Rakuten Asia, in partnership with the Economic Development Board (EDB) through the Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP), is seeking new PhD students. We are looking for individuals with a robust understanding of deep learning, machine learning, and natural language processing to contribute to our innovative research projects. Essential requirements include proven hands‑on expertise and strong engineering skillsets, specifically in the development and training of PyTorch models.

Candidates successfully selected for this programme will receive full sponsorship for their postgraduate studies and will be hired by Rakuten Asia upon successful completion.

The collaboration will include joint PhD student supervision, shared access to computational resources for large‑scale model compression experiments, and regular research exchanges. Output will include high‑impact publications, open‑sour...