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Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / Project Administrative Assistant

August 27, 2025

**Job Description**
The appointees will assist the project leader in various research projects focusing on advanced topics in data privacy, graph management, and data recovery attacks. These projects include “From randomized response to randomized index: value-invariant mechanisms for local differential privacy”, “Federated graph management and querying: subgraphs, keywords, and privacy”, and “Small leaks sink great ships: data recovery attacks and defense in local differential privacy”.

**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Data Science

**Experience**
Experience Required:
• Postdoctoral Fellow: Doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification and no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.
• Research Associate: Master’s degree or a good honours degree with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
• Research Assistant: Honours degree or an equivalent qualification.
Other:
• Project Administrative Assistant: Form five school leaver with 5 passes in HKCEE including English Language (at least Grade C if Syllabus A; Level 2 if results are obtained from 2007 onwards), Chinese Language (Level 2 if results are obtained from 2007 onwards) and Mathematics; OR a combination of results in five HKDSE subjects of Level 2 in New Senior Secondary subjects / “Attained” in Applied Learning subjects / Grade E in Other Language subjects, and the five subjects must include English Language, Chinese Language and Mathematics.

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Experience
Experience Required: • Postdoctoral Fellow: Doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification and no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application. • Research Associate: Master's degree or a good honours degree with three or more years of research/relevant work experience. • Research Assistant: Honours degree or an equivalent qualification. Other: • Project Administrative Assistant: Form five school leaver with 5 passes in HKCEE including English Language (at least Grade C if Syllabus A; Level 2 if results are obtained from 2007 onwards), Chinese Language (Level 2 if results are obtained from 2007 onwards) and Mathematics; OR a combination of results in five HKDSE subjects of Level 2 in New Senior Secondary subjects / "Attained" in Applied Learning subjects / Grade E in Other Language subjects, and the five subjects must include English Language, Chinese Language and Mathematics.
Work Level
Bachelors, Masters, Ph.D, Postdoc
Employment Type
Full-time, Part-time, Research Job
Salary
Annual Salary: Highly competitive remuneration package (for full-time appointment) Part-time: HK$178 per hour (Research Associate), HK$125 per hour (Research Assistant)
Details
Full-time / Part-time Duration: 12 to 24 months
School / Department / Center / Lab
• Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Supervisor(s)
Prof. Ye Qingqing
Supervisor Email
qingqing.ye@polyu.edu.hk
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
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