institutions 2004 The first Access Grid node was set up to support large-scale interactive collaboration with other research institutions. With its specialised integration of applications and various digital input devices, a full visual and audio experience can be reproduced

Established The First Wi-Fi Roaming Zone Among Several IHL-CIO Forum Members 2004 Established the first Wi-Fi roaming zone among several IHL-CIO forum members, enabling seamless wireless access to the IT resources offered by the home institutes when the students move from one campus to another.

Established The First CIO Forum 2004 Established the first CIO forum where all the institutes of higher learning (IHLs) in Singapore have entered into a MoU agreement for an official forum for further collaboration on IT development and management for higher education. The idea was first mooted in NUS enabling

Development Of Tera-Scale Campus Grid (TCG) With SCS Pte Ltd 2004 NUS and SCS Pte Ltd entered into a MoU agreement for the development of Tera-Scale Campus Grid (TCG) at NUS and promotion of Grid technology in the region. TCG began with 800 PCs on campus by harnessing the idle

Commissioning Of A Paperless Admission System 2004 Successfully commissioned a Paperless Admission System with integrated access to the A-Level academic records and personal particulars for the prospective students in seeking admission to the University without having to submit the data again.

Adoption Of IA 64 Technology 2004 Adoption of IA 64 technology and further expanded the cluster system to a capacity to 844.84Gflops.

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