School of Accounting and Finance
Project Assistant
(Ref. 260105002)
[Appointment period: twelve months]
Duties
The appointee will assist the project leader in the research project – “Detecting deceptive communication in earnings conference calls using acoustic features: A Machine learning approach”.
Qualifications
Applicants should have:
(a) an honours degree or an equivalent qualification; and
(b) experience in data processing and cleaning as well as conducting regression analysis using Python or Stata.
Preference will be given to those with prior knowledge of machine learning techniques.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Cao Yang via email at yangc.cao@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
Consideration of applications will commence on 12 January 2026 until the position is filled.
Posting date: 5 January 2026