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

[sengbeng ho]

*Scientist Positions for the Institute of High Performance Computing,
A*STAR, Singapore*



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, language processing, 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.



*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:*

   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.



Please submit CV by email to Dr. Seng-Beng Ho at hosb at ihpc.a-star.edu.sg.



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