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.
Systems, Science, Technology and Policy in Singapore
Overview
This seminar examines Singapore as a system and shows how Singapore addresses societal challenges through the intersection of systems thinking, science and technology and policy to bring happiness, prosperity and progress for the nation. Examples in national security, social development and economic development and the Smart Nation will be highlighted. The success of Singapore’s Smart Nation Initiative, as part of the 4th Industrial Revolution, will depend on the effective integration of policy, science and technology and people and organisations at all levels.
Learning Outcome
Course Outline
Who Should Attend
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Speakers
Lui Pao Chuen
Professor
Professor Lui retired in 2008 after serving 41 years in the Ministry of Defence and 22 years as Chief Defence Scientist. He is currently serving as adviser to the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office and adviser to six other Ministries and Government Agencies. He serves on the board of 12 research institutes and corporations. He is a member of the Changi Airport Group Executive Committee for Airport Development, member of the MPA Next Generation Port 2030 Steering Committee, member of CARTS (Committee on Autonomous Road Transport in Singapore) and member of the ERP2 Technology Advisory Panel.
Accolades
- 2002
National Science & Technology Medal
“For his outstanding leadership in the build up of science and technology capability for the nation and its exploitation for major systems of national impact”. - 2009
Pioneer Award of International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
“for dedicating his life to systems thinking and application, resulting in both an unparalleled impact in Singapore, and advances in the development of systems engineering around the world.” - 2011
Conferred an Honorary Fellow of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations
Institute of Physics of Singapore President Medal - 2014
IES the Lifetime Engineering Achievement Award
Scout distinguished service silver award from President Dr Tony Tan - 2015
Defence Technology Medal (Outstanding Service) from Ministry of Defence
Aviation Pioneer Award from the Singapore Institute of Aviation Engineers - 2021
Temasek Defence Professorship
Details
- 15 May 2019
- 1 day
- NUS, Blk EA, #02-11
Status
This event is now closed.