Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Kanazawa University
- Research Field: Information science, Technology, Engineering, Computer science, All, Other
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Kanazawa university has been conducting research and education of network system technologies including artificial intelligence, big data, IoT and cyber-security, and also of quantum technologies in order to contribute to the realization of Society 5.0, which is a super-smart society envisaged by Japanese government. Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering (EIC), Institute of Science and Engineering is the core organization to accelerate the effort. Among such technologies, advanced quantum/digital security such as post-quantum cryptography/system, quantum security, AI for security, security for AI, advanced security practice and advanced privacy enhancing technologies provides security and integrity of data and information system and is considered as important technologies indispensable in Society 5.0. EIC invites applications for an associate professor or an assistant professor position by excellent researchers in the field of advanced quantum/digital security.
https://www.se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/information
Work content and job description
Field of specification: Advanced quantum/digital security such as post-quantum cryptography/system, quantum security, AI for security, security for AI, advanced security practice and advanced privacy enhancing technologies, e.g. secure computation, differential privacy, zero-knowledge proofs, TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), synthetic data. The candidate conducts fundamental research on the advanced research area and its applications and proposes innovative and advanced techniques on quantum/digital security and their applications to promote the social implementation of them. The candidate is expected to have an enthusiasm to also conduct research on the invention of security techniques utilizing quantum technology and their applications in the future.
The candidate will participate in a research project “Promotion of secure super-smart society (Society 5.0) through the integration of IoT, AI, and cyber security”, and will be expected to contribute to the goal of the research project by collaborating with other project members.
The candidate will also provide education and research instructions to students pursuing the electrical, information and communication engineering by joining the advanced information specialist training program conducted by Kanazawa University.
School and Division (Teaching responsibility):
- Information and Communication Engineering Course, School of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, College of Science and Engineering
- Division of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, and Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Subject responsible for: Liberal Arts and Science. Lecture and experiment on subjects associated with computer science, computer and programming for undergraduate course and graduate course.
Assigned department: Existing departments
Work location
Address: 920-1192 Ishikawa Kakuma, Kanazawa
Number of hired
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Job content supplemental explanation: An appointee is expected on duty on April 1st, 2027 or any early possible date afterwards
Additional Information
Benefits
[Compensation]
Recognised Researcher (R2)
- Annual salary: 4 million yen - 6 million yen
- Compensation: Annual salary system is applied.
- Precise wage range: Assistant Professor (特任助教): 4.2 million yen to 6.6 million yen
- Working hours: 08:30-17:00
- Break time: 12:00-12:45
- Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, Year end (Dec. 29 - Jan. 3), Holidays prescribed in the Act on National Holidays
- Overtime and other explanations: Deemed working hours: 7h 45min/day
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Employment type description: Full-time, Exemption
- Contract period: Nontenured
- Contract period description: non-tenured, 5-year term
* After the expiration of the employment period, the employment period may be renewed as a tenured position based on results of an internal review of achievements by Kanazawa University.
** Applicant may be hired as tenured even at the time of employment if the applicant has excellent achievements.
Probationary period: Probationary period present
Probationary period description: Trial period 6 months
Established Researcher (R3)
- Annual salary: 4 million yen - 6 million yen
- Compensation: Annual salary system is applied.
- Precise wage range: Assistant Professor (特任助教): 4.2 million yen to 6.6 million yen
- Working hours: 08:30-17:00
- Break time: 12:00-12:45
- Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, Year end (Dec. 29 - Jan. 3), Holidays prescribed in the Act on National Holidays
- Overtime and other explanations: Deemed working hours: 7h 45min/day
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Employment type description: Full-time, Exemption
- Contract period: Nontenured
- Contract period description: non-tenured, 5-year term
* After the expiration of the employment period, the employment period may be renewed as a tenured position based on results of an internal review of achievements by Kanazawa University.
** Applicant may be hired as tenured even at the time of employment if the applicant has excellent achievements.
Probationary period: Probationary period present
Probationary period description: Trial period 6 months
Established Researcher (R3)
- Annual salary: 6 million yen - 8 million yen
- Compensation: Annual salary system is applied.
- Precise wage range: Associate Professor (特任准教授): 6 million yen to 8.4 million yen
- Working hours: 08:30-17:00
- Break time: 12:00-12:45
- Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, Year end (Dec. 29 - Jan. 3), Holidays prescribed in the Act on National Holidays
- Overtime and other explanations: Deemed working hours: 7h 45min/day
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Employment type description: Full-time, Exemption
- Contract period: Nontenured
- Contract period description: non-tenured, 5-year term
* After the expiration of the employment period, the employment period may be renewed as a tenured position based on results of an internal review of achievements by Kanazawa University.
** Applicant may be hired as tenured even at the time of employment if the applicant has excellent achievements.
Probationary period: Probationary period present
Probationary period description: Trial period 6 months
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Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Kanazawa University
Country: Japan
City: Ishikawa