SUTD sets aside multi-million dollar budget to better prepare graduates for the future economy
SUTD will establish strategic collaborations with
industry, government, and academia in four key areas – Healthcare, Cities,
Artificial Intelligence/Data Science, and Aviation.
South Australian Virtual Emergency Service program launched in 16 regional hospitals
SAVES will be used at the discretion of on-call GPs in 16
emergency departments in locations where it is difficult to provide a 24/7
medical service.
Singapore’s Environmental Services ITM aims to boost innovation and technology adoption, creating 30,000 higher value-added jobs by 2025
To encourage greater use of technology and automation, funding schemes that facilitate the development and deployment of innovative and smart technologies are available.
Singapore Economic Development Board launches diagnostic tool to help companies harness Industry 4.0 potential
“With this Index, we put people and processes alongside technology, so that companies can maximise the potential of Industry 4.0.”
Selected white hat hackers invited to break into Singapore Ministry of Defence’s Internet-facing systems
Hackers will receive financial rewards for disclosing valid and unique vulnerabilities to MINDEF, with more critical vulnerabilities
receiving larger bounties.
Indian Government launches CERT for agency providing ICT infrastructure for central, state and district administrations
As the government makes more of its services available
online, enhancing the security posture of NIC and hence, of the government, is
expected to enhance citizens’ trust in digital government services.
Australian Government’s Behavioural Economics Team trials SMS use for improving citizen-government interactions
Applying the results of the first trial could save
approximately 240 hours of work every fortnight, while the second trial’s
learnings if applied could result in approximately 2,100 fewer phone calls made
every year.