Research Scientist, SCIS

• Contract
• Middle Management
• Doctorate or equivalent
• Singapore | Closing On 25 Jun 2022

1-year contract

About Us

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together – building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities – all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

Job Description

• Review and distill state-of-the-art methods in literature
• Conduct original research to develop new algorithms and/or improve existing ones
• Implement the proposed algorithms as well as baseline methods
• Perform scientific experiments to validate the proposed algorithms
• Documentation of the research and results including academic publication

Qualifications

• Minimum PhD degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines
• Minimum 1 year of relevant research experience in machine learning/AI/data mining
• Good research publication records in top conferences/journals, especially in machine learning/AI/data mining areas
• Proficiency in programming of deep learning stacks (e.g. tensorflow/pytorch) is required
• Good working knowledge of machine learning and deep learning including graph neural networks 
• Good analytical, technical and problem solving skills
• Self-motivated individual who can work independently and also collaboratively with team members