Job Vacancy at St Andrews: Deadline 12th August 2002

[Kevin Hammond]

We are seeking a three year post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on a research
project entitled:  "Computational Algebra for Commodity
Parallel Machines".

The goal of this project is to develop  and experiment with flexible and robust
parallel implementations of key computational group theory algorithms,
using Glasgow Parallel Haskell and to link these to GAP as a high-performance
back-end.  There is the possibility of closer integration including 
calls back from
Haskell to GAP.

Further Particuulars outlining the programme of research can be seen
on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~kh/paraGAP.pdf

The group web pages are

http://www-fp.dcs.st-and.ac.uk and http://www-circa.dcs.st-and.ac.uk


We are looking for a Research Fellow with the following qualities:

A Programming experience:

1. They must be an experienced programmer
2. Preferably, they should have experience of functional languages, 
preferably Haskell
3. Ideally they would have experience of functional language implementation,
     preferably the Glasgow Haskell compiler and ideally the GUM 
parallel runtime

B Mathematics

1. They must have taken at least some university level discrete mathematics
	course (this may however have been taken in e.g. a computer
	science department)
2. Preferably they should have studied group theory and/or computer algebra
3. Ideally they would have a good knowledge of computational group theory and
     experience with GAP

The post is available from November 2002 (it may be possible to arrange an
earlier or later start date to suit individual circumstances), will 
be paid on the
postdoctoral scale subject to age and experience (currently UK pounds 19681
to UK pounds 26491), and is open to applicants of any nationality.
The University of St Andrews is an Equal Opportunity employer.

Full details of the post, including how to apply, have been posted
on the University's web site 
(http://goliath.st-andrews.ac.uk:28080/HR/VacancyBoard/home).
The job reference is ML 226/9380/02 and THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 
IS 12TH AUGUST 2002.
Note that faxed or posted
applications will be accepted by the university, but email ones will not.
We expect to conduct interviews for the post during the second part of August.
If you have any questions, please do feel free to contact either of 
us informally
about the post.

	Kevin Hammond       (kh@dcs.st-and.ac.uk)
	Steve Linton        (sal@dcs.st-and.ac.uk)