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SNS Network Technology Rolls Out Affordable Device Deals for Students as Schools Adopt Hybrid Learning

IPOH, Malaysia, Nov 1, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - SNS Network Technology Berhad (Bursa: SNS, 0259), an ICT system and solutions provider, is pleased to announce the launch of a special device deal for students who are increasingly learning in online classrooms and need the tools to facilitate access for online learning.iTworldManaging Director of SNS, Ko Yun HungKo Yun Hung, Managing Director of SNS (Link) Managing Director of SNS, Ko Yun Hung, said, "This special deal is timely as the perfect tool for online classroom learning or hybrid learning given that the government launched the Hybrid Classrooms Pioneer Project. We believe that this special deal makes the devices very accessible to students and levels the playing field for virtual learning situations.""These devices are highly adaptable for students to browse through their coursework, take their tests onscreen or maintain a schedule; all while ensuring a smooth experience for classroom interactions. Students will not have to feel that non-physical interactions will make their experiences with teachers and fellow students any less.""We are also offering JOI, our smart classroom solution providing a flexible lea...

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Thousands of educators, policymakers & technology leaders assemble to discuss the future of education in Thailand

BANGKOK, Aug 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - On 14-15 September 2022, EDUtech Thailand (www.terrapinn.com/virtual/edutech-thailand/index.stm) will once again bring together the entire education ecosystem in Thailand to discuss new strategies, pedagogies, and innovations to bring inspiration in education to all. Over the two days, over 100 expert speakers (www.terrapinn.com/virtual/edutech-thailand/speakers.stm) from K-12 Schools and higher education institutions across Thailand will be addressing key themes such as Digital Leadership, Hybrid Learning, and Next-Gen Tools and Pedagogy in both English and Thai. Headlining the festival agenda is Chayaporn Wattanasiri, President of Mae Fah Lung University. She'll be sharing higher education's move into the digital age, especially in the area of assessments. Additional featured speakers at EDUtech Thailand include: - Prof Banchong Mahaisavariya, President, Mahidol University - Assoc. Prof Jirapon Sunkpho, Vice President of Information Technology, Graduate Program in IT Policy and Management, Thammasat University - Dr. Vinutthaput Phophet, Principal, Pakkred Secondary School - Asst. Prof. Anucha Somabut, Acting Director, Lea...

NovationWire: 2022 Trends of AI, Machine Learning and Blockchain

Hong Kong, May 11, 2022 - (NovationWire) - Tailor Insight, the Asia based market research institute, has released a report on 'Predictions and Trends of AI, Machine Learning and Blockchain'. AI, Machine Learning, and Blockchain technologies have boosted the all sectors. They have enabled companies to process a huge amount of data set and reach conclusions due to their ability to analyze real-time patterns, helping with quick decision-making. They are improving the effectiveness and at the same time working efficiently. This has made different processes in banking time saving and also cost-effective. New technologies increase employee productivity by 40~50% in many industries. Blockchain is frequently used in connection to cryptocurrencies. However, the banking industry is also implementing it for the improvement of workflow dynamics. Blockchain technology will provide a highly secure transaction on both ends. This will be greatly helpful to prevent fraud and help in easy compliance of audits and regulatory requirements. With the help of blockchain & defi transfers, payments and investments can become faster and error-free. It is said that blockchain will impact the packaging se...

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Showa Denko Introduces Machine Learning Operations into AI-based Prediction Systems for Accelerating Materials Development

TOKYO, Apr 21, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004) has introduced MLOps* (Machine Learning Operations) for efficient management of machine learning models deployed into Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems for materials design ahead of its competitors. Machine learning models can predict material properties based on formulations and manufacturing-process conditions of materials. This time, we automated input of the latest data into computers that develop machine learning models and data processing in those computers. This automation has reduced the time required to build and operate machine learning models from five days to one day per month. In addition, the introduction of MLOps enabled us to accelerate materials development by predicting material properties based on the latest data.Machine learning process from model development to operationSDK utilizes AI systems for efficient materials development, such as exploring the optimal material formulation. Machine learning models deployed into the AI systems predict material properties from formulations or suggest formulations that improve material properties. The machine learning process for ma...

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Fujitsu and RIKEN Claim 1st Place for MLPerf HPC Benchmark with Supercomputer Fugaku

TOKYO, Nov 18, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu and RIKEN today announced that the supercomputer Fugaku took the first place for the CosmoFlow training application benchmark (1), one of the key MLPerf HPC benchmarks for large-scale machine learning processing tasks requiring capabilities of a supercomputer. Fujitsu and RIKEN leveraged approximately half of Fugaku's resources (2) to achieve this result, demonstrating the world's fastest performance in this key benchmark.MLPerf HPC measures how many deep learning models can be trained per time unit (throughput performance, 3). Software technology that further refines Fugaku's parallel processing performance has achieved a processing speed approximately 1.77 times faster than that of other systems, demonstrating the world's highest level of performance in the field of large-scale scientific and technological calculations using machine learning.These results were announced as MLPerf HPC version 1.0 on November 17th (November 18th Japan time) at the SC21 High-Performance Computing Conference, which is currently being held as a hybrid event.Fugaku Claims World's Highest Level of Performance in the Field of Large-scale Sc...

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Alpha DX Group Completes Acquisition of DiDi Academy

Singapore, Sep 14, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Alpha DX Group Limited, ("Alpha DX", the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a premier learning and education solution company, is pleased to announce that it completed the acquisition of DiDi Academy as approved by the Company's shareholders via an EGM held on 8 September 2021. Separately, under the Addendum to the MOU ("Addedum"), DiDi Academy has been appointed as a service provider in "Next Generation" University - the Asnaro University of Uzbekistan ("PROJECT ASNARO"), the project Alpha DX entered into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Higher Education and Secondary Specialized Education of Uzbekistan) ("Uzbek MHSSE") to build and operate together, as previously announced.Furthermore, DiDi Academy will also develop collaborations and partnerships between Universities in Uzbekistan and Universities in Japan to facilitate various joint programs, including but not limited to, such as student exchange programs and joint degree programs among partner Universities in both countries.Subject to the entry of binding agreements, Didi Academy is expected t...

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Alpha DX Advancing on its First Public-Private Partnership in Digital Learning & Education with Uzbekistan

Singapore, Sep 1, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Alpha DX Group Limited, ("Alpha DX", the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a premier learning and education solution company, is pleased to provide updates on the Group's first public-private partnership ("PPPs") in digital learning and education. Previously on 26 August 2021, the Group has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Ministry of Higher and Secondary-Specialized Education ("MHSSE") of the Republic of Uzbekistan ("Uzbekistan") that encompass various joint ventures, collaborations and key deliverables in relation to AUU. As such, the Company has announced that its subsidiary, ZioNext Pte. Ltd., will develop and implement the next generation ubiquitous learning platform for AUU.Under the MOU, Alpha and MHSSE will also establish a joint venture with the primary purpose of establishing and managing the AUU, a next generation University that will be fully integrated with the ubiquitous learning platform developed by Alpha DX's subsidiaries. PPPs are widespread in both developing and developed countries and governments often see PPPs as a way of improving quality, access o...

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Alpha DX Set Sights in China with Proposed Investment in JobForesight

Singapore, Jun 18, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Alpha DX Group Limited, ("Alpha DX", the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a premier learning and education solution company, is pleased to announce that its technology subsidiary, ZioNext Pte Ltd, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to invest in Singapore-based JobForesight, which has developed a cloud-based application, Careershe, that offers an academic & career planning platform that is targeted at the largest education system in the world.Guangdong-based Careershe (https://www.careershe.com/en.html) was created to assist Chinese youth between ages of 15 and 25 years old to equip themselves with the relevant information and knowledge that are necessary for them to optimise their decision-making process in choosing the appropriate education programs as well as the career opportunities that are best suited to them.With personalised matching analysis using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the database on Careershe's platform, Careershe can enable Chinese youths to navigate through the extremely competitive education and career environment by personalising the education and ...

Some students have trouble accessing online portal on first day of home-based learning

SINGAPORE - Some students were unable to access the Student Learning Space portal used for home-based learning Wednesday morning (May 19), on the first day of classes moving online. In a statement, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said it is "aware of the slowdown of the Student Learning Space this morning", as all primary, secondary, junior colleges and Millennia Institute moved into full Home Based Learning. "We immediately activated additional system resources and as at 9.30 am, teachers have reported that the system is back on track," it said. All primary, secondary and junior college students, as well as those from Millennia Institute and special education schools, have begun full home-based learning which will last till May 28 when the school term ends, after a spike in Covid-19 cases in the community. MOE said its team is actively monitoring the system's performance and working on the issues, so as to minimise disruptions for the teachers and students. "We apologise to everyone who was affected this morning," it said. Parents told The Straits Times their children were having trouble with accessing parts of the website after logging in. Parent Yeo Sha-En, who has two daughters...

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WitLink Crashes the Soft Cap Target during the On-Going Pre-Sale

London, UK - With increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to solve different industrial processes, the field of AI and ML is certainly the future of human existence. In a bid to close the existing gap and revolutionize the present-day AI space, the team behind WitLink has introduced its decentralized marketplace to the benefit of AI enthusiasts. WitLink is a project geared towards giving AI enthusiasts, including students, trainers, professionals, enterprises, and AI experts the opportunity to profit from the artificial intelligence and machine learning space. WAI Token WAI is an ERC-compliant token and the native token of the WitLink project. The WAI token can be used for different purposes on the WitLink network, including to offer projects, purchase computing resources, and reward payouts for computing resources. Additionally, POS token holders will be rewarded with the WAI token for their activities on the WitLink platform. Plus, the token can be used to pay platform fees and other goods and services. On-going presale! WitLink continues to present opportunities and that through the on-going Presale. With the Soft-Cap achieved, now it eyes th...

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Singaporean Woman Founder of Edtech Start-Up KOCO Secures SGD700k in Seed Funding and Launches KOCO Space for Parents

SINGAPORE - KOCO today announced that it has received a seed investment of S$700,000 by an undisclosed family office. This investment comes at an extraordinary time for KOCO as its EdTech services - KOCO Paper and KOCO Schools, are gaining business momentum during this pandemic. KOCO, with operations in both Singapore and Indonesia, has increased its user base to 11,000 in a span of 5 months. The funding will accelerate KOCO's growth strategy to meet the rapidly evolving needs in the education ecosystem. KOCO will further invest in identified strategic areas of growth, including its Artificial Intelligence (AI), and interactive end-to-end learning enablement platform for teachers, students, and parents. Lenie Chow, Founder and CEO said, "Since its founding in March 2020, KOCO will continue to provide increasing value to parents, students and teachers. We have scaled rapidly in Singapore and Indonesia by anticipating and addressing consumer needs with a data-driven strategy underpinned by a talented team. The investments will accelerate the growth plans we have identified as more parents and teachers move towards digital solutions for education." KOCO began its expansion i...

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Singaporean Woman Founder of Edtech Start-Up KOCO Secures SGD700k in Seed Funding and Launches KOCO Space for Parents

KOCO today announced that it has received a seed investment of S$700,000 by an undisclosed family office. This investment comes at an extraordinary time for KOCO as its EdTech services - KOCO Paper and KOCO Schools, are gaining business momentum during this pandemic. KOCO, with operations in both Singapore and Indonesia, has increased its user base to 11,000 in a span of 5 months. The funding will accelerate KOCO's growth strategy to meet the rapidly evolving needs in the education ecosystem. KOCO will further invest in identified strategic areas of growth, including its Artificial Intelligence (AI), and interactive end-to-end learning enablement platform for teachers, students, and parents. Lenie Chow, Founder and CEO said, "Since its founding in March 2020, KOCO will continue to provide increasing value to parents, students and teachers. We have scaled rapidly in Singapore and Indonesia by anticipating and addressing consumer needs with a data-driven strategy underpinned by a talented team. The investments will accelerate the growth plans we have identified as more parents and teachers move towards digital solutions for education." KOCO began its expansion into the B2C segment wi...

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Fujitsu and Hokkaido University Develop “Explainable AI” Technology Providing Users with Concrete Steps to Achieve Desired Outcomes

KAWASAKI, Japan, Feb 4, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Hokkaido University today announced the development of a new technology based on the principle of "explainable AI" that automatically presents users with steps needed to achieve a desired outcome based on AI results about data, for example, from medical checkups."Explainable AI" represents an area of increasing interest in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. While AI technologies can automatically make decisions from data, "explainable AI" also provides individual reasons for these decisions - this helps avoid the so-called "black box" phenomenon, in which AI reaches conclusions through unclear and potentially problematic means.While certain techniques can also provide hypothetical improvements one could take when an undesirable outcome occurs for individual items, these do not provide any concrete steps to improve.For example, if an AI that makes judgments about the subject's health status determines that a person is unhealthy, the new technology can be applied to first explain the reason for the outcome from health examination data like height, weight, and blood pressure. Then, th...

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M3 initiative in Geylang Serai to encourage lifelong learning, promote healthy lifestyle

SINGAPORE - Programmes promoting healthy lifestyles, encouraging lifelong learning and building a caring community - these are what the M3 initiative looks to bring to Geylang Serai. The ninth M3 town in Geylang Serai was launched on Saturday (Jan 23), in conjunction with Wisma Geylang Serai's second anniversary, and seeks to be a pillar of support for the community. The M3 initiative is a tie-up between the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis), self-help group Mendaki and the People's Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council. The M3 @ Towns provides a platform for volunteers and professionals to work together to serve the needs of residents. Other towns in the programme include Bedok and Jurong. Speaking at the launch on Saturday, South East District Mayor Fahmi Aliman spoke about the three key areas of focus for the M3 programme in Geylang Serai and expressed his happiness to see young volunteers coming on board. The outreach volunteer team looks to visit homes in the vicinity on a bi-weekly basis, he noted. In addition, it will conduct quarterly recruitment drives for volunteers and conduct training for these volunteers to help them best serve the communi...

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Malay language teachers honoured for new approaches, getting kids more involved

SINGAPORE - Malay language teacher Rohani Hanim Selamat, 35, has tried to incorporate technology and gaming elements into her lessons to make learning the Malay language and about the culture more immersive for students. And when schools moved to home-based learning this year, she created quiz games online to help students consolidate what they had learnt in a more enjoyable way. The Fuhua Secondary School teacher said: "Students are driven into a digital world, and not using it eliminates the younger generation from potential learning opportunities." Ms Rohani is one of three winners of this year's Arif Budiman Malay Language Teacher Award (Agab), which honours teachers for their outstanding contributions in the teaching and learning of the Malay Language. On Saturday (Dec 19), Minister for Social and Family Development and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli, presented the awards to the winners. Agab 2020 is jointly organised by the Malay Language Council Singapore, Malay Language Teachers Association, Berita Harian, and the Malay Language Learning and Promotion Committee. The Role Model award for teachers with 10 years or more of service went to Ms Elna Hussin,...

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Fujitsu, AIST, and RIKEN Achieve Unparalleled Speed on the MLPerf HPC Machine Learning Processing Benchmark Leveraging Leading Japanese Supercomputer Systems

TOKYO, Nov 19, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and RIKEN today announced a performance milestone in supercomputing, achieving the highest performance and claiming the ranking positions on the MLPerf HPC benchmark(1). The MLPerf HPC benchmark measures large-scale machine learning processing on a level requiring supercomputers and the parties achieved these outcomes leveraging approximately half of the "AI-Bridging Cloud Infrastructure" ("ABCI") supercomputer system, operated by AIST, and about 1/10 of the resources of the supercomputer Fugaku, which is currently under joint development by RIKEN and Fujitsu. Utilizing about half the computing resources of its system, ABCI achieved processing speeds 20 times faster than other GPU-type systems. That is the highest performance among supercomputers based on GPUs, computing devices specialized in deep learning. Similarly, about 1/10 of Fugaku was utilized to set a record for CPU-type supercomputers consisting of general-purpose computing devices only, achieving a processing speed 14 times faster than that of other CPU-type systems. The results were presented as ...

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NetDragon Collaborates with Pearson Expands Education Library with Agreement to License Digital Content

HONG KONG, Oct 23, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon", Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that NetDragon has signed a licensing agreement for K-12 education content with Pearson Global Schools, part of Pearson, the world's leading learning company. The high-quality interactive math and science content will be distributed through NetDragon's global learning community, led by subsidiaries Edmodo, Promethean, and JumpStart among others.Pearson's classroom resources and multimedia learning tools focus on the individual needs of all learners. Primary/Elementary resources (ages 4-11) include the highly acclaimed Reading Street, Abacus Evolve, and enVisionMATH. For the digital natives (ages 11-18), interactive programs from Digits and Interactive Science are highly visual to make learning more engaging for today's students.According to the World Economic Forum, around 1.2 billion children were out of school classrooms this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With blended learning now center stage, educators are realizing the potential for online interaction. Bringing together market-leadi...