Temasek Polytechnic was delighted to welcome our distinguished guests from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Comparative Media Studies (MIT CMS). The key faculty members namely Professor William Uricchio, Professor Jing Wang, Dr. Kurt Fendt and Professor Eric Klopfer visited the Design School on 9 November.

Professor William Uricchio, Professor and co-Director of the MIT CMS Program and professor of CMS History at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, explained that the team’s visit is a springboard towards considering collaboration opportunities with TP on research and development in Interactive Digital Media (IDM).

On showcase to the MIT delegates were TP’s IDM strengths and capabilities. The guests were given a walk-through of our faculties, ongoing projects, current expertise and technologies available. The visit marks the first of many mooted by the Singapore-MIT GameLab. TP and MIT can look forward to partnerships to further research and development in areas of interactive digital media pedagogy and technology.

For starters, 3 TP students will be selected to spend 3 months in MIT, working alongside game developers and researchers using the latest technology and research in gaming.

Moses Wong, Director of Temasek Design School is thrilled at the prospect of this collaboration between TP and MIT. He hopes that the joint research in pedagogy and technology will have an overflowing effect on the local IDM scene and bring Singapore closer to the country’s vision of “Intelligent Nation 2015”.