Associate Professor, Institute of Science and Engineering, Mathematics

Job description

Background of the recruitment and description of the project

Mathematics

The candidate will be a member of the research project “Mathematical emergence for engineering.” Especially, it is expected that the candidate has a good motivation to contribute one's own mathematical skills for education and research on quantum and digital information in the Kanazawa University human resource development program.

https://www.se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/information

Work content and job description

School and Division (Teaching responsibility):

• Liberal Arts and Science
• Information and Communication Engineering Course, School of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, College of Science and Engineering
• Division of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology

Subject responsible for:

• Undergraduate course: Basic education (calculus, linear algebra, etc.), Advanced mathematics for engineering (differential equation, vector analysis, complex analysis, Fourier analysis, general linear algebra, basic algebra etc.), Seminar and research instruction for 4th grade students.
• Graduate course: Subjects related to field of specification, Seminar and research instruction for graduate course students

Assigned department

Existing departments

Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering

Job type

Associate Professor

Research field

• Natural Science - Algebra
• Natural Science - Geometry
• Natural Science - Basic analysis
• Natural Science - Mathematical analysis
• Natural Science - Applied mathematics and statistics

Wages

Annual Salary: 6 million yen ~ 9 million yen

Annual salary system is applied. Please visit our university website noted above for more details.

Working hours

Working hours: 08:30-17:00

Break time: 12:00-12:45

Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, Year end (Dec.29-Jan.3) and so on.

Overtime and other explanations: Discretionary Labor System (Deemed working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes /day)

Application requirements

Qualifications

Education and Degree Requirements

Ph.D. / Doctor

• The candidate should hold a doctoral degree by the time when the appointment begins.
• The candidate should have sufficient research achievements and have the ability of research guidance for master and doctor course students.

Work experience

• The candidate should have sufficient experience of education of mathematics at university and have the ability to perform it at a high level with enthusiasm.
• The candidate should have a cooperative personality to perform educational and entrance examination activities with the faculty members.

Employment Type

Regular employee

Contract period

Tenured - Non-tenure track

Probationary period absent

Work location

920-1192 Ishikawa Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan

Compensation

Various systems

• Pay increase system: available
• Bonus: available
• Transportation expenses: available
• Retirement age: available

Insurance

• Employees' Health Insurance: available
• Worker's accident insurance: available

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date: 2027/05/01

Starting date: 2027/05/01

Job content supplemental explanation

An appointee is expected on duty on May 1st, 2027, or any early possible date afterwards.

Application period

2026/08/28~2026/11/20 Deadline for receipt

The application mail should arrive by 2026, 18:00 JST (no later than this deadline)

Application method

Application documents (specified forms)

a_curriculum_vitae_202404.doc

Attached documents

Application Form: Online Submission

• Documents for applications (A4 size paper)

For the items 1) - 5) described below, please use the MS word format attached above. Use separate sheets for other items 6) - 8) with free format.

1. Curriculum vitae (including Photograph, Family and given names, Age, Postal number, Home address, Telephone number, Email address, Educational background starting from university and afterward, Degree, Job carrier, Conferences and social activities, Rewards and punishments),
   Corresponding part in the format) I. Curriculum Vitae (Telephone number should be written below email address.)
2. List of publications (Journal papers, International conference papers, Keynote lectures and Special lectures at international conference, Published work and compilation work, Report, commentary and general remarks, Patents, etc.) (Journal papers and international conference papers (reviewed) should be respectively listed in chronological order.) (Candidate’s name, co-author’s name, journal title, volume, number, first and last pages (paper number) and published year should be provided. Candidate’s name should be underlined. Each paper published in journal listed in SCI-expanded should be marked by an * (asterisk) and the journal’s impact factor should be given.),
   Corresponding part in the format) II. Research Performance 1. Research Papers – 6. Patents, etc., III. Research Activity, Educational Activity, and Conference and Social Activities 1. Research Activities (1) Number of research achievements

Other online application forms

3. List of activities in academic society,
   Corresponding part in the format) III. Research Activity, Educational Activity, and Conference and Social Activities 3. Academic Societies and Social Activities (within past 5 years)
4. List of research grants acquired,
   Corresponding part in the format) IV. Grants
5. Aspirations for education and research
   Corresponding part in the format) V. Aspirations for Education and Research (within one A4-size page)
6. Details of research and educational experiences (within one A4-size page) (In case of writing in English, the number of characters is not limited to 1,500 characters.)
7. Peprints copies of the 3 to 5 most important papers
8. Two referees (Name, affiliation, E-mail address and phone number)
   • All the materials for the application should be sent as PDF files to the contact person noted below.

Prof. Kazuya TOHGE

E-mail: tohge[at]se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

• Applications should be sent with E-mail subject “Application to Faculty Position on Mathematics”.
• The maximum size of one email is 10MB. If you need to send more than one email, please let us know in advance.
• After receiving the file(s) by email, we will send you a receipt notification by email. If there is no notification of reception within 24 hours, the reception has not been completed. Please send file(s) again.

Contact person:

Prof. Kazuya TOHGE,
Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering,
Phone: +81 76 234 4916
Email: tohge[at]se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Return of application documents

We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

JREC-IN Portal web application: Not available

E-mail Application: Accept
tohge(at)se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

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Recruiting Institution's Web application system: Not available

Selection / Notification of result

Selection

After reviewing the submitted documents, shortlisted candidates will be requested to give presentation and take interview. In that case, travel expenses will not be covered.

Notification of result

The selection result will be emailed to the applicant.

Contact details

Kanazawa University

Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering

Kazuya Tohge

0762344916
tohge(at)se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

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