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.
Evolution of Guided Systems and
their Impact on Modern Warfare
Overview
The US-led Operation Desert Storm from January to February 1991 brought the world’s attention to the ability of modern missiles and munitions to engage their targets with great precision. They have become almost ubiquitous in many of the ensuing wars and military conflicts. This seminar traces the evolution of precision since pre-Desert Storm and highlights the use of guided systems (GS) in modern warfare. Even as the Ukrainian War is still on-going, many valuable lessons from the use of GS and adjacent systems have already emerged. This is also an interactive session for us to share our perspectives on the lessons learnt so far and more generally, the impact of GS on modern warfare. There will be a dialogue and Q&A session at the end of the talk.
Learning Outcome
Course Outline
Who Should Attend
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Speakers
Professor Quek Tong Boon
Chief Executive, Singapore National Robotics Programme
Professor Quek Tong Boon is currently the Chief Executive of the Singapore National Robotics Programme. He has also been a member of the Committee of Government Scientific Advisors since its inauguration in 2018. He was the Chief Scientific Advisor of the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 2017 till March 2023.
Prior to his current appointments, Prof Quek held various appointments in the defence sector for 37 years. His appointments included Chief Defence Scientist of the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and its Deputy Secretary (Technology and Transformation), Chief Research and Technology Officer, and Chief Information Officer between 2002 and 2016.
In the 1990s and 2000s, Prof Quek was Chief Executive Officer of DSO National Laboratories (DSO) and helmed the Defence Materiel Organisation (predecessor organization to today’s DSTA – Defence Science and Technology Agency). He was also on the Boards of various public sector organisations and agencies such as DSTA, DSO, SingTel, Singapore Technologies, Public Utilities Board (PUB), Building and Construction Authority, IPOS International, Agency for Science, Technology and Research and Singapore University of Technology and Design.
His other current public sector appointments include being a member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Ministry of National Development, International Advisory Panel of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Chairman of the PUB Water Technology Advisory Panel and its Research Project Evaluation Panel.
An engineer by training, Prof Quek is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He is also a Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Singapore and a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore.
Details
- 01 Aug 2023, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
- 2 hours
- NUS Block EA, Engineering Auditorium
Status
This event is now closed.