Tenure-Track Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Statistics in HKU Business School and the School of Computing and Data Science

Job Details

Applications are invited for a joint appointment as Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Statistics in HKU Business School and the School of Computing and Data Science, to commence as soon as possible. Appointment will be made on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal and consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second three-year contract. Exceptionally outstanding candidates at Professor/Associate Professor level may be considered for appointment on tenure terms.

Duties

• develop and maintain a vigorous, high-quality research agenda with a strong AI and data science component;
• publish in leading peer-reviewed journals and present at major international conferences;
• seek and secure external competitive research funding;
• contribute to teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in statistics, data analytics and related areas, including AI-rich programme offerings;
• supervise research postgraduate students; and
• undertake service and administrative duties in HKU Business School, the School of Computing and Data Science, and the University as appropriate.

Qualifications

Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Econometrics or a closely related field.