Research Fellow (Statistics and Data Science)

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NUS Career Portal link: https://careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research-Fellow-%28Statistics-and-Data-Science%29/33317-en_GB/

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Job Description

The successful candidate will work with Asst. Prof. Shen Shuting on combinatorial inference under a project on "Post-learning inference for near-optimal discrete structures".

The main responsibilities of the position include: Theoretical derivations, numerical experiments, real data applications, paper writing

Qualifications / Discipline:
• PhD in Statistics, Data Science, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
• Candidates in the final stages of their PhD studies may also be considered.

Skills:
• Strong technical background in probability, statistics, optimization, or related theoretical areas.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct rigorous mathematical derivations and develop theoretical results.

Experience:
• Prior research experience in theoretical statistics, statistical machine learning, high-dimensional inference, empirical process theory, stochastic modeling, optimization, or related areas.
• Experience with writing and developing theoretical research papers is highly desirable.