Topic 1: Urban Mobility - Market Trends and Learnings
Mr Marc Dragon
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Y3 Technologies
Synopsis:
We will discuss some key Urban Mobility market trends in ASEAN and China, and specifically will cover areas such as :
- The Cost vs Flexibility dilemma
- Technology and concepts : intelligence vs feasibility
- Some thinking around City Supply Chains and relevance to industry solutions
Topic 2: National Science Experiment and Urban Mobility Management
Dr Qin Zheng
Senior Scientist
Institute of High Performance Computing, A*Star
Synopsis:
The National Science Experiment (NSE), themed “Step Out for Science”, is an island-wide outdoor
science experiment carried out by Singapore students to track their carbon footprint, travel mobility
patterns, and the amount of time they spend indoors and outdoors. In 2015, 43,140 students from 128 schools
carried the SENSg device to collect data on their daily travel patterns and to map Singapore’s urban outdoor
environment such as temperature, humidity and sound, or Wi-Fi connectivity. A key goal of the NSE is to
interest students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and students’ curiosity in
science was sparked as they learned concepts such as Big Data, along with the Internet of Things as part of
the project. I will describe IHPC's work in developing a highly available, distributed computing infrastructure
over our data centres at both Fusionopolis and Biopolis, and the key findings of the NSE 2015. In this talk,
I will also describe the Dynamic Mobility Management (DMM) project, under the A*STAR-Fujitsu-SMU Centre of
Excellence on Urban Computing and Engineering. I will describe the specific objectives of DMM and our early
progresses in developing methods to understand and improve the dynamics of commuter traffic in large urban spaces,
as well as manage crowds under extreme conditions and surges.
Topic 3: How Grab Harnesses Data and Technology to Drive S.E.A Forward
Mr Jerry Lim
Head
Grab Singapore
Synopsis:
In the transportation ecosystem, the vast majority of users are consumers who want to get from
point A to point B in the quickest, safest and most affordable manner possible followed by the more
complex needs of companies. In Grab, we use data to create more value for our users and also to
understand their needs at the same time. On the driver end, we harness data to detect driving behavior,
optimize driver performance and help them maximize revenue among other things. The amplitude of how much
can be leveraged through data is enormous and at Grab, we are just beginning to put together what kind of
data creates what kind of value for whom as we continue to push the boundaries of how we can harness data
and technology to drive S.E.A forward.
Topic 4: Use of Technology and Data to Manage Congestion in Large Urban Spaces
Dr. Eiji Kitagawa, Research Manager, New Solution Business Division, Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd.
Dr. Vishal Sharma, Researcher, New Solution Business Division, Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd.
Synopsis:
The speakers will present the projects on dynamic mobility management done under the
Fujitsu-A*Star-SMU Centre of Excellence on Urban Computing & Engineering. The speakers will
also share the findings of the field trials done in Singapore large urban spaces as well as
to showcase the congestion mitigation system.