Department of Language Science and Technology
Part-time Research Assistant (two posts)
(Ref. 260730010)
[Appointment period: each for three to four months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Detecting stigma evolution in social media and doctor-to-patient conversations: A natural language processing approach”. They will be required to:
(a) assist in project management, data collection and data analysis;
(b) assist in paper writing; and
(c) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should:
(a) have a good honours degree or an equivalent qualification;
(b) have a good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese;
(c) be proficient in Python and with the main machine learning and LLM libraries; and
(d) have experience with data collection and processing in medical/health-related tasks in Chinese/Cantonese is a plus.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Chersoni Emmanuele via email at emmanuele.chersoni@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
The remuneration rate is HK$125 per hour.
Consideration of applications will commence on 12 August 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 30 July 2026