Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (Advanced Quantum/Digital Security) Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University

Kanazawa university has been conducting research and education of network system technologies including artificial intelligence, big data, IoT and cyber-security, and also of quantum technologies in order to contribute to the realization of Society 5.0, which is a super-smart society envisaged by Japanese government. Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering (EIC), Institute of Science and Engineering is the core organization to accelerate the effort. Among such technologies, advanced quantum/digital security such as post-quantum cryptography/system, quantum security, AI for security, security for AI, advanced security practice and advanced privacy enhancing technologies provides security and integrity of data and information system and is considered as important technologies indispensable in Society 5.0. EIC invites applications for an associate professor or an assistant professor position by excellent researchers in the field of advanced quantum/digital security.

Work content and job description
Field of specification:
Advanced quantum/digital security such as post-quantum cryptography/system, quantum security, AI for security, security for AI, advanced security practice and advanced privacy enhancing technologies, e.g. secure computation, differential privacy, zero-knowledge proofs, TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), synthetic data. The candidate conducts fundamental research on the advanced research area and its applications and proposes innovative and advanced techniques on quantum/digital security and their applications to promote the social implementation of them. The candidate is expected to have an enthusiasm to also conduct research on the invention of security techniques utilizing quantum technology and their applications in the future.
The candidate will participate in a research project “Promotion of secure super-smart society (Society 5.0) through the integration of IoT, AI, and cyber security”, and will be expected to contribute to the goal of the research project by collaborating with other project members.
The candidate will also provide education and research instructions to students pursuing the electrical, information and communication engineering by joining the advanced information specialist training program conducted by Kanazawa University.
School and Division (Teaching responsibility):
1)Information and Communication Engineering Course, School of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, College of Science and Engineering
2)Division of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, and Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Subject responsible for:
Liberal Arts and Science.
Lecture and experiment on subjects associated with computer science, computer and programming for undergraduate course and graduate course.

Associate Professor
Annual Salary :

6 million yen
~
8 million yen

Assistant Professor level
Annual Salary :

4 million yen
~
6 million yen

Associate Professor
Nontenured

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Non-tenure track

Assistant Professor level
Nontenured

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Non-tenure track

Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)
For those living abroad or far distant domestic place, interview can be done online.

Job content supplemental explanation
An appointee is expected on duty on April 1st, 2027 or any early possible date afterwards

Attached documents
Other online application forms

• Applications should be sent with E-mail subject “Application to Faculty Position on Advanced Quantum/Digital Security” and all documents should be attached as PDF file(s).
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For the item 1) - 5) described below, please use the MS word format located at Job Posting URL.
Use separate sheets for other item 6) - 9) with free format.
1)Curriculum vitae,
Corresponding part in the format: I. Curriculum Vitae (Telephone number should be written below e-mail address.)
2)List of publications,
Corresponding part in the format: II. Research Performance 1.Research Papers – 6.Patents, etc., III. Research Activity, Educational Activity, and Conference and Social Activities 1.Research Activities (1) Number of research achievements
3) List of activities in academic society,
Corresponding part in the format: III. Research Activity, Educational Activity, and Conference and Social Activities 3.Academic Societies and Social Activities (within past 5 years)
4) List of research grants acquired,
Corresponding part in the format: IV. Grants
5) Aspirations for education and research
Corresponding part in the format: V. Aspirations for Education and Research (within one A4-size page)
6)Details of research and educational experiences (within one A4-size page) (In case of writing in English, the number of characters is not limited to 1,500 characters.),
7) Hard copies of the 3 to 5 most important papers,
8) Two reference persons (Name, affiliation, E-mail address and phone number)
9) Position the candidate would like to apply for (Associate Professor or Assistant Professor)

Selection
After reviewing the submitted documents, shortlisted candidates will be requested to give a presentation and take an interview. In that case, travel expenses will not be covered.

Notification of result
The selection result will be notified directly to the applicant.