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Two SUTD postgraduate students listed as Seed Award 2025 winners
Two of our postgraduates, Aw Jia Zhi Billy (EPD Master’s student) and Ouyang Fuxi (HASS PhD student), have been listed as winners for the Seed Award 2025 awarded by Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS).
SUTD Broadens Scope of Its Flagship Design and AI Degree, Becoming First University to Integrate Social Sciences Into a Technology Degree
The supercharged Design and Artificial Intelligence (DAI) undergraduate degree programme is aimed at attracting high-calibre students with strong interests in social science domains such as economics, business, finance, psychology, philosophy, and human-AI interaction, alongside proficiency in Mathematics and the Sciences.
Human–AI Co-Evolution Is Not Automatic. Education Must Change First.
Professor Yow Wei Quin writes about how education systems must evolve in order for human-AI co-evolution to take place.
Tianjin Visit: A chapter on technology that supports ageing
Professor Yow Wei Quin shares about a visit to a wellness community in Tianjin and how a pilot introduction of AI-based cognitive games could fill a gap by providing structured, trackable cognitive stimulation among the elderly without replacing human caregivers.
University of California San Diego Design Lab and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) HASS sign MOU
SUTD’s Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Cluster has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UC San Diego’s The Design Lab. This marks an exciting step towards deeper academic collaboration through joint research, student and faculty exchanges, and co-developed programmes.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University–Asia Pacific Graduate Institute (SJTU-APGI) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) HASS sign MOU
SUTD’s Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) cluster and Shanghai Jiao Tong University–Asia Pacific Graduate Institute (SJTU-APGI) sign strategic partnership to boost global learning.
A Trip to Tianjin: A Story of Warmth
Associate Professor Yow Wei Quin shares some insights into how positive attitudes towards ageing and active engagement in cognitive activities can help seniors remain healthier and more mentally alert.
How Singapore's eldercare industry is gearing up for the silver tsunami with robots, motion sensors and smart gadgets
At Bishan Home for the Intellectually Disabled, SUTD’s Professor Yow Wei Quin is developing AMI Intelli, an AI system that estimates residents’ cognitive and socio-emotional states through gameplay. At SUTD, Professor Low Hong Yee and her team are creating Neatsens, a line of smart knitted garments that double as motion trackers.
AI with Warmth
Professor Yow Wei Quin’s commentary on how Ami brings warmth to technology—showing that AI can care, connect, and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities.
‘Spend first, worry later’: Why Buy Now, Pay Later is making a comeback in 2025
Assistant Professor Gordon Tan shared his insights on public attitudes towards Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) schemes.