SUTD currently has 13 research centres, with the newest centre being the SUTD Wireless Innovation Centre (SWIC) that was set up in August 2023. SWIC aims to drive advancements in telecommunication research, particularly in short-range communications. These include blockchain, semantic communications, AI algorithms for Wi-Fi and short-range communications, among many others. To date, SUTD has published more than 8,100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conferences and books, and these papers were cited over 187,000 times. The University has also secured more than $665 million in external research funding from National Research Foundation (NRF), Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Ministry of Education (MOE) and industry. We have fostered more than 1,400 industry partnerships, which provide our students with research, internship and employment opportunities. We have also filed 481 technology disclosures, 269 patent applications and were granted 44 patents. RESEARCH FOSTERING APPLICATION-DRIVEN TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH May 2012 September 2012 October 2012 February 2013 March 2015 December 2015 November 2017 January 2017 April 2019 October 2021 August 2023 SUTD Wireless Innovation Centre May 2021 p. 39 ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24
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