Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Sydney As a result of a three-year Australian Research Grant awarded to Max Kelly for research into "two-dimensional universal algebra" - by which is meant the study of structures borne, not just by sets, but by categories and the like - there are funds available to support a position of Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney for three years from the beginning of 1996. A copy of the formal advertisement sent to the Australian newspapers appears below. (The salaries quoted are under review, and may before long be increased by 2% if all goes well - but this is still uncertain.) Among the good recent sources for getting some flavour of the subject as practised at Sydney are: R.Blackwell, G.M.Kelly, and A.J.Power, Two-dimensional monad theory, J. Pure Appl. Algebra} 59 (1989), 1-41; G.M.Kelly, S.Lack, and R.F.C.Walters, Coinverters and categories of fractions for categories with structure, Applied Categorical Structures 1(1993), 95-102. G.M.Kelly and A.J.Power, Adjunctions whose counits are coequalizers and presentations of finitary enriched monads, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 89(1993), 163-179. Note that appointments are made these days by committees that are bound by very precise rules. No-one may be appointed who does not demonstrably possess each of the essential qualifications - so applicants would be well-advised to address these qualifications one-by-one and argue that they possess them. Here is the formal advertisement that will appear in Australia next week: __________________________ Post-doctoral Fellow (Fixed-term) School of Mathematics and Statistics UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY The appointee is to assist in all aspects of an ARC-funded research project on two-dimensional universal algebra - that is, the study of structures borne by categories and the like. A Ph.D. in mathematics, either awarded or shortly to be awarded, is an essential qualification - as are a general familiarity with modern category theory, including 2-categories and other enriched categories, together with some experience of research into categories with structure or higher-dimensional categories, and evidence of an outstanding capacity for the understanding of mathematics at the highest level. Any familiarity with higher-dimensional categories, including bicategories and tricategories, would be an advantage. Appointment is for three years. Further information from Prof. G.M. Kelly, Tel. +61-2-351-3796, email: kelly_m@maths.su.oz.au or from Assoc. Prof. C. Durrant, Tel. +61-2-351-3373, email: durrant_c@maths.su.oz.au Salary: Aus.Dollars 37345-40087 Closing date: 25 January 1996. Please forward one copy of the application, quoting the reference number A48/xx (the value of xx not yet known), and including curriculum vitae, list of publications, and the names, addresses, and fax numbers of at least three and not more than five referees, to The Personnel Officer (Sciences Group) Carslaw Building FO7 University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia (or by fax to +61-2-351-5467) _________________