School of Design
Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (several posts)
(Ref. 260612010)
[Appointment period: each for one to three months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – “AIoT-enabled explanations for healthcare: An exploration on user acceptance & trust”. They will be required to:
(a) assist in research and development related to AIoT-enabled explanation systems in healthcare;
(b) support research on user acceptance, trust, interpretability and explainability in AI-powered healthcare applications;
(c) conduct literature reviews, user research, interviews, surveys, experiments and other empirical studies;
(d) collect, process and analyse qualitative and quantitative data related to user perception, interaction and decision-making;
(e) develop research concepts, interactive prototypes, system demonstrations and presentation materials;
(f) support programming, technical development and prototyping of AIoT-enabled or intelligent healthcare systems;
(g) assist in the preparation of research papers, reports, presentations and other project outputs; and
(h) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellow post should have a doctoral degree in Design, Interaction Design, UX Design, Service Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare Technology, Digital Health, Information Systems or a related discipline and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.
Applicants for the Research Associate post should have a master’s degree in the above-mentioned disciplines or a good honours degree with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree in the above-mentioned disciplines or an equivalent qualification.
Preference will be given to those with:
(a) expertise in design, HCI, AI, AIoT, healthcare technology or related domains;
(b) experience in human-centred design, HCI research, digital health, or interdisciplinary research projects;
(c) experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods, including interviews, surveys usability testing and experimental studies;
(d) knowledge of user-centred design, trust in AI, explainable AI or human-AI interaction;
(e) programming skills preferably in Python, JavaScript, C/C++ or related languages;
(f) hands-on experience in AI model development, fine-tuning, evaluation, data preprocessing and deployment for interactive or intelligent systems;
(g) good communication skills in English; and
(h) a sense of responsibility, self-motivation and ability to work well in a team.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Stephen J. Wang via email at stephen.j.wang@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointments, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointments, the remuneration rates are HK$385 per hour for the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, HK$181 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 19 June 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 12 June 2026