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Build your foundation through our beginner-friendly curriculum and flagship AI/ML programmes.
Across data, machine learning & AI
Whether you're a complete beginner or a data buff, we've got something for you.
What we do
An intensive cohort for students who want to build a stronger foundation in AI and machine learning through guided learning and project work.
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An intensive cohort for students who want to build a stronger foundation in AI and machine learning through guided learning and project work.
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Explore applied AI in a small group through hands-on learning and a personal project.
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Explore SQL, Python, data analysis, and visualisation through our structured hands-on workshops.
Explore →Our members' creations
Explore what DAP and AI Lodge members have built.
Singing Scorer
An ML model trained to evaluate singing performances using objective criteria like pitch accuracy and vocal stability — because human judgment is subjective.
Enhance AI
An AI-powered photo playground where users can blend faces, imagine a future child, and transform themselves with playful character-inspired effects.
CaloTracko
An AI-powered calorie-tracking Telegram bot — log a meal by snapping a photo or typing a description.
Storie
An AI storybook generator that turns a prompt into a fully illustrated, personalised story in minutes.
Tarot Card Interpreter
An interactive tarot experience that turns a question and three selected tarot cards into a playful, personalised AI-generated reading.
AlphaZero Checkers
A checkers AI trained through reinforcement learning and self-play, combining a residual neural network with Monte Carlo Tree Search to choose its moves.
Colour Season Analysis
A Computer Vision tool that analyses a facial photo, predicts one of four seasonal colour types, and extracts the dominant colours from the user’s skin, eyes, and lips.
F1 Qualifying Predictor
An XGBoost model that uses Formula 1 free-practice statistics to predict where a driver may qualify on the grid.
Distracted Driver Detection
A computer vision model that detects distracted drivers and classifies their behaviour into one of ten distraction categories.
Pitch Perfect
An AI presentation and interview coach that scores both delivery and content against a customisable rubric, tracking posture and gaze privately in the browser.
Learning Companion
An AI learning app that lets students grow a topic tree around their interests and turn each topic into a source-backed visual lesson with an understanding check.
ScamSense
A browser game where players question AI-voiced scam rings in real time, learning to spot organised scams by asking the right questions before real scammers find them.
HiddenInk
A resume security tool that detects hidden prompt injections aimed at AI screeners and gives recruiters a clean, human-visible version to review.
Squirrel
An AI-powered perk tracker that finds vouchers, card credits and memberships in your inbox and reminds you before they expire.
Fitinerary
A trip planner that chooses your hotel and day-by-day itinerary together, comparing hotels by true cost, with AI for language and code for every number.
SG Wardrobe
An AI personal stylist for Singapore that plans outfits around live weather and checks how online clothes will fit your measurements before you buy.
Dishcovery
A dish finder for people managing high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease that checks food near SMU against their personal nutrient limits.
MemeMe
An AI sticker maker that turns a photo of you, a friend or your pet into a captioned die-cut meme sticker, with safety checks built in from the start.
Meme-it
An AI meme and sticker generator that turns your own photos into captioned memes and downloadable sticker packs.
EquityLens AI
An investment research workspace that combines Python-calculated financials and valuations with AI research agents, keeping assumptions and evidence visible.
Syllabuddy
An AI study planner that reads your syllabi, verifies every deadline against the source text and builds one week-by-week plan that flags crunch weeks.
TouchGrass
A friendly group challenge to spend less time on social media, with AI screen-time checks, offline activity ideas and a personal diary.
Leash
A proxy that gives every AI agent a budget it can't overspend and a tamper-evident record it can't fake, without ever handing the agent the real API key.
Origin
A prototype that helps private bankers estimate prospects' equity, run compliant research and draft a first outreach email, with a human reviewing every step.
Handful
A free ASL learning app with short lessons, practice games and an in-browser camera check that gives feedback on your fingerspelling.
Singing Scorer
An ML model trained to evaluate singing performances using objective criteria like pitch accuracy and vocal stability — because human judgment is subjective.
Enhance AI
An AI-powered photo playground where users can blend faces, imagine a future child, and transform themselves with playful character-inspired effects.
CaloTracko
An AI-powered calorie-tracking Telegram bot — log a meal by snapping a photo or typing a description.
Storie
An AI storybook generator that turns a prompt into a fully illustrated, personalised story in minutes.
Tarot Card Interpreter
An interactive tarot experience that turns a question and three selected tarot cards into a playful, personalised AI-generated reading.
AlphaZero Checkers
A checkers AI trained through reinforcement learning and self-play, combining a residual neural network with Monte Carlo Tree Search to choose its moves.
Colour Season Analysis
A Computer Vision tool that analyses a facial photo, predicts one of four seasonal colour types, and extracts the dominant colours from the user’s skin, eyes, and lips.
F1 Qualifying Predictor
An XGBoost model that uses Formula 1 free-practice statistics to predict where a driver may qualify on the grid.
Distracted Driver Detection
A computer vision model that detects distracted drivers and classifies their behaviour into one of ten distraction categories.
Pitch Perfect
An AI presentation and interview coach that scores both delivery and content against a customisable rubric, tracking posture and gaze privately in the browser.
Learning Companion
An AI learning app that lets students grow a topic tree around their interests and turn each topic into a source-backed visual lesson with an understanding check.
ScamSense
A browser game where players question AI-voiced scam rings in real time, learning to spot organised scams by asking the right questions before real scammers find them.
HiddenInk
A resume security tool that detects hidden prompt injections aimed at AI screeners and gives recruiters a clean, human-visible version to review.
Squirrel
An AI-powered perk tracker that finds vouchers, card credits and memberships in your inbox and reminds you before they expire.
Fitinerary
A trip planner that chooses your hotel and day-by-day itinerary together, comparing hotels by true cost, with AI for language and code for every number.
SG Wardrobe
An AI personal stylist for Singapore that plans outfits around live weather and checks how online clothes will fit your measurements before you buy.
Dishcovery
A dish finder for people managing high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease that checks food near SMU against their personal nutrient limits.
MemeMe
An AI sticker maker that turns a photo of you, a friend or your pet into a captioned die-cut meme sticker, with safety checks built in from the start.
Meme-it
An AI meme and sticker generator that turns your own photos into captioned memes and downloadable sticker packs.
EquityLens AI
An investment research workspace that combines Python-calculated financials and valuations with AI research agents, keeping assumptions and evidence visible.
Syllabuddy
An AI study planner that reads your syllabi, verifies every deadline against the source text and builds one week-by-week plan that flags crunch weeks.
TouchGrass
A friendly group challenge to spend less time on social media, with AI screen-time checks, offline activity ideas and a personal diary.
Leash
A proxy that gives every AI agent a budget it can't overspend and a tamper-evident record it can't fake, without ever handing the agent the real API key.
Origin
A prototype that helps private bankers estimate prospects' equity, run compliant research and draft a first outreach email, with a human reviewing every step.
Handful
A free ASL learning app with short lessons, practice games and an in-browser camera check that gives feedback on your fingerspelling.
Singing Scorer
An ML model trained to evaluate singing performances using objective criteria like pitch accuracy and vocal stability — because human judgment is subjective.
Enhance AI
An AI-powered photo playground where users can blend faces, imagine a future child, and transform themselves with playful character-inspired effects.
CaloTracko
An AI-powered calorie-tracking Telegram bot — log a meal by snapping a photo or typing a description.
Storie
An AI storybook generator that turns a prompt into a fully illustrated, personalised story in minutes.
Tarot Card Interpreter
An interactive tarot experience that turns a question and three selected tarot cards into a playful, personalised AI-generated reading.
AlphaZero Checkers
A checkers AI trained through reinforcement learning and self-play, combining a residual neural network with Monte Carlo Tree Search to choose its moves.
Colour Season Analysis
A Computer Vision tool that analyses a facial photo, predicts one of four seasonal colour types, and extracts the dominant colours from the user’s skin, eyes, and lips.
F1 Qualifying Predictor
An XGBoost model that uses Formula 1 free-practice statistics to predict where a driver may qualify on the grid.
Distracted Driver Detection
A computer vision model that detects distracted drivers and classifies their behaviour into one of ten distraction categories.
Pitch Perfect
An AI presentation and interview coach that scores both delivery and content against a customisable rubric, tracking posture and gaze privately in the browser.
Learning Companion
An AI learning app that lets students grow a topic tree around their interests and turn each topic into a source-backed visual lesson with an understanding check.
ScamSense
A browser game where players question AI-voiced scam rings in real time, learning to spot organised scams by asking the right questions before real scammers find them.
HiddenInk
A resume security tool that detects hidden prompt injections aimed at AI screeners and gives recruiters a clean, human-visible version to review.
Squirrel
An AI-powered perk tracker that finds vouchers, card credits and memberships in your inbox and reminds you before they expire.
Fitinerary
A trip planner that chooses your hotel and day-by-day itinerary together, comparing hotels by true cost, with AI for language and code for every number.
SG Wardrobe
An AI personal stylist for Singapore that plans outfits around live weather and checks how online clothes will fit your measurements before you buy.
Dishcovery
A dish finder for people managing high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease that checks food near SMU against their personal nutrient limits.
MemeMe
An AI sticker maker that turns a photo of you, a friend or your pet into a captioned die-cut meme sticker, with safety checks built in from the start.
Meme-it
An AI meme and sticker generator that turns your own photos into captioned memes and downloadable sticker packs.
EquityLens AI
An investment research workspace that combines Python-calculated financials and valuations with AI research agents, keeping assumptions and evidence visible.
Syllabuddy
An AI study planner that reads your syllabi, verifies every deadline against the source text and builds one week-by-week plan that flags crunch weeks.
TouchGrass
A friendly group challenge to spend less time on social media, with AI screen-time checks, offline activity ideas and a personal diary.
Leash
A proxy that gives every AI agent a budget it can't overspend and a tamper-evident record it can't fake, without ever handing the agent the real API key.
Origin
A prototype that helps private bankers estimate prospects' equity, run compliant research and draft a first outreach email, with a human reviewing every step.
Handful
A free ASL learning app with short lessons, practice games and an in-browser camera check that gives feedback on your fingerspelling.
Beyond SMU
Our alumni have gone on to careers across technology, finance, and other industries.
“Hands-on data science experience, and a vibrant community of professionals and industry experts.”
Jowett
Cloud Native Architect
“DAP is a wonderful chance to get your hands dirty with data and ML, guided by industry experts and seniors.”
Gigi Teo
ML Quant
“The perfect blend of theory and practice — applying data science to real-world problems.”
Aryan Khera
Assurance Associate