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About Us

Director’s Note

Foreword

Facilities

Conexus Centres

Ways to Collaborate

Student Projects

Staff Projects

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Mr Azhar Kamar, LecturerMs Elsie Lock, Assistant ManagerMr Gary Chan, LecturerMs Seeneth Hanifa, Covering Assistant DirectorMr Seow Khee Wei, Assistant Director (Capability & Industry)Mr Tan Poh Keam, Senior Lecturer

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ABOUT USR E P U B L I C P O LY T E C H N I C

THE first educational institution in Singapore to leverage the Problem-based Learning approach for all its diploma programmes, Republic Polytechnic (RP) has seven schools and one academic centre offering forty-one diplomas in Applied Science, Engineering, Management and Communication, Hospitality, Infocomm, Sports, Health & Leisure, and Technology for the Arts.

Republic Polytechnic is committed to nurturing innovation and entrepreneurial learning in an environment that develops problem-solving skills and lifelong learning opportunities. Its holistic and broad-based curriculum prepares students for an active and meaningful role in society as problem solvers, respected professionals and passionate citizens.

Republic Polytechnic strives for excellence by achieving various international and national accreditations, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 22301, Singapore Quality Class, People Developer, Innovation Class, and Service Class.

For more information, visit http://www.rp.edu.sg

S C H O O L O F I N F O C O M M

AT School of Infocomm (SOI), we are committed to foster strong partnerships between academia and industry. We focus on ensuring industry relevance of our programmes and aim to augment students’ learning experience through active consultations and interaction with the industry frontrunners.

Besides our primary focus on education, our educators are also engaged in research and development (R&D) work that spans the entire infocomm landscape, with grants funded by public and private organisations. We are also seeking industrial attachment opportunities for our staff to enable them to keep abreast with industry trends and in turn, our students will benefit from the transfer of industrial knowledge.

A B O U T U S A B O U T U S

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FOREWORDSeto Lok Yin

Deputy Principal, Industry Services Republic Polytechnic

Wong Wai LingDirector, School of Infocomm

Republic Polytechnic

I applaud my colleagues from our School of Infocomm for publishing this booklet featuring some of their students’ outstanding Final Year Projects. This is a good way to share with industry partners what our students are capable of. By so doing, we hope more companies will partner Republic Polytechnic and provide project opportunities for our students.

Working on real-world problems and challenges is a key feature of a polytechnic education. Be it developing an application for restaurant reservations, analysing data to understand commuter patterns, designing IT network architecture for a SME, or creating an e-learning programme, these are all invaluable experiences for nurturing future Infocomm professionals.

I thank you for taking time to read this booklet, and I invite you to partner RP to build tomorrow’s Infocomm leaders.

AT the School of Infocomm, one of the platforms where our students get to work on real world problems is through their Final Year Project. They work on projects that are sponsored by industry with their project team mates. Through the process, students are exposed to problems or needs in industry and put their creative ideas, ICT skills and knowledge to good use to create value for the sponsoring companies. The experience of working in such projects not only help students realise the usefulness and value of ICT skills, they become confident polytechnic graduands who are industry and innovation ready.

Staff are encouraged to work on industry projects, conduct applied research in collaboration with industry partners to exploit new technologies, develop new products and solutions. Some of which are featured in this publication.

I would like to thank our industry partners for providing opportunities to collaborate with the school and my fellow colleagues for their efforts in guiding and inspiring our students in their transformative journey in RP.

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

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FACILITIESWE believe the best way to learn is to allow practice and experimentation. Over the years, we have established several well-designed and well-equipped joint laboratories with leading industry players to support our curriculum, research, capabilities development and industry collaborations which are used by both our staff and students.

• IoT Makerspace (in partnership with element14)• RP-Ixia Cyber Defence Lab• RP-Microsoft Lab for Smart Technology Exploration• RP-Palo Alto Networks Cyber Security Lab• RP-RSA Security Operations Centre• RP-Samsung Joint Lab• RP-Starhub Data Analytics Lab• RP-Trend Micro Cloud & Visualisation Security Lab

CONEXUS CENTRESEACH Conexus Centre embodies the specific expertise within a defined area. Within the Conexus centre are the reservoirs of knowledge, experience, and expertise that can be drawn upon to bring together cross-functional teams capable of providing solutions to complex problems.

I N T E R N E T O F T H I N G S ( I O T ) S O L U T I O N C E N T R E

The IoT Solution Centre was setup to promote the innovation and the adoption of IoT technologies to help local enterprises capitalise on this technology to sharpen their competitive edges, deepen collaboration with industry partners, innovate and showcase interoperable solutions and services to create a better life for our future. It has received tremendous positive feedback and support from the industry, with the strong pool of industry partners which championed IoT.

RP-Samsung Joint Lab IoT Makerspace

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C O G N I T I V E S Y S T E M S T E C H N O L O GY C E N T R E (C S T C)

The Centre focuses in growing capabilities, expertise and knowledge in utilising cognitive technologies emanated from artificial intelligence (AI) to create innovative industry driven solutions. Natural language processing, computer vision and enterprise applications are the three key development pillars for this centre. The centre has also developed mixed reality applications for Statutory Boards and multinational corporations (MNCs). Many of the smart applications are powered by AI that can autonomously take higher accurate decisions based on its experiential learning. This capability is driving AI integration into a wide range of applications in information and communication technology (ICT), healthcare, transportation, banking and finance, and other sectors.

DATA A N A LY T I C S T E C H N O L O GY C E N T R E ( DAT C)

The Centre undertakes interdisciplinary applied research to enhance the analytics capabilities of local industries. The works include developing proof-of-concept novel analytics applications and providing consultancy services to help industry to understand their structured and unstructured data. We help businesses (including Small and Medium Enterprises) seize new market opportunities, drive business outcomes and increase revenue growth. We collaborate with research institutions and data providers such as A*STAR’s Business Analytics Technology Centre (BATC) and DSO National Labs to harness the latest data analytics technologies, translate or customise their technologies into proof-of-concept solutions for industry applications.

CONEXUS CENTRES

RP-RSA Security Operations Centre

WAYS TO COLLABORATES P O N S O R S H I P S

Students should not be deprived of a quality education in RP because of financial challenges. You can make monetary contributions in the forms of scholarships, bursaries and book prizes, to help further motivate outstanding students and fund tuition fees for the underprivileged, allowing students to fully enjoy the whole polytechnic experience.

INTERNSHIP IMMERSION PROGRAMME (IIP)

All students undergo a 20 to 24 weeks attachment to experience the real world challenges associated with working in the industry. You can give them the opportunity to intern at your company, interact with industry professionals like yourself, and help develop their technical skills.

FINAL YEAR PROJECTS (FYP)

This is a capstone project module undertaken by all our final year students. Each project team typically consists of three to four students, guided by an academic staff. These projects provide students with vital and real world working experience, and create opportunities for industry to tap and develop raw talent. You can give our students a chance to put their skills to the test.

INDUSTRY ATTACHMENT SCHEME (IAS)

The scheme aims to encourage teaching staff to stay updated with the rapid technological changes and keeps curriculum current for RP students. You can give our staff a chance to evolve their skill-sets and refine their thinking.

W A Y S T O C O L L A B O R A T E

MOU Signing Ceremony

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THE scope of the project is to develop a mobile responsive web application for Khoo Teck Puat Hospital to educate the public about Dementia and the right way to communicate and interact with dementia patients. With the help of this web application, users can have 24/7 access to information and videos re-enacting common Do’s and Don’ts when interacting with dementia patients.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONKhoo Teck Puat Hospital

STUDENTSYong Yuan Xuan, K Sharan Megha, Amanda Png Zeng Yi

SUPERVISORMr Azhar Kamar

Understanding Dementia

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STUDENT PROJECTS

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“GO eZoo” is a multi-player mobile game developed with the aim to educate users on the appropriate behaviours towards animals.

Designed based on the layout of Singapore Zoo, the game provides:• 3D navigation of the Singapore Zoo;• Players with information about the Zoo and

animals that they had visited on the station;• Mini-games at various animal stations

STUDENTSLiang Wei Hao, Madison Zhang Sun Wen

SUPERVISORMs Shannen Ang

Go eZoo


PARTNER ORGANISATIONAscent Solutions

STUDENTSLi Zhaonian, Louis Teo Yek Hong, Ng Heng Yee, Ng Shi Ming

SUPERVISORMr Jimmy Goh

THIS project aims to create a warning system to interface with Ascent solutions’ existing Fleet Management System, to provide early warning to truck drivers on traffic incidents, route conditions and as a platform for admin management and report generation. With this system, truck drivers are able to better plan their delivery routes and avoid being caught in unpredicted traffic situations.

Route Warning System

We will be happy to explore collaboration opportunities to develop a similar application to value-add to your services, especially in transport and distribution industries.


OCEAN Rescue is a mobile game developed in collaboration with SEA Aquarium. With the aim of educating the public on marine life conservation, the game emphasises the effects of marine pollution — plastic, oil and acid rain pollution — and how each action has a contributing effect. This app is used by SEA Aquarium at various educational outreach events.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONResorts World Sentosa, SEA Aquarium

STUDENTSRuqshana Begum Bte Abdul Kamel, Nur Fitriya Bte Fitri, Reezwanaa D/O Shathik Ali

SUPERVISORMr Vincent Ng

Ocean Rescue


We will be happy to explore collaboration opportunities to further develop this system to suit your company’s requirements, especially in the freight transport industry.

THE intent of this project is to create a dashboard where real-time monitoring and predictive analysis of containers can be done, just by using the weight of the contents. By attaching a sensor device to the container, information is then sent to Kaa - an Open-source IoT Platform - through a Raspberry Pi and is displayed via the dashboard. With this solution, users can study the stock levels and analyse them to do predictive analysis, such as monitoring stock levels for better planning, determining different stock levels to replenish stocks and determining the appropriate time for replenishment.

Connected Platform for Smart Containers

STUDENTSChristina Er Mei Ting, Koo Yee SHuang, Sim Jing Heng Darren, Teo Jia Whay Augustus

SUPERVISORMr Seow Khee Wei

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PARTNER ORGANISATIONTwelve15Twenty Shoes Limited

STUDENTSFiona Ong Wei Yi, Devonna Toh Xuan Wen, Mak Siow Moon

SUPERVISORMr Juan Sng

TWELVE15TWENTY Shoes is an online shoes boutique looking to improve their web and social media presence. Revamped with Wordpress - a user-friendly Content Management System built with Social Media enhancements and Google Analytics, users can analyse sales and profits and monitor highly-sought after brands conveniently through an admin dashboard.

Online Shop for Twelve15Twenty Shoes

We will be happy to explore collaboration opportunities, especially with start-up companies, to help create your online presence and you’re off to a good start.

IN collaboration with LDR Pte Ltd, this application was developed for tourists and Singaporeans to achieve an immersive experience by providing users with new knowledge and new perspectives to places where they are probably familiar with. For a start, the students designed and developed trails for the Southern Islands (St John’s Island and Kusu Island). Proximity to each hot spot triggers information, recommendations, history of the site and even games that can earn the user discount vouchers to nearby retailers. It has been extended to locate historical, cultural, arts, nature, lifestyle and heartland trails comprised of “hot spots” that will trigger interactive content based on the user’s GPS location.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONLDR Pte Ltd

STUDENTSNg Shi Min, Sim Jia Ying, Daren Khek Fu Cheng

SUPERVISORMr Stanley Tan

Trails on Pocket Trips


IT is important for any logistics company to have a proper system in place to plan and manage the delivery jobs and the availability of delivery vehicles. This project seeks to improve efficiency and productivity of a logistics company by seamlessly integrating a job order system with a delivery planning system.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONGLTC Logistics Pte Ltd

STUDENTSTeo Wei Rong Isaac, Sean Ong Shao Hong, Tan Shi Qi, Chew Ziqing Daphne

SUPERVISORMr Friso Kluit

Job Order Management and Delivery Planning System


PARTNER ORGANISATIONSingapore Management University

STUDENTSLoo Jia Ying, Ng Jun Xian, Yap Jia Yu Audrey, Yong Ke Yin

SUPERVISORMr Tan Cheng Kok

WITH these smart bins, cleaners receive timely notifications to clear the fully filled bin. This helps to improve the efficiency and effectiveness in clearing of bins and preventing over flowing waste, thereby reducing the presence of fire hazards. Users are also able to see which bins are filled before they reach the bin, making it easier for them to look for available bins around the area.

Smart Routing for Clearing of Bins

We are keen to explore collaborations especially with the environmental services sector, to put this idea into good use and help your company manage binning services more efficiently.

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THE objective of the project is to create an intuitive end-to-end Open Events Registration platform that can be easily deployed on any browser and mobile device. With the help of Microsoft Azure technologies, users can now sign up for RP events online and check in by scanning a QR code.

Mobile Web Solution for Open Event Registration

IN-HOUSE PROJECT FOROffice of Corporate Communications

STUDENTSDavid Chua Chong Ren, Jamie Toh Jia Min, Ng Wei Yi, Ng Jia Cheng

SUPERVISORMs Lydia Hamid


THE scope of the project is to develop an affordable and autonomous system to count the number of people at a location. This system will allow businesses to monitor human traffic flow at a particular location and make appropriate plans to redeploy the space for various purposes, all while not having need for manual labour involved in the monitoring process.

Human Counting using Raspberry Pi and Cloud Database

We will be happy to explore collaboration opportunities to help your company boost efficiency in manpower allocation, location planning and analysis.

STUDENTSDennis Goh Jun Xi, Goh Jerome, Leong Zhi Xuan, Justin

SUPERVISORMr Seow Khee Wei


The technologies and process used in this project may also be used to detect crowd’s emotions for security monitoring in public places. We will be happy to explore further collaboration opportunities.

THIS project focuses on empowering home owners with greater security control and awareness of their apartments, especially when they are away. Motion sensors, image capturing and face recognition systems are made available, so that home owners will be notified in cases of unfamiliar visitors at the door.

Intellihouse (Raspberry Pi Home Security System)

STUDENTSBryan Tan, Chan Chun Hwa, Goh Jun Hong, Puan Jin Yao, Daren

SUPERVISORMr Frankie Cha

PARTNER ORGANISATIONTigerair

STUDENTSGlenn Pang Ming Jie, Melvin Loh Jun Hao, Jesslyn Lee Yi Xin

SUPERVISORMr David Leong

Electronic Form & Data Processing for Aircraft Pilot Base Check

EVERY six months, pilots from Tigerair are required to undergo a base check test. Different sections of the form are tabulated to determine their competency. Currently, the test results are being manually entered by an examiner and stored in the centralised filing cabinets.

The objective of this project is to develop a web-based application for the pilot base check. The graphical user interface consists of an electronic form to be used on the tablets by the examiner. The server would automate the data processing and handle the storage of the results for the pilot base check. The web application could also compute the statistics of past tests completed by the pilots and prompt them for another recertification in six months.

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THE project objective is to develop an online appointment booking system for customers to book appointments to test and loan equipment. SODA Vision staff will then be able to keep track of the appointment and loan records online. The project also allow the staff to manage the equipment and view their company’s performance.

Soda Vision Lab System


PARTNER ORGANISATIONSoda Vision Pte Ltd

STUDENTSKoo Ling Ya, Iza Dayana, Jena Kee

SUPERVISORMs Sim Biow Ee


PARTNER ORGANISATIONReta Pte Ltd

STUDENTSGoh Mei Xuan, Goh Xin Chun, Tan Lai Yi, Serene Koh Siang Teng

SUPERVISORMr Tan Wee Siong

A user-friendly online portal that encourages signups for both craftsmen and service users. Craftsmen from different fields can put their services and expertise online to the masses. It can be quickly searched for by users, specifically for the service they need, and get one with a click of a button. When service providers become easily available to the masses, it helps the entire industry in circulating jobs and sustaining the livelihoods of our skilled talents.

At Your Service

We will be happy to explore collaboration opportunities especially with community leaders and social service providers.


MYINTERNSHIP Buddy (MIB@Work) is a mobile app, developed by Coursepad in collaboration with Infocomm Media Development Authority, with support and inputs from School of Infocomm (SOI). The app was piloted by SOI students during their internship, as well as SOI staff to assess their students’ learning progress and log reports. The team of students working on this project were tasked to evaluate and implement the best possible manner to extract, transform and load (ETL) the data into tabular format for visualization. MIB@Work has been deployed as part of SOI’s internship programme, allowing better communication between staff and students.

MIB@Work

PARTNER ORGANISATIONCoursepad

STUDENTSI’zzati Amirah Bte Rosli, Nadiah Bte Abdul Jalil, Prescillia Ong Min Yee, Yeo Huina Deena

SUPERVISORMs Chen Hwee Ling

We have used the items the students built to plan and map out improvements to our Dashboard within Coursepad so far. We’re

still mid-way through the implementation process but yes the project was decently

helpful for us so far.


FIREMAN Cluedo is an augmented reality (AR) game developed in collaboration with Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) to raise awareness about household fire hazards through a fun and friendly educational experience. The game follows a linear story that sets the player as an investigator at the scene of a recent house fire, whose goal is to determine the cause of the fire. In the process of scanning for fire hazards, players get notifications on educational facts about potential household fire hazards. The application was demonstrated at an internal SCDF convention.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONSingapore Civil Defence Force

STUDENTSLua Kian Wei Willy, Max Pang Liang Hui, Teo Ting Xuan Marcus

SUPERVISORMr Derek Lee

Fireman Cluedo

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PROPER testing is critical to the successful acceptance and implementation of software applications. The adoption of Agile development methodologies has put additional pressure on testing resources. Agile requires rapid, incremental releases with short time frames in between.

This project’s objective is to conduct a comparative study of open source testing software that supports Accenture’s Agile requirements. This includes distinct responsibilities broadly in the categories of test management, test execution, test support and defect management.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONAccenture Pte Ltd

STUDENTSAlfred Chan Jian Wen, Frank Lee Jin De, Louis Chen Hong Ming

SUPERVISORMr Ho Chee Wai

Louis Kwang, Senior ManagerAccenture Pte Ltd

Evaluation of Testing Software

The coverage of the study was thorough and informative. The study outcomes were of value to Accenture. We welcome opportunities to continue project possibilities in this area.

TO support the learning needs of our students from RP Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences, our students designed and developed a Pharmaceutical Dispenser Web Application. The application facilitated a simulated learning experience for the students to dispense medication at a virtual counter. The functions of the application includes registering a patient, resetting a queue, prescribing medicines, packing of medicines; and identifying medicines with a usage of barcode scanner etc.

IN-HOUSE PROJECT FORSchool of Applied Sciences

STUDENTSSeah Yi Fang, Nurul Fatiha Binte Mohamad Yussof, Noor Aishah Binte HayesNg Xin Ni, Sandy

SUPERVISORMr Sim Boon Cheong

Dispensing Medicine Application


SCOOTER Share is an e-scooter sharing and rental system that aims to provide users the convenience of urban mobility. On top of just being a community resource sharing mobile application, users can also use Scooter Share for last-mile delivery for parcels and e-Commerce.

STUDENTGan Jin Ni

Scooter Share

If you are interested to explore Continued Education Training (CET) courses in the field of infocomm, we would be happy to share with you the list of courses that we currently offer. We would also welcome collaboration opportunities in offering Earn & Learn Programmes with you.

WITH the help of text mining techniques on more than 13,000 written reviews, hotel staff are now able to identify and address key topics and concerns from customers efficiently.

Text Analytics of Hotel Customers’ Reviews

STUDENTSLee Wen Hao, Arceo Kara Mae Macaspac, Nur Shakina Bte Abdul Kadir, Ang Rui Mei

SUPERVISORMr Vincent Ong

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S T A F F P R O J E C T S

THIS project is a collaboration between SOI and RP’s Office of Registrar. It is an in-house Name Reading System that will display the graduands’ names and diplomas on the screen and play the recorded audio files of the graduands’ names as they walk across the stage. The system incorporated other features that are catered to RP’s needs such as customised display banner for the text according to the school colours. The system not only eliminates the stress of live-reading and mispronunciation of names during the ceremony, but also provide a cost-saving solution to other text-to-speech software.

IN-HOUSE PROJECT FORRepublic Polytechnic

STAFFVincent Ng

Name Reading System

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FUNDED BYTote Board

STAFFDavid Leong (PI), Hew Ka Kian, Jonathon Siang, Vikram Bahl

THIS is a research project to create a low-cost assistive tool that facilitates the deaf and the elderly to communicate more effectively in public. It supports multi-lingual transcribing which includes English, Chinese, Malay and commonly-used Singapore dialects. It recognises common languages that are spoken in Singapore’s multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society and is able to accommodate different accents and surrounding noise. The tool provides a means to improve the quality of life for the deaf and hearing-impaired. The tool works on mobile devices such as phones, sunglasses and other wearables and has API libraries to integrate with other web-enabled devices. The project is led by staff from the Cognitive Systems Technology Centre.

Multi-Language Speech Recognition

THIS is a multi-disciplinary project between SOI and RP School of Applied Science. Lead by staff from IOT Solution Centre, the system is designed to monitor water quality conditions which are mission critical for aquatic farming. Water conditions are collated using industrial grade sensors which are deployed over a wide area of the fish farm. Data collected are transmitted real-time to a central server to allow remote monitoring. The system provides farm operators with immediate information on hand and allow them to be more responsive to any deterioration of water conditions. The project team plan to develop a flexible framework that is able to accommodate the diverse range of competing sensors and platforms current available in the market.

IN-HOUSE PROJECT FORRepublic Polytechnic

STAFFAndy Lee (PI), Sharmila Kanna, Oliver Chang, Morgan Heidemann

Remote Monitoring System for Aquatic Farming

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FUNDED BYMinistry of Education

STAFFDavid Leong, Jonathan Siang, Guo Jiayan, Vikram Bahl & Tay Mei Lan

THIS is a research project undertaken by staff from the Cognitive Systems Technology Centre. The project creates an intelligence software to allow parents and teachers to censor and sanitize movies and TV shows by skipping over specific objectionable scenes or blurring out unsavoury objects in the scenes while maintaining integrity of the storyline. Non-rigid object tracking and video masking techniques are utilised in the software.

Beyond the original problem statement, the software can be deployed in other use cases such as traffic control, medical imaging, camera surveillance, and across many sectors such as childcare centres, religious organisation and internet service providers.

User-Selectable Obscuration Software for Digital Videos

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