[AISWorld] Faculty Position Openings at the HIT-Alibaba Cloud Data Science Academy

[xitongguo at gmail.com]

Faculty Position Openings at the HIT-Alibaba Cloud Data Science Academy
 
The HIT-Alibaba Cloud Data Science Academy invites applications for faculty at different levels (Assistant/Associate/Full/Distinguished Research Fellow, Leading Scholar and Young Talent).
 
Founded in 1920, the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, is a key national university that provides multidisciplinary studies in science and technology. Together with the Huizhou Municipal Government and Alibaba Group, HIT has created the HIT-Alibaba Cloud Data Science Academy to address a wide spectrum of scientific pursuits for data management, analysis, and interpretation as well as their innovative use to address important problems in science, engineering, healthcare, business, and other areas. The HIT-Alibaba Cloud Data Science Academy will advance big data science methodologies and develop new educational programs that leverage world-class data science for academic, industry and government education, training and quality certification. Industry engagement programs, e.g., in cooperation with Alibaba and enterprises in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, creates opportunities for practice and innovation.
 
The HIT-Alibaba Cloud Data Science Academy is located in Tong Lake Ecological Wisdom planning area, Huizhou, Guangdong, China, which is the geographic center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Tong Lake Ecological Wisdom planning area is also a green ecological area with the largest inland freshwater wetland in Guangdong province. A series of policies and measures proposed by Huizhou municipal governments have brought unprecedented opportunities for intellectual talents. We are looking for candidates and experts with strong research background in data science from statistics, biostatistics and mathematics, computer science and engineering, information science, and a range of data science intensive application areas. Applicants must possess a Ph.D. in related areas and have demonstrated evidence of research and teaching excellence. Outstanding scholars will be recommended as candidates for the One-Thousand-Talent Program, Changjiang Scholarship, Zhujiang Program, Phoenix Park project, or/and National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists. We also welcome leading talents who have already attained high levels of success in their areas and want to explore a world in data science with long-term or short-term contracts.
 
The HIT-Alibaba Cloud Data Science Academy will provide its faculties with favorable salary and living benefits as well as a high starting position on the career platform. If you are interested in joining us and working together to create a better future, please feel free to contact us anytime. To apply, please send your application package to the faculty search committee member, Prof. Xitong Guo (xitongguo at hit.edu.cn). The application package should include curriculum vitae, research and teaching statement and sample research paper(s). Review of applications will continue until the positions are filled. Members of the faculty search committee will conduct interviews with shortlisted candidates at ICIS and WISE 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. 
 
Xitong Guo, Ph.D.
Professor and Executive Dean
HIT-Alibaba Cloud Data Science Academy 
Harbin Institute of Technology