SMU’s Living Analytics Research Centre (LARC) in partnership with USA’s Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has received a second round of funding of $25 million grant from the National Research Foundation for LARC Phase 2 (LARC2) until 2021 which will enable the centre to undertake research, development and deployment partnerships to innovate analytic methodologies, technologies and system platforms that would support Singapore’s Smart Nation efforts.

SMU Professor of Information Systems and Director of LARC, Lim Ee Peng said, “Combining analytics R&D in areas such as community liveability, urban mobility, jobs/skills intelligence, and healthy lifestyle to enhance people’s well-being is an exciting direction for LARC2. It aligns very well with SMU’s ambition to make high-impact contribution to people and society, and supports our Smart Nation drive to leverage data and technology to create conveniences for citizens, enterprise efficacy and opportunities for all. We look forward to strong collaboration with our public sector partners and CMU.”