Job Description

Post-doctoral Fellow/ Research Associate/ Research Assistant (multiple positions)

Job Title:

8824

Job ID:

Department:

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Job Posting Details

The appointees will work for R&D projects under Big Data Institute (BDI). BDI strives to provide a strong and highly visible leadership role in Big Data and Data Science research in Hong Kong and the world by setting up well-known education programs and coordinating and developing cross-institutional and cross-departmental research projects. Currently, BDI is working closely with the related top industrial partners over several topics. The appointees will have the opportunity to participate in the whole product life cycle of research and development. 

Specific duties vary according to projects and the applicant’s expertise, including academic research, prototype building, technology productization, project management, as well as BDI activities. Some ongoing projects include:

• LLMs R&D, and its application in healthcare and law
• AI application and data engineering in medical, smart construction, and digital geography
• Knowledge-base construction and application in finance

The appointees should have the following qualities:

1. A Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Engineering, or Mathematics;
2. A Doctorate degree is a must for Post-doctoral Fellow and Research Associate positions;
3. A deep understanding and extensive experience in one or more data science and deep learning areas such as computer vision, point cloud processing, medical image analysis; machine translation, conversational AI, language modeling; data augmentation, prompt engineering, explainable AI, etc.
4. Proficiency in academic research in related areas with a proven track record of publications;
5. Proficiency in scripting or programming languages, including but not limited to C/C++, Python, Shell, and knowledge of data structures;
6. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as a passion for solving challenging problems; and
7. Industry experience or related product knowledge is a plus.

(Duration: 1–2 years, renewable)

Starting salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits including annual leave, medical and dental benefits will be provided. A gratuity will be payable upon successful completion of 2-year contract.

Application Procedure

Interested applicants are requested to send their CV to Dr. Caleb Cao(cao@ust.hk) with subject [BDI-RA-Application]. Review of applications will commence immediately and continue until the positions are filled. We thank applicants for their interest, but advise that only shortlisted candidates will be notified of the result of the application.

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