Postdoctoral Fellow

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Duties & Responsibilities

Lead cutting-edge research on agentic AI, Large Language Models, and execution assurance for autonomous commerce systems.
Design and develop the execution assurance agent layer with validation, policy engines, and safety-aware decision making.
Develop AI techniques for trustworthy autonomous execution, transaction integrity, and auditable execution.
Collaborate with industrial partners to integrate AI agents with robots, vending machines, IoT devices, and retail systems.
Supervise research assistants and postgraduate students and provide technical leadership.

PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Robotics, or related discipline with no more than five years of post-qualification experience.
Strong research experience in LLMs, agentic AI, multi-agent systems, AI planning, distributed systems, or formal methods.
Excellent Python programming skills and experience with modern AI frameworks and agent development tools.
Strong communication, leadership, and teamwork skills.