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In psychology, theory of mind is an important social cognitive skill that involves the ability to think about mental states, including emotions, desires, beliefs and knowledge, and to recognise that other people’s thoughts and beliefs are not necessarily the same as one’s own.
QS Asian University Rankings – NTU and NTU are among the top four while SUTD makes its debut on the list
The QS ranking evaluates institutions based on 11 indicators including the university’s reputation in academia, employer evaluation of the university, faculty-to-student ratio, and average number of citations of papers.
Asia’s top universities: NUS slips to 3rd place, NTU climbs one spot to 4th
In the area of research output, NTU came in second in Asia, based on QS’ measure of scholarly impact, going by citations per paper. NUS is placed third, and the newly ranked Singapore University of Technology and Design ranks 10th in this aspect.
On the rising demand for both traditional and unconventional fertility services in ageing Singapore
Some couples in Singapore are going beyond conventional fertility procedures like IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) in their quest for conception.
Residents can have outsized impact on their community through local action: Social workers
Ordinary citizens can make an outsized impact in their community just by getting involved at a local level, panellists from the social sector said at a dialogue on Monday. The conference was organised by the Tote Board, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and the Institute of Policy Studies.
Close to 30% of SUTD faculty are among the top 2% world’s most cited scientists
This ranking is compiled by United State’s Stanford University, and is based on bibliometric information from the international citation database Scopus. In 2022, the list consisted of more than 210,000 researchers from 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields from around the world.
Adaptation(s) at The Pratt House on Governor’s Island, co-curated by SO – IL’s Jing Liu, is a laboratory of future urban living
Adaptation(s) is in collaboration with Singapore University of Technology and Design, The Trust for Governor’s Island, Pace University, and Henk Ovink, the founder of Rebuild By Design and former special envoy for Water Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Schools testing Singapore-made transformer robots to help teach robotics
SUTD is piloting the use of a reconfigurable robot called “Smorphi” in Northland Primary School to get students excited about robotics. If it goes well, the technology could become part of robotics curriculum elsewhere.
AI Defeats Human ‘Street Fighter’ Champion Using ‘Phase-Change’ Memory—What Is It?
This technology centered on teaching the AI to understand complicated movements and the game design, with the machine’s deep learning, exposing the D-PPO algorithm of Street Fighter Champion Edition II.
The happiness and humour of the elderly
When you think of the elderly, does the image of a grumpy old man complaining about his children getting in the way, or a lonely old lady with a stern expression pop up in your mind? This stereotype often appears in videos, movies and pictures.
