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SynaXG and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Collaborate to Advance O-RAN and AI Research
SynaXG, a leading provider of converged AI+5G and O-RAN network solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). This collaboration aims to advance research and innovation in Open RAN and AI technologies for next-generation wireless systems by leveraging the strengths of both organizations.
Singapore will invest nearly $300 million to develop quantum technology over the next five years
Singapore will invest nearly $300 million in the development of quantum technology over the next five years. The investment and plans for the quantum sector were announced on May 30 by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.
Professor Yow Wei Quin Visited Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design and the Tsinghua Future Lab
Professor Yow Wei Quin Visited Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design and the Tsinghua Future Lab
The Holland Village we love is fading. But there are lessons we can learn from its constant change
Dr Yeo, an associate professor of architectural history, theory and criticism at SUTD, says gentrification turns problematic when the process happens too fast that people “cannot react to things and they get pushed out”, for instance, due to rising rent.
SUTD forms global alliance with 12 institutions to enhance design education
The alliance, which was launched on May 15, will explore student and faculty exchanges, and other forms of collaboration to bring students from different fields of study together as they solve real-world design problems.
About 70% of people surveyed have heard of net-zero emissions
8 World News reported about a nationwide survey conducted among 2,300 people to understand their attitudes towards Singapore’s net-zero target and its associated policies, as well as the actions they intended to take to support the target. Dr Samuel Chng from the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD offers his insights in the interview.
Older adults more likely to embrace environmental actions with low costs
According to a survey report on Singaporeans’ understanding of net-zero emissions, while 65% of respondents support Singapore’s aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and 17% advocate for an even earlier target, only 15% are aware of the government’s commitment for 2050.
Only 15% of people surveyed are aware of S’pore’s net-zero emission target: Study
Conducted by Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (Ipur) at NUS, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD, and the Environmental Behavioural Sciences and Economics Research Unit of the MSE, the study was done in 2023 among some 2,300 people aged 15.
Chan Chun Sing: Local design community can achieve breakthroughs in energy management and clean transition
Speaking at the Design Innovation Forum organised by SUTD, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing highlighted the significant role the local design community can play in driving breakthroughs in energy management and transitioning to cleaner alternatives over the next 50 years.
Heritage of city ports’ structures under study ahead of Greater Southern Waterfront development
SUTD’s Associate Professor Yeo Kang Shua, an architectural historian, said that given the scale of the city ports, the anticipated extent of redevelopment in the coming years, as well as the extended history of the site, a heritage impact assessment should be carried out ahead of its development.
