Research Scientist, SCIS

• Contract
• Manager
• Doctorate or equivalent
• Singapore | Closing On 12 Apr 2023

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

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate web applications for crowdsourcing requesters and workers
• Evaluation of the usability of the applications through a series of user studies
• Conducting Human-Computer Interaction research using the developed tools
• Preparing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publications

Qualifications

• Minimum PhD degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines from institution of higher learning
• Minimum 3 years of relevant research experience in Human-Computer Interaction
• Basic knowledge/Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and C# is required 
• Demonstrated experience and know-how on conducting HCI research.
• Excellent working knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research 
• Good analytical, technical and problem solving skills
• Applicants with research publications in HCI area will be advantageous
• Self-motivated individual who can work independently and also collaboratively with team members