[DMANET] 1-2 postdoc positions in discrete geometry and related areas, two universities in Prague

1-2 postdoc positions in discrete geometry and related areas are available
within the project "DiGeo: Fundamental Questions in Discrete Geometry"
funded by the Science Foundation of the Czech Republic. Each of the
positions also comes with travel funding.

The project is focused on problems in various areas of and related to
discrete geometry, including convexity questions for point sets,
visibility, graph drawing, crossing numbers of graphs, semialgebraic
hypergraphs, and Delaunay graphs.

The project involves Martin Balko, Vit Jelinek, Jan Kratochvil, Jan Kyncl,
Maria Saumell, Pavel Valtr, and a group of PhD students. The project is
co-hosted by Charles University in Prague and by the Czech Technical
University in Prague.

Starting date: in the first half of 2026 (negotiable) 

Duration: one year with a possibility of extension until the end of 2027.

Salary: 56 000-65 000 CZK/month + health insurance covered.

Qualification requirements: Ph.D. degree obtained before the starting date
and no more than 6 years ago.

Please send applications (ideally as a single PDF file) by email
to digeo@kam.mff.cuni.cz (with Cc. to valtr@kam.mff.cuni.cz), including:

   - a cover letter with a research proposal (2-3 pages),
   - a detailed CV (2-3 pages),
   - a list of publications,
   - a list of citations preferably by WoS, an additional list of citations not included in WoS may be added, but is not mandatory.

The applicant must also arrange for 2-3 letters of recommendation to be
sent as well to digeo@kam.mff.cuni.cz (with Cc. to valtr@kam.mff.cuni.cz).

Application deadline: December 8, 2025. 

When filling the positions, the gender balance in the team shall also be
taken into account.

Informal inquiries:
Pavel Valtr, email <valtr at kam.mff.cuni.cz>.
Maria Saumell, email <maria.saumell at fit.cvut.cz>

Information about the project:
https://kam.mff.cuni.cz/digeo/

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