Detailed information
Work location : Chugoku district - Hiroshima
Date of publication : 2024/11/28
Professor, Faculty Open Position(Computer graphics, computer vision, and their applications)
D124112049
Hiroshima University
Research field : Informatics - Unspecified
Professor level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present
Job description
-
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Professor with tenure in the research area of Computer graphics, computer vision, and their applications. This position is based on the ‘Policy for recruiting/cultivating excellent faculty members’. The university introduced this policy to create a secure environment in which junior-positioned faculty members can concentrate on their research/education.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo -
Work content and job description
Field of specialization
Computer graphics, computer vision, and their applications
Teaching responsibilities
He or she will be responsible for three undergraduate courses (90 minutes × 15 sessions per course).
(1) Undergraduate level (general education courses): Programming-related courses (Intelligence and Computer, Computer Programming) (taught in Japanese), etc.
(2) Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Visual Computing, etc.
Further, he or she will teach the following courses in the graduate school.
(3) Graduate level (master’s programs): Courses related to Computer Science (tentative), Special Exercises on Informatics and Data Science, etc.
(4) Graduate level (doctoral programs): Special Study on Informatics and Data Science, etc.
In addition to the courses listed above, he or she may be asked to teach other general education courses and/or discipline-specific courses in other department(s) and graduate school(s). -
Assigned department
Existing departments
Informatics and Data Science Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology
Job type
- Professor level
Research field
- Informatics - Unspecified
Wages
-
Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~
(1)The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
(2)Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.
※Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.
Working hours
-
Working hours :08:30-17:00
Break time :12:00-12:45
Holidays : Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle. Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.
Overtime and other explanations : If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day.
Application requirements
Qualifications
-
Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
(1)Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins
-
Work experience
(2)Be able to supervise doctoral students in preparation of doctoral dissertations
(3)Have experience in supervising graduate students in a master’s and/or doctoral program(s) in preparation of thesis/dissertation
(4)Be able to teach classes and supervise students in English
Employment Type
-
Regular employee
Contract period
-
Tenured - Non-tenure track
Probationary period present
six (6) months
Work location
-
739-8527
Hiroshima
1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima
Higashi-Hiroshima Campus 1-4-1 Higashi-Hiroshimashi Kagamiyama
Other places of work designated by the University.
Compensation
-
Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance : available
Employees' Pension Insurance : available
Worker's accident insurance : available
Employment insurance : available
-
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.
-
Supplementary explanation of compensation
[Evaluation]
We conduct individual performance evaluations for all Hiroshima University faculty members after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary and benefits are commensurate with performance indicators.
Application Considerations
Number of hired
1 person(s)
Hiring date : 2025/10/01
Starting date : 2025/10/01
Application period
-
2024/11/28~2025/01/31 Deadline for receipt
All application materials must reach us by [17:00 on Day of week, January 31, 2025 (Japan time)].
Application method
-
Application documents (specified forms)
- Resume(Include 2 sheets)(202306～)英語.xls
- Guidelines for Completing the Resume Form.docx
-
Attached documents
Application Form : Online Submission(1)Resume(use the specified forms as shown on the website / Please remember to attach your photo on the CV)
If you have a history of being employed by Hiroshima University (as a TA, RA,researcher, etc.) in the past five years, be sure to state all positions you have held.
Include your specialized field(s) and the academic societies you are affiliated with.Achievements and Activities : Online Submission(2)List of publications and oral presentations. Number each publication/presentation, and underline the numbers of refereed articles. For peer-reviewed original papers published in SCI, SSCI, A&HCI, or ESCI journals, place a circle (○) on the number. For international conference presentations or proceedings, underline the numbers of refereed papers. Include international conference invited talks, non-refereed articles, books, and other items (such as reviews, patents, awards, etc.) in the list as well.Other online application forms
(3)For your five major research achievements, affix an asterisk (*) at the beginning of the number, and indicate the journal's impact factor and the number of citations in Scopus (if available).
(4)Five major publications or presentations (Reprints, photocopies, or books)
(5)Major educational activities and teaching experience
(6)Major social contributions
(7)Major activities in university/institutional management and administration
(8)List of acquired external funding over the last ten years
(9)Statement of intent (Please describe your interests in teaching and research as well as your mid- to long-term research plan in approximately 1,000-1,500 words, should you take this position.)
(10)Your Researcher ID or ORCID information (in any format)
The ID above or ORCID information could be confirmed from Clarivate Analytics or ORCID website.
Please send all application documents to the following address
Upload the above application documents in a single PDF file to any cloud server and send a link to the file to the following email address.
oguram@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
(Professor Masaki Ogura, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University)
*Please make the subject line of the email "Application for Faculty Positions at the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering".
-
Return of application documents
We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
-
* Out of application period.
URL of this job posting
Selection / Notification of result
-
Selection
(1)Selection will be made based on all application documents submitted.
(2)Interviews will be conducted as needed. As a general rule, we will conduct simulated lessons in English. In such cases, please note that travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicant. Applicants who pass the initial document review will be informed of interview date, time and format.
(3)Hiroshima University promotes a gender-equal society in accordance with the legislative intent of the Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society. -
Notification of result
Notification will be sent to the e-mail address provided in your resume.
Contact details
Hiroshima University
Informatics and Data Science Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology (School of Informatics and Data Science)
Masaki Ogura
0824247273
oguram@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Notes
(1)Probationary employment period: six (6) months
(2)Personal information obtained from application documents will not be used or provided to any third party for purposes other than the necessary procedures related to personnel affairs, salary, and welfare. Application documents of applicants whom we have decided not to employ discarded in an appropriate manner, after the completion of relevant selection processes.
(3)The retirement age is 65 years old.
(4)All the faculty members of Hiroshima University belong to the "Academy", which is the single university-wide faculty organization, and each faculty as a member of the Academy of the University is appointed to educational and/or research organizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school, research center and institute.
(5)Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.
(6)For each specialized field of faculty, Hiroshima University has defined Minimum standards for hiring new faculty (“the minimum standards”). We use the minimum standards for the initial screening process of the applicants, and only those who have cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the post concerned. The minimum standards used for this international job offer can be viewed by clicking the following URL link.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/
(7)HU provides other employment information (research job, desk job and etc.).
If your spouse wishes to work for HU, please refer to the following URL link.
employment information: https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/
(8)Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.
