IEEE HKN AY21/22 Alumni Sharing Session QnA by BENITA WONG https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85 Do input any questions you may have for the speaker :) For ease of reference, here are the alumni who will be speaking in the sharing session: Daryl (Trader @ Quantedge Capital), Terence (Data Scientist @ DSO), Vikash (Robotics Research Engineer @ Delta Electronics), Haoren (PhD student @ NUS), Xintong (Master's student @ ETH) en-us 2022-02-14 13:20:56 UTC 2025-10-22 17:22:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Feel free to post any questions you might have for the speakers :) wavbenita https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046190468 If you have a similar question to an earlier post, you may use the upvote function :)

For targeted questions, please state the specific alumni you would like to direct the questions to, otherwise, it will be treated as an open question.

Should we not have enough time to answer the questions during the sharing session, I will consolidate the remaining questions and send the responses from the alumni to the participants via email.

Thank you :)) Feel free to contact @benitawzx via tele/ the whatsapp group if you have any questions pertaining to the sharing!


]]> 2022-02-14 13:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046190468 How is it like to be a PhD student in NUS? (Workload, GA duties, etc) Is there like a direct route from graduates to PhD, or must we take MEng first? wavbenita https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046238372 2022-02-14 13:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046238372 How do you choose your career sector? Something that you did well in school or a company/sector that is predicted to grow and expand quickly? wavbenita https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046239134 2022-02-14 13:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046239134 What are the current challenges in the field you’re in? What is it like working as an intern at DSO/Quantedge? wavbenita https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046239778 2022-02-14 13:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046239778 How did you decide whether to go into academia or industry? wavbenita https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046240933 2022-02-14 13:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2046240933 What is the increment and bonus structure at your companies (and maybe PhD programme?) https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2047458983 2022-02-15 00:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2047458983 @Vikash https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2057248383 Hi Vikash, you mentioned that you did not know of your company (Delta) previously but your role sounds very interesting. May I ask how you dig deep into an industry and are able to find such lesser known opportunities?]]> 2022-02-20 12:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2057248383 To those who have started working: are you considering pursuing further studies after working for a while? https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2057252427 2022-02-20 12:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wavbenita/ajjb1j8orv57eh85/wish/2057252427