Official announcements from AI Singapore.
SG-NLP is Launched!
Bridging NLP research and industry in Singapore The boundaries of Natural Language Processing (NLP) are constantly being pushed by researchers. However, the code for each new model is usually written in a different style and structure. Industry and NLP practitioners usually have to spend time converting the codebase into a more consistent and maintainable style. …
AISG Launches “Prize Challenge” to Curate Ideas and AI Models to Combat Fake Media
The “Trusted Media Challenge” is a five-month long competition aimed at attracting the AI community to design and test out AI models and solutions that will easily detect audiovisual fake media, where both video and audio modalities may be modified. The initiative – targeted at AI enthusiasts and researchers from around the world – aims…
Egypt Adopts AI Singapore’s AIAP and AI4E to Upskill Nation
AISG and Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) have signed signed a cooperation agreement to implement in Egypt two of AISG’s premier talent development programmes in AI, the AI Apprenticeship Programme (AIAP)® and AI for Everyone (AI4E)®. This collaboration will help Egypt in its strategy to launch capacity-building programmes to propel the country’s…
AISG Partners with Google Cloud to Advance Singapore’s AI ecosystem
AISG has partnered with Google Cloud to advance the adoption of AI and Machine Learning (ML) across industries in Singapore. This collaboration will have AI Singapore’s award-winning AI Apprenticeship Programme (AIAP)®, 100 Experiments (100E) and Makerspace programmes leverage Google Cloud AI and Machine Learning to solve real-world business problems with AI. “Our partnership with Google…
Seeking 2 Postdoc Fellows for New AI Governance Pillar
AISG is offering two Postdoctoral Fellowships to work in its new AI Governance pillar. Candidates building a career in the area of AI Governance (broadly understood) are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will become Fellows of AISG, with the possibility of affiliation with another Faculty of NUS. Successful candidates will commence their Fellowships in August…
Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of Legal Personality
The Annual ICLQ Lecture this year was based on the paper ‘Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of Legal Personality’ by Professor Simon Chesterman, Dean of the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore and Senior Director of AI Governance, AI Singapore. The article examines the debate whether artificial intelligence systems should be granted some form…
AI Governance Conference – Coming soon on 14 July 2021
Singapore’s AI Governance Conference 2021 brings together industry thought leaders, policymakers and experts from the East and West to discuss leading technological trends and their implications for businesses and policy making, and provide insights on the value of AI governance to industry. Attendees can also learn about the successes of implementations of Trustworthy AI in…
COVID-19 Initiatives Revisited
Never let a good crisis go to waste. The words of Sir Winston Churchill, Britain’s wartime Prime Minister, still ring true today. In May 2020, in the middle of the Circuit Breaker as the pandemic upended the world economy, AI Singapore (AISG) introduced a series of initiatives to encourage employees and companies in the nation…
Forging a Strong Collaboration to Anchor Deep AI Capabilities and Develop Local AI Talent for Singapore’s Engineering Cluster
In an effort to anchor deep AI capabilities and develop the local AI talent for Singapore’s engineering cluster, AI Singapore (AISG) recently signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) and SMRT Corporation accordingly. The signing ceremony was held in conjunction with the annual National Engineers Day (NED), an engineering…
AI Summer School 2020 Thrives in Virtual Setting with Innovative Tweaks
AI Summer School has grown, COVID-19 notwithstanding. More than 250 attendees from 30 countries took part in this year’s event, with leading experts in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) coming together to share their work and foster collaboration amongst the next generation of researchers. The latest edition, which took place from 3 to 7…
Newly Launched – AISG PhD Fellowship Programme
We are pleased to announce the launch of the AISG PhD Fellowship Programme which is part of AISG’s Research programme to support top AI research talents in pursuing their PhD in Singapore-based Autonomous Universities (AUs)*. We aim to nurture and train local AI talents to be able to perform advanced fundamental AI research and produce…
HP Inc., Singapore trials artificial intelligence (AI) solution for Social Distancing in its manufacturing facility
(By HP Inc: Jia Xin, Dishank Bhan, Pandian Ganesan, Gek Kiang Ang, AI Singapore: Ang Liyi, Dr Daniel Ng, Edmund Teo, Jway Jin Jun, Kow Yong Sheng, Ngui Seng Wee, Sidney Tio, Sun Yikang, Tan Di Wei, Tan Juan Boon) As organizations start to make the journey back to work with the end of the…
