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From Super Mario Bros to a passion in computer science
15 May 2024
Childhood interest in video games sparked passion for computer science. Devansu Yadav shared his journey as a first-year Master of Computing student at ANU.
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HEXperience of a lifetime – unveiling innovative student startups
10 Apr 2024
Earlier this year, a group of ANU students travelled to HEX International Singapore, a two-week immersive program for idea-stage founders to refine their start-up ideas and learn from leaders in business, social...
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Escape Room garners teaching award, funding to expand
8 Dec 2023
Dr Bernardo Pereira Nunes has won a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Education, in part for the Escape Room he designed for teaching computer science. A separate teaching grant will facilitate the...
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We tell people how atoms move—an interview with Loong Wang
6 Dec 2023
Loong Wang’s first two tech companies were valued at nearly $2 billion when they were sold. He has founded two more since his 2021 pivot to bio-medical technology.
![Andrea Do decided to go back to school for a Master of Computing after encountering bioinformatics as a medical researcher.](/news/2023/11/14/computing-internship-leads-to-life-career-change/ml-labs-feature-image-680-final.jpg)
Computing internship leads to life, career change
14 Nov 2023
Andrea Do was working as a medical researcher when she first encountered machine learning. She decided to enrol at the School of Computing, where an internship at a fast-growing tech company changed...
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Escape Room wins funding to expand across ANU campus
1 Nov 2023
Get your thinking caps on. The Escape Room is expanding.
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Pioneering woman launches PhD with ANU Computing
4 Oct 2023
Chunyi Sun skipped a year of school during her youth in Nanjing, China and had started university a year early when a surprising swerve in her study interests led her to The...
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Medal-winning scholar takes machine learning to new heights
25 Sep 2023
Edmund Hofflin recently accepted a PhD position at Oxford University. “This will be in mathematics, focused on the background theory of artificial intelligence,” said the School of Computing’s 2022 University Medal winner....
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Pioneering Women Scholarship welcomes computing standout from Sri Lanka
20 Sep 2023
The Australian National University (ANU) is addressing underrepresentation of women in computing through a new Pioneering Women Program. We spoke to inaugural scholarship recipient Sumayya Ziyad about the award, her study journey...
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ANU alumni and entrepreneurs network in Singapore
5 Jul 2023
World-leading academics and standout students from the Australian National University (ANU) recently joined esteemed alumni and friends in Singapore at an ANU Technology and Entrepreneurship Networking event. Twenty current ANU students had applied...