NUS AMP – Emerging Technologies and Industry 4.0 – Growth and Opportunities
According to a Deloitte Review, a fourth industrial revolution is transforming economies, jobs, and even society itself. Many physical and digital technologies are combining through analytics, AI, cognitive technologies, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to create digital enterprises that are both interconnected and capable of more informed decision making. Digital enterprises can communicate, analyze, and use data to drive intelligent action in the world. In short, this revolution is embedding smart, connected technology not only within organizations but also our daily lives. This course provides an outlook of such emerging technologies and their applications and covers various aspects of technology in terms of EVs, fintech, blockchain, metaverse, and smart cities.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Gain an understanding of technology development cycles and the emergence of energy and electric vehicles.
- Learn an overview of fintech and the emerging trends.
- Develop an understanding of how metaverse and digital twins are harnessing disruption.
- Gain a perspective of smart cities with help of examples.
Faculty
Prof Neo Kok Beng
Professor
Prof Neo Kok-Beng is an award-winning engineer, educator and entrepreneur. He has build up a portfolio of highly-scalable and global companies with deep-science in the areas of Biomedical, Financial and Aerospace technologies – through its unique acceleration program that is “Global-Business & World-Class” in approach. He was awarded the Singapore’s President Design Award, the US Government Innovation Initiative Award, and NUS Innovation and Enterprise Award.
For his contributions to engineering in society, he was awarded the Honorary Fellow of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations in 2018. He is also a Board member of the Engineering Accreditation Board, Singapore. He is also appointed as the Lead Instructor of the NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme (GRIP) to spin-off 250 DeepTech ventures from NUS research graduates. Prof Neo designed and delivered the 1st to 4th cohorts of NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme (GRIP) for NUS PhDs/Post-Docs and is trained more 100 deep-tech ventures including the Lean-LaunchPad programmes.
Syllabus
Learning Objectives:
- Gain an understanding of technology development cycles and the emergence of energy and electric vehicles.
Module Components:
Readings:
- Technology Development Life Cycles
- The great electric car race is just beginning
- Case Study: Disruption in Detroit: Ford, Silicon Valley, and Beyond (A). Erneets Gundling
Video Lectures:
- Technology Development Life Cycle for July 16 AMP
Quiz:
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Energy & Electric Vehicles – Quiz
Learning Objectives:
- Learn an overview of fintech and the emerging trends.
Module Components:
Readings:
- Understanding Gartner’s Hype Cycle
- What is Web3
- Five Fintech Trends 2021
- Case Study: The Buzz of Blockchain: Hype vs. Reality in France
Video Lectures:
- Hype Curve for July 22 AMP
Quiz:
- Blockchain & Fintech – Quiz
Learning Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of how metaverse and digital twins are harnessing disruption.
Module Components:
Readings:
- Harness Change & Disruption with Geoffrey Moore
- The Metaverse Is Facebook’s Play for Complete Social Domination
- Digital Twins
- Case Study: Linden Lab: Crossing The Chasm
Video Lectures:
- Crossing the Chasm for July 30 AMP
Quiz:
- Metaverse & Digital Twins – Quiz
Learning Objectives:
- Gain a perspective of smart cities with help of examples.
Module Components:
Readings:
- Right Tech, Wrong Time Ron Adner
- Smart Cities – United Nations
- Tackling Customer Pain Points One by One: How Transwap Converted Banking Diehards. By: Wee Liang Tan, Kok Beng Neo, Thomas Lim
Video Lectures:
- Minimal Viable Ecosystem for Aug 05 AMP
Quiz:
- Smart Cities & AI/ML – Quiz