RESEARCH POSTIONS FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS Call for expressions of interest Applicants sought in discrete mathematics The Tampere Graduate School in Information Science and Engineering (TISE), a graduate school affiliated with the Tampere University of Technology (TUT) and the University of Tampere, expects to have research position openings for doctoral students. The positions are renewable for up to four years. Applications require faculty support from a TISE-affiliated university. For general information see www.cs.tut.fi/tise/. The Institute of Mathematics at TUT is interested in supporting TISE applications in the area of discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, broadly conceived as including relevant areas of algebra, in particular of categorical algebra, as well as of geometry and other subjects. Within the spectrum of priorities represented in TISE and the Institute of Mathematics at TUT, the emphasis of the present call for expressions of interest is on theoretical rather than applied research and on structural rather than algorithmic aspects of discrete mathematics. TISE expects to issue a call for formal applications in or around September 2004, and positions would be available starting January 2005. At the present time expressions of interest are invited in the areas indicated, to be sent to the undersigned, in order to explore the possibility of faculty support. The sine qua non prerequisite, in addition to general TISE requirements, is authorship of an independent research paper in mathematics (other than co-authored papers), of publishable content, whether actually published or unpublished. Please transmit the relevant material only by postal mail. Informal enquiries are welcome. Stephan Foldes Professor of Mathematics Tampere University of Technology, PL 553, 33101 Tampere, Finland Tel: ++358 3 3115 2427 Fax: ++358 3 3115 3549 E-mail: stephan.foldes@tut.fi