The minor programme in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) is designed with the aim of offering students a well-rounded education to equip them with the knowledge and skill sets necessary to compete not only in Hong Kong – a major logistics center – but also in the knowledge- and technology-based global economy.
Job Description
Professor(s) / Associate Professor(s) / Assistant Professor(s) – (260001KF)
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Department/Unit: Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Closing Date: Until the post(s) is / are filled
The Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM) under the Faculty of Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) invites applications for the faculty posts at the levels of Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in the areas related to Database Systems/Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Natural Language Processing, and Financial Technology. Outstanding candidates in closely related areas, including Operations Research and Operations Management, will also be considered.
CUHK is one of the top universities in Asia. The Department of SEEM hosts one of the best research groups in operations management, operations research, financial engineering and technology, service engineering, and information systems. In addition to competitive salary and housing benefits, the Department also provides strong research support.
Applicants should have a relevant PhD degree and a good scholarly record demonstrating potential for teaching and research excellence. Appointment(s) will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years initially commencing August 2026, which, subject to performance and mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation. The exact start date will be negotiated with the successful applicants.
Applicants please submit application at the CUHK e-recruitment system at https://www.hro.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/career/career-opportunities with a full resume with cover letter, copies of academic credentials, publication list with abstracts of selected published papers, a research plan, a teaching statement, together with names and e-mail addresses of three to five referees to whom the applicant’s consent has been given for their providing reference.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their applications soon for early informal online interviews. Formal interviews will be conducted by SEEM faculty members on the CUHK campus if possible.
For general inquiry and further information about the Department of SEEM, please contact Ms. Anna Wong at yywong@se.cuhk.edu.hk.
Job: Professoriate, Teaching and Research Academic Posts
Organization: Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Unposting Date: Aug 31, 2027
In recognition of the outstanding contributions as a reviewer, Mr. KANG Jiawen was honoured with the Gold Reviewer Award at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026), placing him among the conference’s top reviewers for the year.
The paper “Distributionally Robust Group Testing with Correlation Information” by Prof. LONG Zhuoyu, Daniel, along with Professor QI Jin from HKUST, Dr. SUN Yu (our PhD alumni, now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto), and Professor ZHANG Aiqi from Wilfrid Laurier (our PhD alumni), has been awarded as a Finalist in the 2026 CHOM Best Paper Award Competition at POMS. They received the award at the POMS 36th Annual Conference, May 7-11, 2026.
Mr. KANG Jiawen, a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. MENG Mei Ling Helen, received the Outstanding Students Award 2025 from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in recognition of the remarkable achievement in Innovation and Invention.
Prof. MENG Mei Ling Helen, Prof. WU Xixin and their jointly supervised PhD students, Mr. LI Junan and Mr. Li Jinchao won the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Workshop on Multimedia Computing for Health and Medicine in 2025 ACM Multimedia for their paper “Generate, Align and Predict (GAP): Detecting Neurocognitive Disorders via Cross-modal Consistency in Narratives”
Refer to FinTech 新星挑戰賽
The PhD summer workshop 2026 is organized for potential applicants to CUHK Engineering PhD programmes in the 2027-2028 intake.
Prof. Xuefeng Gao, Prof. Xuedong He and their jointly supervised PhD student Miss Mengying He won the Best Paper Award at the NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Generative AI in Finance for their paper “Factor-Based Conditional Diffusion Model for Portfolio Optimization”
Programme Consultation
| Time: | 09:00AM – 06:00 PM |
| Location: | Room 603, Ho Sing Hang Engineering Building |
Admission Talk: Financial Technology (JS4428)
| Time | 1:45pm – 2:30pm |
| Avenue | Lecture Theatre, 9/F William M.W. Mong Engineering Building |
| Zoom | https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/94921889037?pwd=uE7QkEDbfPDnrmFpquzzxwgwYifXcd.1 Meeting ID: 949 2188 9037 Passcode: 684054 |
Admission Talk: Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (JS4458)
| Time | 2:45pm – 3:30pm |
| Avenue | Lecture Theatre, 9/F William M.W. Mong Engineering Building |
| Zoom | https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/95770827310?pwd=7OZf4UnDNdb3hjo51MuJ2N36aiV28s.1 Meeting ID: 957 7082 7310 Passcode: 790622 |
Admission Talk: CUHK_SJTU Undergraduate Dual Degree Programme Admission Talk
| Time | 2:45pm – 3:30pm |
| Avenue | ERB909, 9/F William M.W. Mong Engineering Building |
| Zoom | https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/93585322920?pwd=GyzszJznekS6iCa7YhvSi7ZkLjtB7Y.1 Meeting ID: 935 8532 2920 Passcode: 436670 |
