Lin Hsin Hsin () is an IT inventor, artist, poet and composer from Singapore, deeply rooted in mathematics and information technology. Early life and education Lin was born in Singapore. She graduated in mathematics from the University of Singapore and received a postgraduate degree in computer science from Newcastle University, England. She studied music and art in Singapore, printmaking at the University of Ulster, papermaking in Ogawamachi, Japan and paper conservation at the University of Melbourne Conservation Services. Career Lin is a digital native. Lin builds paradigm shift & patent-grade inventions.She is an IT visionary some 20 years ahead of time, who pens her IT vision in computing, poems, and paintings. In 1976, Lin painted "Distillation of an Apple", an oil painting claimed to visualised the construction and usage of Apple computer 7 days before the birth of Apple computer. In 1977, she painted "The Computer as Architect", an oil painting depicting the vision of the power of computer in architecture. Lin claimed she has never seen nor used a Computer-aided design (CAD) system prior to her painting while commercial CAD systems are available since early 1970s. 1988 March organized 1st Artificial Intelligence conference in Singapore 1991 February 1 poem titled "Cellular Phone Galore" predicted mobile phone, & cellular network BEFORE 2G GSM launch, 27 March 1991, p. 54,55, "from time to time" 1992 wanted to build a multimedia museum (letter to National Computer Board, Singapore) 1993 February, predicted the Y2K bug while building a ten-year forecasting model on an IBM i486 PC, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC), 1999 1993 August 21, poem title "Online Intimacy" on Online dating service, p. 235, "Sunny Side Up" 1993 August 23, poem titled "Till Bankrupt Do Us Part", on online shopping & e-commerce, p. 241, "Sunny Side Up" 1994 May, painted "Voices of the Future" – oil painting depicted the wireless and mobile entertainment future lifestyle, p. 32, "Lin Hsin Hsin: Works from Art, Science & Technology Series" 1994 Designed and built a virtual museum in the world, 1995 September 9, poem titled "Virtual Offices" predicted virtual office as the concept of businesses, p. 20, "In Bytes We Travel" 1995 September 9, poem titled "The Day Will Come..." on SMS, using fingers to type on screen, p. 181, "In Bytes We Travel" 1996 October, predicted Twitter, tweeting as a way of life. in a diptych titled "twigee-tweedee", digital art in