Title: Research Scientist: Business Process Modeling & Optimization
Location: India-Karnataka-Bangalore
The Xerox Research Centre India is seeking researchers with strong technical expertise in the area of Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Optimization to participate in exciting research and technology development projects. The focus of these projects will be on building formal models to characterize large distributed service environments and complex business processes, and designing cost and performance optimized policies for execution and coordination in such systems. Applicants should have a strong background in the general domain of large scale systems modeling and optimization with deep expertise in one or more of Discrete Event Systems Modeling and Simulation, Agent Based Systems Modeling, Business Process Modeling and Simulation, Statistics, and Linear and Non-linear Optimization Techniques.
The successful candidate will lead/participate in cutting edge research and will apply the highest level of technical competence, analytical and problem solving abilities in support of original and creative scientific projects of significant business impact. While being an independent thinker and contributor, he/she will collaborate effectively with top scientists from across Xerox’s global research labs, as well as with business and development teams, and open innovation partners in leading academic institution. The candidate will create valuable intellectual property, and publish in top tier conferences and journals.
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TheXerox Research Centre India(XRCI) is a young and growing research organization. Inaugurated in March 2010 the centre’s mission is to capture innovation opportunities for Xerox in the emerging markets and to advance Xerox’s position as the leading global provider of document and business process services by leveraging the rich talent and technical expertise in India. This centre joins an elite group of four world renowned research labs in the United States, Canada, and Europe that together form the Xerox Innovation Group. Researchers at our centre work on cutting-edge technologies including cloud computing, human computation and business analytics while leveraging Xerox’s established expertise in imaging, document management and ethnography to address locally relevant and globally challenging problems. They collaborate closely with their peers in the Xerox labs in the US and Europe, and co-innovate with experts from leading academic institutions, research labs and partner organizations in India.
The ideal candidate for the research scientist position will have
• A PhD (or masters with relevant experience) in Operations Research, Computer Science, Applied Statistics, related disciplines with sound technical expertise in one or more of the above mentioned areas
• Hands-on experience in business process modeling tools using BPML/BPMN/ BPEL and modeling and simulation environments such as Arena/AnyLogic/ iGrafx.
• Strong track record of publications; Excellent written and oral communication skills
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