Postdoc Opportunities in Computer Science in South Korea

The Advanced Ultrasound Research Laboratory (AURL) at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) is recruiting a postdoctoral research associate for work funded by the InnoCORE Initiative, which focuses on multiscale brain digital twin convergence research. The project centers on robotic and therapeutic ultrasound, particularly robot-guided focused ultrasound for imaging, neuromodulation, and therapy. The researcher will develop robotic ultrasound systems that support autonomous...

KAIST and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are advertising multiple postdoctoral researcher positions in Resilient Human-Machine-AI Autonomy through September 2027. The appointment is jointly hosted across the two institutions and is based primarily in Korea, with the selected researcher working under Prof. SooJean Han at KAIST and Prof. Hiroyasu Tsukamoto at UIUC. The project sits at the intersection of autonomy, control, and intelligent systems, with emphasis on Human-Machine-AI Aut...

The Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) School of Physics is recruiting a Research Fellow in Quantum Field Theory & String Theory in Seoul. KIAS describes itself as the first research institute for basic sciences in Korea and emphasizes its research environment with constant academic stimuli and friendly administrative support. The opening is centered on postdoctoral research in quantum field theory and string theory . The fellow will join the School of Physics at KIAS and contribute to an...

Professor Jin Ho Chang’s Medical Acoustics Fusion Innovation Lab at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in Daegu, South Korea, is recruiting a funded Postdoctoral Research Associate through the InnoCORE Initiative and Bio-Embodied Physical AI Research Center. The project focuses on Physical AI and bio-embodied AI for AI-driven robotic ultrasound imaging systems. Research tasks include developing intelligent and autonomous robotic ultrasound scanning algorithms and systems...

The Urban & Building Energy Lab (UBEL) at Ajou University in Suwon, South Korea, is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for an NRF-funded project on building decarbonization and carbon-aware energy management. The project develops the Virtual Carbon Battery (VCB) , a framework that turns buildings into flexible, carbon-aware energy resources by shifting electricity demand according to time-varying grid carbon intensity and marginal emission factors. Research will cover grid emission analysis, d...

Seoul National University in South Korea is hiring postdoctoral researchers to join a growing AI for Science research program led by Professor Yousung Jung. The initiative focuses on using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery. Research areas include scientific foundation models , LLM-based AI agents, multi-agent systems, agentic scientific discovery, self-driving laboratories, autonomous experimentation, and generative AI for molecular and materials discovery. The group aim...

Yerevan State University’s Computational Materials Science Laboratory is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in atomistic modelling and computational materials science, based in Armenia. The successful candidate will contribute to computational discovery of crystalline and amorphous materials for battery applications, 2D materials for energy applications, and AI-accelerated materials discovery. Research activities may include density functional theory calculations, phase sta...

Seoul National University is hiring AI Semiconductor / SoC Researchers and Postdocs for an on-site position in Seoul, South Korea . The research team works across the full semiconductor development cycle: AI algorithms , RTL design , FPGA prototyping , ASIC tape-out , and silicon validation . Key topics include low-bit LLM accelerators (such as BitNet and TurboQuant), FPGA/ASIC-based SoC design , RISC-V , AI accelerator architectures , Processing-in-Memory (PIM/CIM) , and physical AI accelerator...

Postdoctoral position at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea in 2D superconductors, topological materials, and superconducting quantum devices . The Quantum Materials Interfaces and Nano Devices Lab in the Department of Semiconductor Engineering is recruiting one postdoctoral researcher to work on Josephson junctions, Josephson diodes, transmon qubits, gatemon qubits , van der Waals heterostructure interface engineering, device process optimization, low-temperature tr...