Zheng Kai, an Architecture and Sustainable Design lecturer at SUTD, highlighted that as a community that is still traditional, it may be difficult to accept the presence of Western dragons in Chinese New Year decorations, but perceptions are dynamic and will evolve over time.

According to MOE, over the last few years, one in three fresh polytechnic graduates matriculated into autonomous universities — namely NUS, NTU, SMU, SUSS, SIT and SUTD.

CNA’s The Big Spark is a new business reality show featuring 24 startups from Southeast Asia. Snap Robotics’ co-founder Saikrishna Dontu, a Research Associate at SUTD, shares how his product can transform the landscape of grasping automation through the development of technology akin to human hands.

In Singapore’s Chinatown, the dragon centrepiece crafted by SUTD students showcases a unique interpretation with four claws—three in the front and one at the rear—providing a modern twist to the traditional five claws.

A team led by Associate Professor Lu Wei, Associate Head (Research), Information Systems Technology and Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design, launched the AI model “TinyLlama”, an open-source small language model with 1.1 billion parameters, and pre-trained with 3 trillion tokens.

Soujanya Poria is an assistant professor of Computer Science at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He has co-authored more than 150 papers, published in top-tier conferences and journals.

With the theme Soaring Into The Auspicious Dragon Year, the festive lights at Chinatown include the dragon centre piece designed by 13 SUTD students.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Lu Wei and his team for their successful launch of new AI Model “TinyLlama”

SUTD alumna Jane Cher shares her journey setting up Stuffed Toys Hospital, a home business that repairs old and broken stuffed toys.

The Baby Shark Fund aims to encourage students to venture into uncharted waters. Named after the reality television series Shark Tank, where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to investors, the fund will provide up to S$6,000 for each team of at least two student innovators.