Singapore Develops Cyber Youth programme
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CSA created a programme that provides a learning roadmap to guide students with varying degrees of cybersecurity knowledge to explore and further their interest in cybersecurity.
CSIRO Co-Launches Aerospace R&D Programme
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CSIRO and the world’s largest aerospace company launched a new $41 million five-year research programme that will focus on improving sustainability and using digital technologies to boost productivity.
Monitoring COVID-19 Wastewater with Michigan Dashboard
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The dashboard provides detailed, weekly analysis and interpretation of wastewater data and trends, providing public health officials early warning of COVID infection.
New NUS Centre for 5G Digital Building Technology
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The new centre which is Singapore’s first new-built net-zero energy building will harness 5G connectivity for smart facilities management and built environment industry applications.
First-in-Human Study of Novel Drug Discovered Via AI Platform Initiated in HK
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An end-to-end AI-driven drug discovery company, partnered by HKSTP, recently announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a first-in-human microdose trial of ISM001-055.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Launches Portable Soil Testing Device
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The first-of-its-kind innovation is based on near-infrared spectroscopy tech and the portable soil testing device can detect soil health in just 90 seconds through an embedded mobile application.
Training Surgeons for Skull-base Procedures with Virtual Reality Simulator
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U.S. researchers developed a virtual reality simulator that enhances the quality of training, offers effective, safe and reproducible alternatives, as well as enables the collection of valuable data.
New Tool Tracks Australia’s Resource Footprints to Drive Change
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Australian researchers working with the UN have developed a tool to drive practical change in the world’s global resource consumption through better understanding how many resources each country consumes.
Taiwan’s Digital Democracy Successes
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The nation has widely adopted digital innovation to have a truly open civic space as democracy is like a social technology for the Taiwanese.
Improving Technological Innovation in China
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To promote organisational tech innovation, China has created a platform that would encourage and facilitate the integration of science, technology and economy.
Singapore, Republic of Korea Conclude Negotiations on Digital Economy Agreement
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The two nations have finalised the Korea-Singapore Digital Partnership Agreement by establishing forward-looking digital trade rules and norms to promote interoperability between digital systems.
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Liew, Managing Partner, Government Strategic Business Group, NCS on the Strategic Journey of NCS in a Digital Age
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Sam Liew, Managing Partner, Government Strategic Business Group, NCS shares his passion, plans and projections for the organisation.
Vietnam Exploring Increased Cybersecurity Measures
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Looking to raise standards in IT and cybersecurity in the face of growing cyber threats, Vietnam will work with universities and advanced tech groups globally to absorb new tech and practices.
CSIRO Co-Developing Smart Farming Tech Platform
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The ground-breaking platform builds digital twins to unlock the full value of on-farm data that help farmers optimise yields, sustainability and profitability.
The Development of Government Data Disaster Recovery Plan in the U.S.
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To mitigate data loss and corruption failures from natural, criminal or unintentional events, the federal government takes an offensive stance to document every piece of software and hardware.
New Cloud Region in Indonesia
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The launch of the new cloud region in Indonesia provides customers with even lower latency across the country and supports disaster recovery applications for business continuity.
Integrating Tech Industry Applications and Academic Studies in China
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Tech giants collaborate with academic institutions in China to train talents to better fit with the latest industry shifts and development trends.
Promoting Smart Taipei in Europe
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To promote smart city policies, Taipei City Government had a discussion with its partners in Europe in areas such as smart service applications to enhance city services by applying advanced mobile information technology.
Leveraging Graph Database Capabilities for AI/ML in Singapore Businesses
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To drive better outcomes in solving today’s AI problems, AI Singapore promotes the use of graph technology to enhance by finding unknown relationships in data and build Singapore’s graph database capabilities and talent pool.
Bushfire Hazard Detection System Being Developed in Australia
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A world-first real-time bushfire hazard detection and warning system using artificial intelligence is being developed by the University of Queensland and the philanthropic arm of an American multinational tech company.
Speeding Up Vehicle Routing with Machine Learning
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MIT researchers used a machine-learning-augmented method to speed up the solutions to vehicle routing problems for large sets of cities.
The Philippines DICT Launches Technology Education Centre in Santo Tomas
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The centre will serve as a conduit for the efficient delivery of government and other services for underserved communities and help bridge the digital divide and alleviate poverty in both urban and rural areas.
Digital Tech to Boost Standard of Living in Thailand
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To enhance the standard of living for people through digital technology, 15 areas have been earmarked for the government to implement the development of smart cities.
China Develops Agritech for Food Safety
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The country has advanced research of agricultural technologies such as utilising genome design technology and farming machinery and equipment to improve quality and efficiency in the agricultural sector.
UniSA Researchers Develop VR Game to Study Bushfire Preparedness
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By replicating a computer-generated bushfire using virtual reality, University of South Australia researchers studied the responses of 400 people in an Australian-first experiment, with some interesting results.
ITRI to Exhibit Innovations in AI, Robotics, ICT and Health Tech
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Innovations such as RGB-D AI Robots integrate a smart 3D vision module and health tech like an innovative wearable device that detects multiple physiological parameters were on display.
HR Tech Transformation Programme in Singapore
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Singapore has developed a programme to support enterprises in implementing HR tech through HR process re-engineering, redesigning and launched an HR Job Redesign Toolkit to help professionals apply tech to different HR practices.
CityU Establishes Three New Tech R&D Centres
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Three research centres are the Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering, the Centre for Intelligent Multidimensional Data Analysis and the Laboratory for AI-Powered Financial Technologies.
Vietnam Added 5,600 New Digital Technology Firms in 2021
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In 2021 Vietnamese businesses researched new technologies such as 5G and AI, establishing 5,600 new digital technology businesses bringing the total to 64,000 digital technology enterprises with over a million employees.
Advancing Personalised Medicine with Machine Learning in the U.S.
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U.S. researchers utilised machine learning to develop a novel method for advancing customised medicine and optimising outcomes for patients based on their personal background.