SMU-TCS iCity announced that SMU and Tata Consultancy Services have extended their partnership for another three years until 2020 to focus on new initiatives in research and development. The partnership, renewed for the second time, will enhance and broaden multi-disciplinary academic research efforts in digital technology to create innovative, technology-enabled solutions to emerging urban challenges. SMU will leverage on its capabilities to generate leading-edge research and strategic linkages with business, government and the wider community to enable the most relevant and contextual ecosystem to deploy the technology solutions.
SMU Vice-Provost of Research and Professor of Information Systems Steven Miller said, “At SMU-TCS iCity Lab, our endeavor is to dig deep into our research and development resources to help produce broad-based, creative and collaborative solutions to problems that Singapore faces in its ascent to be a Smart Nation. In TCS, we have found a technology partner with the right tools and expertise to supplement our research capabilities in a way that gives flight to new ideas in healthcare and smart living—from prototype to deployment—not just in Singapore but beyond its shores.”