Postdoctoral position and PhD student position in "Oligomorphic clones", Vienna (Austria)

A postdoc and a PhD position are now available at the Institute of Computer Languages of the TU Vienna within the project "Oligomorphic clones" of the Austrian Science Fund, held by Michael Pinsker.

The positions are to be filled as soon as possible. The duration of the postdoc position is one year, with possible prolongation. The monthly gross salary will be around 3500 Euros (postdoc) and 75% of that for the PhD student, and there is generous additional travel support. Although the project is carried out at the TU Vienna, there will be intensive collaboration with the Department of Algebra of Charles University in Prague.

Requirements for the applicant are a clear commitment to science and interest in (some of) the topics of the project: universal algebra, model theory (homogeneous structures), Ramsey theory, constraint satisfaction. Applications should be sent in electronic form directly to Michael Pinsker (marula at gmx.at), and include

-) CV -) publication list -) motivation letter (at most 1 page) -) a copy or summary of the PhD thesis (if not finished, a preliminary version) or of the most relevant research article.

For full consideration, application before the 15th of April are best. Informal inquires by email are encouraged. More mathematical information on the project is available at

http://www.dmg.tuwien.ac.at/pinsker/papers/oligo/oligo.pdf

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Applications must be received before 15 April, 2017