Announcement of Faculty Position
Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation
(Optimization of Social and Industrial Systems), Kanazawa University
1. Number of Positions:
One position: Professor, Associate Professor, Lecturer or Assistant Professor
2. Affiliation: Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation
3. Field of Specialization: Optimization, Operations Research, Mechanism Design, Systems
Engineering, Decision Support, Data Science, Social and Industrial Applications of AI and IoT,
Industrial Systems, or related fields
4. Duties and Responsibilities: Kanazawa University promotes transdisciplinary research that
integrates the humanities, sciences, and medicine within its Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences
for Innovation. To further strengthen these efforts, we invite applications for a faculty position
in Optimization of Social and Industrial Systems. The successful candidate will be responsible
for research and education concerning the design, analysis, evaluation, and decision support of
social and industrial systems utilizing mathematical optimization, mechanism design, data
science, AI, IoT, and related technologies. Specific areas include mathematical optimization,
operations research, mechanism design, matching, allocation problems, scheduling, decision
support, simulation, data analysis, AI and IoT applications, supply chains, logistics systems,
production and industrial systems, digital twins, smart factories, and manufacturing DX. The
appointee is also expected to address issues involving resource allocation, matching, scheduling,
logistics, supply chains, and production and service systems through data-driven analysis,
modeling, optimization, simulation, institutional design, rule design, and decision support,
thereby contributing to sustainable and efficient social and industrial systems.
(1) Class duties:
Undergraduate specialized education (College of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation),
Graduate specialized education (Division of Convergence Science, Graduate School of
Frontier Science Initiative):
Kanazawa University provides education for students enrolled in the College of
Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation and the Division of Convergence Science, Graduate
School of Frontier Science Initiative. This education is based on transdisciplinary sciences
integrating the humanities, sciences, and medicine, as well as on the creation of convergent
knowledge. The appointee will teach courses related to the above fields of expertise, as well
as courses required by the College of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation and the
Division of Convergence Science, Graduate School of Frontier Science Initiative. Examples
include “Optimization in Society and Engineering,” “Network Mechanism Design,” “Smart
Supply Chain,” “Practical Data Science,” and “Data Driven Society and Industry.” Depending
on their expertise and teaching experience, the appointee may also teach courses related to
industrial systems, logistics, production and service systems, digital twins, smart industry,