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<span lang="EN">Dear Prospective Postdoctoral Researchers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN">The<a href="http://vis.cse.ust.hk/" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a><b><a href="http://vis.cse.ust.hk/" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">HKUST VisLab</span></a> </b>led
by<a href="http://www.huamin.org/" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a><b><a href="http://www.huamin.org/" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Prof. Huamin Qu</span></a> </b>at
the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is seeking highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researchers to join the research team. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research in the field
of data visualization and human-computer interaction. The following are highlighted research directions and projects in VisLab. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN"><a href="http://vis.cse.ust.hk/groups/xai-vis/" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Explainable AI (XAI)</span></b></a> applies visual analytics techniques and human-centered design to make AI systems explainable,
interactive, and trustworthy, especially in crucial fields such as healthcare, finance, and sustainability. With XAI, it is easier to build trustworthy AI solutions: we trust its performance, know when and where it is possible to fail and can decide whether
the AI solution meets our needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="http://vis.cse.ust.hk/groups/urbanvis/" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Sustainable Smart City</span></a> </span></u></b><span lang="EN">aims at supporting informed
decision makings by city planners to build and manage a safe, intelligent, and sustainable city by leveraging the power of visual analytics in exploring and understanding the massive, multisource, and multiform data in the rapid urbanization process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN"><a href="http://vis.cse.ust.hk/groups/ai4vis/" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">AI4VIS</span></b></a><b><u><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"> </span></u></b>investigates AI-powered techniques for modeling,
authoring, analyzing, and interacting with data visualizations, across a wide range of applications such as visualization recommendation, information extraction from visualizations, and so on. The most recent project is funded by Research Grants Council (Hong
Kong) and will last until </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.633333px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Dec. 2025</span><span lang="EN">. The duties included reverse engineering visualization, mining
visualization-related knowledge from data, conducting evaluations, and delivering open-source datasets and tools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">XR+VIS </span></u></b><span lang="EN"> is devoted to innovating XR visualization techniques and authoring tools, developing XR applications to facilitate big data analysis for decision making, and bringing
XR into real life to enrich everyone’s XR experience. The most recent project is funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund of Hong Kong and will last until </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.633333px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Dec.
2025. </span><span lang="EN">The duties of the project focus on creating AR tools for slope safety testing, public education, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN"><a href="http://vis.cse.ust.hk/groups/e-learning/" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">E-Learning</span></b></a> is dedicated to leveraging rich data from online learning </span>to assist educators in understanding
students’ behavior and performance to improve the teaching design efficiently and effectively. The most recent project is funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund of Hong Kong and will last until <span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.633333px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Jan.
2025</span><span lang="EN">. The duties of the project focus on developing visual analytics systems to assist teachers in evaluating students' skills, generating performance reports, and recommending personalized learning paths for students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN">Required Qualifications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN">A Ph.D. degree in </span><b><span lang="EN">computer
science or related fields </span></b><span lang="EN">and a demonstrated ability to conduct </span><b><span lang="EN">independent research in relevant research directions</span></b><span lang="EN">.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN">Good communication and teamwork </span></b><span lang="EN">skills</span><span lang="EN"> including
the ability to present research results, collaborate on projects with other researchers and communicate effectively with project stakeholders.</span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN">Strong </span><b><span lang="EN">coding skills</span></b><span lang="EN">,
including proficiency in programming languages such as JavaScript, Python, and so on.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN">Responsibilities</span></b><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN">Conduct cutting-edge research in the field of computer
science and data visualization</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN">Collaborate with a team of researchers on various projects</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN">Engage in grant applications and project management</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN">Mentor students in their research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN">What we offer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN">A successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead independent and cutting-edge research projects while obtaining valuable experience for future positions in academia or industry. The position has a monthly salary of over 30K HK$. In addition
to Hong Kong statutory holidays, 12 days of additional paid holidays are available each year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN">Submit Materials<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN">If you are interested in joining our team, please send an email to <a href="mailto:cseleni@ust.hk" style="color: purple;">cseleni@ust.hk</a> (cc: <a href="mailto:huamin@cse.ust.hk" style="color: purple;">huamin@cse.ust.hk</a>) with the following
information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN">a cover letter with a brief statement of research experience and future research interests<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN">a detailed curriculum vitae</span></p>
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