Ph.D., Visiting Students, Postdoc

Singapore Management University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Singapore Management University is offering fully-funded opportunities for Ph.D. students, postdocs, visiting students, and scholars under Dr. Pan Zhou. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in computer science, machine learning, or computer vision, with various scholarships available.

Qualifications

• Strong background in computer science, machine learning, or computer vision.
• Research experience and motivation.
• IELTS/TOEFL and GRE scores required based on conditions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in areas like large AI models and optimization algorithms.
• Participate in building efficient AI systems.
• Explore computer vision and generative model methodologies.

Skills

CS

ML

CV

Programming Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Ph.D., Visiting Students, Postdoc, and Scholars Opportunities with Assistant Professor Pan Zhou at Singapore Management University (SMU)

About the job

Dr. Pan Zhou, Assistant Professor at Singapore Management University (SMU), is recruiting fully-funded Ph.D. students (enrollment: Jan 2026, application deadline: June 30, 2025), as well as postdocs, visiting students, and scholars in the areas of large models, computer vision, and efficient AI, including optimization algorithms and fast inference algorithms.

About SMU:

Located in downtown Singapore, SMU is a top-tier research university. Its School of Computing and Information Systems ranks 84th in Computer Science, 39th in AI, and 51–75th globally in ShanghaiRanking.

About Dr. Zhou:

Dr. Zhou earned his Ph.D. from NUS and has conducted research at Princeton, Georgia Tech, Salesforce Research, and Sea AI Lab. With over 70 publications in top-tier venues (e.g., JMLR, TPAMI, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML) and more than 7000 Google Scholar citations, he is an Area Chair for ICML, NeurIPS, and ICLR, and a recipient of the Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship.

Research Topics:

Dr. Zhou’s lab focuses on building efficient and effective AI systems, covering large AI models, reasoning and agentic collaboration, generative models, neural architecture design, and optimization algorithms for fast training and inference. His current students and interns come from top universities like Imperial College London, University of Amsterdam, NUS, NTU, Nanjing University, and Sun Yat-Sen University. Notably, some interns have successfully applied for PhD positions at CMU and postdoc positions at Harvard.

Ph.D. Admission Requirements:

• Strong background in CS, ML, or CV with programming skills
• Research experience and motivation
• IELTS/TOEFL and GRE scores (no strict thresholds): TOEFL waived if your bachelor's was in English; GRE waived with an accepted publication
• Fully-funded scholarships (SGD 2700–5000/month)

Visiting Students & Scholars:

• Open to remote or in-person research
• No strict topic or language requirements
• Self-sponsored or supported by SMU

Postdoc (Research Fellow):

• Strong publication record in ML, optimization, or CV
• Fully-funded scholarships (SGD 6500–7500/month)