THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Post-doc Fellowship

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

Research Assistant Professorship/
Post-doctoral Fellowship in Digital Evidence
(Ref.: RF-2007/2008-190)

Founded in 1911, The University of Hong Kong is committed
to the highest international standards of excellence in
teaching and research, and has been at the international
forefront of academic scholarship for many years. Of a
number of recent indicators of the University's
performance, one is its ranking at 33 among the top 200
universities in the world by the UK's Times Higher
Education Supplement. The University has a comprehensive
range of study programmes and research disciplines, with
20,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from 50
countries, and a complement of 1,200 academic members of
staff, many of whom are internationally renowned.
Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral
Fellowship (PDF)/Research Assistant Professor (RAP) in
Digital Evidence in the Faculty of Law. Appointment will
be made for a period of 3 years, with the possibility of
renewal. The appointee will primarily work with the China
IT and Law Centre under the Faculty of Law and the
Department of Computer Science.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants should have research experience in one or
preferably more of the following fields of specialization:
- basic and/or applied research in computer forensics,
- digital evidence research and processing,
- criminal law and procedure,
- law and information technology knowledge, and
- understanding of cyber crimes.
A doctoral degree in Law and/or Computer Science or a
cognate discipline, plus a proven record of scholarly
publications related to the above fields, is highly
desirable. The appointee should have the ability and
willingness to conduct extensive and extended research
independently, and must be competent in the application of
legal and computing skills in digital evidence research.
The appointee is expected to conduct research on digital
evidence, and to be successful in securing external
research grants.

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Detailed information about the China IT and Law Centre can
be obtained at:
http://www.chinaitlaw.hk/

SALARY/BENEFITS:

Annual salaries will be in the following ranges (subject to
review from time to time at the entire discretion of the
University):


Research Assistant Professor: HK$511,680 - 622,740
Post-doctoral Fellow: HK$250,260 - 482,400
(approximately US$1 = HK$7.8)

For the post of RAP, appointment will attract a contract-
end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement
benefits scheme, totalling up to 15 percent of basic
salary. At current rates, salaries tax does not exceed 16
percent of gross income. The appointment carries leave, and
medical/dental benefits.

APPLICATIONS/FURTHER INFORMATION:

Further particulars and application forms (272/302 amended)
can be obtained at:
https://www.hku.hk/apptunit/
or from:

CONTACT:
The Appointments Unit (Senior)
Human Resource Section, Registry
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Fax: (852) 2540 6735 or 2559 2058
Email:
MAILTO:senrappt@hkucc.hku.hk

Applications should be written against the above criteria.

Enquiries about the post can be obtained from:

CONTACT:
The Dean's Office
Faculty of Law
Email:
MAILTO:deanlaw@hku.hk

Closes November 19, 2007. Candidates who are not contacted
within 3 months from the closing date may consider their
applications unsuccessful.

The University is an equal opportunity employer and is
committed to a No-Smoking Policy.