Assistant Professor in Big Data Analytics

Location: Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei
Salary: Not specified
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed on: 16th January 2023
Closes:

The Institute of Applied Data Analytics at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is seeking a talented and ambitious academic to develop, lead and impact state-of-the-art research in big data analytics, especially in the fields of healthcare and business analytics, who will be able to:

generate research ideas, develop solutions to big data analytics-related problems, and write/acquire local and international research grants
execute research projects in close collaboration with academics and professionals within and outside UBD to make a global impact through excellence in research and innovation and active participation in the activities of the Institute
publish research advances in top-tier conferences and journals, and demonstrate leadership in the greater professional community
develop and teach modules such as big data analytics, data warehouse, data engineering, and healthcare/business/fintech analytics in programmes offered by the Institute and modules offered by other Faculties, Institutes, and Centres (FICs) in Universiti Brunei Darussalam;
supervise or co-supervise final year and postgraduate students from the institute as well as from different faculties in projects related to big data analytics and computer science
provide administrative support to the institute (if required)

Academic and Professional Qualifications required:

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline (with a specialisation in Big Data Analytics) from a recognised university.
An outstanding record of research productivity and teaching excellence in the field of specialisation;
Experience with setting up and using big data analytics platforms, technologies, and software applications such as Map-reduce, HDFS, YARN, Hive, Apache Hadoop, Spark, Pyspark, Spark SQL, Spark MLIB, Data Warehouse;
Knowledge about statistical modelling for big data analytics

For more information about the Institute of Applied Data Analytics, please refer to: http://iada.ubd.edu.bn/ or contact please contact Prof. Dr. Chandratilak De Silva LIYANAGE at Liyanage.silva@ubd.edu.bn or Dr. Owais Ahmed Malik at owais.malik@ubd.edu.bn.