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Tenure-track Faculty Positions of Computer Science and Engineering

Employer
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
Location
Shenzhen, China
Salary
Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Closing date
Sep 5, 2019

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Discipline
Physical Sciences, Computer Sciences
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
Faculty
Organization Type
Academia

Job Details

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).

Application Procedure

To apply, please provide a cover letter identifying the primary area of research, curriculum vitae, and research and teaching statements, and forward them to cshire@sustc.edu.cn.

Company

Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) is a public university founded in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone of China.  It is intended to be a top-tier international university that excels in interdisciplinary research, nurturing innovative talents and delivering new knowledge to the world. Under a visionary leadership and with an outstanding faculty trained globally, SUSTech is determined to fulfill its goal of building a world-class institution of higher education and cutting-edge research with broad societal impacts, contributing to the advancement of science and technology in an increasingly global economy.

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