16 Jul 2025
Veteran diplomats and tech pioneer receive honorary degrees from NUS (8 World News, 14.07.2025)
Professor Chan Heng Chee was conferred an honorary degree from NUS—the university’s highest form of recognition for individuals whose outstanding service has made a significant impact in Singapore and around the world. [...]
16 Jul 2025
Veteran diplomats and tech pioneer receive honorary degrees from NUS (ST, 14.07.2025)
Professor Chan Heng Chee was conferred an honorary degree from NUS—the university’s highest form of recognition for individuals whose outstanding service has made a significant impact in Singapore and around the world. [...]
14 Jul 2025
Staff Achievement: Prof Chan Heng Chee
LKYCIC is pleased to announce that SUTD Honorary Professor and Ambassador-at-Large Professor Chan Heng Chee has been conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Presented during a Special Ceremony on 14 July 2025, the Honorary Degree is NUS’ highest form of recognition for outstanding individuals who have rendered distinguished service and had a great impact in Singapore and globally. [...]
10 Jul 2025
Media Interview on Singapore’s readiness for driverless buses (CNA938, 09.07.2025)
Research Assistant Professor Samuel Chng weighs in on Singapore’s readiness for driverless buses, as Grab rolls out an autonomous shuttle bus service at its one-north office, and ahead of AV trials in Punggol. [...]
9 Jul 2025
Staff Achievement: Dr Suhaila Zainal Shah
LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Suhaila Zainal Shah's co-authored book chapter titled “Bridging Singapore’s Digital Divides: Making Our Smart Nation Smarter”, has been published in World Scientific’s latest commemorative title, Singapore Unveiled—a two-volume set launched in celebration of Singapore’s 60th year of independence. [...]
30 Jun 2025
Staff Achievement: Dr Thijs Willems
LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Thijs Willems et al’s paper titled ” Learning from Deliberate Failure: A Holistic Approach Using the CDIO Framework” won the Best Paper Award at the 21st CDIO International Conference (CDIO 2025), Melbourne, Australia. [...]
30 Jun 2025
New journal papers by Thijs Willems, Qian Huang, Poon King Wang & Vinod Radha
Willems, Thijs., Hotan, Darion Jin., Tang, Jiawen Cheryl., Norhashim, Norakmal Hakim bin., Poon, King Wang., Goh, Zi An Galvyn., & Vinod, Radha. (In press). Assessing employment and labour issues implicated by using AI. In Yaghmaei, E., et al. (forthcoming 2025) Global Perspectives on AI Impact Assessment. Oxford University Press Sockalingam, Nachamma., Liu, Shu Yuan., Huang, Qian., Kaur, Ameek., & Willems, Thijs. (2025). Adaptors’ and Innovators’ Failure Tolerance and Innovative Tendencies in Design-Based Learning. Thinking Skills & Creativity, 57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2025.101832 [...]
30 Jun 2025
While SUTD and other universities say confirmed cases of academic dishonesty involving generative AI remain low, faculty are watching closely for signs of misuse and calling for more creative forms of assessment to uphold academic integrity. SUTD Research Fellow Dr Thijs Willems said more attention needs to be paid to the originality of ideas, the sophistication with which AI is prompted and questioned, and the human judgment used to reshape machine output into something unexpected. [...]
18 Jun 2025
Only 67% of commuters in Singapore could reach the city centre within 45 minutes during peak hours last year, falling short of the 90% target set by the Land Transport Master Plan 2040. To bridge the gap, the government is improving bus services and accelerating the adoption of autonomous vehicles, especially in newer towns like Tengah and Punggol. LKYCIC's Dr Samuel Chng shares his views on this. [...]
22 May 2025
Dr Felicity Chan shares her insights on how urban change is perceived and managed. [...]