Research Institute for Federated Learning
Postdoctoral Fellow
(Ref. 260810003)
[Appointment period: twelve months]
Duties
The appointee will assist the project leader in the research project - “Federated AI agents: research and applications”. He/she will be required to:
(a) conduct research on federated learning, transfer learning, large language models (LLMs) and AI agents, and validating the outcomes in real-world application scenarios;
(b) publish research outcomes in top AI conferences and journals;
(c) draft and file invention patent applications arising from the project;
(d) assist the project leader in the preparation of research grant applications and project reports; and
(e) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader, Director of Unit or their delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should:
(a) 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;
(b) have solid academic background from a reputable University and well-aligned research experience in federated learning, transfer learning, large foundation models and/or LLM-based agents, etc.;
(c) have experience in research proposal development and in drafting competitive research grant applications;
(d) have strong publication records as leading author in top AI conferences and journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, KDD, ACL, TPAMI, TKDE);
(e) have experience in, or demonstrated readiness for, the drafting and filing of invention patent applications;
(f) have strong hands-on engineering capability in Python / PyTorch, distributed training and LLM or agent frameworks, and be able to work with real industrial data and production scenarios under confidentiality and privacy-compliance requirements;
(g) have a good command of both English and Chinese; and
(h) be self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of an industry-academia collaborative team.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Di Jiang at telephone number 2766 7281 or via email at di-prof.jiang@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
Consideration of applications will commence on 17 August 2026 until the position is filled.
Posting date: 10 August 2026