Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)
(Ref. 260114012)
(1) Research Associate (Full-time/Part-time)
(2) Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)
[Appointment period: each for nine months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Integration of multimodal large language model and artificial intelligence in internet marketing and consumer behaviour research”. They will be required to:
(a) conduct experiments and data collection;
(b) conduct research and data analysis;
(c) prepare and execute trial tests;
(d) prepare reports, articles and executive-level written materials; and
(e) contribute to administrative tasks.
Qualifications
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 in Computer Science or a related discipline.
For both posts, applicants should be familiar with the structure of large language models and vision language models.
Preference will be given to those with immediate availability, administrative or executive experience, and good interpersonal and communication skills.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Lik-hang Lee at telephone number 2766 6603 or via email at lik-hang.lee@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 for the post of Research Associate and Research Assistant are HK$178 per hour and HK$125 per hour respectively.
Consideration of applications will commence on 26 January 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 14 January 2026