May 16, 2024

Recruitment of Professor in the Faculty of Information Science and Technology,
Hokkaido University (Digital Geometry Processing Laboratory)

We invite applications for the position of Professor in the Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
as follows.
1. Position

Professor (Tenured)
2. Name of Recruiting Institution
Hokkaido University
3. Department(Immediately after hiring) Division of Systems Science and Informatics, Research Group of System Creation,
Digital Geometry Processing Laboratory, Faculty of Information Science and Technology(Scope of change) Location as determined by the University.
4. Research Fields and Responsibilities(Immediately after hiring) Instrumentation engineering and/or design engineering, such as (1) Measurement and geometric
processing techniques for large-scale 3D digital data, (2) Innovative systems integrating large-scale 3D digital data with reality
technologies such as VR, AR, and MR, and (3) Cyber-physical and digital twin solutions to social problems. Candidates withempirical and practical research experience in these fields are especially desirable.
(Scope of change) Duties as determined by the University.
5. Teaching Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be requested to teach some subjects such as:
Advanced Exercise in System Science and Informatics I and II, Advanced Study in System Science and Informatics, Digital
Geometry Processing, and others at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology;
Signal Processing, System Design, System Management, Optimization Theory, Fundamental Mechatronics, and others at theSchool of Engineering;and some subjects in the liberal arts course.
6. Qualifications for application
6. Qualifications for application(1) PhD at the time of appointment,(2) Ability to give some lectures listed above in Japanese and in English,(3) Outstanding achievements and publications in the research fields listed above, and(4) Strong motivation for education, research, and other duties related to the management of the Faculty of Information Scienceand Technology.
7. Desired Start DateApril 1st, 2025 or later
8. Application Materials(1) Curriculum Vitae*Free format with an attached photo taken within six months, birthdate, current position, academic history, degree,qualifications, record of awards, and employment history.
*Applicant who has been employed by Hokkaido University from April 1st, 2013 (any position, including Part-time Lecture,TA, TF, RA and Short-term Support Assistant, etc.) should provide full details of your employment history.
(2) List of academic accomplishments (peer-reviewed journal papers, peer-reviewed international conference papers, other papers,

book chapters, tutorial papers, invited talks, patents (publications and establishments), awards, activities at academic societies,
research projects (including budget and duration), international cooperative research projects and society contributions). Give
additional statements of the JCR impact factor and the number of citations to each journal paper, if possible.
(3) A copy of five major publications(4) Summary of past and current research (about 1,000 words in English or 2,000 characters in Japanese)(5) Statement of research and education goals upon appointment (about 1,000 words in English or 2,000 characters in Japanese)(6) A list of two references (including the names, affiliations, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses)
9. Application Deadline

Applications should be received by October 4th, 2024 (JST).
10. Salary

Determined in accordance with the National University Corporation Hokkaido University Salary Rules for Faculty Subject toAnnual Salary System.
11. Probation Period

The probation period is three months.
12. Working Form

Discretionary labor system for professional work based on the employee’s agreement (*) or Fixed working hours system.
* The working hours for a day is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes.
13. Health Insurance

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association, Employees Pension, Workers’
Accident Compensation Insurance and Employment Insurance
14. Measures to Prevent Second-hand Smoke

Smoking in designated areas only.
15. Submission Method

Applications should be sent using either of the following:(1) Via registered mail to the postal address indicated below. Please indicate “Application for Associate Professor in the Divisionof Systems Science and Informatics, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, No. 06-104” in red ink on the surfaceof the envelop. A set of the printed materials and a USB memory in which the materials are stored have to be included.
【Postal address for document submission】
Administrative Affairs, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
Kita-14, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0814, Hokkaido, Japan
Phone: +81 11 706 6945
E-mail: soumu@ist.hokudai.ac.jp(2) Via upload link of JREC-IN Portal (https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekTop). A set of application materials in pdf format has to beuploaded.
*The submitted documents will not be returned to the applicant. Applications will be used for purposes other than this job posting.
16. Inquiries

Prof. Yuh Yamashita, Head of Division of Systems Science and Informatics
Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
Phone: +81 11 706 6451
E-mail: yuhyama@ssi.ist.hokudai.ac.jp* Oral interview will be conducted for the finalists, however the travel expense for the interview will not be provided. The

interview will be conducted online if the finalist resides outside of Japan.
* The retirement age is 65 years old according to the employment regulations of Hokkaido University.
* At Hokkaido University, we are actively promoting both education and research activities while relying on diverse humanresources and gender equality. Therefore, we explicitly invite women qualified in research field to apply. We are also actively
supporting a satisfying work-life-balance and are thus creating ideal environments for people to reach their full potentials.