Research Associate, Smart Systems Institute

Job Description

Research and Development in Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction

Qualifications

• A Masters degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Automation Engineering, EEE or related field.
• Experience in robot programming and robotics hardware, especially robot arms (e.g., Franka Emika Panda arm, UR5).
• Experience in computer vision and machine learning.
• Experience in conducting human-robot experiments will be considered favorably. 
• Publications in top robotics (e.g, ICRA, IROS, RSS, HRI) and machine learning / AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, AAAI, ICLR) will be viewed favorably. 
• Committed to full-time employment at NUS, Singapore

Covid-19 Message

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In accordance with Singapore's legal requirements, unvaccinated workers will not be able to work on the NUS premises with effect from 15 January 2022. As such, job applicants will need to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.