Research Scientist (1-year contract), SCIS

COMPANY DESCRIPTION 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. RESPONSIBILITIES • This is for School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS). • Managing the team for this research project. • Developing LLM alignment algorithm for solving optimization problems. • Implementing LLM baseline methods and traditional optimization methods. • Collecting real-world dataset and testing the above algorithms for benchmarking. • Writing paper for publication. • Other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Phd degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines with particular focus on Artificial Intelligence. • Minimum 1 year of relevant research experience in prompting or fine-tuning LLM. • Proficiency in programming software/languages such as python is required. • Proven track record and professional experience in LLM related project. • Demonstrated experience and know-how on prompting or fine-tuning LLMs. • Excellent working knowledge of LLM alignment and optimization. • Technical skills in using LLM APIs. • Ability to break down complex problems and design effective solutions. • Innovating new approaches and thinking outside the box. • Applicants with research publications in AI area will be advantageous. • Ability to work cooperatively as part of a small, agile academic research team is essential. • Self-motivated individual who can work independently and collaboratively with team members. OTHER INFORMATION #LI-JN2 Please note that your application will be sent to and reviewed by the direct employer - Singapore Management University