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 The workshop comprised of four themed presentations, a poster session and panel discussions. The themed presentations included Interactions of Built & Natural Environment; Pervasive Sensing & Sensor Networks; Marine Sensing; and Integrated Environmental Models. A special session on climate change was added to address the issues in this area. Professor Andrew Whittle from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lead Principal Investigator (PI) of the CENSAM group kicked off the event by giving an overview of the various projects undertaken by the group and their progress to date . He reiterated CENSAM’s ultimate goal of building a representation of the natural and built environment of Singapore that would transition between different scales seamlessly. More detail on specific areas of interest and projects was presented by individual Principal Investigators and collaborators. Professor Whittle also provided insights on the CENSAM team explaining how it has grown over the last 12 months. It now has 22 SMART research staff and 3 MIT faculty in residence. Collaboration between MIT and local researchers is also getting stronger with 15 MIT and 24 local PIs working together on various projects. The poster session and panel discussions proved to be popular as it allowed interactions and in-depth discussions. CENSAM will increase the duration for these sessions in future workshops. |
More speakers from external institutions were invited to present this year, adding to the depth of topics discussed especially on the issue of climate change. Professor Peter Stone from MIT spoke on “Prediction of Future Climate Change” and Dr Kerry Sieh from the Earth Observatory of Singapore also presented his views on this topic. Other guest speakers included Dr Jim Bellingham from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Professor Rex Britter from Cambridge University, Mr Paul Brown from CDM, and Professor Carlo Ratti from Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT. They touched on topics ranging from dynamics and sustainability of cities to oceanographic observations.  Looking forward to their second year, the group aims to continue expanding its team and involve more PIs from MIT. It’s significant research activities include the Water Current Sediment tunnel project at NUS, completion of the optics laboratory and instrumented water tanks, scaling up the sensing network activities and increasing its scientific publications. It will also continue to open dialog and develop relations with key agencies. |
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