Research Scientist, RISE Lab

• Contract
• Manager
• Doctorate or equivalent
• Singapore | Closing On 24 Mar 2023

1-year contact

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

• Design and implement mobile application security and privacy solutions
• Conduct evaluations and/or user studies to validate the effectiveness of the algorithms and tools
• Write and publish research papers and present them to reputable academic conferences
• Package the documents, implementation code, evaluation results of the project for public release
• Liaise with other team members of this project to realize the overall goal of the project

Qualifications

• Minimum PhD in Software Engineering/Computer Science/Information Systems from a top-tier or local university
• Strong relevant research capability and track record in research as evidenced by at least 3 first-authored full-length papers in major Software Engineering / Cybersecurity research conferences / journals. At least one of them must be published in a top venue.
• Excellent knowledge about software engineering research or cybersecurity research
• Highly fluent in programming
• Competent in designing and implementing algorithms and data structures
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, technical and problem solving skills
• Self-motivated individual who can work independently and also collaboratively with team members 
• Able to work under strict deadlines