Job Description

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Research Associate (26270119)

The Department of Computer Science offers BSc, MSc, MPhil and PhD programmes, and conducts research in areas including artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics and health informatics. The Department invites applications for the following project-based position, funded by the Chinese Medicine Development Fund (CMDF) – Sector Support Programme under the project "Empowering Traditional Medicine with Modern Technology: Application and Research of Large Language Model Technology in Chinese Medicine Education"

Responsibilities:

Working under the guidance of the project's core engineers, the appointee will:

(a) design and develop the front-end interactive interface (UI/UX) and the mobile application of the 「醫靈方」 Chinese medicine intelligent teaching and learning platform;

(b) carry out front-end integration of the multilingual speech input and output modules;

(c) support the system integration and performance optimisation of large language model APIs; and

(d) take charge of the day-to-day operation and maintenance, troubleshooting and system testing of the platform throughout the funding period.

Requirements:

• Possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related discipline, and have research and project experience in large language models, natural language processing or intelligent systems;
• Hands-on experience in front-end and mobile application development (e.g. React/Vue, iOS/Android or cross-platform frameworks), API integration and platform deployment is essential;
• Familiarity with speech recognition/synthesis (ASR/TTS) pipelines;
• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua), will be an advantage; and
• Prior exposure to Chinese medicine or medical/health informatics applications is desirable but not essential.

For enquiries about the position, please contact Prof. Lu ZHANG (email: ericluzhang@hkbu.edu.hk).

The initial appointment will be made on a full-time fixed-term contract of up to 24 months, and in any event not beyond the end date of the funded project. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement and the availability of funding.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System, together with a full curriculum vitae, academic transcripts, and (where applicable) a portfolio or repository links demonstrating relevant development work.

Those who are not invited for interview 8 weeks after submission of application may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University's Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/en/worklife-at-hkbu/employee-favourable-environment.html#privacy-policy.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer.

Review of applications is ongoing until the position is filled.