Research Scientist (1-year contract or till 14 Jan 2028), 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 position is for School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS).

• Designing a robust verifiable distributed aggregation function against malicious stakeholders.

• Extending the robust design to additionally support differential privacy.

• Implementing a proof-of-concept prototype of the system.

• Performing security and efficiency analysis for the developed system.

• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum PhD degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines with particular focus on privacy-enhancing technologies.

• Minimum 2 years of relevant research experience in cryptography and differential privacy.

• Proficiency in cryptographic scheme implementation is required.

• Proven track record and research experience in privacy-enhancing technologies.

• Excellent working knowledge of multi-party computation and differential privacy.

• Ability to break down complex problems and design effective solutions.

• Innovating new approaches and thinking outside the box.

• Applicants with research publications in top cybersecurity conferences 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.

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Please note that your application will be sent to and reviewed by the direct employer - Singapore Management University