Shaping an AI-powered Nation...About AISG To anchor deep national capabilities in Artificial Intelligence, thereby creating social and economic impacts, grow local talent, build an

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Shaping an AI-powered Nation: A Singapore perspective

Laurence LIEWDirector | AI Industry Innovation

About AISG To anchor deep national capabilities in Artificial Intelligence, thereby creating social and

economic impacts, grow local talent, build an AI ecosystem, and putting Singapore on the world

map.

Fundamental Research

AI Ethics and Governance

AI Grand Challenge in Health

AI Grand Challenge for Finance

AI Grand Challenge for Urban Solutions

100 Experiments

AI Apprenticeship Programmes

AI Industry workshops and seminars


AI Research

Fundamental research

Investing in strategic research vital to

Singapore

AI Research

What are the gaps

in current AI

technologies?

How can we use AI

safely and securely?

What are the new AI advances with

positive economic and societal

impacts?

How to design AI to align to the

ethical, legal and societal

principles?

Priority Areas

Phase I (2018 – 2019) Phase II (2020 – 2022)

ML Techniques:

smaller data, faster

training, etc

Explainable AI

“Interact”: NLP and CV

Cognitive Architecture

“Aware”: Human-AI Collaboration AI-AI Collaboration

Collective Intelligence Social & Creative Intelligence

Sense-makingCreativity &

Design

Whitespace 2020 National research priorities and recommendations


AI Technology

AI Grand ChallengesLong term, national research goals

AI Grand Challenges

“Important issues and problems faced by

Singapore and the world that can be

effectively addressed with AI technologies

and innovation”

AI Grand Challenges

AI Singapore engineers large-scale, long-term research goals to demonstrate

breakthroughs, undercover technical bottlenecks and commercial surprises to bring

about sectoral transformations.

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SOLUTIONS


AI Industry Innovation

100 Experiments (100E)

Proving the business value of AI

100E

• Accelerating AI Adoption by Industry• Problem statement from industry• Matched to Researchers with co-funding up to $250K

• Interest from MNCs, LLEs, Government, SMEs, Start-ups

118

Engaged

29

Under

Evaluation

21

Stage 1

Approval

11

Final

Approval

AIAP + 100 Experiments (100E)

“Growing our own timber”

Industry AI Singapore

Uses AI to solve business problem

Contribute manpower and datasets

Match 1:1 in kind and cash

Provides engineering expertise

Assembles AI Apprentices and Performers

Support up to $250k

Minimum Viable Product within 9 - 24 months

2 - 4 x AI Engineers trained

U Lifeline for the

Unbankables

Personal Life Coach to

Improve our Birth Rates

Predicting Failures to

Keep You Safe

Smarter Interviews

Same Hour Diagnosis…

So You Worry Less

30 minutes or

Your Money Back



Enabling AI Talents

AI for the Community


AI Apprenticeship Programme

Hybrid classroom, online, self-directed learning

2 MonthsBack to

Industry

Eligibility:

• Singaporean graduates < 3 years working experience

• *new* PMET > 3 years accepted now

• Pass AISG “entrance exam”

Start MVP Investigation and technology requirements

7 Months

MVP Development @ 100 Experiments

Real-world AI projects

$300,000 - $500,000

The AIAP AI Engineer

Data

Engineering/Devops

AI

Engineer

AIAP + 100E Industry (100E4I) Based on 100E and AIAP feedback (and requests from the industry)• Want to own team, need them faster, experienced engineers (PMETS)• Need MVP done faster• Just starting to build AI team, project not so complicated (less research required)

Company AI Singapore

Uses AI to solve business problem &

want to build own AI team

Contribute manpower and datasets

Match 1:1 with

cash ($65,000) and in-kind ($125,000)

Provides AI and engineering expertise

Assembles AI Apprentices (AP)1 x Senior AP (>3 yrs) & 2 x AP (0-3 yrs)

Co-funding support by AISG and TESA for

9-months project of value $180,000.

3 x AI Engineers trained for the company

Minimum Viable Product in 9 months

Continuous

Learning

AIAP 100E Research & Industry Track Overview

100E Industry

MVP Development

7 months @ AISG

Review

(1-6 months)

Problem statement

Team recruitment

Legal/Docs

Advanced Training

(2 months @ AISG)

Advanced AI/Data Science track on

DataCamp and additional materials

curated by AI Singapore based on

100E/POC + Agile AI best practices

• 9-months programme

• Singaporeans only

• University degree.

• 0 – 3 years as Apprentice and/or > 3 years as Senior Apprentice

Certified AI

Engineer

(CAIE)

Minimum of 60 hours per year AI

Singapore curated training is

required to maintain CAIE status

#200 (0-3 years)

100E Research

MVP Development

7 - 22 months @ AISG

Joins Industry

#50 (>3 years)

100E – Research vs Industry TrackProject is novel and requires

research by Professor. Project

duration is typically 18 – 24 months.

Project research requirements

is less intensive and Professor

is engaged as a consultant

when required. Importantly,

company wants to build own

team and/or train their own

staff. Fixed project duration

of 9-months.

100E - Industry

Industry projects

and problem

statements

(AISG helps curate

and refine)

Company is encouraged

to make conditional job

offers to apprentices

assigned to their 100E

Industry projects.

• 0 – 3 years &

• 3 years from

ecosystem

• AISG assist

to co-hire and

match

apprentices to

companies.

Company

TestCompany

100E - Research Industry



AI LabsAggregating 100E Demands

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