Future Resilient Systems - Singapore
Future Resilient Systems (FRS) is the second research programme under the Singapore-ETH Centre, established by ETH Zurich and Singapore's National Research Foundation under its CREATE programme. It provides a cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural environment, bringing together researchers from engineering, social sciences, and design and planning disciplines from ETH Zurich, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Stevens Institute of Technology.
FRS addresses the challenges of increasing interconnectedness and complexity of infrastructure systems, which provide energy, transport, communication, financial, production, and other essential services to modern societies. It
aims to enhance the resilience of urban systems by combining engineering, design and social research.
FRS was established in 2014 and entered its second phase on 1 April 2020. Research topics in FRS2 are grouped into 3 clusters:
Research Clusters
Cyber Physical Systems Resilience
Urban Resilience
Sensemaking for Resilience
FRS Leadership
Prof. Christoph Hoelscher
Programme Director of Future Resilient Systems at the Singapore-ETH Centre
& Chair of Cognitive Science, ETH Zurich
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Dr Jonas Joerin
Programme Co-Director of Future Resilient Systems at the Singapore-ETH Centre
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FRS News & Events
Enhancing power grid safety through Robust Fault Location research
New research at FRS increases the efficiency and reliability of detecting issues in power networks.
FRS Webinar: The Return of Geopolitics - Nationalism and Conflict in Today’s world
25 Apr | Prof. Dr Lars-Erik Cederman will examine the roots of today's key conflicts, assess the risk of future conflict patterns and propose effective approaches to resolution.
FRS applications for better decision-making
FRS applications facilitate critical infrastructure and climate change investigation, measure resilience to what-if scenarios, and support decision-making.
FRS Webinar: How to Manage Societies Better than Optimal?
4 Mar | Prof. Dr Dirk Helbing will discuss and explore how decentralised solutions of self-organisation helps to organise societies in a more resilient way.
Managing the unexpected at the FRS Symposium 2024
FRS presented their latest resilience research at the FRS symposium on 11 January