Three PhD positions in discrete geometry and related areas
are available in Prague, Czech Republic
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Two positions are available at Charles University and one at Czech
Technical University.
Applications to the positions at Charles University should follow the
instructions in the already announced call (which includes also positions
supported by some other grants at our university), deadline February 15:
https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/iuuk/people/phd-positions
Applications to the position at Czech Technical University should follow
instructions on the following web page, deadline February 28:
https://kam.mff.cuni.cz/~digeo/positions.html
Besides the base scholarship provided by the universities, the positions are
supported by a five year project "DiGeo: Fundamental Questions in Discrete
Geometry" (2023-2027) funded by the Science Foundation of the Czech Republic,
see https://kam.mff.cuni.cz/digeo/
EXPECTED STARTING DATE: October 1, 2025 (negotiable)
MONTHLY INCOME (Charles University):
at least 12.500 CZK scholarship + at least 25.000 CZK salary
(Health insurance paid, no tuition.)
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.
POSSIBLE ADVISORS include Martin Balko, Vit Jelinek, Jan Kratochvil, Jan
Kyncl, Maria Saumell, and Pavel Valtr.
TEACHING DUTIES: max. 1 tutorial (90 minutes) per week during the
semester.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Master's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant
area obtained before September 30, 2025.
When filling the positions, the gender balance in the team shall also be
taken into account.
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