Department of Computing
Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate (Full-time/Part-time) / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)
(Ref. 260908017)
(1) Senior Research Fellow (two posts)
[Appointment period: each for one to three months]
(2) Research Fellow (two posts)
[Appointment period: each for one to three months]
(3) Postdoctoral Fellow (two posts)
[Appointment period: each for six to twelve months]
(4) Research Associate (Full-time/Part-time) (four posts)
[Appointment period: each for three to nine months]
(5) Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (four posts)
[Appointment period: each for three to nine months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “AI-enabled recommendation, payment and regulation”. The appointees will be required to:
(a) develop multi-agent systems;
(b) assist in recommendation, payment and regulation algorithm design;
(c) provide support in experimental result analysis, paper and report writing; and
(d) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader, the Head of Unit or their delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants for the Senior Research Fellow post should have a PhD degree plus at least six years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience in Computer Science or a related discipline.
Applicants for the Research Fellow post should have a PhD degree plus at least three years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience in Comuter Science or a related discipline.
Applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellow post should have a PhD degree and experience in Computer Science or a related discipline or an equivalent qualification 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 or a good honours degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree in Computer Science or a related discipline with at least two years of research/relevant work experience.
Preference will be given to those with research background in security or AI area.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Bin Xiao at telephone number 2766 7270 or via email at b.xiao@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$181 per hour for the post of Research Associate and HK$125 per hour for the post of Research Assistant.
The closing date for application is 7 December 2026.
Posting date: 8 September 2026