Thursday, June 23, 2022

[DMANET] postdoctoral researcher position in Algorithms, Computational Geometry

The Geometric, Approximation and Distributed Algorithms (GADA) Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, invites applications for the following positions:

* Postdoctoral research, duration one to three years, flexible start date
* PhD student, start date September or January each year

Successful candidates will be selected to work on research projects supervised by Stephane Durocher, which currently include:

* Algorithms for computing geometric measures of data depth
* Algorithms for computing location estimators of spatio-temporal trajectory data

Applicants interested in pursuing research on other projects in algorithms, computational geometry, and data structures are also encouraged to apply.

Interested applicants with a strong background in theoretical computer science should submit the following by email to stephane.durocher@umanitoba.ca<mailto:stephane.durocher@umanitoba.ca> :

* an overview of research experience
* a curriculum vitae, including lists of publications, degrees obtained and in progress, awards, and scholarships
* URLs to publications and theses
* grade point average and academic transcripts
* contact information for at least two references (email and telephone)

Successful applicants will be offered the following:

* a competitive salary (for postdoctoral researchers) or stipend (PhD students)
* generous financial support for travel to conferences
* a new laptop computer, workspace in and office (for postdoctoral researchers) or in the GADA lab (PhD students), and access to a network of compute servers
* postdoctoral researchers with a term of twelve months or longer are considered full-time employees of the University of Manitoba and are provided similar benefits to faculty (supplementary health insurance, pension contributions, etc.).

The GADA Lab in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manitoba is a vibrant research group consisting of four faculty members, approximately ten MSc and PhD students, and several BSc students focusing on research in algorithms. Weekly group research discussions are held during the teaching terms, as well as several weekly project meetings. Alumni from the GADA Lab now hold faculty positions at various universities, as well as positions in industry (e.g., at Google).

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Manitoba is a dynamic research department, currently consisting of 30 research and teaching faculty, with clusters of expertise in algorithms, machine learning and computer vision, human-computer interaction, bioinformatics, and distributed computing.

The University of Manitoba has approximately 28,000 students and is the largest research institute in Manitoba. Established in 1877, it was the first university in western Canada. In 2018 the University of Manitoba ranked 12th in a ranking of top research universities in Canada (of approximately 95 universities in Canada).

With a population of over 778,000, the city of Winnipeg is the cultural centre of the Canadian prairie region, with world-class ballet, orchestra, museums, music festivals, a wide variety cuisine in restaurants, and multiple professional sports teams.

For more information:

Stephane Durocher, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~durocher/

GADA Lab http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gada/

Department of Computer Science at the University of Manitoba http://www.sci.umanitoba.ca/cs/

University of Manitoba http://www.umanitoba.ca/

Postdoctoral Fellows at the University of Manitoba https://umanitoba.ca/research/opportunities-support/postdoctoral-fellows

Tourism Winnipeg http://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/


Stephane Durocher

Professor

Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba

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