Connectionists: Two Scientist Positions at Institute of High Performance Computing

[Wang Yi (IHPC)]

== Position 1 ==
Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR is looking for candidates with the talent and passion to pursue first class research in Big Data Analytics. You will be expected to conduct innovative research, design and develop cutting edge models and algorithms for analyzing large-scale textual data from science and engineering domains. You will also be expected to work closely with the researchers from IHPC to build up the in-house capability on context-based analytics. The successful candidates will have the opportunities to collaborate with researchers and practitioners from other A*STAR institutes as well as industry, to translate the developed solutions for tackling real world text analytics problems confronted today and in near future.

Requirements:
    - PhD in Computer Science or other related subjects.
    - Strong expertise and research record on text analytics/text mining/natural language processing.
    - Experience in analyzing large-scale data using, e.g., Hadoop/Spark.
    - Broad knowledge in machine learning and data mining.
    - Programming experience in Python and Matlab/Octave. Experience in C++, Java, and R is a plus.
    - Able to work in a collaborative research environment & communicate well with colleagues and collaborators.


== Position 2 ==
Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR is looking for a postdoctoral Scientist with the talent and passion to pursue first class research in high content analytics through a joint project with Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB). You will be expected to conduct innovative research, design and develop cutting edge models and algorithms for processing and analyzing large-scale high content screening data. You will also be expected to work closely with researchers from IHPC as well as reputed biologists from IMCB to establish novel approach to genome-wide cell phenotyping and gene interaction identification. The job is available immediately.

Requirements:
- PhD in Computer Science, Applied Statistics, or other related subjects.
- Broad knowledge on machine learning/data mining/data analytics.
- Strong expertise and research record in classification/clustering/network analytics.
- Programming experience in Python and Matlab/Octave.
- Experience in bioinformatics and big data analytics using, e.g., Hadoop/Spark would be a plus.
- Capable of conducting research in a cross-disciplinary team.



 == How to Apply ==
Interested candidates please send your CV to ihpc at ihpc.a-star.edu.sg. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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