CORRECTED DEADLINE for 1-2 postdoc positions in discrete geometry and related areas, two universities in Prague

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1-2 postdoc positions in discrete geometry and related areas are available 
within the project "DiGeo: Fundamental Questions in Discrete Geometry" 
funded by the Science Foundation of the Czech Republic. Each of the 
positions also comes with travel funding.

The project is focused on problems in various areas of and related to 
discrete geometry, including convexity questions for point sets, 
visibility, graph drawing, crossing numbers of graphs, semialgebraic 
hypergraphs, and Delaunay graphs.

The project involves Martin Balko, Vit Jelinek, Jan Kratochvil, Jan Kyncl, 
Maria Saumell, Pavel Valtr, and a group of PhD students. The project is 
co-hosted by Charles University in Prague and by the Czech Technical 
University in Prague.

Starting date: in the first half of 2026 (negotiable) 

Duration: one year with a possibility of extension until the end of 2027.

Salary: 56 000-65 000 CZK/month + health insurance covered.

Qualification requirements: Ph.D. degree obtained before the starting date 
and no more than 6 years ago.

Please send applications (ideally as a single PDF file) by email 
to [email protected] (with Cc. to [email protected]), including:

   - a cover letter with a research proposal (2-3 pages),
   - a detailed CV (2-3 pages),
   - a list of publications,
   - a list of citations preferably by WoS, an additional list of 
citations not included in WoS may be added, but is not mandatory.

The applicant must also arrange for 2-3 letters of recommendation to be
sent as well to [email protected] (with Cc. to [email protected]).

Application deadline: December 19, 2025 (late applications sent before 
January 5, 2026 might be also taken into account). 

When filling the positions, the gender balance in the team shall also be 
taken into account.

Informal inquiries:
Pavel Valtr, email <valtr at kam.mff.cuni.cz [kam.mff.cuni.cz]>.
Maria Saumell, email <maria.saumell at fit.cvut.cz [fit.cvut.cz]>

Information about the project:
https://kam.mff.cuni.cz/digeo/ [kam.mff.cuni.cz]
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