Author Clifton Phua

Accounting fraud is the manipulation or misstatement of a company’s financial statements to create an illusion of strong financial health. This type of fraud boosts investor or shareholder confidence—when in fact the company could be in poor financial health with liquidity or solvency issues. There are several ways of falsifying financial statements to paint a more rosy picture such as…

Introduction Cyber and malware analysts have a critical role in detecting and mitigating cyberattacks. These professions are highly skilled in programming, complex tools, and investigations. They are termed unicorns because they are so rare. Experienced ones are hard to find and retain, and typically swarmed with ad-hoc requests. A reliable partner for cybersecurity analysts is AI and machine learning. There…

In the spring of 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) did what it thought was a good thing: It offered $10,000 to small businesses struggling with the impact of COVID-19. All applicants had to do was fill out a short form and attest that they had at least 10 employees, and the money would arrive in a few days.…

Background As of April 19, 2020, Taiwan has one of the lowest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world at 419 cases1, of which 189 cases have recovered. The major infection clusters in March 2020 are imported from two major regions such as the United States and United Kingdom. These imported clusters are unlikely to cause local transmissions, since…

Our Objective We want to predict the days-to-recovery (or days-to-discharge) of a COVID-19 patient at time of diagnosis, especially if it is a mild case. While COVID-19 is a global pandemic, thousands have recovered from it and are no longer infectious. For many who may not be feeling sick despite being COVID-19 positive, one of the key questions on their…

Updated: April 5, 2020 This follow up study was conducted 2 weeks after the first study (see below) and some key statistics are: 161% increase in cases: 1189 known COVID-19 cases in entire Singapore Higher proportion of cases being hospitalized, despite limiting non-essential gatherings: 74.5% are in hospital, 0.5% (6 patients) have died, and 25% have recovered More local transmissions…

Shark Tank is a well-known entrepreneurial-themed reality TV show in the United States that has become popular for several reasons: it inspires potential entrepreneurs, teaches lessons about entrepreneurship and it’s entertaining. For the startup founders presenting on Shark Tank, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to, hopefully, secure a Shark investment in their startups. Likewise, the investing Sharks, who themselves are…