Postdoctoral Position Openings on Urban and Geo-Informatics, Shenzhen University
Job Description
The Research Team of Geospatial Informatics at Shenzhen University invites applications worldwide for positions of postdoctoral researchers on urban informatics, surveying and mapping, smart city applications, and remote sensing on natural resources and environmental management.
1. Qualifications
(1) Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree (titled within three years) in Surveying and Mapping, GIScience, Geomatics, Geography, Transportation, or a relevant field from an accredited institution; possess good physical conditions and moral characteristics; under 35 years of age;
(2) Applicants demonstrate great abilities of teamwork, coordination, and leadership;
(3) Good at algorithm and programming.
2. Research Tracks
(1) Cartography and geographic information engineering
(Mentors: Prof. Guo, Renzhong; Prof. Li, Qingquan; Prof. Huang, Zhengdong; Prof. Yue, Yang.)
(a) Theory of Pan-map and spatial data visualization;
(b) Design and development of urban analytics platform;
(c) Virtual urban environments;
(d) Spatiotemporal big data management.
(2) Engineering surveying
(Mentors: Prof. Wei, Ziqin; Prof. Li, Qingquan; Prof. Zhang, Dejin; Prof. Zhu, Jiasong)
(a) Precise engineering surveying;
(b) Outdoor and indoor positioning and navigation;
(c)GNSS, PNT..
(3) Photogrammetry and remote sensing
(Mentors: Prof. Guo, Renzhong; Prof. Li, Qingquan; Prof. Wu, Guofeng)
(a) 3D building model reconstruction from multiple data sources;
(b) Remote sensing data processing;
(c) Dynamic surveillance of natural resources and modeling analysis for ecological environment.
(4) Urban big data and Smart city
(Mentors: Prof. Guo, Renzhong; Prof. Li, Qingquan; Prof. Huang, Zhengdong; Prof. Yue, Yang; Prof. Zhu, Jiasong)
(a) Urban big data analytics and data mining;
(b) Smart transportation;
(c) Synergic decision-making and services in mega city regions;
(d) Spatial pattern analysis of national territory development.
3. Salary and Offer Package
(1) The postdoctoral researcher positions are contract positions with a fixed term of 2 years. The overall offer package is at least CNY 340,000 per annum including:
(a) a composite salary of CNY 160,000 (before-tax, including salary, social security, provident fund, and housing stipend) provided by Shenzhen University,
(b) a postdoc stipend of CNY 180,000 (tax-free) provided by the Municipal Government of Shenzhen, and
(2) (c) allowance from a specific research group based on performance.
(3) The research team will provide necessary working equipment, venue, and environment; domestic and international academic communications will be supported.
(4) After the contract is completed, postdoctoral researchers with distinctive performance enjoy prioritized candidacy to be further appointed by Shenzhen University. After the contract is completed, postdoctoral researchers who continue to work in Shenzhen are eligible to apply for up to CNY 300,000 starting fund for research; ones who qualify the Talents Pool of Shenzhen may be granted a reward or be appointed in the “Pengcheng Peacock Project” of Shenzhen University or other research institutions in Shenzhen (depending on the terms and conditions issued by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality).
4. About the Team and the Mentors
The research team focus one on Urban Informatics, smart city applications, and remote sensing on natural resources and environment management, and hosts multiple labs and research centers including the Joint Laboratory of Smart Cities for the Great Bay Area of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urban Informatics, MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) Key Laboratory for Geo-Environmental Monitoring of Great Bay Area, MNR Technology Innovation Center of Territorial & Spatial Big Data, MNR Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Spatial Information Smart Sensing and Services, and Research Institute for Smart Cities of Shenzhen University. The research team has also established close connections of cooperation and platforms for postdocs training with companies like Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Overseas Chinese Town Group, and Shenzhen Smart Cities Sciences and Development Group.
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Prof. Ren-Zhong Guo
Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences; expert of geographical information engineering in China; professor; Ph.D. advisor. Incumbent director of the Research Institute for Smart Cities, Shenzhen University. Research interests: Smart cities, geographical information engineering, cartography, 3D city modeling, simulation of virtual urban environments, resource management of national territories, spatial planning of national territories. Personal website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renzhong-Guo-2 |
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Prof. Ziqin Wei Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; renowned expert of geodesy; founder of the spatial geodesy in China; researcher; Ph.D. advisor. Research interests: spatial geodesy, maintaining and fine-tuning of the spatiotemporal benchmark. Personal website: http://saup.szu.edu.cn/info/1087/1862.htm |
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Prof. Qingquan Li
Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences; professor; Ph. D. advisor. President of Shenzhen University, vice-chairmen of the Surveying and Mapping Teaching Advisory Board of the Ministry of Education; vice president of the Council of Chinese Society for Geodesy Photogrammetry and Cartography. Research interests: GIScience, precise engineering survey, structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure. Personal website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CtGBKt4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |
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Prof. Zhengdong Huang
Professor; Ph. D. advisor; registered urban planner of China. Vice-dean of the School of Architecture and Urban planning, Shenzhen University; Executive director of the Research Institute for Smart Cities, Shenzhen University. Research interests: Synergic analytics of city clusters; spatial optimization of cities; GIS and urban transportation; public transportation; transportation and environment. Personal website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhengdong-Huang-2 |
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Prof. Guofeng Wu
Professor; Ph. D. advisor; vice director of the MNR Key Laboratory for Geo-Environmental Monitoring of Great Bay Area. Research interests: urban remote sensing, remote sensing for natural resources and ecological environments, modeling and analytics of regional ecological environments. Personal website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pnbVWOEAAAAJ&hl=th |
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Prof. Dejin Zhang
Professor; Ph.D. advisor; Fellow of the national talent program of “Hundreds, Thousands, Millions”, Leading Talents of Ministry of Natural Resources. Director of the Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urban Informatics. Research interests: Precise engineering survey, marine surveying, and mapping, structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure, artificial intelligence. Personal website: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Dejin-Zhang-2119022348 |
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Prof. Yang Yue Professor; Ph. D. advisor. Head of the Department of Urban Informatics, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, director of Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Spatial Smart Sensing and Services. Research interests: spatiotemporal analytics of urban big data; urban transportation planning; interdisciplinary research of urban big data and GIS. Personal website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Or3pqN8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate |
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Jiasong Zhu
Professor; Ph. D. advisor. Head of the Department of Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University; executive vice director of the Institute of Urban Smart Transportation and Safety Maintenance, College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University. Research interests: smart transportation, smart waterworks, maintenance and safety of infrastructure. Personal website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a9ZUqSYAAAAJ&hl=en |
6. How to apply
(1) Send the following documents to email addresses specified in Section 6;
(a)Curriculum Vitae;
(b)Representative academic achievements published in the past 5 years;
(c)Supplementary materials (optional);
(d)Research track of interest, mentor of interest, and the estimated date of the start of the appointment.
(2) An interview will be conducted if your application passes the initial screening;
(3) An offer will be given if you pass the interview.
7. Contact Info
(1) If your mentor of interest is one of the following: Prof. Guo, Renzhong; Prof. Huang, Zhengdong,Send your application to:
For inquiries, please contact:
Wang, Weixi; tel: +86 0755 – 2653 1244; mobile: +86 135 9031 7811
(2) If your mentor of interest is one of the following: Prof. Li, Qingquan; Prof. Zhang, Dejin; Prof. Yue, Yang; Prof. Zhu, Jiasong:
Send your application to:
For inquiries, please contact:
Tu, Wei; tel: +86 0755 – 2674 1693; mobile: +86 134 8095 1947
For more information:
Human Resources, Shenzhen University: http://hr.szu.edu.cn/bsh.htm
The research team of geospatial informatics, Shenzhen University: http://geospatial.szu.edu.cn/
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Urban Informatics;
深大SpatialLab;
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