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Understanding the big picture: Instead of fighting for market share in a crowded space, local drone firms are competing through innovation
This feature on the drone industry in Singapore, included insights from Associate Prof Foong Shaohui. The article also mentioned SUTD start-up Spinoff Robotics and a quote from its co-founder and SUTD alumnus Dr Tan Chee How.
Budget focusing on AI: Views from educators
In a reflection on PM Lawrence Wong’s recent Budget Statement that focuses on AI, educators like Associate Prof Mohan Rajesh Elara was interviewed for his views. The article also highlighted some Design AI projects by SUTD student R. Anieyrudh and his teammates. This opinion piece was by SUTD PhD student, Ravi Singaram.
AI should also be human-centred
Professor Yow Wei Quin writes that successful technologies need to understand people’s needs and should be created for people. This is why the social sciences can play an important role in enabling the development of more human-centred AI.
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.
Catch firefighting and boxing robots in action at Science Centre’s robotics festival in April
SUTD’s Dragonfly, an autonomous robot that can attract and trap mosquitoes will be one of the robots featured at Science Centre Singapore’s RoboFest 2026 in April
Count on AI to make legalese easy as A, B, C
Two SUTD graduates, Harshit Garg and Kiran Mohan, launched an AI legal-tech startup called Lexi that uses AI “legal associates” to help lawyers research cases, analyse contracts and draft documents in minutes rather than hours or days.
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.
AI Got Me: AI & Education
The first episode of Channel 8’s a 4-part series “AI Got Me” focusses on AI & Education. Professor Yow Wei Quin, Associate Professor Foong Shaohui and various SUTD students are featured in the episode.
Undergrad interest in engineering, accountancy and humanities is dwindling. What will it mean for Singapore's future?
Singapore is seeing a significant shift in university enrolment patterns, with students increasingly going for computing and technology-related degrees. SUTD’s director of admissions, Ms Lynette Ang, was quoted in the article.
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.
