Research Scientist, Mobile Systems and Cloud Security, NSOE

• Contract
• Middle Management
• PhD
• Singapore | Closing On 07 Oct 2021

till 30 Sep 2022

About Us

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together – building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities – all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

Job Description

• Analyze low-level mobile application code and user interfaces
• Model the functionality of app code and user interfaces based on low-level data
• Cluster apps according to their similarities and differences in code, UI, and functionality
• Develop inference models for proper privacy decisions
• Build private data protection and replacement techniques on Android systems
• Setup testbeds for the analysis and modeling techniques, and perform large-scale evaluations
• Facilitate project management and supervise junior team members together with the faculty members
• Write academic research papers for publication and make both formal and informal presentations

Qualifications

• Minimum PhD degree in Computer Science or closely related disciplines
• Minimum two years of relevant research experience in areas closely related to this project, such as static and dynamic analysis, mobile security, software engineering, and machine learning for software
• Relevant research capabilities as evidenced by publications in reputable venues in closely related areas
• Strong programming skills in at least one major programming language, such as Java and Python
• Experience in more languages, such as C/C++/Objective-C/Swift/Kotlin/JavaScript, will be positively considered
• emonstrated strong experience and know-how on static and dynamic program analysis, software security, natural language processing and/or machine learning for software
• Competent in designing and implementing algorithms and data structures
• Basic working knowledge of Android systems and Android application development and relevant tools
• Strong analytical, technical and problem solving skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Self-motivated individual who can work independently and also collaboratively with team members 
• Able to work under strict deadlines
• Good research capability as evidenced by tangible deliverables (e.g., publications or tools developed in the areas of mobile applications, software engineering, cybersecurity, or machine learning) 
• Experience in supervising junior students will be advantageous

Other Information

For more info, please refer to this website - https://smc.smu.edu.sg