Announcement of Faculty Position
Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering
Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University
1. Position:
Associate Professor or Assistant Professor
2. Affiliation:
Faculty of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa
University
https://www.se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/information
3. Field of specification:
Advanced quantum/digital security such as post-quantum cryptography/system, quantum security, AI for security,
security for AI, advanced security practice and advanced privacy enhancing technologies, e.g. secure computation,
differential privacy, zero-knowledge proofs, TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), synthetic data. The candidate
conducts fundamental research on the advanced research area and its applications and proposes innovative and
advanced techniques on quantum/digital security and their applications to promote the social implementation of
them. The candidate is expected to have an enthusiasm to also conduct research on the invention of security
techniques utilizing quantum technology and their applications in the future.
The candidate will participate in a research project “Promotion of secure super-smart society (Society 5.0) through
the integration of IoT, AI, and cyber security”, and will be expected to contribute to the goal of the research project
by collaborating with other project members. The candidate will also provide education and research instructions to
students pursuing the electrical, information and communication engineering by joining the advanced information
specialist training program conducted by Kanazawa University.
4. School and Division (Teaching responsibility):
1) Information and Communication Engineering Course, School of Electrical, Information and Communication
Engineering, College of Science and Engineering
2) Division of Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and
Technology, and Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Natural Science
and Technology
5. Subject responsible for:
Liberal Arts and Science
Lecture and experiment on subjects associated with computer science, computer and programming for undergraduate
course and graduate course
6. Employment status:
A full-time associate professor (non-tenured, 5-year term) or
A full-time assistant professor (non-tenured, 5-year term)
* After the expiration of the employment period, the employment period may be renewed as a tenured position based
on results of an internal review of achievements by Kanazawa University.
** Applicant may be hired as tenured even at the time of employment if the applicant has excellent achievements.
7. Compensation:
Annual salary system is applied according to Kanazawa University’s regulations.
8. Qualification requirements:
1) The candidate should be a researcher with a doctoral degree (In case of Assistant Professor, the candidate who
holds a doctoral degree by the time when the appointment begins is also eligible to apply).
2) The candidate should have enthusiasm for education and research and can actively work for the collaboration
between industry and university.
3) The candidate should have outstanding research achievements in computer engineering, computer science or
other related fields underlying advanced quantum/digital security, or in the integration of quantum technology
and security, and be competent in the industrial application.
4) It is desirable for candidates to possess sufficient communication skills in both Japanese and English.
9. Start of employment:
An appointee is expected on duty on April 1st, 2027 or any early possible date afterwards
10. Documents for applications (A4 size paper)
For the item 1) - 5) described below, please use the MS word format located at
https://www.se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/campanies-and-reserchers
Use separate sheets for other item 6) - 9) with free format.
1) Curriculum vitae (including Photograph, Family and given names, Age, Postal number, Home address,
