Alibaba Group (Alibaba-NTU Singapore Joint Research Institute) · Singapore

In February 2018, it jointly established the Alibaba-NTU Singapore Joint Research Institute with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Alibaba's first overseas AI joint research institute, focusing on 'human-centred AI' (healthy ageing, AI lifestyle, and human-centred mobility), combining NTU's human-centred AI expertise with Alibaba's capabilities in NLP, computer vision, and machine learning; the initial phase spans five years, starting with 50 researchers, with an annual investment of several million Singapore dollars.

Original innovation: fundamental human-centred AI research targeting local social scenarios in Singapore such as population ageing and smart mobility, with findings feeding back into both parties' products.

Structured fields

Host country

Singapore

Region

Southeast Asia

AI segment

Other

Entry mode

R&D Centre

Entry year

2018

Deployment status

Landed

Capital direction

China->host (outbound deployment)

Company group

Alibaba

Local partner

Annual investment on the order of several million US dollars/Singapore dollars (the official wording is 'multimillion dollar per year', currency unspecified); initial phase of five years ('initial five years'); a combined 50 researchers from both parties (Alibaba/NTU official press release)

Sources & notes

Record note: Listed as a separate entry from Alibaba Cloud's AIGCC because they belong to different entities/projects within the Group; this institute falls under Alibaba Group (within the DAMO Academy system).

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