Research Scientist (1-year contract), SCIS

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Location: London
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COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.

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

The candidate will be responsible for conducting research on Embodied Perception and Reasoning algorithms. Successful candidate will be part of an active research team led by Prof Bin Zhu from School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS), Singapore Management University (SMU).

Candidate’s core responsibilities are:

  • Develop embodied perception algorithms for visual, spatial, and semantic understanding of dynamic environments.
  • Design and implement reasoning models that enable robotic manipulation tasks.
  • Conduct experiments for both simulated and real-world Embodied Agent Evaluation.
  • Produce high-quality research publications in top-tier conferences and journals.
  • Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • A PhD in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related discipline from an institution of higher learning.
  • At least two years of relevant research experience in multimodal learning, computer vision, or embodied AI.
  • A strong publication record in top-tier conferences or journals in computer vision, multimedia, and artificial intelligence.
  • Demonstrated expertise and professional experience in deep learning, multimodal learning, or embodied perception and reasoning.
  • Applicants with strong research publications in computer vision or embodied AI will be given preference. xwzovoh
  • Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work both independently and collaboratively within a research team.

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

Posted: April 2nd, 2026