标题: IS Ph.D. Student Position Available for Fall 2022 (香港科技大学) [打印本页] 作者: JJJooe 时间: 2021-12-19 01:09 标题: IS Ph.D. Student Position Available for Fall 2022 (香港科技大学)
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Ph.D. Student Position in Information Systems
Position
One Ph.D. student position, starting in Fall 2022
Employer
Professor Zhitao Yin, Assistant Professor, HKUST Business School
Location
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
(The Ph.D. student is expected to reside in Hong Kong)
Description
The Ph.D. student will join a research team working on high-impact business and societal problem domains including economics of digital innovation and entrepreneurship, human-AI interaction, digital technologies in financial market, and others
The student will participate in research projects, which combine rigor and relevance in formulating and solving problems, generate papers to top academic journals, and engage with policy and managerial practice.
The Ph.D. student will receive mentoring and training on conducting high-impact research by working closely with Professor Zhitao Yin and other team members:
Professor Arun Rai
Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly (2016-2020)
Permanent Regents' Professor and Howard S. Starks Distinguished Chair Professor at J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
Professor Sean Xin Xu
Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly (2016-2021)
Associate Dean and Professor at School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
The Ph.D. student will also:
Develop the knowledge and skills to formulate innovative research ideas in the problem domains
Learn cutting-edge data science approaches including econometrics, experimentation, machine learning, text mining, and network analysis
Conduct research in collaboration with the team or independently
Engage with academics and practice through presentations and teaching
Requirements
Motivated to develop as a scholar to generate innovative insights through entrepreneurial research activities and engagement with both academics and practitioners
Interested in and familiar with news/knowledge in technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, economics, and/or business strategy
Strong foundations in mathematics, statistics, and econometrics
Experience in data collection, data cleaning, exploratory analysis, and causal analysis
Proficient in programming languages such as Python, R, Stata, and/or SAS
Comfortable with English working environment with strong verbal and written skills
Bachelor or Master’s degree in Economics, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, AppliedMath, and other related areas
Financial Support
Competitive stipend awarded in the form of postgraduate studentship during the normative study period
Strong support for professional development
Opportunities to apply for additional stipends such as Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship, HKUST RedBird Ph.D. Scholarship
Application Procedure and Timeline
Please send your CV and personal statement to Professor Zhitao Yin (zhitaoyin@ust.hk).
Selected candidates will be invited to provide additional supporting documents.
Zoom interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
About HKUST Business School and Information Systems group
Established in 1991, the HKUST Business School is ranked among the Top Business Schools in the world for publications in the leading business journals.
The Information Systems group (with 16 tenure-track faculty) is ranked #9 in the world for publications in the top 2 information systems journals (Information SystemsResearch and Management Information Systems Quarterly) for 2015-2020.