Research Fellow (Cybersecurity / Computer Science / Information Security / Electronic or Communication Engineering)

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU Singapore invites applications for a Research Fellow to conduct research on LLM agent safety and secure authentication. The role emphasizes developing runtime monitoring and behavioural evaluation techniques for LLM agents.

The fellow will investigate biometric authentication for smartphones and wearables, design experiments, implement prototypes, and collaborate with NTU’s research teams to assess security and usability.

Qualifications

• PhD in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, Electronic or Communication Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Research background in LLM agent safety, runtime monitoring, biometric authentication or intelligent-device security.
• Familiarity with LLM agents and ability to implement prototypes and conduct rigorous experiments.
• Experience in biometric sensing or acoustic signal analysis would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop monitoring methods to detect malicious skill execution and unsafe or misaligned agent behaviour.
• Design experiments and prototypes to evaluate agent safety, task performance and monitoring overhead.
• Investigate biometric authentication for smartphones and wearable devices and evaluate security and usability.
• Analyse findings, prepare publications and project reports, as well as, collaborate with the research team.

Skills

LLM agent safety

Runtime monitoring

Biometric authentication

Intelligent-device security

Prototype development

Experiment design

Education

PhD in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, Electronic or Communication Engineering

Job description

Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is ranked among the world’s top universities.

We are seeking s seeking a Research Fellow to conduct research on LLM agent safety and secure authentication.

The role involves developing runtime monitoring and behavioural evaluation techniques for LLM agents, and investigating secure and usable authentication for intelligent devices.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop monitoring methods to detect malicious skill execution and unsafe or misaligned agent behaviour.
• Design experiments and prototypes to evaluate agent safety, task performance and monitoring overhead.
• Investigate biometric authentication for smartphones and wearable devices and evaluate security and usability.
• Analyse findings, prepare publications and project reports, as well as, collaborate with the research team.

Job Requirements

• PhD in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, Electronic or Communication Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Research background in LLM agent safety, runtime monitoring, biometric authentication or intelligent-device security.
• Familiarity with LLM agents and ability to implement prototypes and conduct rigorous experiments.
• Experience in biometric sensing or acoustic signal analysis would be an advantage.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution

NTU A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). Ranked amongst the world’s top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world’s top young university for the past seven years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% is certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district. Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources.

For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg