POSTDOCTORAL POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Dear categorists : Hopefully the following is of interest. The post is not exclusively category-theoretic, but should be suitable for people with a background in category theory from either a theoretical computer science or quantum mechanical perspective. ---------------------------- Applications are invited for a 3 year appointment on a project funded by the EPSRC into the fundamentals of low level quantum computation and applications. The project is led by Professor Sam Braunstein, and you will work with partners on the project in Mathematics at Heriot-Watt, Manchester and Newcastle and in Computer Science at Glasgow and Newcastle. You must have a relevant PhD. Ideally; you should have a background in relevant areas of either Mathematics or theoretical Computer Science as well as research experience in quantum computing. Previous research experience is highly desirable, and you will be expected to work independently and contribute to the overall direction of the research project, as well as assisting with coordination between the various participating institutions. The project aims to establish a coherent and natural framework for low level quantum processing, analogous to the framework for classical computation provided by low-level computational models such as state machines, transition systems, petri nets, etc. The framework developed will be applied to algorithms in group theory, cryptography and secure distributed computation. For more information about the proposed work see http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/~schmuel/proposal.pdf The salary will be £26,666 per annum. The post is available from January 2008 for a period of up to three years.