Research Fellow

14 hours ago

singapore National University of Singapore Full-time
Job Title: Research Fellow (Statistics and Data Science)

University-Level Unit: Science
Faculty/Department-Level Unit: Statistics and Data Science
Employee Category: Research Staff
Location_ONB: Kent Ridge Campus
Posting Start Date: 16/06/2026

Job Description

The successful candidate will work with Asst. Prof. Shen Shuting on combinatorial inference under a project on \"Post-learning inference for near-optimal discrete structures\".

The main responsibilities of the position include: Theoretical derivations, numerical experiments, real data applications, paper writing.

Qualifications / Discipline
  • PhD in Statistics, Data Science, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
  • Candidates in the final stages of their PhD studies may also be considered.
Skills
  • Strong technical background in probability, statistics, optimization, or related theoretical areas.
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct rigorous mathematical derivations and develop theoretical results.
Experience
  • Prior research experience in theoretical statistics, statistical machine learning, high-dimensional inference, empirical process theory, stochastic modeling, optimization, or related areas.
  • Experience with writing and developing theoretical research papers is highly desirable.