29 October 2024
AI in Space Technologies: A Singapore Case Study
Executive Summary
Singapore, Asia’s smartest city in 2024, is treading towards integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with space technologies. This report examines the impact, potential, and challenges of this convergence, based on insights from five space experts across Singapore’s public, private, and academic sectors. Key themes include: (i) AI’s role in enhancing space and Earth sustainability; (ii) Singapore’s focus on equatorial data collection with AI to bridge global data gaps; and (iii) fostering public-private-academic synergy in AI and space. Highlighted are AI applications for remote sensing, challenges like data quality and talent gaps, and the multi-stakeholder ecosystem in Singapore as a case for sustainable innovation. The report recommends that Singapore develop a National Space Strategy to ensure responsible and sustainable space and Earth activities, strive for sustained innovation momentum in AI applications for space technologies, establish stronger collaborative platforms across sectors that will aid in data sharing and address the talent gap, prioritise collection of climate and environmental data to improve forecasts, contribute to the global climate dataset, and expedite reactions to regional adverse events.
Executive Summary
Singapore, Asia’s smartest city in 2024, is treading towards integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with space technologies. This report examines the impact, potential, and challenges of this convergence, based on insights from five space experts across Singapore’s public, private, and academic sectors. Key themes include: (i) AI’s role in enhancing space and Earth sustainability; (ii) Singapore’s focus on equatorial data collection with AI to bridge global data gaps; and (iii) fostering public-private-academic synergy in AI and space. Highlighted are AI applications for remote sensing, challenges like data quality and talent gaps, and the multi-stakeholder ecosystem in Singapore as a case for sustainable innovation. The report recommends that Singapore develop a National Space Strategy to ensure responsible and sustainable space and Earth activities, strive for sustained innovation momentum in AI applications for space technologies, establish stronger collaborative platforms across sectors that will aid in data sharing and address the talent gap, prioritise collection of climate and environmental data to improve forecasts, contribute to the global climate dataset, and expedite reactions to regional adverse events.
