Enabling seamless access to urban public transport systems around the world
“If you are working a day job or a week job, you will be getting paid in that fashion. You don’t have the benefit of buying a monthly pass or a weekly pass. You literally have to wait in line each time for your one-time journey.”
Towards Smart Nation Singapore – Developments in 2017 (Part 1 of 3)
The Government identified five national strategic projects: National Digital Identity (NID) framework, e-Payments, Smart Nation Sensor Platform, Smart Urban Mobility and Moments of Life. The Committee for Future Economy released its report in February.
ADB issues paper on blockchain use cases in the context of development finance
The Paper assesses the potential and implementation limits
in five use cases: Digital Identity; Trade finance; Project aid monitoring; Smart
energy and smart mobility; and Supply chain management.
The public sector's dual role as regulator and driver of data initiatives
“Partnerships between the public and private sector can play a huge role – not only in outlining and implementing data regulations and identifying security risks, but tapping on the private sectors’ expertise in training and skills development.”
Singapore moves ahead on smart mobility – Autonomous scheduled and on-demand public transport by 2022; first AV test centre opened
The autonomous on-demand services will enhance first and last mile connectivity and will be particularly useful for the elderly, families with young children and the less mobile.
Singapore expands its Global Innovation Alliance to Beijing to help Singapore tech companies access opportunities in China
GIA (Beijing) will facilitate access to talent, capital, customers and partners in major innovation hubs within China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou and Wuhan.
SGInnovate to focus on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and MedTech and invest in 20 deep tech startups during 2018
“SGInnovate is itself
a startup and, to echo DPM Tharman’s point when he launched us last year, we
will keep prototyping and pivoting in the coming years.”
Philippines Business Data Bank launched by DOF, DICT and DILG to streamline application and renewal of business permits
The PBDB system is
among three major initiatives of the DOF, as lead agency of the government’s
anti-red tape program (ARTA) to improve the ease of doing business in the
country.
One-stop SkillsFuture portal launched to help Singaporeans make informed learning and career plans
Each individual will have a personalised account for their learning and career plans, which can follow them through life.
Most popular OpenGov Asia stories in 2017
The most popular stories were on topics ranging from Healthcare ICT and e-payments to artificial intelligence and exploration of a radical new model of government services.
EXCLUSIVE – How EDB’s Smart Industry Readiness Index aims to empower Singapore’s manufacturing companies for implementing Industry 4.0 strategies
A conversation with Mr. Lim Kok Kiang, Assistant Managing Director of EDB and Dr. Andreas Hauser, Director, Digital Service at TÜV SÜD.
Estonia planning to launch crypto-tokens to drive growth of the country’s e-resident community
In a blog post, Kaspar Korjus, Managing Director of Estonia’s
e-Residency programme explores three use cases: community estcoin, identity
estcoin and Euro estcoin.
New Universal Service Guarantee being developed in Australia to ensure access to voice and broadband services for all citizens
This will be delivered on a commercial basis by the market
in the first instance, and where this cannot be achieved, options will be
developed for targeted Government measures.
EXCLUSIVE – Artificial intelligence in government, education and healthcare – Current landscape and future potential
Over 60% of delegates at the session said that they need to improve data quality before they can have a meaningful AI initiative.
Transport for New South Wales opens up its Opal payments system to privately-operated transport services
Open APIs allow other companies using their own terminals
and equipment to connect to the Opal payments system. This allows them to
simplify their operations, reduce operating costs and provide a quick and
convenient way for commuters to pay for travel across a range of transportation
modes.
ITU adopts technical principles for enhanced global aircraft flight tracking through ‘Automatic dependent surveillance’
This would enhance coverage for aircraft in areas where
terrestrial receivers cannot practically be deployed, such as oceanic,
trans-polar and remote regions.
EXCLUSIVE – Thailand Government Spending (GovSpending) Initiative: A Digital Innovation for a Transparent Government and Citizen Empowerment
Instead of waiting for the people to request the government procurement information, the initiative optimises and integrates reliable data from government agencies, performs data analytics and presents it in easy-to-understand formats including dashboards, maps and infographics via a single digital channel.
Dubai Police releases 2018-31 strategic plan for artificial intelligence
The AI strategic plan will cover community service centres
and its clients; criminal investigation; road security; disaster management and
forensics.
Australian Department of Finance plans to approach market in January 2018 for continued operation of whole-of-government CMS
The current contract expires in September 2018, thereby providing
an opportunity to go back to the market with redefined requirements to meet the
needs of users in the evolving service.
BCA Singapore announces phased roll out of new initiatives arising from review of 3rd Green Building Masterplan
A new set of criteria will be piloted for Green Mark for Existing Non-Residential Buildings, which includes smart building controls and strategies.
Singapore researchers develop AI screening technology for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy
The technology was tested against close to 500,000 images from multi-ethnic populations across the US, Australia, China, Hong Kong,
Mexico and Singapore. It demonstrated sensitivity greater than 90% and specificity greater than 85%.
Parking.sg app now available for motorcyclists and motorists driving heavy vehicles
The agencies are exploring additional app features in the
future, such as allowing the export of parking history, and to include enhanced
map features to facilitate car park selection.
Virtual reality technology developed at UNSW allows multiple scientists to simultaneously ‘walk’ through cells
Multiple users from around the world can ‘walk’ inside the landscape
of the cell at the same time and annotate and interact with their data simultaneously.
New Zealand Government setting up advisory group for building digital economy and reducing digital divides
The group will consider possible future scenarios and
identify what’s needed from government to enable businesses and individuals to
take advantage of the opportunities provided by digital technology.
New Zealand Government calls for expressions of interest for new role of Chief Technology Officer
The CTO will be accountable to the Prime Minister and to the
Minister for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media, and Government
Digital Services.
MDEC announces fifth Malaysia Digital Hub as part of initiative to foster startup ecosystem
The Malaysia Digital Hub initiative was launched earlier
this year to offer opportunities to startups for connecting to ASEAN and global
digital ecosystem.
First Australian Defence Cooperative Research Centre formed for development of Trusted Autonomous Systems
This is being set up under the NGTF, with AU$50 million
invested over 7 years to deliver trustworthy smart-machine technologies for new
defence capabilities based on advanced human-machine teaming concepts.
EXCLUSIVE – Coupling top-down and bottom-up approaches to Natural Language Processing
“We try to take
inspiration from how the human brain actually understands things, which is a
very different approach from pure machine learning.”
Chinese Government sets out specific targets in three-year action plan on artificial intelligence
The Action Plan includes specific targets in areas such as smart
drones, facial recognition, AI-supported medical diagnosis, speech recognition
and translation. It also sets out targets for enabling infrastructure and developments in core technology.
National University of Singapore establishing Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Commercialisation Centre in Suzhou
NUSAIICC will actively promote NUS technologies and also identify and encourage budding start-ups to venture into the Chinese market through NUSAIICC and its one-stop services.