Jospeh Tan, acting Director of xDigital, shares with the audience how his division builds digital solutions for the Home Team. (Photo: HTX)
From building robust infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) to cutting-edge developments in generative AI to accelerating innovation through AI testing, attendees of HTX’s AI TechXplore (TXP) were treated to invaluable insights on a host of topics by academic and industry experts over two days.
While the main exhibition zone featuring cutting-edge AI projects was located on the ground floor, the event space on the fifth floor hosted an exhibition of HTX’s history and work, as well as a series of engaging tech talks that were so popular, most attendees had to register to guarantee their seats.
Visitors learned about the myths and realities of working at HTX from Xponents. (Photo: HTX)
Visitors learning about HTX’s history and contributions to the Home Team. (Photos: HTX)
Tan Boon Leong, VP/Head of DeepBrain (Data Science & Information) at ST Engineering, kicked off the series with his presentation on how organisations can operationalise AI effectively, including building robust infrastructure for AI initiatives and aligning these initiatives with business objectives and governance frameworks.
ST Engineering’s Tan Boon Leong shared his insights on operationalising AI systems. (Photo: HTX/Alvin Lim)
Miguel Fernandes, a Technical Partner at Resaro, then discussed how AI testing is essential for accelerating innovation. While some might believe that AI testing and governance can block innovation, he explained that these can instead ensure that AI development is sustainable, responsible, and effective by mitigating risks such as bias and unpredictability.
Resaro’s Miguel Fernandes sharing his insights on AI testing. (Photo: HTX)
Dr Deb Goswami, Senior Technologist – Generative AI & Big Data, APAC, at Nvidia closed the first day of tech talks with his presentation on AI agents, one of the hottest developments in AI. The audience also got to learn about AI-Q, NVIDIA’s new blueprint for developing agentic systems that can use reasoning to unlock knowledge in enterprise data.
Learning about AI agents with Dr Deb Goswami. (Photo: HTX)
The second day of tech talks opened with Professor Chen Change Loy from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Professor Chen, who is also the President’s Chair in Computer Science, Deputy Director for the Centre of AI-for-X, and the NTU Co-Associate Lab Director of the S-Lab for Advanced Intelligence, shared with the audience cutting-edge developments in generative AI for vision applications, including controllable image and video synthesis, visual content restoration, and diffusion-based visual content editing.
NTU Professor Chen Change Loy spoke about generative AI for vision applications. (Photo: HTX)
A team of presenters from HTX’s xDigital division, led by their Acting Director Joseph Tan, then gave a detailed presentation on HTX's approach, considerations, and progress in building a digital suite of tools for the Home Team, including AI solutions like Paperwork and Teammate.
Acting Director Joseph Tan (right) and his colleagues Roshan Kumar (left), Lim Hock Chuan (2nd from left), and Vincent Goh shared how xDigital builds digital tools for the Home Team. (Photo: HTX)
Next, Dr Miles Wen, the Co-Founder and CEO of Fano, shared with the audience his company’s voice recognition solutions in public safety and regulatory environments, including safeguarding against emerging threats like deepfake audio and voice fraud.
Dr Miles Wen discussed Fano’s voice recognition solutions for public safety. (Photo: HTX)
Wang Jia Hong, the Market Partner – Digital Application Management Operations of Thoughtworks, concluded the talks with his insightful presentation on what it means to maintain software in today’s world. According to him, organisations that want to remain agile, responsive, and resilient need to carefully engineer their existing software to reduce technical debt, enhance quality, and strengthen architecture.
Thoughtworks’ Wang Jia Hong advised the attendees of his talk not to settle for maintaining software – and instead to sustain and evolve it. (Photo: HTX)
In between the tech talks, the audience even had opportunities to enjoy refreshments and collect souvenirs of their visit to AI TXP!
After all the deep learning, the audience members got to enjoy complimentary coffee and baked goods courtesy of Mad Roaster. They also got to bring home iron-on straps to commemorate their day of learning! (Photos: HTX)
