The lab was created in a bid to alleviate urban transport pressures Credit: Kristo Vedenoja The National University of Singapore (NUS) has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) lab with Grab – a Singapore-based ride-hailing app – to solve the city’s traffic and congestion problems. Announced earlier this week, the partnership is the first of its kind, with Grab being the first commercial partner of the institution’s AI lab. The alliance will see both companies make a joint investment of S$6 million in order to analyse real-world transport challenges in the region. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe The lab will use data from Grab’s platform – which operates in 225 cities in eight South-east Asian countries – to track traffic patterns and congestion hotspots. The aim: to address concerns surrounding mobility in the region. Located at the Innovation 4.0 building in NUS, the lab will house 28 researchers who will work on various AI projects to improve the efficiency of transport in the city. The plan is to conduct research in Singapore and South East-Asia and then expand to other areas in need of reshaping. The research will also benefit Grab customers as researchers will be looking at creating algorithms to improve accuracy in mapping pick-up points and improve overall safety by analysing driver behaviour. This should improve travel time to customers and improve overall efficiency. NUS is also committed to training PhD students in order to keep developing AI talent in the region. Related content feature The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far In 2022, the big AI story was the technology emerging from research labs and proofs-of-concept, to it being deployed throughout enterprises to get business value. This year started out about the same, with slightly better ML algorithms and improved d By Maria Korolov Sep 21, 2023 16 mins Machine Learning Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence opinion 6 deadly sins of enterprise architecture EA is a complex endeavor made all the more challenging by the mistakes we enterprise architects can’t help but keep making — all in an honest effort to keep the enterprise humming. By Peter Wayner Sep 21, 2023 9 mins Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Software Development opinion CIOs worry about Gen AI – for all the right reasons Generative AI is poised to be the most consequential information technology of the decade. Plenty of promise. But expect novel new challenges to your enterprise data platform. By Mike Feibus Sep 20, 2023 7 mins CIO Generative AI Artificial Intelligence brandpost How Zero Trust can help align the CIO and CISO By Jaye Tillson, Field CTO at HPE Aruba Networking Sep 20, 2023 4 mins Zero Trust Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe