With apologies for multiple copies: Senior Research Fellowship, possible progression to permanent Lecturer There is an outstanding opportunity to come to St Andrews to work with the constraints group here, which currently includes Ian Gent, Ian Miguel, Steve Linton, Tom Kelsey, and Colva Roney-Dougal. The University of St Andrews is about to advertise two senior research fellowships for five years, where each has a non-competitive progression to permanant lecturer afterwards. One of these is expected to be in Computer Science and one in Mathematics, both to work on the new Multidisciplinary Critical Mass project funded by EPSRC in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Computational Algebra. More details are given below. Researchers with a constraint background will be in a strong position for the CS job since some of the projects involve constraints research. We hope that the combination of a 5 year research job in an exciting area, together with the non-competitive progression to a permanent lectureship, should be extremely attractive. Please note at this stage we are looking for expressions of interest -- the formal advertisement requiring job applications will be published shortly. Expressions of interest should be sent to Steve Linton, though of course you can also ask me any questions. If you are not interested yourself, please feel free to pass this on to others you might know who would be interested, and/or to circulate it to your colleagues. Ian Gent ======== Two Senior Research Fellowship in Computational Algebra (with non-competitive progression to Lectureships) Starting Salary: £27116 - £35883 pa (not including 2005 pay rise) Advance announcement, formal advertisement will follow The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Computational Algebra (CIRCA) expects shortly to advertise two vacancies for Senior Research Fellows (RA2 scale) in connection with the recently awarded grant "Multidisciplinary Critical Mass in Computational Algebra and Applications" (EPSRC EP/C523229). The appointments will begin during the 2005/6 academic year and continue until the end of the grant in August 2010. Subject to the successful outcome of a non-competitive review of their performance about two years after appointment, it is expected that one of the appointees will then progress to a lectureship in Pure Mathematics and one to a lectureship in Computer Science. Details of this proposal can be found at http://www.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~sal/MCM/; more information about CIRCA can be found at http://www-circa.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/. The two senior fellows will each be expected to contribute to several of the projects which make up this proposal, and also to take a role in project management and the development of new projects as described in the proposal. Qualifications The successful candidates should have the following qualities: * A PhD or equivalent qualifications or experience in an appropriate area of algebra and/or theoretical computer science, preferably some additional research experience, and a track record of publications * Demonstrable potential to teach undergraduates in pure mathematics and/or computer science, preferably some teaching experience * Substantial programming experience, preferably including work in computational algebra, and specifically work in GAP * Knowledge and interests sufficient to contribute to at least two of the projects within the Multidisciplinary Critical Mass grant (in making the two appointments, we will be seeking complementary backgrounds and interests) * Commitment to multidisciplinary research, in particular to developing and promoting applications of computational algebra in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics and elsewhere * Excellent communication, organisational, management and leadership skills. Contacts For additional information or to make informal enquiries, please contact Steve Linton, sal@dcs.st-and.ac.uk, tel: +44 1334 463269. Formal advertisements should appear soon on the University's job vacancies Web page, and in the press. 19-Apr-2005 09:14:15 -0300,2326;000000000000-0000000e