Research Assistant [Appointment period: twelve months, with possibility of further appointment]
is invited to Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
You are encouraged to send email attached with an up-to-date C.V. to Mr. ZHANG via jwzhang@polyu.edu.hk
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the project – “Development of web GIS for disaster analysis and prediction”.
Main duties include:
a) Data collection, cleaning and transformation (tiles, raster, vector, imagery, tabular data and etc.);
b) Wild fire behavior analysis and prediction;
c) Wild fire simulation algorithms testing and integration;
d) Arial imagery data processing for fire analysis;
e) Administrative supports;
f) Other related tasks assigned by project leader;
Qualifications
Applicants should have a degree with good honors in Geographic Information System, Computer Science or related disciplines.
Applicants should also have:
a) knowledge and skills in spatial data processing and analysis (remote sensing imagery processing and aerial imagery processing is a plus);
b) proven knowledge of GIS software and python packages;
c) knowledge of GIS/Web-GIS development;
d) knowledge of Unix/Linux (CentOS is a plus);
Applicant with proficient python programming skills, knowledge in fire/disaster simulation and fluent English will be given prior consideration.
Remuneration
A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered in addition to annual leave and medical benefits.