Research Fellow (Statistics and Data Science)
About the role
Job Title: Research Fellow (Statistics and Data Science)
University-Level Unit: Science
Faculty/Department-Level Unit: Statistics and Data Science
Employee Category: Research Staff
Location_ONB: Kent Ridge Campus
Posting Start Date: 16/06/2026
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.
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