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Call for applications for an associate professor position

Department of Informatics, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
https://www.isee.kyushu-u.ac.jp/e/

Application deadline: November 21, 2022

Associate Professor Position Announcement
Department of Informatics, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University

1. Position: Associate Professor
2. Affiliation: Department of Informatics, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
   https://www.isee.kyushu-u.ac.jp/e/
3. Place of work: Kyushu University Ito Campus, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
4. Area of Expertise: Market design, game theory
   We welcome candidates with a background on microeconomics,
   experimental/behavioral economics, as well as computer/information science, who can work with members of Multiagent Laboratory
   https://agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp/yokoo-lab/?page_id=38&lang=en
   directed by Prof. Makoto Yokoo
   https://sites.google.com/view/makoto-yokoo/.
5. Key Responsibilities:
   Research and education for the topics presented in 4.
   Education for the graduate students in the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, and for the undergraduate students in the School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
6. Contract: This is a 5-year tenure-track position. The successful candidate will be reviewed in the third year (the midterm review) and in the fifth year (the final review) and become a tenured member at the end of the fifth year subject to successful performance.
7. Working hours, break time, and overtime work: 7 hours and 45 minutes per day based on discretionary labor system for professional work.
8. Holiday: Saturday, Sunday, public holidays and from December 29 to January 3.
9. Salary: Annual salary system (started from April 1, 2020) will be applied. Base annual salary is determined based on professional experience, job responsibilities and other relevant factors along with the University’s related regulations.
10. Insurances: Employment insurance, Industrial injury insurance, Health insurance, and Employee pension
11. Qualifications: The candidate should
    (i) have a Ph.D or equivalent.
    (ii) be enthusiastic in teaching and research.
    (iii) able to teach, supervise, and give lectures in English.
12. Start date: On or after 1st April 2023 (as soon as possible)
13. Application Documents:
    (i) Curriculum vitae including the candidate’s profile photo, education after high school, work experience, academic society memberships, social activities, awards, and other particularly notable entries.
    (ii) A list of publications. Please categorize them based on the type of the publications such as peer-reviewed, proceedings of international conferences, tutorial papers, books, invited talks, patents, etc. Please also include all the coauthors.
    (iii) Copies of 5 selected papers of the candidate.
    (iv) A summary of the candidate’s current/past research and a research vision statement.
    (v) Teaching Statement
    (vi) The candidate who belongs to a university must include a track record of securing research funding. Please include the name of the funding, the title of the project, the information if you are the principal investigator or co-investigator, your affiliation, and the amount of the funding. The candidate who belongs to an industry must include the details of the research projects involved.
    (vii) The names, affiliations and contact details of two referees.
14. Application Deadline: Received by November 21, 2022
15. Application submission:
    Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please put the set of documents to be submitted (i. e. of 13(i)-(vii)) in a folder and compress it with a password (preferably in ZIP file) and send it by e-mail to the contact e-mail address presented in 16. Please make the subject of the email “Application for Associate Professor”. If the file size of the compressed file exceeds 5MB, please email the URL of a location where the complete set of documents could be downloaded safely. Also, please email us the password for decompressing the compressed file separately. After receiving the application, the applicant will be notified with a confirmation of receipt. If you do not receive a confirmation of receipt within 24 hours, please contact the following reference. The applications received after the deadline will not be considered for further screening.
16. Enquiries and contact: Makoto Yokoo
    (tel: +81-92-802-3585,e-mail: recruit@agent.inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
    Distinguished Professor, Department of Informatics, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
17. Note:
    (i) Selection will be based on a comprehensive review of applications and interviews of candidates. Selected applicants may be asked to have an on-campus or online interview. The University does not cover travel costs or other expenses relating to the interview attendance.
    (ii) In line with the Basic Act for a Gender-Equal Society (Act No. 78 of 1999), Kyushu University is an equal opportunity employer: https://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/
    (iii) Kyushu University is an equal opportunity employer and follows the principle of Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 84 of 1970), Act on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 123 of 1960, revised in 2013) and Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 65 of 2013).
    (iv) The system of employment of faculty members with accompanying spouse has been implemented at Kyushu University from July 2017.
    (v) Kyushu University prohibits the smoking in the site to avoid exposure of environmental tobacco smoke.
    (vi) Personal information included in the submitted documents will not be used for purposes other than screening.