Imagination to Reality Limsoon Wong Institute for Infocomm Research

1. Imagination to Reality Limsoon Wong Institute for Infocomm Research

2. To Potential I2R Postgraduates • Why do we want to do research? • What is life like as a researcher? • Who is I2R? • What’s I2R’s environment like? • How to apply to I2R’s PhD program?

3. Realising Dreams Why do we want to do research?

4. To appreciate the splendourof computing • Given 99 greenbeans and 59 redbeans. • Repeat this as many times as you can: • take 2 beans • if 2 red, discard both • if 2 green, discard 1, return 1 • if 1 green and 1 red, discard green, return red • At the end, there will be exactly 1 red bean left. • Why? Great fundamental invariant to be discovered and enjoyed!

5. To make home video more fun • Select video frames • Cut to music • Decide on transitions Turn home video into high quality MTV automatically

6. To make computers easier to use Search photo by visual keywords

7. To benefit children • Childhood leukaemia is a heterogeneous disease • Treatment is based on subtype • 4 different tests and 3 different experts are needed for diagnosis • Curable in USA, • fatal in Indonesia A single platform diagnosis based on gene expression

8. To watch video any where, any time, on any device! Wireless Network And improve quality at the same time!

9. To increase competitivenessof the Singapore port Reduce time-at-port from 3 days to 1 afternoon

10. Having Fun What’s life like as a researcher?

11. Creating companies And a dozen more!

12. Giving talks …in a classroom …in a conference …at the Istana

13. Solving problems

14. Visiting places

15. Receiving awards

16. Making $ while having fun! • Indicative remuneration after first degree Years Position Monthly Salary 0 - 4 PG Student $1,500 - $3,000 3 - 6 Fresh PhD $3,500 - $5,000 5 - 9 Associate $5,000 - $8,000 7 - 12 Member $7,000 - $10,000 9 - 15 Senior $9,000 - $15,000 10- 25 Directors $12,000-$20,000+ • In R&D, results and impacts carry more weight than years of experience!

17. Advancing Infocomm Technology to benefit humanity Who is I2R?

18. A National Research Institute • mission:Advance Infocomm Technology to benefit humanity and create prosperity for S’pore • core values: Passion for excellence, desire for innovation, integrity & respect • funding:$60M p.a. • size:350 RSEs • performance: 1 paper a day, 1 patent a week, 1 technology a month, 1 breakthru a year BMRC SERC IMRE IME DSI IHPC ICES SIMTECH

19. The FIELD Strategy • Focus: build clusters of protectable assets • Innovate: first-to-arrive, no me-too’s; aim at 10x improvement • Engage: build up domain & market knowledge; work with industry • Leverage: work with partners & world R&D leaders • Deploy: build robust technologies for best deployment possibility

20. Desire for Innovation • Pioneer in video indexing & parsing systems • Pioneer in model-enhanced neuro-radiology • Pioneer in Asian language processing • Pioneer in immunoinformatics • Created the 1st robust container number recognition system for the world’s busiest port • Created the first video & music analysis system for automatic production of high-quality MTV

21. Best Technological Innovation Award, Biometrics 2002 IEE Hartree Premium Award, 2002 Best Paper Award, ICMMT 2002 TEC Innovator Award, 2002 TEC Innovator Incubator Award, 2002 National Infocomm Award, 2002 National Technology Award, 2001 National Technology Award 2001 Lye Kin Mun Error rate w/o Facestar Best Technological Innovation Award Biometric 2002 FaceStar 10x reduced error rate w/ Facestar TEC Innovator Award 2002 Drowning Early Warning System Passion for Excellence

22. Bioinformatics & Healthcare E-Service Infrastructure Media Processing Contents Analysis & Production Human Computer Interaction I2R Services & Applications Multimode Devices Radio System Networking Digital Wireless Communications & Devices Lightwave Media Our Research Areas Information Security

23. 90 - PhDs: 25% MScs: 50% BScs: 25% approx. 350 RSEs 80 - 70 - 60 - 50 - 40 - 30 - 20 - 48% 24% 10 - 9 % 8 % 11% 0 - Our Researchers Singaporean Chinese Malaysian Indians Others Multi-national, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary.

24. Impact of our People • Companies with new Singapore R&D centres led and staffed by I2R alumni • Sybase Asian Development Centre • Ericsson Cyberlab • InfoTalk (National Infocomm Award winner) • Companies with CEO/CTOs who are I2R alumni • Alcatel, SurfGold, BEX, Ecquaria, ...

25. Our Technology Beneficiaries • Govt-related • CAAS • CSO • LTA • MHA • PSA • PLEs/SMEs • AsiaSoft • CET Technologies • DBS • GroupSense • Internet Appliances • NCS • NETS • ST Aerospace • ST Electronics • Stratech • Transparity • MNCs • Apple • Computer Assoc. • Ericsson • HP • IBM • NSC • NTT DoCoMo • Panasonic Labs. • Siemens • ST Microelectronics

26. Our Research Partners IBM, Apple, Johns Hopkins, NSC, Rutgers U., Santa Clara U. & U. of Illinois, Chicago Real World Computing, NTT DoCoMo Ericsson HP Labs (Bristol) CNRS Siemens Institute of Acoustic, Chinese Academy of Sciences

27. Masters Students Masters Students Trained Industrial Attachment Students Industrial Attachment Students Trained 106 PhD Students PhD Student Trained 122 77 33 12 1 Our Students (FY 2001) 200 - - 180 - 160 - 140 - 120 - 100 80 - 60 - 40 - 20 - 0 - Pursuing Knowledge for the Prosperity of Singapore

28. Building a Future, Building a Team What’s I2R’s environment like?

29. I2R Building

30. La Tasca, a Place for Relaxation

31. Kopitiams around the corner

32. Typical Office & Lab

33. Some Lab Outings

34. Some I2R Functions Starlit nite ‘02 Gongxiraya ‘00 Deepavali ‘02

35. Joining us... How to apply to our PhD program?

36. National University of SingaporeNanyang Technological University Research Scholarship • Offered to graduates/postgraduates with outstanding academic records • Successful candidates will register with NUS/NTU and will attach to I2R to pursue higher degree studies by research on a full-time basis • Jointly supervised by a I2R researcher and an academic staff from NUS/NTU • Degrees awarded by NUS/NTU

37. National University of SingaporeNanyang Technological University Research Scholarship • Period of candidature • MSc: 1 to 3 years • PhD: 2 to 5 years • Intake period • Jul 2003 • Jan 2004

38. Selection Criteria • Meet NUS/NTU’s admission requirements for MSc/PhD programs by research • Good bachelor’s degree in the relevant discipline • Applicants having degrees from institutions where English is not the main medium of communication are required to send in TOEFL scores (min. 580 – 600) • Unless exempted, all applicants are required to submit GRE scores (min. 1800 – 2000) • Ability to pursue research on full-time basis in specified research areas available in I2R

39. What does the Scholarship offer? Monthly Stipend (S$1,400 – S$2,000) + Sponsorship of Research/Tuition Fees S$1 = RM$2.14

40. How to Apply • Submit CV with transcripts, if available • Attend Interview • - Date: 10 Dec 2002 • Venue: Shangri-La Hotel • Time: 9.00am • Successful applicants will be notified after the interview • I2R HR Dept will contact you subsequently for course admission • OR

41. How to Apply • Send a softcopy of your CV, in MS Word format, to postgrad@i2r.a-star.edu.sg before 15 Dec 2002 for Jul 2003 intake • Download Application Form www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg (click Human Capital Development) • Send completed application forms & supporting documents to: Institute for Infocomm Research Human Resource Department (Attn: Ms Heather Lee) 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 119613 Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. In your application, please indicate clearly the research area(s) you are interested in and the source of advertisement

42. For more information about I2R and its R&D programs, please visit www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg • For more information about NUS Research Scholarship, please visit www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/prospective/graduate.html • For more information about NTU Research Scholarship, please visit www.ntu.edu.sg/registrar/grad_research.html

43. Thank You for Coming!