From:           Pankaj Kumar Agarwal <pankaj@cs.duke.edu>
Date:           Thu, 22 Jan 1998 16:29:21 -0500 (EST)
To:             compgeom-announce@research.bell-labs.com
Subject:        Research Asst Professor Position

Assistant Research Professor
Position Available

Department of Computer Science
Duke University

A postdoctoral position at the level of Assistant Research Professor is available starting in September 1998 in the Center for Geometric Computing, Department of Computer Science at Duke University, under the supervision of Profs. Pankaj Agarwal and Jeff Vitter. Duke is an equal opportunity employer. The position, which is contingent upon grant funding, is for one year and can be extended for one or more additional years by mutual consent. Applicants must have clearly demonstrated experience and skills in the design, analysis, and implementation of combinatorial algorithms, especially in the area of geometric algorithms. Teaching responsibilities include one research course per year on a related topic.

The position will include membership in the Center for Geometric Computing, a collaborative effort funded by the Army Research Office with participation from researchers at Brown, Duke, and Johns Hopkins Universities. (See http://www.cs.duke.edu/CGC/ for more information on the Center.) The problems of interest center around large-scale geometric computations. They include development of efficient methods for the design of geometric data structures, for constructing geometric configurations, and for geometric visualization. Issues involving I/O communication, memory hierarchies, and parallel models of computation are important.

Apart from pursuing his or her own research interests in geometric computing, the candidate is expected to play a vital role in the center. Additional responsibilities will include interacting with agency scientists and helping prepare contract, technical, and other reports. The candidate will interact closely with geometric computing groups at Brown, Johns Hopkins, and the Army Research Laboratories.

Please send your CV and a letter of research interests, and ask three evaluators to send letters of reference, by US Mail or email to

Pankaj K. Agarwal
Department of Computer Science
Duke University
Box 90129
Durham, NC 27708-0129
Email: pankaj@cs.duke.edu
Tel: (919) 660-6540

To be assured of full consideration, all material including reference letters must arrive by February 27, 1998.

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