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The School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) in the newly founded ShanghaiTech University invites highly qualified candidates to fill multiple tenure-track as well as tenured positions as founding faculty members of the school. Candidates should have an exceptional academic record or demonstrate strong potential in frontier research areas of information science and technology or closely related fields.
ShanghaiTech’s mission is to become a world-class research university for training future generations of scientists, entrepreneurs, and technological leaders in China. With a state-of-the-art new campus in Zhangjiang High-Tech Park in the cosmopolitan Shanghai, ShanghaiTech is committed to education reform in China by building an open and free academic institution. We offer both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. In addition to establishing and maintaining a world-class research profile, successful candidates are also expected to contribute substantially to the educational missions of undergraduate and graduate programs within SIST. All faculty members in ShanghaiTech will be part of its new tenure-track system commensurate with international practice, evaluation, and standards.
Academic Disciplines
We seek first-class faculty candidates in all cutting edge areas of Information Science and Technology. Our recruitment focus includes, but is not limited to, the following special research areas: applied mathematics, advanced computer architecture and technologies, nano-scale and solid state electronics, semi-conductor devices, ultra-high speed and low power circuits, intelligent information and signal processing systems, next-generation computer systems and architectures, operating systems, computational foundations, big data analytics, cloud computing, data mining, artificial intelligence and machine learning, computer vision and graphics, robotics and control, bio-computing, smart energy/power devices and systems, information theory and communications, highly-scalable and multi-service heterogeneous networking, statistics, as well as various inter-disciplinary areas involving the foundation and applications of information science and technology. Candidates in the areas of electronics and optics, integrated circuits, computer systems and architectures, operating systems, software engineering, and robotics will be considered with higher priority.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or closely related field);
Candidates must demonstrate
- strong track record, strength, and potential in establishing a distinguished academic career in fundamental research；
- strong interest in undergraduate and graduate education.
Applications
Qualified applicants are invited to submit (all in English) a cover letter (Firstname_Lastname_Cover_Letter.pdf), a research and teaching plan (Firstname_Lastname_Research_Plan.pdf) up to five pages, the latest curriculum vitae (Firstname_Lastname_CV.pdf), up to three copies of most significant publications (Firstname_Lastname_Paper1-3.pdf), and the names of at least three referees to:sist@shanghaitech.edu.cn.
Mailing Address: School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Building 8, 319 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
Deadline
Until positions are filled.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary and startup fund are highly competitive, commensurate with experience and academic accomplishment.
ShanghaiTech also offers a comprehensive benefit package to employees and their eligible dependents, including full housing benefits.
For more information, please visit http://www.shanghaitech.edu.cn.
Disciplines
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics and Optimization, Information Technology, Bioinformatics.
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