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The National University of Singapore is seeking a Research Assistant in the Department of Communications and New Media to help develop multilingual corpora and detection models for online harm as part of the Online Trust and Safety Research Programme. Candidates should have a background in Computer Science or Data Science and possess relevant technical skills, including proficiency in Python and experience with machine learning.
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Job Summary
The Research Assistant will support a project funded by the Online Trust and Safety Research Programme at the National University of Singapore.
Key responsibilities include developing automated tools for extracting content from social media platforms and fine-tuning Llama 70B models for toxicity detection.
Candidates must submit a cover letter, CV, academic writing sample, and three names for letters of recommendation via the NUS Career Portal.
Matching Summary
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The National University of Singapore is seeking a Research Assistant in the Department of Communications and New Media to help develop multilingual corpora and detection models for online harm as part of the Online Trust and Safety Research Programme. Candidates should have a background in Computer Science or Data Science and possess relevant technical skills, including proficiency in Python and experience with machine learning.
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Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Proficiency in Python programming
Experience with NLP libraries like Hugging Face
Knowledge of large language model fine-tuning
Familiarity with API-based data collection
Background in Computer Science or Data Science
Nice-to-have
Experience with multimodal machine learning
Ability to work with unstructured datasets
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Key Requirements
Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Data Science
Application submission via NUS Career Portal required
Submission of one academic writing sample up to 25 pages