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SUTD’s robot catches mosquitoes five to eight times more efficiently
02 July 2023
SUTD’s robot catches mosquitoes five to eight times more efficiently
Amid the current peak breeding season for the Aedes mosquitoes, two mosquito-catching robots designed by SUTD have been put into operation. The efficiency of catching Aedes mosquitoes is five to eight times higher than that of traditional methods.
More interest in courses offering metaverse skills
02 July 2023
More interest in courses offering metaverse skills
Educational institutions are seeing rising interest for courses on the metaverse. SUTD will start its first metaverse course in September.
International team develops new vaccine distribution model
30 June 2023
International team develops new vaccine distribution model
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell’s Ithaca campus, Singapore University of Technology and Design, and San Jose State University in California have developed a model for optimising the dispensing of vaccines during pandemics that uses a new measure of success for such efforts.
Commentary: Can customers be trusted to pay for their plastic bags at Singapore supermarkets?
30 June 2023
Commentary: Can customers be trusted to pay for their plastic bags at Singapore supermarkets?
Some Singapore supermarkets are counting on customers to pay for the bags they take at self-checkout counters. SUTD researchers Samuel Chng and Harvey Neo look at whether this honour system will work and what its real goal should be.
Study investigates chip-based dispersion compensation for faster fiber internet
29 June 2023
Study investigates chip-based dispersion compensation for faster fiber internet
The study led by Assoc Prof Dawn Tan investigates chip-based dispersion compensation for faster fiber internet, and the team developed a breakthrough dispersive device.
Commentary: To ace your first job, invest in your workplace relationships
29 June 2023
Commentary: To ace your first job, invest in your workplace relationships
The writer cited a survey led by SUTD and NTUC in 2021, which found that many young adults preferred to resolve work-related problems on their own or seek help from friends and colleagues, rather than approach their superiors or organisation.
Commentary: Look beyond a universal basic income for answers to AI future
28 June 2023
Commentary: Look beyond a universal basic income for answers to AI future
Co-author, Brian Lim is APAC General Manager of Primer AI, an industry advisor to SUTD’s Social AI Studio, and member of MIT Technology Review Global Insights Panel.
NUS enters top 10 in global university ranking for the first time
28 June 2023
NUS enters top 10 in global university ranking for the first time
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) made its debut at 429th place on the latest Britain-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings – 2024 edition.
Top 5 Midjourney artists using AI to blur the lines between art and architecture
27 June 2023
Top 5 Midjourney artists using AI to blur the lines between art and architecture
Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) pillar’s Associate Professor Carlos Bañón uses AI tools to explore new styles of art, architecture, and digital manufacturing.
Keeping the backdoor secure in your robust machine learning model
27 June 2023
Keeping the backdoor secure in your robust machine learning model
In the study ‘Towards backdoor attacks and defense in robust machine learning models’ Assistant Prof Sudipta Chattopadhyay and fellow SUTD researchers studied how to inject and defend against backdoor attacks for robust models in a certain ML component called image classifiers.
