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Posted:
March 02, 2026
Location:
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Job Description

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is recruiting 30 outstanding academics in data science and/or big data related fields with potential for scientific and scholarly breakthroughs to join its newly established Institute of Data Science (HKU-IDS) as assistant, associate, or full professors, on tenure-track or with direct tenure. 

To achieve strategic cluster recruitment, applications are invited for positions in the two major themes of data science:

  • Core: fundamentals in machine learning and artificial intelligence, big data systems, data security and privacy, natural language processing, Bayesian learning, casual inference, decision making under uncertainty, interface between optimization and machine learning


  • Applied: the use of data science in computational social science, bioinformatics, medicines, Fintech, visions and robotics, and smart cities

    • We are seeking dedicated and creative scholars to help build up HKU-IDS through active research...

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    Job Overview

    Job Type: Full-time
    Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
    Posted: March 02, 2026
    Deadline: April 11, 2026