Job Description

The National University of Singapore invites applications for the position of Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science, School of Computing (SoC). SoC is strongly committed to research excellence in all its dimensions: Searching for fundamental results and insights, developing novel computational solutions to a wide range of applications, building large-scale experimental systems and improving the well-being of society. We seek to play an active role both internationally and locally in the core and emerging areas of Computer Science and Information Systems.

The candidate will focus on the study of Privacy in Machine Learning and work on a project which aims to investigate methods for protecting the privacy of individuals while using machine learning. The candidate will focus on developing and evaluating algorithms that can be used to preserve privacy in a variety of settings. The ultimate goal is to advance the understanding of how to build machine learning systems that can be used safely and ethically, and to make practical contributions to the field of privacy-preserving machine learning.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree with Honours in a relevant area; and
• Experience in research.

Covid-19 Message

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Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: School of Computing
Department : Department of Computer Science
Employee Referral Eligible: No
Job requisition ID : 18585