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Last Updated: October 23, 2025

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Assistant Professor or Senior Lecturer Social Data and
Media Research Area, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology		 The successful candidate for the position is expected to:
(For Assistant Professor position)
- Conduct active research in the field of Empirical research on society, organizations, and humans through integration with AI such as generative AIs (LLMs, VLMs, etc.)
(AI Social Human Sciences) in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor HASHIMOTO Takashi
- Researchers motivated to explore new possibilities in research on society, organizations, and humans through diverse applications of AI such as generative AI beyond research support tools;
- Instruct and advise students for their laboratory work in both Master’s and Doctoral Programs in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor HASHIMOTO Takashi; and
- Give introductory lectures of Knowledge Science courses in cooperation with other faculty members.
(For Senior Lecturer position)
- Conduct active research and education in the field of Empirical research on society, organizations, and humans through integration with AI such as generative AIs (LLMs, VLMs, etc.) (AI Social Human Sciences) in cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor HASHIMOTO Takashi;
- Researchers motivated to explore new possibilities in research on society, organizations, and humans through diverse applications of AI such as generative AI beyond research support tools;
- Give lectures of Knowledge Science courses;
- Supervise and instruct students in laboratory work in master’s programs;
- Supervise the laboratory work of sub-theme for the students of other laboratories;
- Render the university practical services including helping recruit excellent students, taking on committee work, and so on;
- Willingly assist their laboratory students in finding suitable career positions after graduation;
- Contribute to the society.		 December 17, 2025 (by 17:00 in Japan standard time)
Assistant Professor or Senior Lecturer Social Data and
Media Research Area, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology		 The successful candidate for the position is expected to:
(For Assistant Professor position)
- Conduct active research in the field of Accelerating Scientific Discovery and Applications through Data Science, Machine Learning, and Generative AI (Data-Driven Science and AI Co-creation) in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor DAM, Hieu Chi
- Researchers motivated to engage in interdisciplinary research across diverse scientific fields including materials science, based on expertise in data science, machine learning, and generative AI, to drive data-driven scientific discovery and address societal challenges;
- Instruct and advise students for their laboratory work in both Master’s and Doctoral Programs in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor DAM, Hieu Chi; and
- Give introductory lectures of Knowledge Science courses in cooperation with other faculty members.
(For Senior Lecturer position)
- Conduct active research and education in the field of Accelerating Scientific Discovery and Applications through Data Science, Machine Learning, and Generative AI (Data-Driven Science and AI Co-creation) in cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor DAM, Hieu Chi;
- Researchers motivated to engage in interdisciplinary research across diverse scientific fields including materials science, based on expertise in data science, machine learning, and generative AI, to drive data-driven scientific discovery and address societal challenges
- Give lectures of Knowledge Science courses;
- Supervise and instruct students in laboratory work in master’s programs;
- Supervise the laboratory work of sub-theme for the students of other laboratories;
- Render the university practical services including helping recruit excellent students, taking on committee work, and so on;
- Willingly assist their laboratory students in finding suitable career positions after graduation;
- Contribute to the society.		 December 17, 2025 (by 17:00 in Japan standard time)
Assistant Professor or Senior Lecturer Computing
Science Research Area, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology		 The successful candidate for the position is expected to:
(For Assistant Professor position)
- Conduct active research in the field of Information Theory and AI/Machine Learning in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor KURKOSKI，Brian Michael;
- Instruct and advise students for their laboratory work in both Master’s and Doctoral Programs in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor KURKOSKI，Brian Michael; and
- Give introductory lectures of Information Science courses in cooperation with other faculty members.
(For Senior Lecturer position)
- Conduct active research and education in the field of Information Theory and AI/Machine Learning in cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor KURKOSKI，Brian Michael;
- Give lectures of Information Science courses;
- Supervise and instruct students in laboratory work in master’s programs;
- Supervise the laboratory work of sub-theme for the students of other laboratories;
- Render the university practical services including helping recruit excellent students, taking on committee work, and so on;
- Willingly assist their laboratory students in finding suitable career positions after graduation;
- Contribute to the society.		 December 17, 2025 (by 17:00 in Japan standard time)
Assistant Professor or Senior Lecturer Human
Information Science Research Area, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology		 The successful candidate for the position is expected to:
(For Assistant Professor position)
- Conduct active research in the field of Speech Information Processing and Speech security in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor UNOKI Masashi
- Instruct and advise students for their laboratory work in both Master’s and Doctoral Programs in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor UNOKI Masashi; and
- Give introductory lectures of Information Science courses in cooperation with other faculty members.
(For Senior Lecturer position)
- Conduct active research and education in the field of Speech Information Processing and Speech security in cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor UNOKI Masashi;
- Give lectures of Information Science courses;
- Supervise and instruct students in laboratory work in master’s programs;
- Supervise the laboratory work of sub-theme for the students of other laboratories;
- Render the university practical services including helping recruit excellent students, taking on committee work, and so on;
- Willingly assist their laboratory students in finding suitable career positions after graduation;
- Contribute to the society.		 December 17, 2025 (by 17:00 in Japan standard time)
Assistant Professor or Senior Lecturer Bioscience,
Biotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering Research Area, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology		 The successful candidate for the position is expected to:
(For Assistant Professor position)
- Conduct active research in the field of Related to Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Molecular Robotics, Oligonucleotide Therapeutics, Biotechnology in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor FUJIMOTO Kenzo;
- Instruct and advise students for their laboratory work in both Master’s and Doctoral Programs in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor FUJIMOTO Kenzo; and
- Give introductory lectures of Materials Science courses in cooperation with other faculty members.
(For Senior Lecturer position)
- Conduct active research and education in the field of Related to Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Molecular Robotics, Oligonucleotide Therapeutics, Biotechnology in cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Professor FUJIMOTO Kenzo;
- Give lectures of Materials Science courses;
- Supervise and instruct students in laboratory work in master’s programs;
- Supervise the laboratory work of sub-theme for the students of other laboratories;
- Render the university practical services including helping recruit excellent students, taking on committee work, and so on;
- Willingly assist their laboratory students in finding suitable career positions after graduation;
- Contribute to the society.		 December 17, 2025 (by 17:00 in Japan standard time)
Research Assistant Professor Materials
Chemistry Frontiers Research Area, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology		 The successful candidate for the position is expected to:
- Conduct active research in the field of solid-state chemistry, solid-state physics, inorganic chemistry, and luminescent materials in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Associate Professor UEDA Jumpei;
- Instruct and advise students for their laboratory work in both Master’s and Doctoral Programs in close cooperation with the relevant faculty member, Associate Professor UEDA Jumpei; and
- Give introductory lectures of Materials Science courses in cooperation with other faculty members.		 December 17, 2025 (by 17:00 in Japan standard time)
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