Research Engineer (1-year contract), Living Analytics Research Centre

Singapore Management University

Downtown Core

Job Description

Education Level

Bachelor Degree

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, organize 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

• Conduct research in the above areas- Gather requirements from project partners through discussions and correspondence
• Develop, design and implement research prototypes and test-bed systems to achieve project requirements and targets, as well as to showcase the Centre’s analytics capabilities
• Showcase the work from the respective projects at events or conferences
• Assist other researchers to collect and extract relevant data for research purposes

Qualification

• Minimum Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines
• Minimum 1 year of relevant research experience in Human-Computer Interaction, computer vision, or natural language processing
• Proficiency in programming software/languages such as C/C++ and Python will be required
• Demonstrated experience and know-how on conducting research, particularly in the area of Human-Computer Interaction, computer vision, or natural language processing, will be a plus
• Good analytical, technical and problem solving skills
• Self-motivated individual who can work independently and also collaboratively with team members
• Good knowledge of Databases, Machine Learning, and NLP
• Proficient in at least one or more of these programming languages: Java, Python, C#, C++, C
• Experience in the following technologies will be beneficial:
• Elasticsearch
• MySQL, Postgresql
• Tomcat, NodeJS, Apache, Nginx and Xampp
• Linux Environment (CentOS 6.x, Ubuntu 14.x), Bash Scripting
• Virtualization (VMWare, KVM, Vagrant, Docker)
• GPU Computing and Deep Learning

Additional Information

Career Level

Manager

Qualification

Bachelor's Degree, Post Graduate Diploma, Professional Degree

Years of Experience

1 year

Job Type

Contract

Job Specializations

Education/Training, Education

Company Overview

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.

Additional Company Information

Registration No.

200000267Z

Company Size

501 - 1000 Employees

Industry

Education

Benefits & Others

Dental, Medical, Sports (e.g. Gym), Parking, Regular hours, Mondays - Fridays, Business (e.g. Shirts)