Alibaba Sets Up Joint Research Center in Singapore to Focus on AI - Pandaily

On February 28, Chinese tech giant Alibaba and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) established a joint research institute in Singapore. The institute will focus on AI applications, including health care, smart home and urban transportation. According to Alibaba, the institute is the firm's first joint research center outside of China. It will be located on the NTU campus, and its first 50 researchers will be from Alibaba and NTU. AI applications developed by the institute will be tested within NTU, and across Singapore and Southeast Asia.