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"I did this research by chance. I was enrolled at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT for my postdoctoral work to develop electrical devices with biotechnology. The institute is focused on cancer research and I happened to view other groups' work on cancer cells. I thought, 'This is quite interesting', and wondered if I could extend my work to cancer research," said Assistant Prof Desmond Loke.

The Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute and its partner institutes – which include the Singapore University of Technology and Design, will also aim to attract talent, create new research jobs and train PhD students.

The TinyLlama project, by researchers from the StatNLP Research Group at SUTD, is trying to pre-train a 1.1 billion Llama model on a whopping three trillion tokens. This model takes up only 550MB of RAM.

SUTD pioneer student Kevin Ignasius graduated from the Master of Architecture programme in 2016. He co-leads DPA’s data centre typology group and is currently working on data centres and purpose-built industrial facilities.

At the opening ceremony of CAECW, Guizhou Provincial Department of Education and SUTD signed a cooperation agreement, heralding the closer and more sustainable exchanges and cooperation between universities in Singapore and Guizhou.

Over 135 pharma logistics professionals, international academics and industry experts from 24 countries gathered for the third edition of the Pharma Logistics Masterclass - a unique international joint initiative of Pharma.Aero, University of Antwerp, and the Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Organised in partnership between SUTD’s Create4Good Innovation Fund and KrASIA, the series focused on providing those interested in creating their own social enterprise with deeper understanding of social impact.

After a rigorous selection process, the inaugural cohort of 190 students will start school this week at 42 Singapore (42SG). Education Minister Chan Chun Sing thanked the partners involved in bringing 42SG to fruition.

SUTD undergraduate, Riccia Lim, started interviewing young people for the project in 2020, along with other participants in the National Youth Council’s Youth Action Challenge. She said speaking to fellow young people has given her comfort and guidance in navigating adulthood.