Job opening for Program-Specific Associate Professor （Non-tenured)
September 13, 2022
Institution: Kyoto University
School: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
URL of School: http://www.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
Institution type: National university
public advertisement URL:
https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/jobs/open
Content of job information:
The Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan has one associate
professor position starting from November 1st, 2022. Kyoto University is one of thetop universities in Japan.
1. Affiliation: Graduate School of Informatics, Department of Social Informatics
2. Job details:◦ Research and education for the International Courses in the Graduate Schoolof Informatics◦ Education for the Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, in particularteaching courses on informatics in English (such as Basic Informatics,Practice of Basic Informatics, Information and Society)3. Field of Specialization: Multiagent Systems, Artificial Intelligence, CollectiveIntelligence
4. Work Location: Yoshida Campus (Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan)
5. Starting date: November 1st,2022 (negotiable)
Job type: Program-Specific Associate Professor（Non-tenured)
Employment status: 3-year fixed term contract (2-year extension is possible)
Trial period: 6 months
Work Location: Yoshida Campus
Qualifications:
The successful candidate should have the following items:
1. a Ph.D. degree in informatics or related areas;
2. an outstanding record in his/her research in Theoretical Computer Science (inparticular, fields of Algorithms and Models of Computation);
3. Ability to teach courses in English on informatics (such as Introduction toComputer Science, Introduction to Algorithms, Fundamentals of Discrete
Optimization) at the undergraduate level in liberal arts education, and to teachsome courses in English at the Graduate School of Informatics;
4. experience in graduate and/or undergraduate education in these areas and strong
interest in international education; and5. very high-level (native-like) proficiency in English
Although it is not mandatory, it is desirable that he or she is fluent in Japanese.
Treatment:
Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under theflexible-hours system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end
and New Year holidays, Foundation Day, and summer vacation.
Salary: Annual salary based on qualifications and experience is determined inaccordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University
Allowance: No allowance for commuting expenses, housing expenses, bonuses, etc.
is provided.
Social insurance: Eligible for MEXT* mutual aid association membership,
employment insurance, and workers’ compensation*Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Deadline of Application: As soon as a decision is madeApplication method:
Applicants should prepare the following items:
(i)
CV;
(ii)
publication list;(iii)
summary of 3 major publications and copies of these papers;(iv)
names, affiliations, and mail addresses of two references;(v)
statement of research and education plans (about three pages), whichmust include synopses of liberal art courses on Fundamentals ofInformatics and Fundamentals of Discrete Optimization.
All documents should be submitted in PDF format to Prof. Takayuki Ito(ito@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp) by email. At the same time, hard-copies of all thedocuments should be sent by post to the contact address shown below.
[Selection process]Screening by document review
Candidates may be interviewed. They will be informed in detail about theinterview.
[Contact details]
Prof. Takayuki Ito
Graduate School of Informatics,
Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
E-mail: ito@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Phone: +81-75-753-4821[Notes]After receiving the submitted documents, a notification of receipt will besent by e-mail within a few days.
Please note that documents submitted are not returnable.
Personal information that is provided in an application will not be used forany purpose other than screening for employment.
The selection result will be sent by e-mail.
The university is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications
from female and handicapped candidates.
Smoking is prohibited in any indoor and outdoor areas of the university campus,
except for in designated smoking areas.