Research Scientist (6-month contract), SCIS

Singapore Management University

  • Singapore
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 29 days ago
Job Description:The candidate will be responsible for conducting research to build a generalizable and interactive 3D medical image segmentation model that can significantly boost clinical efficiency. Successful candidate will be part of an active research team led by Associate Prof SUN Qianru from School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS), Singapore Management University (SMU).Candidate's core responsibilities are:
  • Design, implement, and iteratively improve the three core imSAM components within a unified 3D medical-image framework.
  • Generate large-scale synthetic MRI, CT, and X-ray datasets; coordinate secure access to real clinical data; and enforce data-privacy protocols and anonymization standards.
  • Plan rigorous ablation studies and cross-modality benchmarks, assessing generalization across organs (e.g., liver, tumor, kidney) and imaging modalities; track performance metrics and error analysis for both common and rare conditions.
  • Interface with radiologists and surgeons to collect expert prompts, refine interactive workflows, and translate feedback into model or UI improvements that enhance real-time segmentation usability.
  • Lead paper preparation, conference presentations, open-source releases, and assist the PI with progress reports, grant milestones, and future funding proposals linked to imSAM's roadmap.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
  • Minimum PhD degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines from a reputable institution of higher learning; with particular focus on deep-learning based AI techresearch.
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant research experience in deep learning, multimodal data processing (especially visualdata processing), and domain generalization.
  • Proficiency in programming software/languages such as PyTorch and TensorFlow will be positively considered/ is required
  • Proven track record and professional experience in deep learning and computer vision
  • Demonstrated experience and know-how on interactive AI techniques in multi-modality data
  • Ability to break down complex problems and design effective solutions
  • Innovating new approaches and thinking outside the box
  • Applicants with research publications in machine learning and computer vision areas 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-JN2About Us: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.

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