Call for Proposals
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AISB YouTube Channel
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Lighthill Debates
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Notice
AISB opportunities Bulletin Item
Postdoctoral position in realizability and proof theory, Lyon, FRANCE
The ANR Project RECRE (http://recre.ens-lyon.fr/) offers a 12-month post-doc position at ENS de Lyon for the academic year 2012-2013. The project RECRE is funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) and the partner teams are PPS-Pi.r2 (Paris 7), IML (Université Aix-Marseille II, Luminy) and LAMA (Université de Savoie, Chambéry).Its goal is to get a better understanding of the proofs-as-programs correspondence for classical logic using the tools of realizability, proof theory, linear logic, rewriting and concurrency. * RESEARCH AREA Applications related to the scope of realizability and proof theory will be prefered, but those relevant to another direction of the project by candidates with background in one/some of the following fields are also welcome: - Realizability (in intuitionistic and/or classical logic) - Proof theory, Linear Logic - Type theory, Proof assistants - Categorical Semantics - Concurrency, Rewriting * LOCATION The post-doc researcher will work within the Plume team (http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/PLUME/) of the LIP, the computer science laboratory (http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/) of ENS Lyon, which is a leading research and education institution in sciences. Strong interaction with the other sites of the RECRE project is also expected. * SALARY The net salary will be around 2040 euro/month. This net salary is then subject to income tax. * APPLICATION PROCEDURE Potential candidates are strongly recommended to express their interest as soon as possible by sending a short e-mail to alexandre dot miquel at ens-lyon dot fr (Subject line: Post-doc RECRE). The application should be sent before April 30th, including a resume, a list of publications and a research project (2 pages), as well as two names of possible references. * IMPORTANT DATES - Intention of application (short email) As soon as possible - Deadline for application May 2nd, 2012 - Suggested starting date September 1th, 2012 * Contact: alexandre dot miquel at ens-lyon dot fr Further information will possibly be made available from the web page of the project indicated above. |



