Events

This talk traces the historical development and contemporary transformations of the Buddhist community in Singapore. Beginning in the nineteenth century, it examines how waves of migration from China, South Asia, and Southeast Asia produced a diverse Buddhist landscape encompassing Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna traditions in a colonial port city.

ESD Research Seminar by Arjun Ramachandra – Many applications in power systems, supply chains, and transportation involve uncertain outcomes and optimisation decisions over multiple time periods while requiring high reliability. Joint chance constraints (JCC) enforce strict reliability but are overly conservative, while single chance constraints (SCC) offer flexibility at the cost of performance.

This showcase highlights human‑centred engineering solutions that address real‑world challenges in accessibility, mobility and independence, demonstrating how thoughtful design and technology can create meaningful social impact.​

Accessibility systems worldwide are evaluated on compliance: does the ramp exist, does the lift work, is the route barrier-free? But compliance and care are not the same thing. This talk draws on fieldwork in Singapore to examine accessibility as a relational problem, not just an infrastructure one, and asks what happens when we apply this lens to AI.

ISTD COIL Seminar by Eugene Swee – Join Dell Technologies’ AI Innovation Hub as they take you through a practical overview of how AI engineering brings out the value of modern AI and generative AI.

ISTD COIL Seminar by Goh Han Leong – This session provides a comprehensive overview of how data, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence are transforming healthcare delivery.

ISTD COIL Seminar by Matthias Chin – In this workshop, attendees will learn about the importance of having visibility and control over their agentic Al applications.

ISTD COIL Seminar by Xiaochun He and Longfei Lv – This course provides hands-on MongoDB experience, spanning from core fundamentals to
enterprise-level implementation strategies.

ISTD COIL Seminar by Lee Chee Yong – This session provides a grounded, architect’s perspective on the strengths of different programming languages across various modern use cases-from embedded firmware, systems programming to distributed cloud services, from data-centric workloads to enterprise automation.

ESD Research Seminar by Huang Yiduo – This talk introduces Postdoctoral Research Associate Huang Yiduo’s research programme at the intersection of optimisation, stochastic modelling, and data-driven methods for complex service and supply chain systems.