Wangxuan Institute of Computer Technology, named after Mr. Wang Xuan, known as the "Father of Chinese Laser Typesetting System," is a secondary teaching and research institution at Peking University. The institute adheres to the development strategy of "technology-oriented, market-oriented," taking the responsibility of serving economic and social development. It combines industry, academia, and research, focusing on cutting-edge technologies and core applications in the field of computer science. The institute has achieved significant research results, and Prof. Wang Xuan was honored with the National Highest Science and Technology Award in 2002. He has also received honorary titles such as "Reform Pioneer" and "Most Beautiful Struggler." The institute's research achievements have been recognized with two first-class National Science and Technology Progress Awards, two entries in the list of China's Top Ten Scientific and Technological Achievements, three second-class National Science and Technology Progress Awards, two entries in the major technological inventions in the information industry, and two entries in the China's Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances in Higher Education. The institute has been at the forefront of international research in Chinese information processing and has played a significant role in promoting technological transformation and generating significant social and economic benefits in related industries in China.
With the rapid development of information technology, traditional media has been transitioning towards digitization, networking, and intelligence, while new forms of media continue to emerge, and various media are constantly converging. In the future, the Wangxuan Institute will build on its existing research achievements and focus on the fields of media big data and knowledge-based intelligent services. It will conduct research on semantic understanding and re-generation of cross-media content such as text, audio, and video. The institute aims to promote the new development of intelligent media products and services with independent innovation technologies.
Job Positions: Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Tenured Associate Professor
Responsibilities: Engage in teaching, research and student training in the areas of multimedia analysis and recognition, computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing, computer graphics, and artificial intelligence.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. degree. Applicants for the position of Assistant Professor should generally be 35 years old or younger, applicants for the position of Tenured Associate Professor should generally be 40 years old or younger, and applicants for the position of Professor should generally be 50 years old or younger. The age requirements can be relaxed for exceptionally outstanding candidates.
Applicants should have achieved high-level research results and published top-tier papers in the areas such as image/video/multimedia analysis and recognition, computer vision, machine learning, computer graphics and artificial intelligence, natural language processing, databases, big data, and data mining.
Applicants should have made significant achievements and demonstrated great potential in the relevant field.
