Senior Research Engineer (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

The candidate will be responsible for conducting research on building a multimodal AI-assisted assessment system. Successful candidate will be part of an active research team led by Prof Dai Bing Tian from School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS), Singapore Management University (SMU).

Candidate's core responsibilities are:

• Communicate with various parties, e.g., hospitals and their IT providers, for data collection and data cleaning
• Perform data analysis and explore the applications of multimodal AI
• Build a multimodal AI-assisted assessment system
• Validate the system and create user documentation for the system
• Assist in research paper writing
• Administrative matters related to this project
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines from an institution of higher learning with particular focus on machine learning
• Minimum 4 years of relevant research or academic experience in Computer Science or closely related disciplines
• Able to work with elderly people to collect data and show strong passion for applying AI for tackling issues related to aging
• Proven track record and professional experience in coding and system building
• Excellent technical skills in building systems
• Ability to work cooperatively as part of a small, agile academic research team is essential

OTHER INFORMATION

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Please note that your application will be sent to and reviewed by the direct employer - Singapore Management University