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NUS-ISS Learning Day 2018- Training for the Smart Nation
- 2. What is a Smart Nation?
Tengah, Singapore’s 24th HDB town, will
be transformed into a “Forest Town” that
is green, sustainable and smart.
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The Smart Nation is Data Driven
The ranking… is said to help show
how technologies such as
connected sensors, meters and
lights which collect and analyse data
are able to improve public
infrastructure and services, and in
turn, to change the way citizens live,
work and get around the cities in
which they reside.
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- 3. Smart City Data Sources….
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Smart Transportation
Cellular data was used to track the
number of people on MRT station
platforms and the flow of commuters
at interchanges……
……to minimise waiting times during
peak hours, or determine the direction
of escalators to facilitate the
movement of commuters
Smart Retail
A retail mall used M1’s analytics services to find the time of the
day when human traffic is high, and which entrances, exits or
foot paths most visitors use..…
…...to allow mall owners to derive differentiated rental rates,
best tenant mix and optimise maintenance & cleaning
Smart Health
Millions of medical transactions were sieved to flag spikes in
cases of chronic condition such as diabetes
...….in one company 70% of claims were from 10% of
employees who suffered from chronic diseases.
After designing a chronic disease management programme for
the company, the number of claims dropped by 60%
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- 4. Data Analytics ‐ Making Sense of Data
• Descriptive Analytics
• What is happening and why?
• See/find patterns, trends & insights
• Data Visualisation, Data Dashboards, etc.
• Predictive Analytics
• What will happen?
• Use data to build models to predict the future
• Statistical Modelling and Machine Learning
• Prescriptive Analytics
• How to improve, what action to take?
• Cut costs, reduce waste, maximise utility
• Optimisation methods, what‐if modelling, etc.
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Advanced Data Visualisation
A Marey chart is commonly used to analyze transportation systems.
It displays the times that a vehicle stops at stations on its route. https://blog.data.gov.sg/how‐we‐caught‐the‐circle‐line‐rogue‐train‐with‐data
“It looked fairly random, but when we zoomed into
the chart a pattern seemed to surface”
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- 6. Smart Industry – Industry 4.0
Cyber Physical Systems ~ typically a network of
interacting elements ……, closely tied to
concepts of robotics and sensor networks with
intelligence mechanisms of computational
intelligence leading the pathway
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is marked by emerging technology
breakthroughs in a number of fields, including robotics, artificial
intelligence, nanotechnology, quantum computing, biotechnology, the
Internet of Things , 3D printing and autonomous vehicles (Wikipedia)
“A technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another”
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Intelligent Systems – Core Concepts
• Computer Vision
• Sound and Speech Systems
• Smart sensors
• Internet of things
• Sense Making
Sense => Decide / Plan => Action
• Robots
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Drones
• Softbots
• Chatbots
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Pattern Recognition
• Cognitive Intelligence
• AI Planning
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- 9. Example Applications
https://youtu.be/zAdjjFCMX8Y
With Singapore's emergency dispatch
phone operators receiving almost 200,000
calls for assistance a year, every minute is
vital.
To develop the system, researchers
collected over 1,000 hours of combined
recordings of English and Mandarin
speech from Singapore and Penang ‐
where languages are mixed in speech like
in Singapore ‐ and recordings of
Singaporeans from radio stations, YouTube
and SoundCloud.
The recordings are manually transcribed
to text. The system then "learns" the
association between the text and
collected samples. It knows about 40,000
words each in English and Mandarin, and
has an accuracy rate of about 90 per cent.
AI Singapore (AISG), a programme under the
National Research Foundation, is investing
$1.25 million to set up the AI Speech Lab
Straits Times: July 10th 2018
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Example Applications
Mr Koo said the H3 Zoom.AI team is working hard to develop more features
by the end of this year. With machine learning, the more buildings the
drones scan, the greater the data base of defects it can detect.
The system, which has cameras that upload
thousands of images onto a cloud platform to be
scanned, has already been tested at several JTC
properties such as the 31‐storey, 128m‐tall JTC
Summit, and could be making the rounds at JTC
industrial parks next year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gknz2zdiNCg&feature=youtu.be
Straits Times: July 9th 2018
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- 11. Training for the Smart Nation
• Each Certificate provides essential skills for a specific job‐role
Certificate Job Role
Intelligent
Reasoning Systems
Build systems that problem solve across business & engineering domains
e.g. IBM Watson, Geico instant online quotes
Pattern Recognition
Systems
Build systems that recognise and take actions based on patterns found in data
e.g. traffic data monitoring, smart appliances, surveillance data, social media
Intelligent Software
Agents
Build software agents that act on behalf of humans in diverse transactions
e.g. shopping bots, PDA’s
Intelligent Robotic
Systems
Build advanced robotics and automation systems
e.g. cooperative robots, robot home helps, shopping assistants
Intelligent Sensing
Systems
Build systems that make decisions based on visual, audio and speech inputs
e.g. crowd monitoring, face recognition, medical sensing, vehicle control
Practical Language
Processing
Build systems that understand and process natural language
e.g. mine social media for sentiments, build intelligent chatbots
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Graduate Certificate Structure
Intelligent
Reasoning
Systems
Pattern
Recognition
Systems
Intelligent
Robotic
Systems
Intelligent
Sensing
Systems
Intelligent
Software
Agents
Practical
Language
Processing
Machine
Reasoning
Problem Solving
Using Pattern
Recognition
Robotic Systems Vision System
Engineering
Intelligent
Process
Automation
Text Analytics
Reasoning
Systems
Pattern
Recognition &
Machine Learning
Systems
Human‐Robot
System
Engineering
Speech and
Sound Systems
Software Robots New Media &
Sentiment Mining
Cognitive
Systems
Intelligent Sensing
& Sense Making
Developing
Autonomous
Robots & Vehicles
Spatial
Reasoning from
Sensor Data
Self‐Learning
Systems
Service Chatbots
Text Processing
using Machine
Learning
Practice Module Practice Module Practice Module Practice Module Practice Module Practice Module
Certificate in
Intelligent
Reasoning Systems
Certificate in
Pattern Recognition
Systems
Certificate in
Intelligent
Robotic Systems
Certificate in
Intelligent
Sensing Systems
Certificate in
Intelligent
Software Agents
Certificate in
Practical Language
Processing
Specialist CertificatesFoundation Certificates
Each certificate contains
~ 3 or 4 modules
Modules = short courses
• Each is 3 –> 5 days long
• Each runs 3 or 4 times a year
• Take them whenever you want
• See our Executive Programme
calendar
The Practice module
= industry project +
graded tests
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- 12. Business Analytics Graduate Certificates
Managing
Business Analytics
Projects
Business
Analytics
Practice
Customer
Analytics
Big Data
Analytics
Advanced
Prediction &
Forecasting
Practical
Language
Processing
Managing Business
Analytics Projects
Statistics Boot‐
Camp using R
Customer Analytics Big Data
Engineering
GLM’s, Survival
Analysis and Time
Series Forecasting
Text Analytics
Business Analytics
Best Practice
Business Analytics
Best Practice
Advanced Customer
Analytics
Graph and Web
Mining
Health Analytics New Media &
Sentiment Mining
Data Storytelling Predictive
Analytics
Campaign Analytics Internet of Things Service Analytics Service Chatbots
Data Governance and
Protection
Recommender
Systems
Text Processing
using Machine
Learning
Practice Module Practice Module Practice Module Practice Module Practice Module Practice Module
Certificate in
Management of
Business Analytics
Certificate in
Business Analytics
Practice
Certificate in
Customer
Analytics
Certificate in Big
Data Analytics
Certificate in
Advanced
Prediction &
Forecasting
Certificate in
Practical Language
Processing
Specialist CertificatesFoundation Certificates
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The Stackable MTech
• Stack your Certificates to gain deeper mastery and
earn a Master of Technology
• Study at your own pace – up to 7 years allowed
( 5 for the certificates, 2 for the project)
Cert1
Cert2
Cert3
Cert4 Capstone Project
Register for degree
(matriculate)
2 Foundation + 2 Specialist + Capstone Project = MTech*
MTech in Enterprise Business Analytics
MTech in Intelligent Systems
4 Graduate
Certificates
Capstone
* Requires GPA >= 3.0 over all Certificates & Project
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Lifelong Learning: repeat to get more skills & increased depth
- 13. Also a Conventional MTech Route…
Year Semester 1 (Jan to May) Semester 2 (Jun to Nov)
1 Foundation Certificate 1 Foundation Certificate 2
2
Specialist Certificate 1 Specialist Certificate 3
Specialist Certificate 2 Specialist Certificate 4
Capstone Project
Part‐Time Programme = 2 years
Starts Jan 2019
Classes on Saturdays: 9am to 5pm
Semester 1 (Jul to Nov) Semester 2 (Jan to May)
Foundation
Certificate 1
Foundation
Certificate 2
Specialist
Certificate 1
Specialist
Certificate 3
12‐Weeks Internship
(Feb‐May)
Specialist
Certificate 2
Specialist
Certificate 4
Full‐Time Programme = 1 year
Starts Jun/Jul 2019
Classes on week‐days: 9am to 5pm
choice choice
choice choice
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General Admission Requirements
Master of Technology:
• Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university in any field of Engineering or Science
• Grade‐point‐average of >=B (60%) or the equivalent of NUS/NTU/SMU
• For the Stackable Route: GPA >= B across all 4 Graduate Certificates may suffice. This will be
checked at the time of matriculation (i.e. after successful completion of the Certificates)
• At least 2 years of work experience in a relevant field
• Computer programming ability
• Pass an NUS‐ISS Entrance Test
• Pass an Interview (for shortlisted candidates)
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