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Research Associate

Employer
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Location
Singapore
Closing date
29 Aug 2020

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Job Details

One Research Associate position is currently available in the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, NTU.

The research associate position is with a focus on the application of robust optimization to e-commerce operations and supply chain management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collect and analyze the data on e-commerce operations
  • Build a model to interpret the rational of innovations in e-commerce and further help to improve the operations
  • Encouraged to pursue his or her own, and newly arising, applications using a data-driven optimization approach.

Job Requirements

  • A master degree in Business Analytics, Operations Research, Mathematical Optimization, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
  • Expertise in at least one of the areas of robust optimization, conic optimization and machine learning, modeling and optimization of supply chain management
  • Strong coding skills (one or more of R, Julia or Python) and experience using one or more commercial optimization solvers
  • Enthusiastic about learning new methods, and applying their expertise in innovative ways
  • Prior experience in interdisciplinary research and/or in providing efficient solutions to problems arising from practical/industrial applications will be an advantage

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Company

Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is placed 11th globally, and 1st among the world's top young universities for six consecutive years (QS university rankings). It is also ranked No.2 among the world's elite young universities (aged 50 and under) that have excelled in producing high-quality research (Nature Index Young Universities).


We invite you to be part of this world-class university through the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Postdocotoral Fellowship programme. 

About Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship (LKY PDF)

The prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship (LKY PDF) was established in 1991 under the Lee Kuan Yew Endowment Fund. The Fellowship supports and promotes young and outstanding researchers to realise their full potential in the areas of Engineering, Science, Humanities, and Medicine.

The Fellowship will be awarded concurrently with the candidate's appointment as a research staff in NTU.

Please click here for the detailed list of research areas available in the respective Colleges/Schools/Research Centres.

Eligibility: 

• Excellent academic records and research potential.
• Recent PhD graduates, or with at most 1 postdoctoral training from a reputable university. 

Terms and Conditions: 
• The Fellowship will be tenable for a period of 3 years.  
• In addition to an attractive remuneration, the successful candidate will be awarded a research grant of S$180,000 for research consumables and research related expenditure. 

Application Procedure:

Please click here for more information.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. 

Application Closing Date: 28 February 2020

Company info
Telephone
+(65)67911744
Location
50 NANYANG AVENUE
SINGAPORE
639 798
SG

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