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New AI solutions from HK government tech lab

The incubatees of Hong Kong’s Smart Government Innovation Lab have been able to sustain their releases of solutions amid COVID-19 uncertainty which continues to disrupt the world’s economies.

Recently, two firms under the agency launched solutions; these are now ready to be acquired by other firms, government agencies and academic institutions.

Solution 1 – Pixel Eye Vision-Based Fall Detection

Solution description

The firm’s AI can monitor what is happening at the sites. It is a solution with a surveillance, response, and warning system which turns everything the cameras see into valuable information for analysis.

It allows for prompt responses to be made during emergencies and easy access to controls in times when security is in questions as well.

The firm’s solution, therefore, has the following features that can aid in the aforementioned analysis and security:

  • Real-time: the solution can detect objects in real-time with low latency and high FPS
  • CCTV camera-based: it can connect to popular CCTV cameras directly without any extra hardware installation
  • Privacy protected: the solution masks personally identifiable information and will not store that information in the database
  • Multiple classes: it can detect different types of objects at once in the same image

Application Areas

The solution can be applied in the following areas:

  • City Management
  • Development
  • Education
  • Employment and Labour
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Population
  • Social Welfare

Technologies Used

The solution employs the following technologies:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Data Analytics
  • Deep Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Video Analytics

Use Case

Cameras provide useful information about people and environments, and their presence is becoming increasingly important in several everyday environments due to surveillance necessities.

Vision-based fall detection systems play a very important role in health care and assistance systems.

Pixel Eye using connected-components extracting the whole body features for combining our database information to detect positions and also falls.

Solution 2 – new workflow automation solution

Solution description

The workflow automation solution developed by the local firm KBQuest Hong Kong, helps users get rid of the inefficient processes, transforming manual, time-consuming tasks into automated processes that require only a few simple clicks to maximize time and efficiency.

The solution also pulls data from multiple sources and automatically generates customized documents in your choice of formats: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF.

More importantly, the solution enables users to analyze, optimize, and govern how their workflows are performing, identify patterns, and pinpoint and resolve new bottlenecks to drive process optimization.

Application Areas

The solution can be applied in the following areas:

  • Broadcasting
  • City Management
  • Climate and Weather
  • Commerce and Industry
  • Development
  • Education
  • Employment and Labour
  • Environment
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Infrastructure
  • Law and Security
  • Population
  • Recreation and Culture
  • Social Welfare
  • Transport

Technologies Used

The solution employs the following technologies:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Analytics
  • Robotic Process Automation

Use Case

Different bureaus and departments of the government receive numerous inquiries from the citizens every day. With the Intelligent Process Automation in our solution, it saves time and makes better use of talent when common Help Desk tasks are automated.

The solution can help to assign tickets to specific employees, tracking response metrics, and even accessing the support portal itself.

When critical information is automated and integrated, the required information is automatically captured and notifications are sent to keep requests moving along.

The system will also automatically assign an owner and a due date and prioritize or escalate overdue tickets. Integrating knowledge bases allows your team to provide faster and more accurate responses to the citizens.

PARTNER

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

PARTNER

CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

PARTNER

Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

PARTNER

HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

PARTNER

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.