Detailed information
Work location : Hokkaido district - Hokkaido
Date of publication : 2024/01/11
Project Assistant Professor(Wave information and communication or Data science)
D124010476
Kitami Institute of Technology
Research field : Others - Others - Wave information and communication or Data science
Assistant Professor level : Contract employee - Nontenured - Tenure-track - Probationary period present
Job description
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Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Kitami Institute of Technology (KIT) is the northernmost national university in Japan and is located in Kitami City, the core city of industry and culture in the Okhotsk area in eastern Hokkaido. It is surrounded by a beautiful natural environment with four national parks including Shiretoko, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
With its vision “to nurture people, develop technology, contribute to the community, and work toward a better future” under the philosophy of “Developing technology that harmonizes with nature”, KIT’s mission, in a time of rapid progress of science and technology becoming more and more advanced and complicated, is not only to provide basic skills and knowledge on specialized fields, but to train the ability to be able to deal flexibly with interdisciplinary fields and newly developed areas. -
Work content and job description
This project assistant professor will be employed under the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research: the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Leading Research) project “Formation Processes of Heavy Elements in the Early Universe Elucidated by Superconducting Nanoelectronics, Large-Scale Numerical Simulations, and Data Science” (PI: Kotaro Kohno) (*). He/she will conduct fabrication and evaluation of submillimeter-wave receiver optics, development of observation systems, instrument operation, data analysis, etc. in cooperation with Dr. Tatsuya Takekoshi and his research group members. In addition, he/she will stay at domestic and overseas research institutes and observation sites where the above-mentioned instrument development and scientific research are being conducted for a long period of time to conduct research.
(*) https://sites.google.com/view/sublime-tifuun/ -
Assigned department
Existing departments
Information and Communication Engineering
Job type
- Assistant Professor level
Research field
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Others - Others
Wave information and communication or Data science
Wages
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Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 6 million yen
Annual salary system
Working hours
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Working hours :08:30-17:15
Break time :12:00-13:00
Holidays : 2 days off per week
Application requirements
Qualifications
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Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor / Master / Bachelor
An earned doctorate or Ph.D. degree is required at the point of appointed.
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Work experience
Applicants must be willing to engage in the above primary responsibilities. In addition, after conversion to a regular Assistant Professor, the applicants must be willing to engage in education and research in the above areas of expertise (especially interested in engineering research related to the production and evaluation of observation instruments and the development of observation systems, or data science research related to the analysis of observation data).
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Official qualification in specific field, etc.
Non-native speakers of Japanese expected to have Japanese reading, writing, listening and speaking abilities enough to perform administrative tasks and supervise students in a Japanese language environment. Or, the applicants must be expected to have acquired sufficient Japanese language skills by the time he/she converts to a regular assistant professor position.
Employment Type
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Contract employee
Project Assistant Professor
Contract period
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Nontenured - Tenure-track
The contract period is five years. Within the contract period, he/she will be converted to a regular assistant professor position.
After the conversion to the regular assistant professor (5-year term), he/she will be examined whether to go on to the tenured position as an associate or assistant professor.Probationary period present
Trial period 6 month
Work location
- 090-8507 Hokkaido Kitami 165 Koen-Cho
Compensation
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Supplementary explanation of compensation
Discretionary labor system
Application Considerations
Number of hired
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Job content supplemental explanation
Starting date: As soon as possible before October 2, 2024
1 person(s)
Hiring date : 2024/10/01
Starting date : 2024/10/01
Application period
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2024/01/11~2024/04/30 Deadline for receipt
Application method
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Application documents (specified forms)
- Project Assistant Professor(Wave information and communication or Data science).pdf
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Attached documents
Application Form : Mailing(1) A prescribed CV having the following items: personal information, a recent passport-size photo, educational
records starting from high school, degree/licenses received, job experience records, academic and social activities (including academic society memberships)
(2) List of publications (in the order of refereed journal papers, reference papers (international conference
proceedings, commentary, reviews, etc.), books, patents, oral presentations, and others). The refereed journal
papers whose corresponding authors are the applicant should be marked.
(3) Copies of published refereed journal papers (no more than 3 by the corresponding author).
(4) List of grants awarded.
(5) A brief summary of research achievements and aspiration for research and education.
(6) Contact information of two references (name, institution, phone number, e-mail address)Achievements and Activities : Mailing -
Return of application documents
Others
The submitted document will not be returned to the applicant.
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Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)
090-8507 Hokkaido Kitami 165 Koen-Cho
Professor Noriaki MiuraPrecautions : Postal or email Application is acceptable.
In postal application, the registered post must be used with the words, "Project Assistant Professor", in red on the application envelope.
In email application, a PDF file must be attached. Please combine all the documents into one PDF file, set a password, and put “Project Assistant Professor” in the subject of the email.
If you have any question on the project responsibilities, contact the following person:
Dr. Tatsuya Takekoshi, ttakekoshi@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp -
* Out of application period.
URL of this job posting
Selection / Notification of result
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Selection
(1) First screening based on submitted documents.
(2) Second and final screening based on the interview with the respective candidates who passed the first screening.
* Note: Interviews will be conducted at Kitami Institute of Technology or online. The applicant is responsible for any travel expenditures incurred due to the interview. -
Notification of result
e-mail
Contact details
Kitami Institute of Technology
Division of Information and Communication Engineering
Professor Noriaki Miura
0157269346
miuranr@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp
Notes
(1) The institute selects faculty members in the spirit of the Basic Law on Gender Equality.
(2) The institute promotes the recruitment of foreign faculty members.
(3) For promoting gender equality and recruitment of foreign faculty members, the evaluation system of the institute takes into consideration the special circumstances of the life events of females, and a period until the foreign faculty members adapt to Japan society.
(4) Please download the CV and the list of publications templates from the following site:
https://www.kitami-it.ac.jp/about/saiyou/
