School of Accounting and Finance
Project Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Project Associate / Research Assistant / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (several posts)
(Ref. 260729007)
[Appointment period: each for three to twelve months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – “On cryptography and blockchain applications to business”.
Qualifications
For the posts of Project Fellow, applicants should have a doctoral degree with at least three years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience.
For the posts 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 posts of Research Associate/Project Associate, applicants should have a master’s degree or a good honours degree with at least three years of research/relevant work experience.
For the posts of Research Assistant/Project Assistant, applicants should have an honours degree or an equivalent qualification.
Applicants should also have expertise in:
(a) AI security (e.g. LLM vulnerabilities, prompt injection defense), Web3/smart contract security, and autonomous agent governance; and
(b) automated testing, penetration testing, fuzzing, and developing security/testing tools using modern programming languages.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Brian C. W. Kei at telephone number 3400 3313 or via email at cw-brian.kei@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointment(s), a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointment(s), the remuneration rates are HK$394 per hour for the posts of Project Fellow, HK$385 per hour for the posts of Postdoctoral Fellow, HK$181 per hour for the posts of Research Associate/Project Associate and HK$125 per hour for the posts of Research Assistant/Project Assistant.
Consideration of applications will commence on 15 August 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 29 July 2026