Research Assistant

11 hours ago

Pioneer, Singapore Nanyang Technological University Full time $40,000 - $80,000 per year

Nanyang Technological University's National Centre for Research in Digital Trust (DTC) is a Trust Technology Research Centre to execute a national program to help put Singapore into a strong trust hub. The key objective is to support efforts to create a trusted digital environment for people and businesses in the digital transformation by providing businesses and consumers with greater assurance and confidence as they digitalize.

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We are looking for a Research Assistant to develop, implement techniques and systems in Trust Technology and related areas such as privacy, security and blockchain, which are important components of digital trust platforms. The role will focus on emerging technologies that engenders trust and espouse the values of fairness, safety, and privacy in digital technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct research and development in trust technologies – translating algorithms into tools and frameworks and implementing working prototypes that can demonstrate how research outputs can be innovated to build new capabilities.
  • Work closely with Centre's researchers to design and develop research prototypes into the proof-of-concept systems.
  • Design and build working tools that can support the technology transfer of new capabilities to research partners and can be used to showcase the value of a given research outcome.
  • Write and maintain technical documentation, presentations, and papers on research into trust technologies testing, helping to educate and raise the overall competency in emerging areas of trust technologies.
  • Engage global partners and researchers to understand latest trends and advance Singapore's mindshare in this domain.

Job Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science/ engineering or related field
  • Proficiency in programming languages Java, C/C++ is a must with experience in other programming languages and/or frameworks such as Python, Spring.
  • Proficiency with using common Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Proficiency in installing, configuring and using SQL database is a must.  Experience in other data processing technologies such as NoSQL, Hadoop will be an advantage.
  • Experience in developing network and communication protocols and using socket programming in cloud-based systems is a must.
  • Proficiency and experience in working with different virtualization technologies to enhance cloud service system performance is a must. Experience in developing ML systems from end to end, including data exploration, feature engineering, model training/evaluation will be advantageous.
  • Good communication skills and some interdisciplinary interest is desired, to be able to interact with researchers at the Centre.
  • Ability to work independently and to develop solutions under strict timelines is a must.
  • Ability to code-switch effortlessly between talking business and talking tech, and can help stakeholders, engineers, and businesses easily understand difficult research tech concepts.
  • Good knowledge of system platform development, socket programming, middleware technologies, API development, related application frameworks and service layer models.
  • Familiarity with general API security concepts (such as key validation, authentication, authorisation)
  • Good understanding of relational database and Unix shell scripting skills.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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