AI-Driven Identity Security Research Assistant

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 45,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The National University of Singapore invites applications for a Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science, School of Computing (SoC). The focus is on AI-driven Identity & Access Management (IAM) and cybersecurity, exploring anomaly detection, adaptive authentication, and explainable threat intelligence.

The successful candidate will design AI models, develop edge-native modules for authentication, and contribute to publications and prototype deployments within a collaborative

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming proficiency in Python and C/C++.
• Solid understanding of machine learning, data analytics, and system security fundamentals.
• Experience or strong interest in cybersecurity, IAM, or authentication systems.
• Experience with generative AI techniques (GANs, diffusion models) for data synthesis.
• Familiarity with edge AI deployment and optimization (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson, ARM platforms).
• Experience with containerized or cloud-native systems (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of model optimization and deployment frameworks (TensorRT, ONNX).
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (Vertex AI, BigQuery).
• Interest in explainable AI, security analytics, or AI-assisted decision support systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI-driven models for identity security and access-control analytics.
• Build generative modeling pipelines (GANs, diffusion models) for synthetic login behaviors.
• Implement anomaly detection and adaptive decision systems for real-time IAM defense.
• Engineer edge-native AI modules for adaptive multi-factor authentication and token validation.
• Develop explainable AI pipelines, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) based systems.
• Integrate models into end-to-end systems spanning edge devices, containers, and cloud platforms.
• Conduct experimental evaluation, benchmarking, and system-level testing.
• Contribute to research publications, technical reports, and prototype deployments.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Machine learning

Data analytics

Cybersecurity

IAM

Generative AI

Edge AI

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Git

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in CS/CE

Tools

NVIDIA Jetson

TensorRT

ONNX

Vertex AI/BigQuery

Job description

The National University of Singapore invites applications for a Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science, School of Computing (SoC). The focus is on AI-driven Identity & Access Management (IAM) and cybersecurity, exploring anomaly detection, adaptive authentication, and explainable threat intelligence.

The successful candidate will design AI models, develop edge-native modules for authentication, and contribute to publications and prototype deployments within a collaborative