Postdoctoral Researcher - FCLG Operationalisation Project

About the role

The Singapore-ETH Centre, a joint research centre between ETH Zurich and Singapore's National Research Foundation, is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher for a 12-month fixed-term project on high-density urban environments. The project, led by Assoc. Prof. Filip Biljecki (NUS) and Asst. Prof. Matias Quintana (SMU), operationalises evidence on how people respond to dense living, combining large-scale preference data from online surveys and lab-based physiological studies with empirical studies of behavioural, cognitive, physiological and subjective responses.

Key responsibilities

• Co-develop Work Package 1: deep learning models for geo-spatial data science and street-view imagery segmentation, and applications, features, datasets and use cases on public street-view imagery and longitudinal cohort studies.
• Co-develop and publish journal and conference articles, and present research to international audiences.
• Support the module's research: attend team meetings, assist colleagues, contribute to academic papers and presentations, and help prepare funding proposals.

Required profile

• Completed PhD degree.
• Demonstrable experience with machine learning tools and workflows (e.g. Hugging Face, Keras, Torch).
• Experience deploying field data collection such as online surveys.
• End-to-end experimental research experience and academic writing.
• English at a professional level; self-motivated, proactive, rational and a good team player.

Required skills

• Python programming and R scripting.
• Use of developer tools such as Git and AWS.
• Desirable: a GitHub repository showing past or ongoing work, and an interest in spatial data science and urban topics.

What we offer

• Remuneration commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• 25 days of annual leave and 1 day of birthday leave for fixed-term contracts.
• Annual dental benefits and comprehensive healthcare insurance.
• Flexible hybrid work up to 2 days per week from home.
• A diverse, inclusive workplace with networking opportunities across disciplines.

Applications are made online only, with a cover letter stating motivation, a tailored CV (including a GitHub repository or website of previous projects), and optionally a writing sample.