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VOLUME 28 NO.1 JUNE 2015
MCI(P)193/04/2015
ENVISIONING A
SMART NATION
ENVIRONMENT
AND UTILITIES
SECURITY
CONTENTS / UPCOMING EVENTS
CONTENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
2-5 Jun
COVER STORY
ENVIRONMENT
AND UTILITIES
a
6 Envisioning
Smart Nation
SECURITY
CommunicAsia 2015
Singapore
16-18 Jun
IFSEC International 2015
London, United Kingdom
26-31 Jul
NEWS
AWARDS
3
16
4
5
Higher Profit in FY2014 and
$382.5m Worth of
Contracts in Q1 2015
Advanced Technologies in
Car Park Management
SERIS Solutions for
Enhanced City
Management
MOUs for Smart
Solutions
INNOVATION
14
15
Excellence In
Defence Technology
A Feather in the Cap for
Good Design
PROFILE
17
From Gamer to
Computer Engineer
EVENTS
18
AgilFence Receives
Trademark
10-15 Sep
IBC 2015
Amsterdam, Netherlands
6-8 OCT
19-23 Oct
Global Space and
Technology Convention
2015
Smart Lighting Solutions
7th Annual Carrier Ethernet
APAC
Tech Factor Challenge
Smart Nation Technology
Seminar 2015
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HIMSS AsiaPac 15
Singapore
13th EXPO Seguridad Mexico
CXO Smart Nation Breakfast
Talk
2
7-10 Sep
GovernmentWare 2015
Singapore
Creating Sport-Specific
Scenarios for Training and
Evaluation
20
2-4 Sep
Build Eco Xpo (BEX) Asia 2015
Singapore
LAAD Security and Defence
2015
Interpol World 2015
19
36th International Geosciences and
Remote Sensing Symposium
Milan, Italy
36th Asian Conference on Remote
Sensing (ACRS) 2015
Manila, Phillippines
21-23 Oct
The 14th China International Conference
& Exhibition on Electromagnetic
Compatibility
Shanghai, China
28-30 OCT
China Satellite 2015
Beijing, China
NEWS
Higher Profit FOR FY2014 and
$382.5m worth of contracts
in Q1 2015
FY2014*
FY2013*
GROWTH %
Revenue ($m)
1,614
1,682
(4)
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) ($m)
174.4
165.5
5
Other income, net ($m)
10.4
2.0
409
Finance income/ (costs), net ($m)
(1.3)
4.2
(130)
Profit before tax (PBT) ($m)
184.0
170.3
8
Profit attributable to shareholders ($m)
152.1
137.1
11
Economic value added (EVA) ($m)
118.7
106.1
12
*All currencies are in Singapore dollars.
ST Electronics announced that it closed the year with higher
profits and also managed to secure new orders worth
approximately $2.18 billion with about $509m added in the
fourth quarter of 2014. These contracts were for Rail
Electronics Projects, Satellite Communication Solutions and
Advanced Electronics and ICT solutions.
Hong Kong
Middle East
Latin
America
Vietnam
Taiwan
In the first quarter of 2015, ST Electronics secured about
$382.5m worth of contracts. This included Rail Electronics &
Intelligent Transportation contracts of about $32.5m secured
from local and overseas customers in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the
Middle East and Latin America, including a new market in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The projects include Command,
Control and Communications (C3) Systems and Maintenance
Management System including integrated monitoring and
surveillance systems and land transport solutions and
services for government agencies. These will be delivered
progressively over the next three years.
In the area of Satellite & Broadband Communications,
contracts amounting to about $55.3m included orders from
international telecom providers, broadcast companies and
government agencies for satellite communication
equipment, network equipment and earth stations. These
will be delivered progressively over the next few years.
Finally, about $294.7m worth of Advanced Electronics & ICT
contracts were received from both public and private sectors
and will be delivered progressively over the next five years.
Amongst these are contracts for Intelligent Security
Management System, advanced communication systems and
services, mobile security services and automated metering
solutions for government agencies and commercial
businesses.
These contracts are not expected to have any material
impact on the consolidated net tangible assets per share and
earnings per share of ST Engineering for the current financial
year.
“
We will continue to work closely with our
customers and partners to build a roadmap
for future solutions and services that will
further enhance their operational
effectiveness and efficiency.
”
Mr Lee Fook Sun
Deputy CEO & President, Defence Business of ST Engineering and
President of ST Electronics
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NEWS
Advanced TechnologIES in Car Park Management
ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) has leveraged on its
experience and capabilities in surveillance, enforcement and
transport technologies to make inroads in providing
automated car park systems and services in Singapore. The
company was awarded contracts by Singapore’s Housing and
Development Board (HDB) to manage and operate Electronic
Parking Systems (EPS) at two of their largest HDB branches at
Choa Chu Kang and Woodlands.
The company has developed a Mobile Enforcement System
(MES) named SNAPi (Season Number Accelerated Patrol by
Imaging) to replace the labour-intensive manual process of
scanning the RFID disc of each car to check its parking
validity at the season parking lots by car park patrolling
officers. The MES uses the Automated Number Plate
Recognition (ANPR) technology to conduct mass surveillance
by deploying optical character recognition on images to read
vehicle registration plates. The system is mounted on a
vehicle and scans the number plates of parked cars when the
MES vehicle is driven through the car park. The MES vehicle is
designed with dual-side scanning feature to further improve
its productivity.
Another benefit of the SNAPi is its ability to efficiently and
reliably ensure that the car park patrolling function is carried
out comprehensively, thus meeting reporting and audit
requirements. SNAPi also has the advantage of providing a
lot counting function that offers higher accuracy and is easily
conducted as the MES vehicle patrols the car park. As such,
the lot counters on the signage leading to the car park are
updated daily to better reflect the actual available lots in the
car park. There is no more misleading display of “Zero” visitor
car park lots when there are many empty visitor lots in the
car park.
This innovative harnessing of technologies has led to a
multi-fold increase in the productivity of the enforcement
officers. The innovation has been recognised by the
Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and
ST Electronics was awarded an Inclusive Growth Productivity
(IGP) grant for the implementation of this innovation.
ST Electronics has also adopted a Centralised Images Library
Management System and media images captured during
enforcement and daily operations are sent to a centralised
server at HDB’s 24x7 Control Centre using mobile
applications and sorted according to the respective branches
and dates, for easy retrieval.
The introduction of innovative enforcement systems and
management of operations have provided more effective
control in HDB’s parking management, allowing more
efficient use of limited resources and space in Singapore
while providing a better service to the residents.
For more information, please call (65) 6567 6769 or
email: [email protected].
HDB Car Park Management System.
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seris solutions for
enhanced city management
In early 2015, ST Electronics (Info-Software Systems)
launched the new SERIS solution suite, designed to help
governments, agencies and enterprises manage and respond
to growing economic, social and environmental challenges
around the world.
SERIS’ integrated solutions coordinate resources, anticipate
problems and integrate information to enhance city
management and citizen interaction, and ensure safer, more
secure and sustainable cities.
The three SERIS products launched include:
1 Public Safety -- an emergency response solution for
homeland security agencies and healthcare institutions
to better manage time-critical emergencies.
2 Maritime -- a next generation surveillance solution for
maritime and coastal security agencies to manage the
open waters and tackle challenges such as illegal entry,
smuggling, piracy threats and terrorism attacks by sea.
3 Smart Analytics -- a sophisticated analytical system that
leverages on all data sources and social analytics to help
governments and enterprises analyse, understand and
assist with decision-making.
Stay updated with the latest SERIS developments at
www.seris.com.sg, as well as follow SERIS solutions on
LinkedIn.
mous for smart solutions
On 12 March 2015 at the ST Electronics Smart Nation
Technology Seminar held at the Grand Hyatt, Singapore,
ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) with Cisco International Limited
(Cisco) to explore opportunities to work together on pilot
and proof-of-concept projects pertaining to Smart Solutions.
Both companies will identify joint business development
and Go-To-Market for focus countries and industry verticals.
In addition, both parties will also jointly explore formal
technology alliances through integration programmes to
promote mutually beneficial collaboration for Smart
Solutions. This will provide an excellent opportunity to
leverage on ST Electronics and Cisco‘s expertise and proven
capability to integrate sensors, systems and infrastructure
solutions to benefit individual, government and businesses
in support of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative.
As part of ST Electronics’ Smart City initiative, ST Electronics
(Info-Comm Systems) and IBM Singapore signed a
Memorandum of Understanding in September 2014 during
Mr Andrew Chow, President of ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) signed
the MOU with Dr Tatchapol Poshyanonda, Managing Director, ASEAN Partner
Business Group of Cisco Systems.
the ITS (Intelligent Transport System) World Congress in
Detroit to jointly explore opportunities in transport data
analytics for Smarter Mobility as well as to expand the
development of intelligent transport systems for Singapore
and beyond.
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ENVISIONING A
SMART
NATION
The increasing digitisation and connectedness of our
world has revolutionised the way we communicate,
work, live, learn and play with Info-Communication
Technology (ICT) solutions playing a critical role in
almost every aspect of our lives. As cities and nations
like Singapore transform from traditional societies to
modern economies, the focus of ICT planning, policy
and deployment in developing or developed cities has
dramatically shifted from functionality and
performance towards greater urban sustainability and
cities inevitably start to get smarter as technological
advancements are made. Around the world,
Governments and Enterprises are also realising that
user experience and personalised service delivery now
play a more crucial role in engaging an increasingly
demanding stakeholder population.
We have all heard of how fast the environment around
us is changing and with the expansion of urban centres
around the world, we see more people cramming into
high density areas and the rise of issues associated with
rapid urbanisation. These urbanisation issues include
supply and demand pressure on city infrastructure,
environmental problems such as increased waste
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AND UTILITIES
generation and other forms of pollution, resource
depletion as well as threats to public safety and
security.
Along with the infrastructural challenges of keeping up
with increased population density, cities also have to
contend with the impact of changing demographics
ranging from ageing and healthcare issues to concerns
about economic disparity and social cohesion.
With over 40 years of experience serving customers in
more than 100 countries worldwide, ST Electronics is a
leading provider of people-centric and practical
solutions to help cities and their stakeholders keep up
with the pace of urbanisation. ST Electronics’ Smart
Solutions are focused on the core objectives of:
1 SUSTAINING
THE FUTURE
Facilitating
2 ENGAGING
3
Change
THE PRESENT
Thus, with a Smart Nation vision in mind, ST Electronics
has already developed an extensive suite of products
and services to make cities smarter today for tomorrow
of which a select few key innovations will be presented
here.
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SECURITY
SUSTAINING
THE FUTURE
is about helping cities to better manage their
environment and resources. Sustainable use of energy
and water resources coupled with the responsible
treatment of the environment would improve the
liveability of cities and increase the attractiveness of the
city resulting in better retention of talented human
resource and encouraging enterprise. Sensor networks,
Intelligent Building Management and Smart Utilities
Management solutions are just some examples of how
ST Electronics has made contributions towards a city’s
environmental and resource sustainability.
ST Electronics’ value propositions for sustaining the future
include:
Smart Utilities
• Advanced Metering Infrastructure
• Smart Building Energy Management
• Smart Water Management
• Smart Streetlight Management
Smart Utilities
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks
With successful deployments and pilots (in Paris,
California, Texas, Sao Paulo, Auckland, Eilat and
Singapore), the Galaxy Two-Way Field-Area Network is
the ideal dedicated sensor communications network for
large deployment areas.
The system caters to a myriad of sensing and control
applications such as metering, leak detection, streetlight
management, pressure monitoring etc. It is IPv6 ready
and operates in the narrow band (2x 6.25KHz channels)
and a single base station has a coverage radius of more
than 10km (depending on terrain) for up to 50,000 nodes
providing on-demand access for control of endpoint
devices with over-the-air parameter control.
Water, Sewage, Street Light and Multi-Sensor Management
Smart Environment
• Environmental Sensors Management
• Smart Waste Management
• Satellite Imagery Services
City of Oceanside, CA, USA
Paris, France
Singapore
Mansfield, TX, USA
City of Eilat, Israel
Smart Analytics
• SERIS – Analytics
Sao Palo, Brazil
Auckland, New Zealand
Deployments and Pilots of Galaxy Two-Way Sensor Network.
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SMART ENVIRONMENT
AgilSpace GeoServices For The Information Age
Land Administration
& Infra Management
Homeland Security
& Border Control
Location Based Services
GeoServices
Maritime Security
& Safety
Humanitarian Aid
& Disaster Relief
With more than 50% of the world’s population living in urban
environments and population densities projected to increase,
Smart Cities emphasising the balance between sustainable
growth, economic progress and quality of life have now
become the holy grail of city developers. Today, policy makers
and planners constantly grapple with issues relating to Land
administration and Infrastructure Management, Environment
and Resource Monitoring, Public Safety and Disaster Management, Homeland Security and Border Control. Remote sensing
and geospatial information technologies, such as satellite
images and Geographic Information System (GIS) are fast
becoming useful tools in smart city developments, enabling
planners and decision-makers to analyse, plan, simulate,
forecast and monitor changes in and around the city.
Recognising the growing local and global demand for remote
sensing satellites and geospatial services, ST Electronics has
embarked on new space business operations through a team
of experienced professionals to deliver Earth observation
products and solutions under the signature brand, AgilSpace™.
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Environmental/
Agriculture/ Forestry
Energy & Resource
Management
Slated for launch by end 2015, ST Electronics’ Near
Equatorial Orbit satellite, named TeLEOS-1, will offer up to
six daylight imaging opportunities per day with a mean
revisit time of 12 to 16 hours as compared to two daylight
imaging passes per day and mean revisit of three to five
days for conventional sun-synchronous earth observation
satellites. The high responsiveness and comprehensive
imagery distribution partnership portfolio with our partners
enables our AgilSpace GeoServices to support applications
that require high imagery
data availability and
excellent portfolio of
multi-source, multimodal satellite images
ranging from optical
to synthetic aperture
radars for application
across different
industries and
TeLEOS-1 is slated for launch in Q4 2015.
business domains.
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Beyond Imagery Products, 1st Initiatives and
Remote Sensing services, the “Insights” solutions
comprising Analysis Insights, Monitoring Insights,
Mapping Insights and GIS Insights provide
in-depth and holistic analysis through the fusion
of imagery data with other data sources to
support key decision-making.
• Analysis Insights:
support and integrate with various data sources to develop
a comprehensive and insightful picture for various
industrial and business needs such as to investigate debris
distribution, rescue ingress/egress routes in disaster
management.
• Monitoring Insights:
offer a unique and continuous object or activity
surveillance over a period of time to detect, monitor and
track changes which can be particularly useful in providing
situation updates such as infrastructure development
progress and spread of environmental pollution.
• Mapping Insights:
are tailored to customers’ mapping and geospatial
requirements for accurate information and mapping
solutions, including Ground Control Point (GCP) and Digital
Elevation Model (DEM) for urban planning and
management, natural resource planning, etc.
• Geographical Information System (GIS) Insights:
offers project solutions in various forms, including spatial
analysis, network analysis, line of sight analysis (LOS) and
generation of GIS vector and raster layers, as well as 3D
modelling for airspace planning, utilities planning, etc.
With an impressive suite of products and services, be it for
mapping, planning, monitoring or analysis, ST Electronics’
AgilSpace GeoServices aims to be an essential tool in the
development of Smart Cities.
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ENGAGING
THE PRESENT
is about enhancing service delivery to the different city
stakeholders. ST Electronics believes that ubiquitous
connectivity, information availability and data security
enables greater collaboration between agencies, paving the
way to improve stakeholder experiences with their physical
environment and fostering greater social engagement.
Greater use of analytics could provide deeper insights and
greater synergies across verticals. Immersive learning
platforms to facilitate learning anytime, anywhere, at any
pace would also provide opportunities for increasing
productivity as well as personal enrichment.
ST Electronics’ value propositions for engaging the present
include:
Smart Mobility
• Intelligent Rail Transportation Solutions
• Intelligent Road Transportation Solutions
• Fleet Management
• Congestion Pricing and Management
• Driver and Commuter Information Systems
Smart Infrastructure
• Intelligent Building Management Systems
• Communications & Sensor Networks
Smart Community
• Communications Infrastructure
• Learning Management Systems
• Simulation and Game-based Learning
• Community Portals
• Mobile Applications
Smart Security
• SERIS – Public Safety
• Unified Communication Suite
• Integrated Security Management Systems
• Area Surveillance and Intrusion Detection
• Cyber Security
Smart Healthcare
• Integrated Healthcare Infrastructure
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SMART MOBILITY
An Integrated Transport Platform and ITS
Solutions for Chengdu
Leveraging on the extensive traffic monitoring and
analytics capabilities built-up over the years in the area of
intelligent transport solutions, ST Electronics has
incorporated Chengdu’s existing traffic conditions in the
design and development of an integrated transport
platform and a complete set of ITS solutions for the city.
Using intelligent information and applications, the
system transforms traffic management from simple static
management to intelligent dynamic management.
• Through extensive application of traffic information, the
system strengthens the relationship between
pedestrians, vehicles and roads, to achieve real-time,
accurate, efficient, safe and energy-efficient
transportation objectives.
• The top-level intelligent transportation system
comprises seven sub-systems. These sub-systems
provide enhanced support for suburban traffic’s
macro-control, despatching and emergency handling
capabilities, enabling faster and more efficient response
to incidents.
Metropolitan Traffic Control Centre
Metropolitan Traffic Control Centre (MTCC) is based on
the Command, Control and Communication system (C3)
technology. When integrated with the state-of-the-art
business analytics solution, it enables a city to effectively
manage its metro network by providing a city-wide
situational view of the overall network. Besides
supervising and coordinating metro operations, the
MTCC facilitates the response to any incident or
emergency in the station vicinity. It is connected to the
government network and hence able to act as a common
platform for data exchange between various government
agencies such as environment agency and public
security.
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MTCC offers the following competencies:
• Cross-agency/Operation Control Centres
collaboration
• Real-time monitoring of metro operations
• Key Performance Indicators monitoring
• Incident/Emergency management
• Information acquisition, transformation, analysis and
reporting
• Public safety and security
• Simulation
The MTCC was delivered to Beijing in 2008, where it is
named the Beijing Traffic Control Centre (BTCC), to
meet the Authority’s requirement for a city-wide
Traffic Control Centre.
Singapore Polytechnic students gain hands-on experience on the
types of attacks, defensive methods, and investigative skills to
counter cyber threats using an emulated infrastructure software,
the Emulated Cyber Network System.
Smart Security
The first of its kind in the world at that time, the BTCC
started with eight metro lines and to-date it manages
17 metro lines. ST Electronics is also in the process of
delivering a Traffic Control Centre to Wuhan, China.
Smart Community
Simulation-based Learning Platforms
Simulation offers a first-hand and immersive
experience for students to learn about a subject, and
is especially useful if the training environment is
physically inaccessible. Through role-playing, students
learn about procedures and how to react in situations.
ST Electronics has developed simulation-based
learning platforms for institutes of higher learning,
equipping students with key skillsets for specialised
industries.
Photo by Republic Polytechnic
Students from Republic Polytechnic’s Diploma in Aviation
Management learn about air traffic procedures and airside
operations in the Virtual Aerodrome Laboratory.
Cyber-Physical Security: A Paradigm
Shift in Security Approach
In an increasingly connected world, many Cyber-Physical Systems
(CPS) such as: industrial control systems, building automation
systems, transportation systems (avionics, rail, automotive, etc.),
electronic security/access control systems, emergency management
systems, etc. perform vital functions that if disrupted could lead to
large scale interruption of basic services. Numerous devices and
systems connected in the physical layer and across cyber space are
exchanging data with one another, and web services are being
accessed by multiple users. With this, a rich layer of data presents
itself as a target for exploitation by potential perpetrators. Along
with the increasing adoption of Internet-of-Things (IoT)
technologies, Cyber-Physical Security has become a critical
consideration for CIOs as critical business assets extend beyond the
boundaries of conventional physical security architecture. Focusing
on in-depth security and across the cyber-physical boundary,
ST Electronics’ security suite seeks to address security needs in both
the physical and cyber front.
Developed by ST Electronics, SecurNet has been supplemented with
multi-factor authentication and highly sophisticated cryptology to
address the need for Cyber-Physical Security. It delivers a high level
of physical security for Key Installations (KINS) like airports, seaports,
corrective institutes, military bases and other high value assets.
SecurNet is the first in Singapore to adopt the Singapore Standard
for SmartCard Identification (SS529 SSID) which complies with
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) specifications.
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It is also the first to conform to ISO/IEC 19794-2 on biometric
data interchange record (BDIR) which allows interoperability
of biometric data between manufacturers. SecurNet
accommodates technology upgrades as new biometric
sensors are available in the market. It can be readily
connected to other security systems via OPC, XML, ddl, dot
Net objects interfaces without compromising cyber-physical
integrity.
Along with physical security, it is tantamount to protect and
secure the vast information and operation control data
running alongside the physical domain. ST Electronics
provides a holistic approach in the mitigation of risks against
cyber-attacks and delivers comprehensive solutions that
incorporate protection, detection, response and recovery
capabilities. It designs, builds, operates and maintains Cyber
Security Operation Centres for enterprises to secure their
critical information infrastructure. Its DigiSAFE brand of
security solutions focuses on securing end-point devices,
communications and network security, mobile security,
media security and authentication solutions that fit
seamlessly into enterprise security architecture.
As talented human resource is key to the fight against
cyber-crime, the DigiSAFE Cyber Security Centre offers
training to new and existing cyber security practitioners and
professionals. The Centre also allows organisations to
simulate their own cyber information and network
environments to train their security professionals with
realistic operational and threat scenarios.
With the advent of more sophisticated threats targeting both
information and operational systems, it is inevitable that
future security solutions should encompass both cyber and
physical security capabilities to synchronise and synergise
the detection and analysis of the threats as a single process.
A comprehensive cyber and physical architecture makes it
easier to detect, prevent and manage security incidents.
Adopting a holistic security approach, ST Electronics
continues to push the boundaries and deliver
comprehensive security solutions to address the challenges
of future enterprises.
Civil Emergency
Theft/Robbery
Denial of Services
Theft
Unlawful Entry
Virus Attacks
Public Disorder
Damage to Assets
Data Leak
The Future Threat Landscape
Multi-faceted, Multi-tiered, Multi-Targeted
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is about anticipating and addressing the challenges brought
about by changes to the city. As cities grow, change is
inevitable and can result from factors such as the
environment, demographics, social or economics etc.
There is a need for cities to take more pre-emptive steps to
prepare for change so as not to be overwhelmed by it and
technology is just one of the tools to facilitate this.
ST Electronic’s value propositions help cities to cope with
change in the following areas:
Environmental Change
• Satellite Imagery Services
Demographic Change
• Smart Hospital Management
• Tele-health & Vital Signs Monitoring
Technology & Service Delivery
Change
• Platform-as-a-Service
• Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Social & Economic Change
• SERIS – Analytics
Demographic Change
Natural Disaster
Terrorism
FACILITATING
CHANGE
As a city evolves from traditional economy to modern
society, many factors contribute to the aging of its
population. More importantly, healthcare infrastructure and
systems designed for a smaller aging population may be
hard pressed to support a rapidly aging one. As modern
medical advances help us to live longer and more
meaningful lives, the fear of rising medical cost in particular
for step-down care and acute care continues to loom over
many developed countries with a projected smaller
employable population potentially supporting a larger aging
one.
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Apart from cost issues, some of the key challenges that cities
may face in the near future include:
1. Overcrowding of hospitals with non-emergency
or non-acute care cases
2. Staffing shortage at primary and acute care facilities
3. Delays in detection and pre-emption of healthcare
emergencies
4. Increase in demand for intermediate and long-term
care services and facilities
mediCAP Tele-health Monitoring
A vital signs tele-health monitoring platform developed for
chronic diseases and health management, the mediCAP
system aims to:
1. Improve the detection of the onset of medical
emergencies, e.g. stroke, heart attacks etc.
2. Facilitate home-based care to reduce the congestion at
hospitals and clinics
3. Reduce commute between home and clinics/hospitals for
non-emergencies
4. Encourage personalised health and fitness regimes
Hospital C2 Operations Centre
Compute resources are part of the cloud, location is transparent to the user
Designed to make greater use of real-time data,
ST Electronics’ Hospital C2 Operations Centre (HOC) provides
greater insights through data analytics to enable better
decision making for healthcare operators. The HOC solution
integrates multiple disparate sub-systems in the hospital
environment, which include queue management, bed
management, ward management, building management
together with its key operations management system. The
solution facilitates the efficient management of healthcare
resources, improves response time and lowers overall costs,
while enabling healthcare professionals to deliver first-class
medical services to patients.
The solution includes the following key modules:
1. Department Dashboards
2. Analytics
3. Security Surveillance with Video Analytics
4. Asset and Contact Tracking
5. Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
6. Patient Monitoring
Dashboards from the Smart Hospital C2 Operations Centre.
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INNOVATION
AgilFence Receives Trademark
ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) was awarded the
trademark for AgilFence in Singapore under Class 09. The
AgilFence Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) is the
brainchild of ST Electronics and features advanced optical
fibre sensors known as Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) embedded
in the optical fibre cable to form an array of sensors that can
be lined throughout the fence for intrusion detection.
AgilFence PIDS offers high probability of detection,
pin-pointing capability, ease of installation and maintenance
and very low false alarm rate.
“For most PIDS, you can either have high sensitivity or low
false alarms, but rarely both. Most providers expect the
customers to accept this compromise. We disagree. We have
found a solution to this perennial issue using FBG sensors
distributed along the fence and signal processing similar to
those used by radar to control false alarms. We just needed a
customer willing to place trust in our engineering capability
to launch this,” said Mr Bernard Lee, Vice President of
ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems).
The AgilFence PIDS has been successfully implemented at
one of the biggest sites in Singapore that require high level
of security -- the Singapore Changi Airport and 10 other sites
in Singapore and the region. Any attempt to climb or cut the
fence will impose a strain on the sensor cable and cause a
change in the reflected light within the sensing cable and
activate the nearest PTZ camera to verify the alarm. Despite
the high probability of intrusion detection, the AgilFence
PIDS possesses an extremely low false alarm rate. This is
because of the intelligent adaptive signal-processing
algorithm that integrates multiple inputs from the large array
of FBG sensors deployed.
Creating sport-specific scenarios
for training and
evaluation
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre’s TEAM VR
(Training Enhancement and Analysis of Movement Virtual
Reality) Laboratory in the Division of Sports Medicine has
chosen VT MÄK’s DI-Guy human simulation software to help
create sport-specific scenarios for training and evaluation.
TEAM VR’s virtual environments aim to give physicians,
physical therapists and athletic trainers the tools to
accurately measure modifiable injury-risk biomechanics of a
child athlete to enhance movement adaptations and provide
feedback by actively engaging the child in realistic,
immersive sport scenarios in a virtual environment that
mimics competition on the field/court of play.
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DI-Guy populates realistic human characters for simulation use.
VT MÄK’s DI-Guy software provides the artificial intelligence
(AI) engine to drive three key immersion components for
athletes, patients and practitioners when inside the virtual
environment: (1) Strategic immersion, (2) social immersion,
and (3) narrative immersion.
INNOVATION
Smart
Lighting
Solutions
Realising a Sustainable & Safe Environment
AgilLiteS, an on-demand lighting system by ST Electronics (SatComm & Sensor Systems), consists
of wireless network sensors and a smart control unit to allow the efficient use of lighting without
compromising the users’ safety and security. It is designed to manage lighting based on the
demand by using smart sensors and adaptive algorithms, thereby achieving high energy
efficiency and improved user experience.
It is ideal for deployment in common areas such as multi-storey or basement car parks, stairwells
of commercial buildings as well as sheltered overhead bridges and covered walkways.
Walkway
Staircase
Overhead Bridge
AgilLiteS predicts pedestrian movement
and lights up pathways in advance.
Lights dim down to the safest minimum
level of brightness when no pedestrian
traffic is detected.
In low traffic or traffic areas like
staircases, illumination is maintained at
low but safe levels.
While other lights on the overhead
bridge are maintained at lower
illumination when there is no
pedestrian, lights in the immediate
surroundings of the pedestrian brighten
up as he moves along. Light in front of
the pedestrian ramps up as he moves
forward, and dims down after he passes
them, creating a safer well-lit path.
Softer lighting for a more pleasant
environment
“Soft” and gradual increments in
brightness provides a smooth transition
and minimise the visual irritation
brought about by abrupt brightening
and darkening, resulting in a more
pleasant experience for pedestrians,
drivers and residents living nearby.
Car Park
No More Gloomy Encasement
When a pedestrian enters the stairwell
and walks up or down the stairs, lights in
the immediate surroundings and at least
one level above and below are
brightened up automatically.
Illumination that ‘moves’ with you
For vehicles approaching the overhead
bridge, this gradual adjustment of
brightness minimises visual disruption
to the drivers and enhances driving
safety.
Predictive Illumination
A smart algorithm predicts the path of
oncoming vehicles and lights up the
driveway in advance, ensuring sufficient
brightness ahead for drivers as the car
moves within the car park.
For more information,
please contact (65) 6521 7888 or
email: [email protected].
Motion sensors automatically detect
pedestrians and light up the pathway
leading to the exit or parked vehicle.
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AWARDS
EXCELLENCE IN DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) was
honoured to be part of the
ST Engineering team, together with the
Defence Science and Technology
Agency (DSTA) and the Republic of
Singapore Navy, to jointly receive the
Defence Technology Prize (DTP) Team
(Engineering) Award 2014 from
Singapore’s Ministry of Defence
(MINDEF), for the Missile Corvette
(MCV) Upgrade. The DTP is awarded to
scientists and engineers in recognition
of their contributions in strengthening
Singapore's defence
capabilities.The upgrade of the
20 year-old fleet not only gave
the MCVs an increased lifespan,
but also enhanced its
capabilities significantly. The
MCV is the first of its kind for a
Corvette-class to inter-operate
with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
for extended durations, and
this allows the RSN to have
greater persistence for
surveillance.
Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence (centre) with the award-winning team
comprising (from left) Mr Tom Wong Hon Kwong, Programme Director of
STEE-InfoComm, Mr Quek Tong Boon, Chief Defence Scientist of MINDEF, LTC Ho Jee
Kien, Ops Manager of RSN and Mr Chung Kam Sam, Programme Manager of DSTA.
A FEATHER IN THE CAP
FOR GOOD DESIGN
ST Electronics was among the recipients
of "The Good Design Award (GDA) for
2014", organised by the Japan Institute
of Design Promotion (JDP). This is yet
another affirmation of the spirit of
innovation that drives the company to
achieve new benchmarks of excellence.
Established by Japan’s Ministry of
International Trade and Industry in 1957,
this annual event attracts more than
3,000 submissions from approximately
1,000 companies and designers from all
over the world.
A team from ST Electronics’ Large-Scale
Systems Group, Transportation Business
Unit received the Good Design “Best 100”
award in 2014 for the Passenger
Emergency Communications Unit /
Integrated Train Passenger
Communications and Surveillance
System. This device has been installed in
the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light
Rapid Transit (LRT) trains to enable
passenger(s) to communicate with the
train driver and/or the Operation Control
Centre in the event of an incident or
emergency.
During normal daily operations, there
are various scenarios that can trigger an
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incident or emergency situation
although this may be a rare occurrence.
This may include a passenger suddenly
requiring urgent medical attention due
to a medical condition, or a more
widespread incident which results in a
major disruption of the train operations.
In these situations, the ability to
communicate clearly with the train
driver and/or the Operation Control
Centre becomes critical.
All recipients of GDA 2014 can adopt the
prestigious G Mark which has been
recognised for more than 55 years as a
symbol of excellent design.
For more information about GDA, please
refer to the following link:
http://www.g-mark.org/award/describ
e/41938.
The award winning Passenger Emergency Communications Unit which is part
of the Integrated Train Passenger Communications and Surveillance System.
PROFILE
From GAMER
TO Computer
Engineer
A love for computer games during his childhood ignited
ST Electronics Technical Director Tan Hock Woo’s life-long
love affair with computer engineering.
Like many kids, Tan Hock Woo was first drawn to computers
because he enjoyed playing computer games. However,
more than just clearing levels and chalking up points,
Hock Woo had a greater ambition: “I thought it’d be cool to
build my own games and took an interest in learning about
computers.”
Today, the 38 year-old has progressed far beyond games.
Hock Woo first joined ST Electronics (Training & Simulation
Systems) in 2005 after attaining his Master in Engineering
(Computer Engineering) from Nanyang Technological
University, working as an Engineer at the ST Electronics
(Training & Simulations Systems)’s Technology Office.
His first job was to explore technologies that might be useful
for the company.
“My interest in (computer) engineering comes from the
sense of achievement of being able to build my own piece of
software. Also, the IT world is a rapidly changing
environment with no shortage of new things to explore.”
and bunching. The iDSC will be deployed at the Bus Career
Development Centre (BCDC) in the Devan Nair Institute of
Employment and Employability.
As the Technical Director for the project, Hock Woo works
with the project manager, who liaises with the customers on
project issues, and the technical team responsible for the
development of the system. Every project brings with it
unique demands. “I’d say the biggest challenge in my line of
work is understanding the needs of the customer and
managing their expectations under often tight schedule and
budget,” sums up Hock Woo.
However, Hock Woo says it is precisely the iDSC’s tight
deadline – the first phrase is scheduled to roll out in June
2015 – and the technical challenges that spur him on. It is the
same innate determination that made the little boy who
loves computer games strive on to make a career out of
computer engineering.
At ST Electronics, he was lucky to have the opportunity to
take on different challenging roles. For example, he was the
technical manager during the development of the Virtual
World for Education and Youth Engagement for the Youth
Olympic Games held in Singapore in 2010.
Another reason why he loves his work: “I probably get more
chances to apply what I learnt in school at ST Electronics,
such as Artificial Intelligences, compared to working in a
more typical commercial outfit.” In addition, he is also able to
continually upgrade his skills. Hock Woo recently completed
a dual Masters programme with a Master in Defense
Technology and Systems (NUS) and Master in Science
(Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation) from Naval
Postgraduate School, sponsored by ST Electronics.
Since November 2014, Hock Woo has been working on the
Integrated Driving and Service Control (iDSC) project. This
involves developing a suite of networked Bus Simulators
aimed at training Bus Captains’ safe driving competencies, as
well as coordination with Service Controllers for bus bridging
“
My inspiration comes from the sense of
achievement when I have created
something useful or when I’m
able to successfully overcome
some technical challenges.
Tan Hock Woo
Spoken like a true engineer indeed.
”
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EVENTS
ST Electronics Showcases Its Solutions in South AmericA
LAAD Security and Defence 2015
13th Expo Seguridad Mexico
ST Electronics participated in the biennial LAAD Defence &
Security 2015 event, held from 14 to 17 April 2015 at the
Riocentre Exhibition and Convention Centre, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. The event is Latin America’s largest security and defence
exhibition, targeted at the armed forces, police and special
forces, security services and government agencies.
Exhibiting for the first time at the 13th Expo Seguridad Mexico
exhibition held in Mexico City from 28 to 30 April 2015,
ST Electronics presented its security solutions at its subsidiary
GFM Electronics S.A. de C.V.’s booth as well as at its partner,
xPortal’s booth. Solutions on display included the AgilFence
Perimeter Intrusion Detection System, SERIS – Public Safety,
Integrated Security Management System (SecurNet ST8100),
Infrared Fever Screening System 2, Coris Grande, Sharp I2 LR
and Sharp I2.
Participating for the second time in this event, ST Electronics
Large-Scale Systems Group, ST Electronics (Info-Comm
Systems), ST Electronics (SatCom & Sensor Systems) and
ST Electronics (Info-Software Systems) showcased their latest
technologies, which included the Venus Unmanned Surface
Vehicle, C4I Suite for Land Platforms, AgilTrack Coastal
Surveillance Radar, SuperneT Vehicular Integrated
Communications System (SuperneT TM VICS ST6800), Advanced
Combat Man System Lite (ACMS Lite), Integrated Battlefield
Management System (iBMS) and SERIS – Public Safety.
Visitors were interested to learn about ST Electronics’ security-related offerings
and the exhibition was also an excellent platform for networking.
Interpol World 2015
ST Electronics showcased innovative solutions that addressed
security challenges at the inaugural Interpol World 2015 held
in Singapore at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre from
14 to 17 April 2015.
Products that made their debuts at the Interpol World 2015
included:
• SuperneT U-Vehicle: an integrated vehicle communication,
control, monitoring and resource management system
designed for fast response cars.
• SuperneT U-Centre: a complete suite of communication
services on a single platform suitable for cross-agencies
operations and ideal for large-scale command centres.
• Searchman Survivor Locator System: designed to detect
cellular phone signals which may be indicative of the likely
location of survivors under rubble. The location information
reduces the search area for rescue teams, thus improving
response time.
• Personnel Identification, Navigation & Surveillance System
(PINS): designed to enable continuous tracking of personnel
in GPS-denied built-up urban environment.
Other solutions showcased included SERIS – Public Safety,
Cyber Security Solutions, ID Verification System (IDVS) and the
CETRON Mobile Command Hub (MCH).
Global Space & Technology Convention 2015
At this year’s Global Space & Technology Convention,
ST Electronics introduced AgilSpace GeoServices, a service that
provides timely imagery analysis which is critical in search and
rescue operations. More than 300 delegates from local and
international space and government agencies, international
organisations, tertiary and research institutes attended the
annual event held on 12 and 13 February 2015 at the Sheraton
Towers, Singapore.
Mr Ravinder Singh, then-Deputy President, Corporate & Market
Development of ST Electronics, delivered the Singapore Space
Address at the conference. There, he shared the development of
the flight model of TeLEOS-1 and introduced the satellites that
will be launched together with TeLEOS-1, at the end of this year.
Currently, Mr Singh is President of ST Kinetics.
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At the booth, visitors were introduced to AgilSpace
GeoServices which was developed to deliver
insightful, relevant and timely imagery analysis and
geospatial applications to meet customers’ imagery
and geospatial needs.
SERIS – Maritime solution, offered by ST Electronics
(Info-Software Systems), was also showcased at the
booth. By leveraging on data analytics and
geospatial services, it is designed to help maritime
and coastal security agencies improve maritime
situation awareness beyond territorial waters for a
global view of the oceans, and pinpoint
suspicious events as they unfold.
EVENTS
7Th annual carrier ethernet apaC
OrisTel Systems (OrisTel), a subsidiary of ST Electronics
(SatComm & Sensor Systems), participated in the 7th Annual
Carrier Ethernet APAC exhibition held at the Suntec
Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre from 3 to 4
December 2014. This is the largest and most comprehensive
event focusing on the technologies behind Carrier Ethernet
from the service provider perspective while addressing
distinctive regional framework.
Engaging with delegates at the Executive Speed Networking sessions.
OrisTel showcased a wide range of Carrier Ethernet and
Packet Optical Transport products that meets the flexibility
and scalability needs of telecom service providers, data
centre customers and their end-users. Products from its
partner ADVA Optical Networking (ADVA) included the FSP
150CC series devices based on advanced service definition
and low-latency forwarding technology. OrisTel also featured
the Coriant 7100 Nano™ Packet Optical Transport Platform, a
highly compact and integrated transport and multiservice
delivery solution for wireless, fixed line and business services
networks from its new partner Coriant.
During the event, OrisTel was also appointed the regional
distributor and systems integration partner by market
leaders Alcatel-Lucent and Coriant. As such, OrisTel now
offers one of the most comprehensive range of ultrabroadband access and optical networking products in the
market to address the expanding complex
telecommunication infrastructure needs of its customers.
For more information, please call (65) 6521 7888 or email:
[email protected].
CXO SMART NATION Breakfast Talk
Mr Andrew Chow, President of ST Electronics (Info-Comm
Systems), in his capacity as Singapore IT Federation’s (SiTF)
1st Vice Chairman hosted a CXO Smart Nation Breakfast Talk
on 12 Feb 2015 at Hotel Fort Canning attended by some 140
senior executives. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and
Water Resources and the Minister-in-Charge of Smart Nation
Programme Office was the Guest-of-Honour. During the
event, the Minister shared why Singapore is moving towards
Smart Nation initiatives and how the launch of the Smart
Nation Programme served as a platform for companies,
government agencies and our community to come together
to do our best and apply our minds, break new ground and
(Right) Guest-of-Honour, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and
Water Resources and Minister-in-Charge of Smart Nation Programme Office, sharing
his insights at the CXO Smart Nation Breakfast Talk.
find new solutions to raise our standard of living. It is also an
open invitation to the world, to partner us, to find solutions
to challenges that are both local and global at the same time.
Tech Factor Challenge -- Robotic Waiters In The Making
Tech Factor Challenge was conceived by ST Electronics and
SPRING Singapore to encourage creative application of
technology to real-world problems. Themed “Robotic Waiter”,
this year’s edition aims to spur robotic applications for the
Food and Beverage industry and will be offering a total of
$150,000 in prizes and $40,000 in seed funding and
test-bedding opportunities.
The top 10 finalist teams comprising entries from
corporations, academia and tertiary institutions have been
selected and they will now have a total of eight
months from the qualifying
rounds to create their robotic
waiter. They have
been given $4,000 seed
funding and granted access
to IDA Labs at the National Design Centre to build their
prototype.
When interviewed, the teams revealed that the most
challenging task is creating a suitable navigational system for
the robot to move around autonomously while avoiding
obstacles. To address this, three main navigation systems
have been used; Laser-based navigation system,
Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) and Indoor
GPS navigation system. However, each system has its own
shortcomings and the participants have to inject their
creativity to overcome them.
The Final Judging will be held in September with the release
of the results on 1 October 2015 on the official website at
www.techfactorchallenge.com.sg.
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ST Electronics
SMART
NATION
Technology Seminar 2015
TOP ST Electronics presented
a suite of innovative Smart
solutions including the
Immersive Virtual Reality.
RIGHT During the seminar,
participants gained invaluable
insights from iDA Singapore,
IBM and Cisco, as well as
ST Electronics.
Over 200 people attended the ST Electronics Technology
Seminar which was held at the Grand Hyatt, Singapore on
12 March 2015. The theme for this year’s seminar was
“Smart Nation: Building Homes, Enhancing Experiences,
Creating Opportunities”.
In his opening address, Mr Ravinder Singh, then-Deputy
President, Corporate & Market Development of ST Electronics,
outlined ST Electronics’ Smart Nation vision to support various
agencies by utilising info-comm technologies to build smart,
responsive and predictive systems to deliver services more
efficiently and effectively to our citizens. He said, “The vision is
clear, the technology is mature, our challenge is to work with
them to realise these systems”. Currently, Mr Singh is President
of ST Kinetics.
In the keynote address by Mr Khoong Hock Yun, Assistant Chief
Executive of iDA Singapore, Mr Khoong shared about the
transformational vision of how digital technology can touch
and transform the life of every citizen on a daily basis. The
capturing of data analytics information and insights with the
capability to provide almost real-time situation awareness
offers opportunities for cross-agency collaboration to enable
integrated service deliveries. Most importantly, this also creates
strong government-citizen engagement.
During the seminar, Mr Tan Teck Guan, Vice President of
International Business, ST Electronics (Info-Software Systems)
and Mr Yao Shih Jih, Deputy President of ST Electronics
(Info-Comm Systems) elaborated on the necessary
infrastructure for Smart Nation, especially in the areas of
communication networks, data exchange and analytics.
Invited partners, IBM and Cisco, also shared their smart cities
implementation experiences across the globe. Mr Tim
Greisinger, Vice President of Smarter Cities & Systems of
Engagement, IBM Asia Pacific, talked about how Netherlands
transformed its national water & flood management through
Big Data Analytics, how Beijing used modeling and prediction
to achieve improved air quality, and how home elder-care has
been transformed in Balzano, Italy through IOT. Mr Rajiv Niles,
Director of IOE Innovation Platforms at Cisco Systems,
presented case studies of how Cisco helped transform
downtown Chicago into a Smart City by implementing an
extensive communications and sensors network, and how
residents and service providers in the New Songdo City in
Korea benefited from a common service delivery platform.
The seminar also featured an exhibition area showcasing
demonstrations by ST Electronics including the Multi-Agency
Collaboration Centre, Immersive Virtual Reality, Hospital C2
Operations Centre, iAG Box & Home Gateway, Data Centre
Solutions, SERIS – Public Safety and the Metropolitan Traffic
Control Centre.
The seminar was well-received with positive responses from
the participants, many of whom are now looking forward to
the next seminar.
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