Fully funded Ph.D. (2021 fall and 2022 spring/fall intake) and Research Assistant positions are immediately available at the Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Successful candidates will be co-supervised by Prof. Zhenyu Yan (research assistant professor joining CUHK this summer, https://yanzhenyu.com/) and Prof. Guoliang Xing (IEEE Fellow, https://staff.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/~glxing/), and conduct system research in Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) with focus topics on:
a) Resilient AIoT sensing.
b) Security and privacy in AIoT systems.
c) Embedded AI in cyber-physical systems.
Candidates with solid programming skills, prototyping capabilities, and relevant research experience in IoT, signal processing, AI, and networking will be preferred.
About HK PhD Fellowship Summer Workshop at CUHK:
Applicants of 2022-23 intake are welcomed to attend the HK PhD Fellowship Summer Workshop. The first batch of Ph.D. offers will be made shortly after the interview during the workshop. Meanwhile, successful applicants to the Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship Scheme will receive a monthly stipend of HK$26,600. The application deadline is May 16, 2021. The detail can be found at http://hkpfs.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/.
About CUHK:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a world-leading research university. CUHK has the largest campus among all higher education institutions in Hong Kong, which is only 25 minutes from Shenzhen by train. Next to the CUHK campus is the Science and Technology Park - the home to a few hundred high-tech start-ups and major companies offering many research collaboration and internship opportunities. The Department of Information Engineering (IE) (https://www.ie.cuhk.edu.hk) was founded by Nobel Laureate and former president of CUHK, Prof. Charles K. Kao in 1989. IE has gained a worldwide reputation for its cutting-edge research and high impact on industries, including setting up the first Internet connection linking HK to the world and being the birthplace of Network Coding (now a major research area in information theory and communication) and a few high-profile high-tech start-ups such as SenseTime. The areas of EE and CS, in CUHK, are ranked 20th and 22nd respectively worldwide by QS university rankings.