Job Description

Research Assistant Professor(s)

Job Title:

10669

Job ID:

Department:

Division of Arts and Machine Creativity

Job Posting Details

The Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) is inviting outstanding postdoctoral level young scholars (i.e., recent PhD graduates) to fill the positions of Research Assistant Professor in the Division.  The major focus areas are as follows:

• Machine Creativity
• Machine-assisted Art Practice
• Critical Studies on Arts and Machine Creativity
• Art Management

Applicants should be a recent PhD graduate in fusing new technologies (e.g., generative AI) with arts. Applicants are expected to display potentials of injecting new research ideas and exploring funding opportunities for enhancement of the School/Departments’ research capabilities and strengths. Successful candidates should demonstrate a good track record of research publication and independency of leading individual research project for competitive research grant application.  They will also be involved in teaching or co-teaching postgraduate and undergraduate courses, if applicable.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Appointment will be made on a fixed-term 2-year contract, renewable subject to performance, funding availability and mutual agreement. A gratuity will be payable upon successful completion of contract.  Fringe benefits including annual leave, medical and dental benefits will be provided.

Application Procedure

Interested applicants are invited to submit an online application through the HKUST Careers website (https://hkustcareers.ust.hk) and upload (i) A statement of interest (not more than 2 pages), (ii) An executive summary of the draft proposal targeted for RGC GRF (no more than 4 pages), (iii) A copy of CV (including a list of publication, listed by Papers Published/Accepted/Under Review/Submitted), and (iv) names and email addresses of three referees. Review of candidates will begin immediately and the search will continue until the position is 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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