Re: 4 LECTURERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

On Wednesday, May 5, 2004 10:03:45 PM UTC+5:30, Susan Bates wrote:
> UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
> 
> DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
> 
> 4 Lecturer Posts
> 
> Up to 4 appointments will be made at the level of Lecturer.  It is
> expected that applicants will range from young researchers who have just
> completed their PhDs through to established academics with
> internationally-leading research profiles.  Common to all appointments
> will be a high quality research portfolio or demonstrable potential of
> such.  All positions are tenable from 1st September 2004 or from a
> mutually acceptable date thereafter.
> 
> Further particulars can be obtained from the University's jobs pages at:
> 
> https://jobs.dur.ac.uk/home.asp
> 
> The Department of Computer Science has recently appointed 8 new members 
> of academic staff, 7 of whom are due to arrive in Durham in summer 2004 
> and 1 at a later date (see http://www.durham.ac.uk/computer.science for 
> more details).  This second phase of our recruitment will take the 
> number of full-time permanent academic staff up to 20, with the 
> intention being to increase this number to 25 by 2006.
> 
> The appointments will be split across the 2 research groups, which are 
> Theoretical Computer Science, and Software Engineering and Distributed 
> Systems. 2 Lectureships will support the new Professor of Computer 
> Science, Professor Hajo Broersma, and 2 Lectureships will support the 
> Software Engineering and Distributed Systems research group.
> 
> As regards the 2 Lectureships in Theoretical Computer Science,
> applications are welcomed from candidates with research interests
> ranging across the subject, but applications are particularly encouraged
> from candidates with research interests in: algorithmic graph theory;
> computational complexity; graph theory and combinatorics; communications
> networks; and probabilistic and randomised algorithms.
> 
> As regards the 2 Lectureships in Software Engineering and Distributed
> Computing, applications are welcomed from candidates whose research
> interests lie within the broad area covered by these subjects. However,
> applicants with research interests in visualisation and distributed
> architectures as they relate to e-Science or in inter-disciplinary
> applications are particular welcome.
> 
> Applicants unsure as to whether their research expertise falls under
> that described above are encouraged to informally contact Professor Iain
> Stewart who can provide advice and guidance.
> 
> As mentioned earlier, the first phase of our reorganisation commenced
> with the advertisement of positions in October 2003.  Given that about 7
> months have elapsed since then and previous applicants personal details
> may have changed considerably in that time, previous applicants for the
> positions advertised in October 2003 are encouraged to re-apply if they
> feel that their situation merits it.  Again, any previous applicants who
> are undecided should contact Professor Iain Stewart for advice and guidance.
> 
> Further details on the University of Durham can be found via the
> web-pages at http://www.durham.ac.uk, and on the Department of Computer
> Science via the web-pages at http://www.durham.ac.uk/computer.science.
> 
> Informal enquiries about any of the positions may be made to Professor
> Iain Stewart: telephone +44 (0)191 3341720; e-mail
> [email protected].
> 
> 
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