COVID-19 Initiative: The 100E-Industry cash contribution from eligible local companies is reduced to 10%
100 Experiments
100 Experiments (100E) is AI Singapore’s flagship programme to solve industries’ artificial intelligence (AI) problem statements and help them build their own AI teams.
An organisation can propose 100E problem statements where no commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) AI solution exists, but they can potentially be solved by Singapore’s ecosystem of researchers and AI Singapore’s engineering team within 9 to 18 months.
AISG will provide funding of up to SGD$250,000 per 100E project for the Principal Investigators (PI) from Singapore’s autonomous universities, A*STAR research institutes or other Singapore-based publicly funded research institutions to work on the organisation’s problem statement. The organisation is then required to match the funding in-kind (AI/engineering/IT/domain manpower) and in cash.
An engineering team from AISG can be assigned to join the PI and his research team for an 18-month 100E project or fully undertake a 9-month 100E project to develop and deploy an AI minimum viable model. The AISG team is staffed by full-time AI, data and platform engineers as well as apprentices from the AI Apprenticeship Programme (AIAP®).
Under the COVID-19 initiative, the 100E-Industry cash contribution from eligible local companies is reduced to 10%.
AI Singapore will assist the organisation with:
Defining the AI Problem
Recruitment of AI Engineers (apprentices who have completed the AIAP®)
Design of AI infrastructure and architecture (if required)
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100E is a collaborative model to co-create AI solutions
100E Tracks Aligned with AI Apprenticeship Programme (AIAP)®
To simplify and accelerate the 100E processes, we have designed two 100E programme tracks closely aligned with the AIAP:
100E For Research (100E4R)
In 100E4R, the industry problem statement is novel and requires extensive research by the PI and an AI minimum viable model can be delivered within 18 months. The PI will work on the problem statement with his team of postdoctoral researchers, Research Fellows, PhD students and/or Research Assistants. The AI Singapore engineering team and AIAP apprentices are provided on the request of the Project Sponsor and/or PI.
100E For Industry(100E4I)
In 100E4I, the research component in the industry problem statement is less and the AISG engineering team will be able to undertake the project end-to-end and will be assisted by a PI on a consultancy basis, if required. The project will be completed with the delivery of an AI minimum viable model within 9 months.
The Project Sponsor is encouraged to make an employment offer to the apprentices assigned to the Project Sponsor’s 100E project. Employment can only commence after the apprentices have completed their AIAP.
The GIC Tax team monitors tax and regulatory changes across the world. The information comes in multiple forms (email notifications, newsletters, portals
and web). The AI solution does the first round of classification of reports based on topics and countries of relevance, enabling our tax specialists to spend more time on value added tasks such as analysing impact of the changes and providing expert insights.
GIC
I am particularly impressed by the significant improvement of the model’s performance and the final MVP delivered was complete and uniformed. This collaboration has helped IBM solve our business problem as well as up-skill our employees in AI. Throughout the 8 months, the communication and management of the project were smooth and seamless. Kudos to the entire AISG team for their professionalism and insights into the world of AI.
IBM
Collaboration with AISG helped us augment our AI capabilities quickly through the 100E and AI Apprenticeship Programmes, while ensuring that we work with qualified, trained talents in AI.
KroniKare
The AISG team comprising AI experts and apprentices applied the Agile methodology well over the sprints. During each sprint, progress on the project targets were reviewed, and new targets set/updated for the next sprint. Overall, a very pleasant experience working with a responsive team.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lifts are critical assets in the dense urbanized communities across the world. The combined factors of aging lifts and changing usage patterns will change the performance and maintenance of the lifts. With the use of AI, Surbana Jurong is now able to better understand and maintain the 26,000 lifts monitored by us.
Surbana Jurong
The team from AISG provided much-needed expertise and diligence to help us design and craft the data pipeline and models for this effort – vital to this project’s success.
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Frequently Asked Questions
General
What is 100experiments Programme?
The 100Experiments (100E) programme is to encourage companies (Project Sponsors) in Singapore to embark on the AI/ML journey by leveraging the AI/ML researchers (Project Performers) in the universities and research ecosystem in Singapore.
Is this a grant?
AI Singapore does not provide any grants/cash to the companies – what we want to do is to fund a research/engineering team in the universities to work on a specific AI product or AI service leading to Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in 9-months or 18-months.
