CY 2018
Understanding the resilience of cottage industries in Singapore
Principal Investigator: John Donaldson
Funding Source: National Heritage Board’s Heritage Research Grant
Project Synopsis:
The project seeks to identify factors that lead to resilience of cottage industries in Singapore. Given that cottage industries have relied on passing down traditional practices and craftsmanship across generations, this research addresses questions of heritage and identity by seeking to understand the ability of contemporary cottage industries to preserve and adapt traditional craftsmanship.
CY 2018
Sentiment analysis of MRT’s event-related social media content
Principal Investigator: Lim Ee-Peng
School of Computing and Information Systems
Funding Source: Public Transport Council
Project Synopsis:
The project aims to understand MRT events and commuting experience through sentiment analysis of public tweets related to MRT events generated by Singapore's Twitter users.