Department of Computing
Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (several posts)
(Ref. 261012013)
[Appointment period: each for one to twelve months initially, with possibility of further appointment]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – “City intelligence hub: Model, protocol, simulator, and testbed for city-scale autonomous vehicle coordination”. The appointees will work with the PI on research in city intelligence and AI for science, they will be required to:
(a) conduct research on AI for large-scale urban and scientific systems, e.g. LLM-based agents,
multi-agent coordination, spatio-temporal data mining, and simulation of city-scale autonomous systems;
(b) develop and maintain research software, data pipelines, simulators and experimental platforms;
(c) collect, process and analyse data, run experiments, and prepare reports, papers and presentations; and
(d) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader, the Head of Unit or their delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should have:
(a) an honours degree or above in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Transportation/Urban Science or a related discipline, or an equivalent qualification;
(b) strong programming skills (e.g. Python) and experience with machine learning or deep learning frameworks; and
(c) good communication skills in English, and the ability to work both independently and in a team.
Preference will be given to those with experience in Large Language Models and AI agents, multi-agent systems, spatio-temporal data, simulation and/or data engineering.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Jessie Li at telephone number 2766 7343 or via email at jessie-zh.li@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 rate will be HK$125 per hour.
Consideration of applications will commence on 19 October 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 12 October 2026