Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) / Project Administrative Assistant
(Ref. 250826010)
(1) Postdoctoral Fellow
(2) Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (two posts)
(3) Project Administrative Assistant (two posts)
[Appointment period: each for twelve to twenty-four months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research projects – (1) “From randomized response to randomized index: value-invariant mechanisms for local differential privacy”, (2) “Federated graph management and querying: subgraphs, keywords, and privacy” and (3) “Small leaks sink great ships: data recovery attacks and defense in local differential privacy”
Qualifications
For the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, applicants should have a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.
For the post of Research Associate, applicants should have a master’s degree or a good honours degree with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
For the post of Research Assistant, applicants should have an honours degree or an equivalent qualification.
For the post of Project Administrative Assistant, applicants should be a form five school leaver with 5 passes in HKCEE including English Language (at least Grade C if Syllabus A; Level 2 if results are obtained from 2007 onwards), Chinese Language (Level 2 if results are obtained from 2007 onwards) and Mathematics; or a combination of results in five HKDSE subjects of Level 2 in New Senior Secondary subjects / "Attained" in Applied Learning subjects / Grade E in Other Language subjects, and the five subjects must include English Language, Chinese Language and Mathematics.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Ye Qingqing at telephone number 2766 6254 or via email at qqing.ye@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointment, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointment, the remuneration rates are HK$178 per hour for the post of Research Associate and HK$125 per hour for the post of Research Assistant.
Consideration of applications will commence on 2 September 2025 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 26 August 2025