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Events

What's coming up

Engage with us and discover more about technology and design through our seminars, talks, exhibitions, and other events.
SUTD Plantec 2026 Symposium AI Sustainability and Design
23 September 2026
SUTD × Plantec 2026 Symposium: AI, Sustainability, and Design
This special industry-academia symposium will bring together leading architects, engineers, researchers, and industry experts to explore how AI, sustainability, and…
ASD
Conference/Symposium
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm
SUTD Lecture Theatre 2 (Building 1, Level 3, Room 1.318)
Why People Act During Extreme Heat Motivation Capability and Urban Opportunity
24 September 2026
Why People Act During Extreme Heat: Motivation, Capability and Urban Opportunity
Why do people protect themselves from extreme heat, and why do intentions not always translate into action? This seminar examines urban heat adaptation through the C…
LKYCIC
Seminar/Lecture
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
SUTD Think Tank 22 (Building 2, Level 3, Room 2.311)
On efficient adaptation and alignment of large language models From parameter-efficient tuning of signal-efficient post-training
25 September 2026
On efficient adaptation and alignment of large language models: From parameter-efficient tuning of signal-efficient post-training
ISTD PhD Oral Defence Seminar by Yao Xiao – Adapting large language models to downstream tasks and to human preferences has become the dominant cost in the mod…
ISTD
Seminar/Lecture
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
SUTD Think Tank 22 (Building 2, Level 3, Room 2.311)
Replacing meat Asia and the future of protein consumption
14 October 2026
Replacing meat? Asia and the future of protein consumption
The environmental footprint of global meat consumption has led to extensive focus on a possible protein transition towards less meat-intensive diets. The idea that o…
LKYCIC
Seminar/Lecture
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
SUTD Lecture Theatre 5 (Building 2, Level 5, Room 2.505)
Generative prior-driven discovery and editing of video content
16 September 2026
Generative prior-driven discovery and editing of video content
ISTD PhD Oral Defence Seminar by Zhengbo Zhang – Video content discovery and editing are two core tasks in computer vision. Discovery localises an object and i…
ISTD
Seminar/Lecture
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SUTD Think Tank 2 (Building 1, Level 3, Room 1.309)
News

SUTD in the news
20 September 2026
ITE students developed AI projects to help children and youths with learning difficulties find ways to learn
19 September 2026
2026 Singapore Good Design Awards: Designing Better Lives for a More Liveable World
ASD
DAI
15 September 2026
3D food printing of balanced vegetarian dishes from rice and lentil flours
EPD
Research news

Our research and published works

Enter a whole new world through our pioneering research in design, AI and technology.
Modern life may be outpacing the human mind
Modern life may be outpacing the human mind
30 June 2026
A new conceptual review by SUTD researchers and James Cook University, Singapore, suggests that stress, loneliness and constant comparison may be linked to a mismatc…
LKYCIC
A new attack reshapes the rules of Bitcoin mining
A new attack reshapes the rules of Bitcoin mining
1 September 2025
A new study by Professor Zhou Jianying and his collaborators introduces a pooled mining attack that overturns a long-standing assumption about Bitcoin’s security eco…
ISTD
Secure Computing
A win-win approach to designing cities for cars and pedestrians
A win-win approach to designing cities for cars and pedestrians
25 August 2025
SUTD researchers have developed a generative urban model that upends the notion that walkable neighbourhoods must come at the expense of road access, offering a new…
ASD
ISTD
Urban Planning, Visual Computing
Small but mighty: A biomimetic idea takes flight
Small but mighty A biomimetic idea takes flight
8 August 2025
From a seed-inspired design to a 26-minute flight time on a single rotor, a new monocopter developed by SUTD researchers marks a 10-year journey towards redefining h…
EPD
Robotics & Electronics
SMU and SUTD Deploy Drone and AI-Driven Analytics to Improve Performance of National Swimmers
SMU and SUTD Deploy Drone and AI-Driven Analytics to Improve Performance of National Swimmers
4 March 2025
Singapore’s national swim team will get a new and improved “coach” – powered by artificial intelligence and leveraging drone technology. The system helps coaches ana…
DAI
EPD
Achievements

Celebrating our people

Discover how our students, faculty and staff make an impact on the world through design, AI and technology.
National Day Awards 2026
9 August 2026
National Day Awards 2026
Assistant Professor Peng Song and collaborators honored with prestigious Best Paper Award at SPM 2026
17 July 2026
Assistant Professor Peng Song and collaborators honored with prestigious Best Paper Award at SPM 2026
Professor Yow Wei Quin elected Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America
16 July 2026
Professor Yow Wei Quin elected Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America