​As part of the Smart Nation programme, the SPIRIT Centre, funded by an $11 million National Research Foundation (NRF) grant has been established in the College of Engineering, NTU Singapore to pursue translational research including fast solutioning and prototyping of applications for the national vision.

Led by Prof. Kwok-Yan Lam from the School of Computer Science and Engineering and in collaboration with the NTU Rapid-Rich Object Search (ROSE) Lab as well as the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, the SPIRIT Centre serves as a one-stop-shop with range of engineering competencies including in systems research and artificial intelligence to develop a resilient and scalable smart platform infrastructure with video analytic capabilities and wireless sensor networks. 

The SPIRIT infrastructure focuses on Improved Government Operations & Service Delivery; and Enhanced Mobility. Progressively, the Centre is bui​lding up a partner eco-system to support its rapid prototyping efforts, by collaborating with other research labs, public sector agencies and industry partners to translate those prototypes into full-scale Smart Nation solutions.​

Here are the ongoing projects and activities at SPIRIT.

• S$23M funding awarded by NRF to establish a translational R&D centre for Smart Nation applications. Primary focus is on systems research with an objective to design and develop a large-scale, complex smart nation platforms. And to translate relevant R&D to into real-world applications
  
• Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) awarded the Smart Nation IoT-system Threat Analytics project to NTU on 5 Mar 2021. Total value of S$4.5M over 3 years
  
• Operating testbeds has allowed researchers to observe and analyse the current and emerging IoT threats that may affect the security and privacy of the Smart Nation applications
  
• SPIRIT have conducted a series of hackathon events called “SPIRITCYBER”. These are cyber exercise events that challenged participants to test and exploit the security of various IoT devices and systems in realistic Smart Nation scenarios