Junior%20Faculty%20Recruitment%20and%20Development%20at%20HKUST

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Junior Faculty Recruitment and Development at
HKUST
Professor Lionel M. Ni Department of Computer
Science Engineering Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology ni_at_cse.ust.hk
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

• Eight universities sponsored by Hong Kong
  Government
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  (established in 1991)
• University of Hong Kong
• Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• City University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Linnan College

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HKUST
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Hong Kong Tertiary Education System

• University Grant Committee (UGC)
• Major source of budget
• HKUST (90 from UGC and 10 from tuition, etc.)
• Role differentiation
• Matching scheme total HKD1B, each university up
  to 250M, FCFS
• 2004 one to one matching
• 2005 two to one matching
• 2006 two to one matching
• Research Grant Council
• Major research funding

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CSE_at_HKUST

• Similar to North America systems
• Under School of Engineering
• Three other schools
• School of Science
• School of Management and Business
• School of Humanity and Social Science (no UG
  program)
• One of the two largest departments at HKUST
• About 40 faculty members
• 3 Chair Prof 7 Full Prof 18 Assoc. Prof 11
  Asst. Prof
• From 9 different nationalities English speaking
• 100 PhD, 40 MPhil, 320 UG
• Computer Engineering Program (jointly
  administered with ECE) 300 UG

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Junior Faculty Recruitment

• World-wide recruitment
• Mainly from USA
• Needed research areas
• Strong publication record
• Some China/HK connection
• Interview process
• Startup package
• 12-month salary about same as US 9-month salary
• About HKD900K (each RA is HKD150K)
• Guaranteed 2 TA support before tenured
• Teaching load 2 courses per year

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Faculty Development

• University standard world-class researcher
• Promotion consideration
• Only consider top rated journals and conferences
• Both quantity and quality
• Funding record
• RGC grants
• PhD students
• Mainly from China
• External letters are very important
• Teaching is important
• Professional and university services

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Promotion Process

• Department level
• Review committee
• Dept head evaluation
• School level
• School review committee
• Deans evaluation
• University
• University review committee
• Vice President of Academic Affairs
• President

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Challenges and Opportunities

• Better rewarding system
• Global excellence and local relevance
• Very limited research funding
• Close research collaboration with universities
  and researchers in
• China
• Other countries
• University strategic plan
• Vision 2020 5 Os
• Institute of Advanced Studies