Artificial Intelligence
Making Artificial Intelligence Work For Sustainability
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems today are already transforming industries and becoming an indispensable part of our daily lives. Such systems, which leverage machines to process and analyse large amounts of data, have vastly changed how humans work and play, and are being used today in many sectors, from banking to energy to agriculture. But AI …
NUS, Facebook AI And Other World-Class Universities Collaborate To Teach AI To Understand The World Through Our Eyes
There is a marked difference between viewing and interacting with the world as a third-party spectator, and experiencing the action intimately from a first-person point of view. This difference is similar to watching others ride a roller coaster, from the ground, as opposed to riding the roller coaster yourself – what ultimately ends up informing …
Using AI To Screen For Gaucoma
Scientists from NTU Singapore, in collaboration with clinicians at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in Singapore, have developed a novel method that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to screen for glaucoma, a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss and blindness through damage to the optic nerve at the back of the eye. Glaucoma …
Veritas Initiative Addresses Implementation Challenges In The Responsible Use Of Artificial Intelligence And Data Analytics
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the successful conclusion of the first phase of the Veritas initiative which saw the development of the fairness assessment methodology in credit risk scoring and customer marketing. Veritas, which is a part of Singapore’s National AI Strategy, aims to provide financial institutions with a verifiable way to incorporate …
COVID-19 Resilience Technology Solutions From Singapore
With the rapid spread of the pandemic which has infected more than 14 million globally to date, the world is grappling with control measures to stop the virus from further proliferation.Since 2018, the Paris Peace Forum (PPF) has brought together Heads of State, Government and international organizations with civil society and the private sector together …
Enhancing Digital Privacy By Hiding Images From AI
In one second, the human eye can only scan through a few photographs. Computers, on the other hand, are capable of performing billions of calculations in the same amount of time. With the explosion of social media, images have become the new social currency on the Internet. Today, Facebook and Instagram can automatically tag a …
A.I. Technology That Cuts Energy Use By More Than 20%, Wins Top Prize At Inaugural Innovation Challenge By ENGIE, NTU Singapore And JurongHealth Campus
A prototype that enables the air-conditioning system to be controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) took home the top prize at the inaugural ENGIE x NTU Innovation Challenge held by ENGIE Factory Asia-Pacific, the innovation arm of ENGIE Asia Pacific. In the trial environment for the challenge, the winning team EcoBuilding from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), used a system of …
Huawei Launches New Virtual AI Academy In Singapore To Accelerate Training And Upskilling Of ICT Professionals
Huawei called for closer collaboration with its local partners to boost joint solution innovation as Singapore moves into Covid-19 economic recovery at the inaugural online Huawei Ecosystem Summit 2020. The company also announced its new Virtual AI Academy with more than 140 free online courses to accelerate training and upskilling of Singapore ICT professionals and SME’s …
MAS To Create ‘Fairness Metrics’ For AI, Analytics Adoption In Financial Services
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will be developing “fairness metrics” in credit risk scoring and customer marketing as part of the first phase of its Veritas initiative. Veritas is a framework for financial institutions to promote the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics. Veritas consortium members United Overseas Bank and Element …
Singapore Management University And Tradeteq To Develop Quantum Computing Credit Scoring For Trade Finance
Singapore Management University (SMU) and Tradeteq will be embarking on a project “Exploring the Advantages of a Quantum System for Machine Learning applied to Credit Scoring”, which aims to develop quantum computing-based credit scoring methods for companies. This project is supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Financial Sector Technology & Innovation (FSTI) …