Connectionists: Scientist Positions Available at the Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore

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*Scientist Positions Available at the Institute of High Performance
> Computing, A*STAR, Singapore*
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>
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> The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) -
> http://www.a-star.edu.sg/ - is a Singapore government funded group of
> research institutions which receives multi-billion (U.S.) dollar funding
> from the Singapore government -
> http://www.nrf.gov.sg/research/r-d-ecosystem/overview.
>
> The Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) -
> http://www.ihpc.a-star.edu.sg/ - is a member institute of A*STAR that was
> established in 1998 to provide leadership in high performance computing as
> a strategic resource for scientific inquiry and industry development. We
> are seeking highly self-motivated individuals capable of working
> independently yet cohesively as a team in the pursuit of scientific work
> with high demands on technical flair and a knack for innovative solutions
> to various problems. Successful candidates will become part of a
> multidisciplinary research team in building algorithms for computational
> and artificial intelligence, processing, analysing and interpreting social
> media data, data and video analytics, language processing including
> understanding and generation, computer vision, behaviour understanding, and
> commonsense reasoning. If you share our interests in solving challenging
> scientific problems, we welcome you to apply for the following positions:
>
> *1. Scientist (Artificial Intelligence)*
>
> *Job Description:*
>
> You will contribute towards capability development in some of the
> following areas: computational and artificial intelligence systems,
> cognitively-inspired systems, intelligent processing, analysis and
> interpretation of social media data, data and video analytics, behaviour
> understanding systems, and probabilistic and commonsense inference systems.
>
> *Requirements:*
>
>    1. A PhD degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering /
>    Electrical Engineering / Information Systems / Cognitive Science /
>    Psychology / Physics, or equivalent.
>    2. A good scientific research track record and practical experience in
>    some of the following disciplines: computational and artificial
>    intelligence, cognitive systems, modelling and simulation, data and video
>    analytics, and social media data analysis.
>    3. Interest and experience with commonsense reasoning systems will be
>    advantageous.
>    4. Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
>    5. Strong potential for producing impactful scholarly publications.
>    6. Demonstrates strong interest and ability in research.
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>
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> *2. Scientist (Linguistics/Computational Linguistics)*
>
> *Job Description:*
>
> You will contribute towards capability development in the following area:
> design and development of computational and artificial intelligence
> systems, specifically language understanding and generation systems.
>
> *Requirements:*
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>    1. A PhD degree in Linguistics / Computational Linguistics / Computer
>    Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Information
>    Systems / Cognitive Science, or equivalent.
>    2. A good scientific research track record in one or more than one of
>    the following areas: linguistics, computational linguistics, natural
>    language processing systems, etc.
>    3. Interest and experience with cognitive linguistics will be
>    advantageous.
>    4. Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
>    5. Strong potential for producing impactful scholarly publications.
>    6. Demonstrates strong interest and ability in research.
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>
>
> *Salary:*
>
> For comparison, in 2013, Singapore’s per capita GDP is US$55,000 and US’s
> per capita GDP is US$53,000. Therefore salaries are commensurate with these
> figures.
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> Please submit CV and references by email to Dr. Seng-Beng Ho at
> hosb at ihpc.a-star.edu.sg.
>
>
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