JOB DESCRIPTION

A Research Assistant will be hired to undertake the following research activities:

• Meeting with the principal investigator (PI), Co-Investigator (Co-I), and other team members regularly;
• Managing the progress of key tasks;
• Collecting and organizing Singapore’s spatial datasets
• Managing multiple attributes on a geographic information system (GIS) platform
• Developing energy consumption, transit ridership, and price appreciation models
• Exploring new software and spatial data visualization/analysis techniques.

This position will be based at the Urban Planning & Policy Research Team, led by PI Prof. Jin Murakami at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) in collaboration with Co-I Prof. Phang Sock Yong at Singapore Management University (SMU).

REQUIREMENTS

• Master’s degree in Urban Planning, Transportation, Economics, Civil Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields
• Strong data management and quantitative analysis skills
• Proficiency with programing, coding, and/or statistical software (e.g., Python, R, STATA)
• Knowledge and experience of GIS software applications (ArcGIS and/or QGIS)
• Experience in multivariate regression modeling and spatial data analysis
• Interest in data visualization skills – preferred
• Familiarity with Singapore’s urban planning and development practices – preferred
• Sufficient report writing and communication skills in English

Please refer the Job description for details