US payment card firm American Express has announced the opening of a new innovation center in Singapore to focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning and more.
American Express has launched the «Decision Science Center of Excellence» (CoE) in Singapore, according to a statement.
CoE will focus on the application of data sciences for credit and fraud risk model development and production, using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and natural language processing. Over time, AmEx also plans to expand CoE’s focus to research that leads to the development of other related use cases to support growth at the firm.
Hiring Specialists
American Express will begin hiring for the global innovation center immediately, aiming for candidates with a master’s degree or PhD in mathematics, engineering, finance, computer science or other equivalent technical programs for data scientist and AI or ML researcher roles.
«American Express' Decision Science CoE is an exciting addition to Singapore's digital industry, presenting more opportunities for talent to apply cutting-edge research methods to solve global-scale and complex issues faced by the industry,» said Philbert Gomez, head of digital industry Singapore (DISG) at AmEx.
«We look forward to the exciting outcomes from the CoE which will in turn attract and groom global experts from Singapore.»
