Executive Courses
Upskilling Your Workforce through TDSI’s Executive Courses
TDSI’s Executive Courses under its Continuing Education arm look at domain-specific disciplines in systems thinking and systems engineering, as well as any in-trend/ emerging technologies, to upskill the Singapore defence workforce in line with the nation’s advocacy for lifelong learning. Embracing the digital transformation landscape today, participants will benefit from these courses, learning from subject matter experts from the defence technology community and/or academic institutions, on valuable topical knowledge and skillsets to manage real-world applications. This allows course participants to strengthen their capabilities and value-add to their employing organisations.
TDSI’s Executive Course “Military Navigation Systems Workshop” for Singapore’s Defence Technology Sector
Given the critical importance of navigation in modern military systems and operations that leverages on smart technologies, access to reliable navigation data is imperative while denying them to adversaries during military operations. The executive course on “Military Navigation Systems Workshop” aims to highlight the vulnerabilities in military navigation systems under different deployment scenarios, and share potential corresponding counter-measures. Participants from the defence technology community were appreciative of the knowledge gained from the workshop and acknowledged that the learning was highly relevant and impactful to their current field jobs/ projects. This workshop is well-recognised by the Professional Engineers Board and qualified for 6 Professional Development Units.
TDSI’s Executive Course “Systems Engineering and Analysis of Emerging Advanced Technologies for Defence Applications”
It is important for the Singapore defence forces to be at the frontier and be knowledgeable about emerging technologies for defence applications. The executive course on “Systems Engineering and Analysis of Emerging Advanced Technologies for Defence Applications” aims to present concepts and methods for engineering and analysing emerging advanced technologies, that include artificial intelligence and directed energy weapons, for defence applications. Course participants from the defence technology community have learnt and gained insights from the course that introduced concepts in complexity theory, strategic thinking, technology assessment, systems engineering and systems analysis. Course participants were appreciative that the learning gained have value-added to their current work with their primary affiliated organisations in the defence eco-system.
TDSI’s Executive Course “Generative Artificial Intelligence”
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have been widely adopted in operations and work processes/ systems at the national level and in various industries. Generative AI is the latest cutting-edge technology that has been launched to extreme popularity, with progressive adoption by enterprises and industries because of its capabilities that can boost productivity and value-add decision-making, alongside many other deployment opportunities. Recognising the increasing importance of Generative AI for the defence sector, TDSI organised the executive course on this in-trend technology for the Singapore defence technology community to equip them with the fundamental knowledge of key concepts and applications of Generative AI, included algorithms such as generative adversarial networks (GANs) and variational autoencoders (VAEs). Course participants learnt how Generative AI could enhance military operations, from synthetic training data generation to scenario planning and decision support systems. This course is well-recognised by the Professional Engineers Board and qualified for 12 Professional Development Units.
AI-Enhanced Cloud Technologies
Overview
This intensive 3-day course provides a comprehensive overview of cloud computing, covering key concepts, architectures, and deployment models. You will gain hands-on experience with popular cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, exploring services such as SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The course delves into the latest AI-powered cloud technologies, including Amazon SageMaker and data engineering with the cloud. Participants will understand the differences between private, public, hybrid and multi-cloud solutions and process of selecting the right cloud solution for their requirements. Additionally, it addresses crucial aspects of cloud security and governance for building robust and secure AI solutions in the cloud.
Learning Outcome
(1) Understanding foundations of cloud computing.
(2) Learn different cloud deployment models.
(3) Learn to use AI-enhanced cloud technologies.
(4) Learn how to perform data engineering with cloud.
(5) Handling security and governance in cloud.
Trainer Bio
Dr Ganesh Neelakanta Iyer
Lecturer (Educator Track), School of Computing, National University of Singapore
Dr Ganesh Neelakanta Iyer is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his Bachelor degree in Computer Science and Engineering (University first rank) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India in 2004 and Master’s and PhD degrees from the National University of Singapore in 2008 and 2012 respectively. He brings with him a decade of industry experience in various companies including Salesforce, Sasken Communication Technologies, NXP Semiconductor and Progress software. He has held various roles in the software industry including QA Architect, Technical Support Manager, Engineering Development, Lead DevOps Engineer and Technology Evangelist. He has experience working in academic positions at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore (as Associate Professor) and IIIT- Hyderabad (as Visiting Faculty). He founded STeAdS – Software Engineering and Technological Advancements for Society to promote collaborations across the globe for research and development projects for Cultural Heritage, Healthcare and Education.
He is a staunch supporter of agile software engineering and favours the agile development of software solutions. With his professional background working on large-scale business software products and managing various agile positions like Scrum Master and Product Owner, he is now sharing his software engineering expertise with NUS students. In 2021, he founded STeAdS, a virtual research group aimed at using Software Engineering and technological advancements for the benefit of society. Students and collaborators from across the world are working with him on various projects in three focus areas, namely Cultural Heritage, Healthcare and Education.
Details
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14 May 2025 - 16 May 2025
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- By Invitation Only