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Robots Attract Youth
SUTD organises fifth round of RoboRoarZ that attracted more than 380 student participants from various countries in Asia. Started by Associate Professor Mohan Elara, participants make use of reconfigurable robot Smorphi to complete tasks in various categories including a newly introduced AI challenge.
Partner or perish: the board and C-suite must embrace AI – fast
An opinion piece by SUTD President Prof Phoon Kok Kwang and Mr Danny Koh (Managing Director, South-east Asia, Spencer Stuart) – leaders must design intentional human-artificial intelligence partnerships instead of deploying the technology as a cost-cutting tool.
In ride-hailing, having more options makes commuting harder
LKYCIC Assistant Professor Samuel Chng explores the topic of how Singapore’s many ride-hailing options can make commuting harder and suggests greater coordination and integration so that commuters can trust the system to deliver what they value most: reliability, predictability and confidence.
SUTD and MediaTek establish a joint laboratory worth $34 million to promote 6G development
The laboratory will begin operations in April this year, with multiple research projects to be rolled out progressively over the next three to five years.
Holding an Open House in a Shopping Mall — SUTD Uses It Both for Recruitment and to Introduce Technological Innovation to Public
SUTD holds its first Open House in a shopping mall that that is both an exhibition to introduce technological innovation to the public as well as an experiential showcase for potential students.
Singapore will allocate $556 million over the next five years to strengthen research in social sciences and humanities
With Singapore increasing its funding for social sciences and humanities research to $556 million over the next five years, Professor Yow Wei Quin shares her view on how this can benefit the HASS research ecosystem.
Why SUTD teaches AI as a mindset, not just a tool
Long before AI became mainstream, SUTD began redesigning its curriculum to help students collaborate with intelligent systems, grounded in human-centred design and the social sciences.
Commentary: Stop mourning strata-titled malls and start ensuring their survival
Associate Professor Calvin Chua on Singapore’s malls — rather than building more “Grade A” malls, the focus should be on “Grade A” ideas to strategically adapt existing “Grade B” spaces like strata-titled malls.
Singapore’s quantum strategy: who pays and who benefits?
CNA938 Rewind – Singapore is stepping up its quantum computing plans with a new partnership involving Nobel Prize winner John Martinis. What will this mean in practice, and how will it be rolled out? Daniel Martin speaks with Associate Professor Dario Poletti.
Joo Chiat as tourist draw: Can it stay cool without losing its soul?
Associate Professor Yeo Kang Shua on Joo Chiat tourism — while icons such as Peranakan houses draw in tourists, much of the interaction remains surface-level, with scope to deepen understanding.
