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.