A Research Assistant or Research Associate position is immediately available at School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The successful candidate will join a research project on understanding and improving the system reliability and energy efficiency of data centers in Singapore's tropic environment. Through extensive experimentation on a newly built data center testbed that hosts nearly 100 servers, data analytics will be conducted to explore the basic relationships among server workload, computing performance, hardware component reliability, thermal condition, air flows, and etc. The candidate will work on programming and operating the testbed to generate massive data records of the state of the testbed. The candidate will also participate intensive research towards quality publications. Pursuing PhD degree in the position is possible. The candidate should have a Bachelor degree (for Project Officer position) or Master degree (for Research Associate position) in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or other relevant disciplines. The candidate is expected to have good knowledge in one or more of the following areas: sensors, sensor networks, computer networks, and computer architecture. Strong programming skills and experiences in at least one programming language are needed. Interested candidates can send CV to Dr. Rui Tan at tanrui@ntu.edu.sg.
About the group and NTU/SCSE: Dr. Rui Tan's research group is dedicated to quality research in the area of cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things. The group has published tens of papers on the top venues in these areas, and received various Best Paper Awards and Runner-Ups. NTU is a fast-rising young university. Since 2014, it has been the No. 1 among universities under 50 years old according to QS. NTU's computer science research is ranked the 3rd according to US News. More info about the group can be found at http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/tanrui
February 2018 |