The eight targets within this SDG pushes for safe and accessible infrastructure, technological access, universal access to financial market, communication and information technology access across all industries. This SDG aims to ensure all communities can provide financial freedom and equal opportunities to jobs to all inidividuals.
Research
The 2nd International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Systems (ICETIS 2022)
Dr Tang Tiong Yew has shared insights about Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in this conference which aims to convenes academics, researchers and developers from both academia and industry to share and exchange their latest research contributions and identify practical implications of emerging technologies to advance the wheel of these solutions for global impact while also in line with the fourth industrial revolution goals and its respective impact on environmental sustainability
Teaching
Sunway Library's Shelf-Reading Robot
To support and encourage our students and staff in creative works involving robotics, we have designed, built and installed a state-of-the-art robot for our library. Developed and built by our own School of Engineering and Technology, this new Shelf-reading Robot will expand our network of touchpoints for students and staff while boosting library service efficiency and experience. The inspiration behind inventing a library shelf-reading robot was to automate and expedite the time-consuming manual checking of the accuracy and organisation of the library bookshelves.
University Operations
LaunchX: Building the Startup Generation of Tomorrow
Sunway University, likely the only university around the region or even the world to have access of a multibillion conglomerate with 13 business lines and in-house venture capital firms – has created a game changing open innovation ecosystem which is being continuously evolved to support the growth of local start-ups as well as create employers instead of employees. One of its notable initiatives is the Start-up Foundry, an entrepreneurship programme launched by Sunway Innovation Labs (iLabs) at Sunway University in collaboration with Sunway University’s School of Science and Technology. This programme has accelerated the emergence of sustainability-focused businesses by Sunway students. Some of the environmental concerns these start-ups address are fast fashion, single-use plastic in the F&B industry and sustainable packaging solutions.
