DIMACS Postdoctoral Fellowships

DIMACS Postdoctoral Fellowships:

DIMACS invites applications for postdoctoral positions at the center. DIMACS, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, is a consortium of Rutgers University, Princeton University, AT&T Labs - Research, Bell Laboratories, the NEC Laboratories America and Telcordia Technologies. Research and education activities at DIMACS focus on such areas as analysis of algorithms, combinatorics, complexity, computational algebra, discrete and computational geometry, discrete optimization and graph theory. A primary activity of the center is to sponsor focused research programs on specific topics of current interest, such as the 2002-2008 Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology and 2003-2008 Special Focus on Communication Security and Information Privacy.

Postdoctoral Research Fellows work on research projects in any area supported by DIMACS, and are encouraged to collaborate with both DIMACS visitors and permanent members. They are encouraged to participate in all of the research and educational activities of DIMACS taking place at both participating universities and the industrial partners. Postdoctoral fellows are asked to participate in at least one educational or outreach activity at the center.

Applicants with interests in all areas of discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science are welcomed. Specific areas of interest include networks, mobile computing, coding theory, information theory, computational geometry, datamining, computational biology, learning, combinatorics, complexity theory, graph theory, discrete probability and discrete optimization.

Special Focus Postdoctoral Fellowships

Some postdoctoral fellowships might be in DIMACS focused research areas. Current focused research areas at DIMACS are:

Algorithmic Foundations of the Internet,
Communication Security and Information Privacy,
Computation and Socio-Economic Sciences,
Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology,
Discrete Random Systems,
Hardness of Approximation,
Information Processing in Biology.
Methods of advanced data analysis applicable to homeland security.

See Special Years for information about these initiatives.

DIMACS-Institute for Advanced Study Postdoctoral Fellowships

Some postdoctoral fellowships are two year positions in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Primary areas of emphasis in these fellowships are Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics. Applications for the joint DIMACS-IAS postdoc is December 1, 2008 for full consideration.

Other Joint Postdoctoral Fellowships

In addition, there is the possibility of joint fellowships with partner institutions of DIMACS or other institutions.

General Information

DIMACS Postdoctoral fellowships go almost exclusively to people who have completed a Ph.D. in Mathematics, Computer Science, or an allied field, within the last three years. These fellowships all provide a stipend plus an allowance usable for domestic travel.

Selection of postdocs will be based primarily on the basis of demonstrated technical excellence within the mathematical and theoretical computer sciences and their applications. Applicants should supplement their applications with a statement explaining what the applicant hopes to get from participation in the postdoctoral training program and can bring to the program

Due Dates:

The deadline for applications for postdoctoral fellowships is January 9, 2009 (except for applications for the joint DIMACS-IAS postdoc, which is December 1, 2008) for full consideration.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Application Procedures

DIMACS Home Page

Alphabetical Index of DIMACS Web Pages
Contacting the Center
Document last modified on September 16, 2008.