Data Associate (up to 30 months contract), School of Economics

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

• To work under a large-scale MOE Tier 3 project on the "Role of Firm-To-Firm Input-Output Linkages in Transmitting Aggregate Shocks: Impacts on Firm-Level Productivity, Labor Demand, and Innovation."
• Work spans data cleaning, data compilation, data analytics, machine learning, text processing, text mining, building software/function, building information infrastructure, and possibly creating new technology.

• Master's degree in Computer Science and closely related disciplines.
• Highly fluent in programming.
• Competent in designing and implementing algorithms and data structures.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, technical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated individual who can work independently and also collaboratively with team members.
• Able to work under strict deadlines.

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