Position for Associate Professor in the Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
July 19th, 2024
We are inviting applications for the position of Associate Professor in the Laboratory of Pattern Recognition
and Machine Learning, Research Group of Mathematical Science, Division of Computer Science andInformation Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University.
Name of Recruiting Institution: Hokkaido University
Title of position: Associate Professor
Affiliation:(Immediately after hiring) Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, ResearchGroup of Mathematical Science, Division of Computer Science and Information Technology,
Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University.
(Scope of Change) Location as determined by the University.
Responsibilities:(Immediately after hiring)
1. The successful applicant will partly or fully give the lectures listed below, for which theLaboratory of Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning is responsible.
(1) Subjects in the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology:
Laboratory seminar, and others(2) Subjects in the School of Engineering:
Information Algebra and Automata, Experiments and Excise in Computer Science andInformation Technology, Exercise in Technical English, and others.
(3) Subjects in general education: Freshman Seminar and others.
2. The Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning conducts research on modeling,recognizing, analyzing, and predicting physical and social phenomena by integrating data-driven
approaches centered on machine learning with insights and techniques from other mathematicalscience domains. This fusion of hypothesis-driven and data-driven approaches is pursued boththeoretically and practically.
3. We invite applicants who will be affiliated with the laboratory, collaborate with other faculty
members, and take responsibility for research and education in the research group ofmathematical science. Applicants will be expected to investigate research in the aforementioned
areas deeply and connect theory with practice to contribute to real-world applications andindustry. Therefore, applicants are expected to have research achievements in at least one of themain or related keywords and be motivated to apply their expertise in one area to the other.
Main Keywords: artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision
Related Keywords: computational science, numerical analysis, dynamical systems theory, Bayesianstatistics, state-space models, other mathematical science domains(Scope of Change) Duties as determined by the University
Duties in education:
Lectures, seminars, experiments, and exercise courses related to computer science and informationtechnology.
Qualifications:(1) Applicant should have a doctoral degree or Ph.D.
(2) Applicant should have the ability to provide instruction in subjects described in “Duties ineducation” both in Japanese and English.
(3) Applicant should have the ability to undertake administrative tasks for the faculty, graduate
school, and undergraduate school in Japanese.

Application materials:(1) CV with recent photo, contact details (address, phone, and e-mail), academic record, job
experience, and international society activity;
Remark:●Applicants who have been employed by Hokkaido University from April 1, 2013
(any position, including Part-Time Lecture, TA, TF, RA, Short-term Support
Assistant, etc.) should provide full details of your employment history.
(2) List of academic accomplishments
Please make a list in reverse chronological order
1. Reviewed journal articles (e.g., Articles published in academic journals)
2. Reviewed conference papers (e.g., Papers in the proceedings)
3. Survey articles
4. Book (including coauthored ones)
5. Keynote/invited talks
6. Other papers/presentations
7. Patents
8. Awards
9. Grants (Please add information on whether the applicant is the principal investigator ofthe grant or not)10. Other accomplishments (e.g., Joint research with a private company or publicorganization, free software)
Remarks:●
For papers and other publications, please underline the applicant's name.
Additionally, if there is a corresponding author (responsible author), place a circle
or bullet before their name.
●For papers and other publications, it is permissible to include impact factor (IF)and/or the number of citations, if needed.
●For patents and similar contributions, please underline the applicant's name, andfor key contributors, place a circle or bullet before their name.
(3) Copies of 5 selected publications and their abstracts for each publication within 100 words(in English).
(4) Summary of the applicant's research history and achievements within 1 page (in English).
(5) Summary of the applicant's teaching history and future plan for education within 1 page (inEnglish).
(6) Summary of the applicant’s future research plan within 1 page (in English).
(7) The names of two references for the applicant, with their name, institution, position, and email address.
Remark:●Please note that an interview may be conducted if necessary. In that event, the applicant isresponsible for any travel expenses.
Deadline for application: October 18th, 2024, 24:00 (JST)Scheduled starting date of employment: April 1st, 2025, or later
How to submit the above application documents (WEB Application Only):
Please submit the application documents by making a single ZIP file and uploading through theJREC-IN portal.
The ZIP file should contain PDF files of (1) – (7) and be named “Your Name.zip”.
Contact person:
Prof. Hideyuki Imai, PhD
Chair of Division of Computer Science and Information Technology
E-mail: csit-kobo@elms.hokudai.ac.jp
Employment status:
Full-time（Tenured）

Compensation:(1) Probation Period:
3 months.
(2) Working hours, etc.:
Monday to Friday
Discretionary labor system* for professional work based on the employee’s agreement orFixed working hours system* The working hours for a day are deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes.
(3) Salary:
National University Corporation Hokkaido University Salary Regulations for Faculty
Subject to Annual Salary System(4) Health insurance, etc.
● Employee pension insurance● Mutual Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology● Employment Insurance● Workers' accident compensation insurance(5) Measures to Prevent Second-hand Smoke
Smoking in designated areas only
Appendix
1. At Hokkaido University, we are actively promoting both education and research activities while
relying on diverse human resources and gender equality. Therefore, we explicitly invite womenqualified in the research field to apply. We are also actively supporting a satisfying work-lifebalance and are thus creating ideal environments for people to reach their full potential.
2. Please refer to the following URL for the current members of this division:

https://www.ist.hokudai.ac.jp/eng/staff/index_faculty_division.html