Singtel Cognitive and Artificial Intelligence Lab for Enterprises (SCALE@NTU)

About Us

The Singtel Cognitive and Artificial Intelligence Lab for Enterprises (SCALE@NTU) is a S$42.4 million collaboration jointly established by NTU, Singtel and the National Research Foundation Singapore in December 2017 to support Singapore’s transformation into a Smart Nation and help enable the country’s digital economy. The collaboration is led by NCS, a digital and technology services unit of Singtel. 

SCALE@NTU aims to develop applications for use in the areas of public safety, smart urban infrastructure, transportation, healthcare and manufacturing. Under the collaboration, NCS has developed next-generation products & platforms to tackle the challenges faced by cities. These include innovations in the areas of advanced machine learning and AI algorithms for intelligent transport, IoT, robotics, computer vision and audio analytics.

Photo caption: Deputy Prime Minister Mr Teo Chee Hean (on the left) at the official launch of SCALE@NTU

Research Focus

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Research Theme 1 – Customer: Anticipatory Analytics and Services

This research theme focuses on “Customer” dimension of Smart & Safe City. R&D will be performed to create technologies that enable enterprises to go beyond predicting and to make real-time anticipation.

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Research Theme 2 – Environment: Edge Intelligence

This research theme focuses on “Environment” dimension where increasing variety of sensors are being deployed. Situational management scenario needs analytics at the edge of the sensor.

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Research Theme 3 – Machine: Condition-Based Maintenance (CBMx)

This research theme focuses on the “Machine” dimension. Future Smart Cities must address sustainability, given the explosive scale of IoT and sensors.