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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Alibaba Group officially launched the Alibaba-NTU Singapore Joint Research Institute (JRI) in February 2018. This is Alibaba’s first research institute on AI outside China.

The joint research institute seeks to combine NTU’s human-centred AI technology which has been applied to areas such as health, ageing, homes and communities, with Alibaba’s leading technologies including Natural Language Processing (NLP), computer vision, machine learning and cloud computing to explore further technology breakthroughs and real-life AI solutions.

The JRI will push the frontiers of AI to change the current technology-centric philosophy of AI research into one which is human-centric. The goal is to make AI to become more effective, accessible and inclusive so that it can address future societal needs in ageless aging, new lifestyles and human-centered mobility. These AI and cloud technologies will be developed and tested on the NTU Smart Campus to demonstrate the effectiveness of the solutions before taking them to the market in Singapore and rest of the world. The program dovetails with Singapore’s ambition to train AI and data-science talent to support the country’s “Smart Nation” vision and its transformation to “Industry 4.0”.


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The JRI aims to push the frontiers of AI to change the current technology-centric philosophy of AI research into one which is human-centric. The goal is make AI to become more effective, accessible and inclusive so that it can address future societal needs in ageless aging, new lifestyles and human-centered mobility.

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A Research Team in Alibaba-NTU JRI Won Industrial Technical Excellence Award 2020

A research team in Alibaba-NTU JRI led by Prof Wen Yonggang won the Industrial Technical Excellence Award 2020 on the development and deployment of an integrated sandbox solution with industry-grade digital twin and AIoT for business continuity and energy efficiency.

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The joint institute will seek to combine NTU’s human-centred AI technology which has been applied to areas such as health, ageing, homes and communities.
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Alibaba-NTU JRI Workshop 2020

The Alibaba-NTU JRI workshop was conducted at Hangzhou on 2020, to present various joint research breakthroughs.
NTU President Prof Subra Suresh deliver her speech on stage during the launch ceremony

Using AI technologies, we can address fundamental societal challenges such as ageing population which is a huge issue for cities with a rapidly ageing population such as Singapore. For example, virtual AI assistants can be deployed to improve work productivity and smart sensors can be used to watch the health of the elderly, with data stored on the cloud for continuous monitoring. These AI and cloud technologies will be developed and tested on the NTU Smart Campus to demonstrate the effectiveness of the solutions so that our partners can have confidence before taking them to the market in Singapore and rest of the world.

Professor Subra Suresh, NTU Singapore President

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