IS PhD Student Position Available for Fall 2021 (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 2021
• A research assistant position is also available for the 2020-2021 academic year, if the admitted student seeks to start developing research capabilities prior to starting the Ph.D. program.
  

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 for the duration of the Ph.D. program.
  

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 for top academic journals, and inform 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

                        ·      Permanent Regents' Professor and Harkins Chair Professor at J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University

                 ·     Professor Sean Xin Xu

                        ·      Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly

                        ·      Associate Dean and Professor at School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

          ·       Develop the knowledge and skills to formulate innovative research ideas in the problem domains

          ·       Learn cutting-edge data science approaches including econometrics, 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's or Master’s degree in Economics, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, 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 stipend such as Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship, HKUST RedBird PhD Scholarship
  

Application Procedure and Timeline

• Please send a CV and personal statement to Professor Zhitao Yin (zhitaoyin@ust.hk).
• Selected candidates will be invited to provide additional supporting documents.
• 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 14 tenure-track faculty) is ranked #9 in the world for publications in the top 2 information systems journals (Information Systems Research and Management Information Systems Quarterly) for 2015-2020.
  

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Jan 8 Update: 这个Ph.D. application已经结束了，虽然我感觉大家也已经都知道，但还是在这更新下

JJJooe

有兴趣者，请直接邮件联系 Professor Zhitao Yin (zhitaoyin@ust.hk)

天地茫茫且行歌

顶一个

JJJooe

据我了解，殷教授应该会跟有意向的同学，先行沟通了解，并对比较契合的申请者进行后续的交流和考察。

如今竞争激烈，今年申请IS博士的学生们，祝你们好运~

非洲企鹅

请问RA position是什么要求？

socialdistance

非洲企鹅 发表于 2020-10-12 10:19
请问RA position是什么要求？

这个RA position是给已经录取的港科大Phd学生准备的（之前老师是这么跟我说的）。录取是进组的前提。

非洲企鹅

socialdistance 发表于 2020-10-12 11:12
这个RA position是给已经录取的港科大Phd学生准备的（之前老师是这么跟我说的）。录取是进组的前提。 ...

哦哦，明白啦，谢谢！

socialdistance

非洲企鹅 发表于 2020-10-12 11:14
哦哦，明白啦，谢谢！

不过你也可以再问问教授有没有新的项目能专门给RA。这个帖子是八月份的，现在也十月了。祝好运！

JJJooe

本次招生已结束

JJJooe

非洲企鹅 发表于 2020-10-12 11:14
哦哦，明白啦，谢谢！

刚发了RA post你可以去看一下