[J7] _________________________ AMAST Links 02 08

Postdoctoral Fellowship

University of Sydney, Australia

The full version of this announcement is available.

As a result of a three-year Australian Research Grant awarded to Max Kelly for research into "two-dimensional universal algebra" - by which is meant the study of structures borne, not just by sets, but by categories and the like - there are funds available to support a position of Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney for three years from the beginning of 1996. Among the good recent sources for getting some flavour of the subject as practised at Sydney are:

R.Blackwell, G.M.Kelly, and A.J.Power, Two-dimensional monad theory, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 59 (1989), 1-41.
G.M.Kelly, S.Lack, and R.F.C.Walters, Coinverters and categories of fractions for categories with structure, Applied Categorical Structures 1 (1993), 95-102.
G.M.Kelly and A.J.Power, Adjunctions whose counits are coequalizers and presentations of finitary enriched monads, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 89 (1993), 163-179.

A Ph.D. in mathematics, either awarded or shortly to be awarded, is an essential qualification - as are a general familiarity with modern category theory, including 2-categories and other enriched categories, together with some research experience into categories with structure or higher-dimensional categories, and evidence of an outstanding capacity for the understanding of mathematics at the highest level. Any familiarity with higher-dimensional categories would be an advantage.

Further information from Prof. G.M. Kelly, Tel. +61-2-351-3796, email: kelly_m@maths.su.oz.au or from Assoc. Prof. C. Durrant, Tel. +61-2-351-3373, email: durrant_c@maths.su.oz.au

Please forward one copy of the application, quoting reference number A48/xx (value of xx not yet known) and including CV, publications list, and the names, addresses and fax numbers of 3 to 5 referees, to:

The Personnel Officer (Sciences Group),
Carslaw Building FO7, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

or by fax to +61-2-351-5467.

Salary: Aus.Dollars 37345-40087. Closing date: 25 January 1996.