1994

Developments

NUS and the National Science and Technology Board jointly established an Adjunct Research Appointment scheme in NUS. The aim was to enable NUS to appoint senior industry researchers and managers to undertake part-time R & D work in NUS, particularly in the Faculties of Engineering and Science.

The Institute of Systems Science was made a partner of the Japan-based Real World Computing group, a highly-visible and prestigious organisation sponsored by Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, whose areas of research focus included neural networks. It was the only research body in Asia to be given this recognition, and was awarded grants of US$50,000 for research into neural logic networks and multimedia archival systems.

The National University Medical Institutes was established in September 1994 with the primary objectives of boosting medical research and developing facilities and expertise for top-level research into the 21st century.