Research Scientist (1-year contract), SCIS

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position is for School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS).
• Design and implement AI for software engineering 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.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum a PhD degree in Information Systems / Computer Science / Information Technology / Security /Informatics Engineering / Computer Engineer / Software Engineering.
• Publication of at least three first-authored papers in top AI or software engineering or cybersecurity conferences/journals (SCIS A* or CCF A).
• Excellent knowledge about software engineering and artificial intelligence. 
• Highly fluent in Python and Java.
• 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.
• Research capability as evidenced by tangible deliverables i.e., at least three first-authored papers in SCIS-A* orCCF A conference / journal in the field of AI or software engineering.