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Professor Position in Computer Science and Engineering

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
China
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 12, 2019

Job Details

Tenure-track Faculty Positions

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE, http://cse.sustc.edu.cn/en/) , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) has multiple Tenure-track faculty openings at all ranks, including Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor. We are looking for outstanding candidates with demonstrated research achievements and keen interest in teaching, in the following areas (but are not restricted to):
  • Data Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Systems (including Networks, Cloud Computing, IoT, Software Engineering, etc.)
  • Cognitive Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Cybersecurity (including Cryptography)


Applicants should have an earned Ph.D. degree and demonstrated achievements in both research and teaching. The teaching language at SUSTech is bilingual, either English or Putonghua. It is perfectly acceptable to use English in all lectures, assignments, exams. In fact, our existing faculty members include several non-Chinese speaking professors.

As a State-level innovative city, Shenzhen has identified innovation as the key strategy for its development. It is home to some of China's most successful high-tech companies, such as Huawei and Tencent. SUSTech considers entrepreneurship as one of the main directions of the university. Strong supports will be provided to possible new initiatives. SUSTech encourages candidates with experience in entrepreneurship to apply.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SUSTech was founded in 2016. It has 33 professors, all of whom hold doctoral degrees or have years of experience in overseas universities. Among them, three are IEEE fellows; one IET fellow. The department is expected to grow to 50 tenure track faculty members eventually, in addition to teaching-only professors and research-only professors.

The City and The University

Established in 2012, the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) is a public institution funded by the municipal of Shenzhen, a special economic zone city in China. Shenzhen is a major city located in Southern China, situated immediately north to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. As one of China's major gateways to the world, Shenzhen is the country's fastest-growing city in the past two decades. The city is the high-tech and manufacturing hub of southern China, home to the world's third-busiest container port, and the fourth-busiest airport on the Chinese mainland. As a picturesque coastal city, Shenzhen is also a popular tourist destination and was named one of the world's 31 must-see tourist destinations in 2010 by The New York Times. Shenzhen ranks 66th place on the 2017 Global City Competitiveness List, released by the National Academy of Economic Strategy, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and United Nations Habitat. By the end of 2018, there were around 20 million residents in Shenzhen.

SUSTech is a pioneer in higher education reform in China. The mission of the University is to become a globally recognized research university which emphasizes academic excellence and promotes innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. Set on five hundred acres of wooded landscape in the picturesque Nanshan (South Mountain) area, the campus offers an ideal environment for learning and research.

Terms & Applications

SUSTech is committed to increase the diversity of its faculty, and has a range of family-friendly policies in place. The university offers competitive salaries and fringe benefits including medical insurance, retirement and housing subsidy, which are among the best in China. Salary and rank will commensurate with qualifications and experience. More information can be found at http://talent.sustc.edu.cn/en

We provide some of the best start-up packages in the sector to our faculty members, including one PhD studentship per year, in addition to a significant amount of start-up funding (which can be used to fund additional PhD students and postdocs, research travels, and research equipments).

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Global Academy Jobs works with over 250 universities worldwide to promote academic mobility and international research collaboration. Global problems need international solutions. Our jobs board and emails reach the academics and researchers who can help.

"The globalisation of higher education continues apace, driving in turn the ongoing development of the global knowledge economy, striving for solutions to the world’s problems and educating a next generation of leaders and contributors."

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