Recruitment for an open rank faculty on computational social science

Recruitment for an open rank faculty on computational social science

Department of Media and Communication in City University of Hong Kong is hiring an open rank faculty on computational social science, social media data analytics. The Department has a strong international team of scholars at the forefront of research and publication in International Communication, Media Effects, New/Social Media, Computational Communication Research, Communication for Social Change, and Political Economy of the Media.

Duties

The** appointees will work in one or more of the following areas: (1) Text Mining/Natural Language Processing, (2) Machine Learning, (3) Social Network Analysis, (4) Computer Programming (e.g. R, Python), (5) Infographics/Data Visualization, (6) Mobile Application Design, (7) Data-Driven Journalism, and (8) Computational Humanities; and teach both theoretical content and hands-on skills (i.e. coding for some of the above areas is highly desirable).

Requirements

A PhD in Communication/Media Studies/Computer Science/Information Science/Network Science or related disciplines. Candidates for Chair Professor/Professor/ Associate Professor should have an outstanding record of scholarly achievements in both teaching and research, a strong record in research grant coordination and/or academic management expertise. Candidates for Assistant Professor should have a solid and promising record of scholarly achievements in both teaching and research. The appointees are expected to work well with colleagues.

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Further information is available at university recruitment website.