Perception

[Note: This entry was written for the module, CS3216]
Teamwork is a concept that is continuously expounded, and in the Second Lecture it was touched on briefly as an elementary yet critical foundation in software engineering. Like most concepts, the idea of forging interpersonal cooperation is easily digested in theory, but in practice, every team is [...]

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[Note: This entry was written for the module, CS3216]
A question posed to Professor Ben in the First Lecture was “What is success?”. If it was meant to falter him, it was an amusing and cheeky endeavour. Else, it was a question that was much too vague and without context.
Professor Ben answers the question with an [...]

Tags: Ben Leong, CS3216

The first week of the term is over, and it’s been the busiest first week I’ve ever had in my four semesters in school. Most of my time has been taken up by a single module, CS3216 (and quite expectedly so), and that’s mostly because it’s easily the only module I’ve been passionate about. I [...]

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[Note: This entry was written for the module, CS3216]
One of the most common mistakes in any endeavour is doing more than necessary. This doesn’t sound particularly bad on the surface, but at times, overdoing something can have detrimental effects that hamper the objectives of the initial endeavour.
Two subsets of the above behaviour are redundancy and [...]

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The new year began with the familiar feeling the previous one did, that of worry and anxiety involving selecting modules for the upcoming school term. Despite trying to plan for the semester beforehand, complications always arise during CORS bidding with exam date clashes and what not. Besides the study break and examination period, these two [...]

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