AI Singapore
To anchor deep national capabilities in Artificial Intelligence, thereby creating social and economic impacts, growing local talent, building an AI ecosystem and putting Singapore on the world map.
Launched in May 2017, AI Singapore brings together all Singapore-based research institutions and the vibrant ecosystem of AI start-ups and companies developing AI products to perform use-inspired research, grow knowledge, create tools, and develop the talent to power Singapore’s AI efforts.
Programmes
AI Research
Exploring and funding groundbreaking AI Research
To seed high-quality research efforts aimed at developing fundamental AI novel techniques, algorithms and adjacent technologies, encouraging national research collaborations and local AI talent development.
Important Questions
Targeted Capability Building
Trustworthy and Explainable AI
- Boost AI adoption
- Build on Singapore’s “trust” brand
Privacy-aware AI
- Demand from regulators and consumers
- Learn from sensitive datasets while preserving the privacy of individuals
Resource-efficient AI
- Small country, hence small dataset
- Learning from small but quality datasets
Collaborative AI
- Strengths in NLP and diversity as a testbed
Continuous Learning AI
- Autonomous incremental learning AI towards Artificial General Intelligence
AI Governance
Trust and AI
Supporting research that mitigates the risks of AI by promoting fairness, accountability, transparency, ethics, and safety.
Trustworthy AI
Should we trust AI?
Transformative technology offers tremendous opportunities but raises ethical concerns and the potential for harm. This pillar supports research that mitigates the risks of AI by promoting fairness, accountability, transparency, ethics, and safety. Governance is broadly understood to include laws, markets, networks, standards, and other tools.
Trust in AI
Will we trust AI?
The utilisation of AI will be enhanced by faith that the end-to-end process is robust and accountable. The pillar also supports interdisciplinary research into understanding the factors that shape perceptions of human-machine interaction, influencing the adoption of beneficial AI.
Research Areas
(non-exhaustive)
AI Technology
Solving Singapore’s problem statements with AI
To create significant economic and social impact through solving national challenges with AI.
Grand Challenge
Technology Challenge
Prize-based Challenge
Ideation Challenge
Summer School
AI Innovation
Co-creating Solutions and Talents with the Industry
Helping AI Ready companies to build their first AI products and solutions through the 100E programme and a pool of local AI talents through the AI Apprenticeship Programme.
100E
Real-world AI models.
Advisory
Start on your AI journey.
AIAP
Growing our own timber.
AI Readiness Index
Going from AI Unaware to AI Ready.
International
Putting Singapore on the world map.
Standards
Making AI interoperable and safe.
Technology Offers
AI intellectual property for licensing.
Platform Engineering
Deploying AI models at scale.
Chartered AI Engineers
Peer-endorsed AI professionals.
AI Products
Open-source AI Products, Toolkits and Frameworks
To accelerate the industry’s adoption of AI, the Products team is creating easy-to-use, open-source* and freely* available AI products, toolkits and frameworks.
* AI Product’s internally developed tools are 100% open sourced and released under Apache 2.0 license. However, some of the AI products are contributed by professors and researchers from other Universities which may have different licensing and distribution terms.
LearnAI
Generational AI Talent Development
Enabling working professionals to be Data-savvy and AI Ready and students to be AI Competent.
Enabling our Students and Empowering our Educators
AI For Kids
For primary 3 – 6 students, never too early to start learning about AI.
AI For Students
AI Singapore-inspired but educator-led free classroom AI resources for all Singapore public schools.
AI Student Outreach Programme
AI resources and industry-recognized certification for self-directed student learning groups.
When Everyone is AI Aware, we become a Smart Nation
AI For Everyone (Theory)
The original AI4E – empowering everyone to become AI Aware.
AI For Everyone (Hands-on)
From theory to practice.
Data Analytics for Everyone
An original 3-day course developed for professionals who need to understand and work with data.
Accelerating our professionals to go from AI aware to AI Ready
Literacy in AI
Getting ready for AI.
Foundations in AI
Intensive yet practicable and accessible for working professionals to become AI Ready.
Proficiency in AI
Moving to the next level of AI Readiness.
LearnAI For Organizations
Companies are leveraging LearnAI Corporate Membership Plans to enable their staff to become AI Aware and some to become AI Ready!
AI For Everyone
In our FOUR national languages!
Our Stakeholders
AI Singapore is a multi-party effort between various economic agencies and academia to accelerate AI adoption by the industry.
Coordinating Agencies
AI Research Partners
Our Logo and Brand
The AI Singapore Logo Consists Of A Tree Designed In Singapore’s Shape
The neurons symbolize Artificial Intelligence; three roots represent the various Programs.
The tree symbolizes the aim of AI Singapore: Grow our own timber, Groom local AI talent.
The radiant orange and red gradients show AI Singapore’s thirst for Passion, Change and Growth.
Are you AI Ready?
Contact us if any of our programs can help you.