The SMU-TCS iCity Lab have announced that SMU and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have extended their partnership for another three years until 2020 to focus on new initiatives in research and development. The ongoing partnership, launched in 2011 and renewed for a second time, will enhance and broaden multi-disciplinary academic research efforts in digital technology to create innovative, technology-enabled solutions to emerging urban challenges.

TCS will invest a total of $1.5 million over the next three years in developing intelligent infrastructure, software and applications. SMU will leverage on its capabilities to generate leading-edge research and strategic linkages with business, government and the wider community to enable the most relevant and contextual ecosystem to deploy the technology solutions.