Team ASSURE Wins Top Prize at NUS-SYNAPXE-IMDA AI Innovation Challenge 2026

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Team ASSURE Clinches Top Prize at NUS–SYNAPXE–IMDA AI Innovation Challenge 2026 with Home Monitoring Platform for Cardiac Recovery

22 APR 2026 | 4 mins read
SINGAPORE – 22 APR 2026

1. The NUS–SYNAPXE–IMDA AI Innovation Challenge 2026 concluded on 11 April 2026 with AI-enabled solutions for cardiac patient monitoring, personalised health intervention for elderly adults and streamlined workflows for clinicians taking home the top prizes.

2. Jointly organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business Analytics Centre and various industry partners since 2014, the Challenge aims to drive innovation and create impactful solutions for communities. The 12 th annual edition of the competition welcomed 880 students from 18 institutes, including universities, polytechnics and junior colleges across Singapore, forming 181 teams to develop AI-powered solutions for chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and high lipid levels, which affect about 1.8 million people in Singapore.

3. Team ASSURE, comprising six students from the NUS Master of Science in Business Analytics programme, won the top prize of $10,000 for AssureCare Suite, a comprehensive AI-enabled home monitoring platform for elderly heart patients recovering between clinical visits. The platform features AssureBot, a voice-enabled AI companion that conducts daily check-ins, captures symptom updates and vital readings through natural speech, and provides medication and routine care reminders. This is complemented by a Caregiver Portal offering a centralised view of patient status, trend summaries, and escalation alerts.

Team ASSURE receiving their prize from Mr Alan Goh, Assistant Chief Executive, Platform Services at Synapxe (far left).

NUS-SYNAPXE-IMDA AI Innovation Challenge 2026

1. Launched in January 2026, the Challenge culminated in March with eight finalist teams receiving two weeks of personalised mentorship from industry and public sector experts across multiple organisations to refine and strengthen their solutions.

2. This year also marked a milestone for the Challenge, with Junior College students participating for the first time alongside universities and polytechnics. The expanded reach reflects the Challenge's growing role in nurturing a new generation of problem-solvers across Singapore's education landscape, bringing fresh perspectives to some of healthcare's most pressing challenges.

3. To ensure that their solutions are both practical and relevant, students were encouraged to use the MERaLiON and SEA-LION Large Language Models (LLMs) (see Annex B (71.74KB) for details). These models, developed under the National Multimodal Large Language Model Programme (NMLP) supported by IMDA and the National Research Foundation (NRF), are designed to handle the complex language-switching communication styles and cultural nuances common in local settings. The models reflect Singapore’s and Southeast Asia’s diverse cultures, languages, and values.

4. By understanding local languages and context, the models can enable AI‑powered healthcare solutions that are not only linguistically accurate but also empathetic and culturally sensitive. This supports the development of more personalised, inclusive, and accessible healthcare in Singapore.

5. The MERaLiON and SEA-LION models were widely used by the students, including the top eight teams, to develop their solutions for this Challenge.

Four Student Teams Clinched Top Prizes with Innovative Healthcare Solutions

1. Hosted at Synapxe’s Terrarium, the final round of presentations was evaluated by a distinguished panel of industry experts from the public, healthcare and academic sectors, who assessed the strategic and creative use of AI, as well as each prototype’s potential impact, feasibility and relevance to real-world healthcare needs.

2. Team SilverGait from NUS and Team Med-SEAL from NUS received the second and third prizes of $7,000 and $5,000 respectively. SilverGait's multimodal, agentic AI system supports frailty detection, risk stratification, and personalised intervention for elderly adults in the community through continuous monitoring via computer vision and wearable data. Med-SEAL's AI-powered diagnostic support platform streamlines clinical workflows by automating preliminary reporting for clinicians while providing patients with clearer, culturally relevant explanations of their medical results, built on interoperable healthcare standards and multilingual capabilities within Southeast Asia.

3. The NMLP Special Award and a cash prize of $5,000 was awarded to NUS’s Team Wait For A Name on the most effective and innovative use of the SEA-LION and MERaLiON large language models. Their solution, VitalSense, is a privacy-first, browser-based multimodal AI wellness assessment platform that enables users to complete a structured health screening in under five minutes using only a standard webcam, microphone, and self-reported vitals, without requiring a clinic visit.

Resources:

• Annex A - Details on top eight projects (106.37KB)
• Annex B - Details about Singapore’s National Multimodal Large Language Models (MERaLiON and SEA-LION) (71.74KB)
• Annex C - Spokesperson’s quotes (80.42KB)

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About National University of Singapore (NUS)

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is Singapore’s flagship university, which offers a global approach to education, research and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. We have 15 colleges, faculties and schools across three campuses in Singapore, with more than 40,000 students from 100 countries enriching our vibrant and diverse campus community. We have also established more than 20 NUS Overseas Colleges entrepreneurial hubs around the world.

Our multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enables us to work closely with industry, governments and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world. Researchers in our faculties, research centres of excellence, corporate labs and more than 30 university-level research institutes focus on themes that include energy; environmental and urban sustainability; treatment and prevention of diseases; active ageing; advanced materials; risk management and resilience of financial systems; Asian studies; and Smart Nation capabilities such as artificial intelligence, data science, operations research and cybersecurity.

For more information on NUS, please visit nus.edu.sg.

About NUS Business School

With 50,000 alumni and 60 global chapters, the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School is known for providing management thought leadership from an Asian perspective, enabling its students and corporate partners to leverage global knowledge and Asian insights.

The school has consistently ranked first in Asia by independent publications and agencies, such as The Financial Times and Quacquarelli Symonds, in recognition of the quality of its programmes, faculty research and graduates.

The school is accredited by AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), endorsements that the school has met the highest standards for business education. The school is also a member of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), Executive MBA Council, Partnership in Management (PIM) and CEMS (Community of European Management Schools).

Established in 2013, the Business Analytics Centre (BAC) is a result of a collaborative effort between NUS and IBM. The Centre is the operational hub for the acclaimed NUS Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) programme which seamlessly blends academic rigor with industrial expertise.

At NUS BAC, the MSBA programme draws on the strengths of both the NUS Business School and NUS Computing, ensuring a curriculum that integrates theoretical knowledge with real-world application. Over the past decade, BAC has built a strong network of over 100 industry partners.

To date, more than 1,000 industrial analytics and operations research projects have been completed by MSBA students in collaboration with leading corporations.

BAC is dedicated to developing future leaders in business analytics, empowering them to drive innovation and create impactful solutions across industries. For more information, visit https://msba.nus.edu.sg/.

About Synapxe

Synapxe is the national HealthTech agency inspiring tomorrow’s health. The nexus of HealthTech, we connect people and systems to power a healthier Singapore. Together with partners, we create intelligent technological solutions to improve the health of millions of people every day, everywhere. Reimagine the future of health together with us at www.synapxe.sg.

Frank Chua
Assistant Senior Manager
(Corporate Communications)
National University of Singapore, Business School
Email: frank.c@nus.edu.sg

Chan Ying Yen
Assistant Director
(Corporate Communications)
Synapxe
Email: chan.ying.yen@synapxe.sg

Priya Shandhini
Manager
(Communications and Marketing)
IMDA
Email: media@imda.gov.sg

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