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Welcome toWelcome toKent Ridge Digital LabsKent Ridge Digital Labs

Welcome toWelcome toKent Ridge Digital LabsKent Ridge Digital Labs

Leading R&D for

Leading-edge Businesses

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MISSIONMISSION

KRDL spearheads the research and development of information and networking technology.

Collaborating actively with industry partners in the development and transfer of leading-edge technologies, KRDL builds intellectual assets

vital to keeping the nation, industry and businesses ahead globally.

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KRDL's Core R&D Competency KRDL's Core R&D Competency

Pattern RecognitionMachine Translation, Text Mining and Search EnginesSpeech and Handwriting Recognition Optical Character Recognition & BiometricsMedical Imaging and Video based Object RecognitionBio-informatics

Protocol and Algorithmic DesignMedia Processing & 3D VisualizationSecurity and Authenticity ProcessesScheduling and OptimizationAdaptive and Ad-hoc NetworkingDistributed Computing

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Research LabsResearch LabsResearch LabsResearch Labs

Media Engineering and Management

Movement Analysis & Conversant MediaInteracting Cyber Avatars Context Based Media ManagementVideo Imaging for Broadband & Wireless

Language Engineering and Knowledge Management

Natural Language UnderstandingDialogue ProcessingIntelligent Cyber Agents

Ubiquitous & Distributed Systems

Security for Network and Appliances Pervasive ComputingService Creation and Quality of ServiceDistributed Platform for Internet Hosting

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Research Labs (Cont'd)Research Labs (Cont'd)Research Labs (Cont'd)Research Labs (Cont'd)

Bio-informatics & Medical imaging

Bio-informaticsMedical Imaging

New Initiatives

Affective ComputingBodyNet

CentersSingAREN

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WHY KRDL?WHY KRDL?WHY KRDL?WHY KRDL?

Our track record of world-class R&D achievements

International research partnershipsInternational venture partnershipsIntellectual PropertyAwardsSpin-offsBridging unitsInvestors / Partners in our spin-offs

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International Research PartnershipsInternational Research Partnerships

IBM, Apple, SGI, Lucent, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic

HP Labs (Bristol)

Ericsson

CNRS, University of Joseph Fourier

Real World Computing

Siemens, Thieme Verlag, BrainLab

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International Venture PartnershipsInternational Venture Partnerships

Neoteny Co. Ltd, Japan

Shenzhen Venture Capital Co. Ltd, China

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Intellectual CapitalIntellectual CapitalIntellectual CapitalIntellectual Capital

FY98 FY99 FY00

Inventiondisclosures

36 66 43

Patentapplications

17 22 29

Publications inprestigiousinternationaljournals

40 46 43

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World class research resultsWorld class research resultsWorld class research resultsWorld class research results

Kleisli

PREDICT

Follow-me PC

HotCard

muvee

smartcard break-in

multimedia information retrieval

video indexing

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AwardsAwards

European Congress of Radiology 2000 CompuRAD Awards - Magna Cum Laude - Dr Wieslaw Nowinski & team (Model-enhanced Neuroradiology)

Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Team Excellence Awards 2000 - Best Overall, Best - People & Process, Best - Effectiveness and Best -Training

Best Paper in the session `Mathematical Methods and Optimization in Problem Solving Systems I’at the 4th World Multi-conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2000) - Dr. Roberto Mariani.

1998 DAPRA International Message Entity Tracking (MET) competition on Chinese text

2001 and 1998 Tan Kah Kee Young Inventor's Awards 1st National Young Scientist Award (1996)

- Dr Wong Lim Soon

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Our Spin-OffsOur Spin-OffsOur Spin-OffsOur Spin-Offs

SingaLab Pte Ltd

Logipolis.com

PixAround.com

Private Express

WholeTree.com

geneticXchange Inc.

ThirdVoice, Inc. BuzzCity Pte Ltd

CommonTown

Transparity Ltd

Horizon.iExpress

Mustard Technology

NewsTakes

Volume Interactions

smartBridges

NanoStorage

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Other affiliated* companiesOther affiliated* companies

8path Pte LtdAkencoAll-Thinkers LabAsiaRain Automated Translations

bex.comEcquaria TechnologieseFreightStationGrapevyn TechnologiesMaverick ResearchMedia On Net Pte Ltd

Mobiwave Pte LtdNexLabsOptasia SystemsPentagonThe Network ConnectionsThe Right SpinTrevda.comVivid TechnologyPittas And Associates (Pte Ltd)

Skinux

* companies founded by KRDL Alumni

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Investors / Partners in our spin-offsInvestors / Partners in our spin-offs

Achieva

AsiaCommerce.com

BancBoston Capital

Bold Discovery

BIX

Comdisco

CSA

Creative Technology

Draper Fisher

Entrust Technologies

EDB Investments EDB Ventures Fortune Venture

Management Harbinger Venture

Management Hikari Horizon.com IBM LanguageWare.net Life Science

Investments

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Investors / Partners in our spin-offs (Cont'd)Investors / Partners in our spin-offs (Cont'd)

Malkin

Mayfield

Nanochip Inc.

Nomura International

Orange

OWW

Purse Finance

Silkroute Venture

Singapore Bio Innovations

Singapore Computer Systems

Singapore Telecom

S'pore Press Holdings

Transpac

Technology Connexion

Venture TDF

Vertex

Walden

Wolfhound Assets

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Current Bridging UnitsCurrent Bridging Units

http://www.exage.com

http://www.trustcopy.com

http://www.ewgate.com

http://www.logismatic.com

http://www.bigonthenet.com

http://www.myhotcard.com

http://www.coresynapses.com

http://www.muvee.com

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