Pulse of the Smart Nation

SMU Director of the Living Analytics Research Centre Professor Lim Ee Peng shared his aspiration of what a truly Smart Nation is capable of as Singapore embarks on its journey towards becoming one. Prof Lim said, “A Smart Nation is one that is capable of identifying citizens’ needs, in order to create or adapt services to meet these needs. At the same time, a Smart Nation should optimise the use of public, private and people resources to create a knowledge-based economy.” While Singapore’s Smart Nation ambitions might sound bold and daunting, Professor Lim said that, in essence, there are just two parts to the complex equation: Sensing and making sense of behaviour. He believes that gearing Smart Nation initiatives towards improving areas such as public health, skills training and career planning will increase the likelihood of these initiatives being embraced by the general public.