I am looking for funded research opportunities in Discrete Mathematics
or Combinatorics. I do have a PhD, so student grants are no good.  The
funding agency must not be NSF or NSA. Permanent residents of the US
should be eligible. I am not flexible with the subjects, that is,
answers that require research in other parts of mathematics will be
rejected.

Hi mikike-ga,

The American Mathematical Society website http://www.ams.org/ has the
following job database for a variety of mathematical disciplines:

"The Employment Sector Search offers a search of the database by a
broad range of applied areas of employment in mathematics. The search
can be further refined to a specific field of employment by selecting
the topics listed on the pull-down menu. Finally, the Profiles and
Forums database can be searched by Academic Degree, limiting the
search to the highest mathematical science degree earned by the
individuals profiled in the Careers Bulletin Board."

http://www.ams.org/careers/search.html#sector

Also, SIAM (the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics),
http://www.siam.org , has a listing of current Professional
Opportunities in applied mathametics:
http://www.siam.org/profops/profops.htm

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Request for Answer Clarification by mikike-ga on 03 Jun 2002 13:13 PDT

I would like more specific information, that is, opportunities in
Combinatorics or Discrete Mathematics. (Not cryptography, and not
general mathematics sites).

Thanks

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Clarification of Answer by robr-ga on 03 Jun 2002 14:05 PDT

Hi again mikike-ga,

I apologize that the first link in my answer seems not to be working
properly. The second link, http://www.siam.org/profops/profops.htm ,
has an advanced search link on the upper right portion of the page -
http://www.siam.org/profops/adsearch.htm

Using the keywords "discrete" and "combinatorics" yields three open
positions available:

1. Universidad de Chile ••• 
search: Universidad de Chile Centre for Mathematical Modeling
Applications are invited for several post-doctoral positions in the
Centre for Mathematical...
  ...and engineers". The main areas at CMM are: theoretical computer
science, discrete mathematics, numerical analysis/fluid dynamics,...
62% Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:54:44 GMT
http://www.siam.org/profops/03-02/webonly003.htm


2. Sandia National Laboratories ••• 
search: A Department of Energy National Laboratory John Von Neumann
Research Fellowship Sandia is one of the country's largest research
facilities...
  ...maintains research programs in a variety of areas, including
computational and discrete mathematics, computational physics and
engineering, systems...
62% Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:30:23 GMT
http://www.siam.org/profops/01-02/sandia.htm


3. Professional Opportunities ••• 
search: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mathematical Sciences
Department The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mathematical Sciences
Department invites...
  ...modeling and simulation, numerical analysis, optimization,
control theory, discrete mathematics, applied probability, and applied
statistics. WPI is a...
62% Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:43:45 GMT
http://www.siam.org/profops/03-02/Pro0013.htm

I will attempt to find a broader and more current selection.

This answer is way too general. I specified that I was looking for
Discrete Mathematics or Combinatorics, and this answer is about all
branches of mathematics, about 300 of them.

Would you consider cryptography? A slew of discrete mathematics fits in there...

Hello mikike, 

I assume that since you have your PhD you’re also familiar with the
major organizations and institutions in the field. Your best bet for
finding funded research opportunities will be through making
connections with people already working in the the specialty areas of
Discrete Mathematics or Combinatorics. Your challenge is to identify
the places, events, groups, associations, academic institutions and
other organizations where these people congregate and approach them
directly asking for information about current funded research
projects.

Below I’ve listed a couple of possible specific opportunities and a
longer list of specialized resources for Discrete Mathematics or
Combinatorics.

Good luck on your search. 

czh

http://www.research.att.com/areas/math/
Mathematics Research
AT&T Labs - Research, Shannon Laboratory
180 Park Ave, Bldg 103, Room C223
Florham Park, NJ 07932, USA
+1 973 360-8412 (telephone)
Permanent Ph.D. level positions -- We occasionally have openings for
mid-career and senior Ph.D.s to fill. Applicants should be willing and
able to make major, widely-recognized contributions to mathematics
research.

http://www.psl.nmsu.edu/jobs/2.php
Research Scientist, Sr. Research ScientistPhysical Science Laboratory,
Las Cruces NM (Anderson Hall) White Sands Missile Range NM, Colorado,
Washington DC, or Palestine TX
PSL Personnel Office 
PO Box 30002
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0002
EMAI: personnel@psl.nmsu.edu
Review of Applications will begin after Feburary 20, 2002
Deadline for Application: June 30, 2002

http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Math/Combinatorics/
Google Directory – See especially Events and Research Groups

http://compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/compgeom/groups.html
Computational Geometry Research Groups

http://www.combinatorics.org/index.html
See especially -- Home Pages of Combinatorial People and Groups
Here are the personal home pages of combinatorialists, graph
theorists, and others with an interest in discrete mathematics. Since
the goal of listing these pages is to encourage and “facilitate the
exchange of information” you could review the list to find people
you’re familiar with (either personally or by reputation) and find out
about their projects. Even if you don’t see open opportunities, you
could ask people on this list for information and advice about
research projects they may know about.

http://www.math.tamu.edu/~cyan/community.html
List of resource links from Professor Catherine Huafei Yan at Texas
A&M University.

http://www.combinatorics.net/groups/
Site maintained by Bill Chen of Nankai University. See especially the
links to Combinatorics Groups. Many other resources as well.

http://www.maths.qmw.ac.uk/~pjc/bcc/jobs.html
British Combinatorial Committee job postings for combinatorics and
related areas. European and Canadian opportunities.

http://www.geometry.net/Pure_and_Applied_Math/Combinatorics.htm
GeometryNet -- Combinatorics
This is another comprehensive list of resources, groups, institutes
etc.

.
While one of your stipulations was that "Permanent residents of the US
should be eligible," you did not specify your nationality or the
country where you'd like this opportunity...

I found a slew of 12-36 month postdoctoral positions requiring
interest in one or more of the following areas:

- Algebraic combinatorics 
- Geometric and Topological Combinatorics, convex polytopes 
- Probabilistic combinatorics 
- Extremal combinatorics 
- Relations between combinatorics and computer science 
- Relations between combinatorics and analysis 
- Combinatorics of Coxeter Groups 
- Geometric and Topological Combinatorics 
- Combinatorics and Commutative Algebra 
- Combinatorial Game Theory
- Algebraic Combinatorics and Computer Algebra

If that piqued your interest, here are the eligibility requirements:

MATERIAL FOLLOWING QUOTED FROM WEB SITE:

As a general rule, for eligibility to apply for any of these
positions, the candidate must:
- be a young researcher (under 35 years of age, although older
candidates may exceptionally be considered);
- be able to contribute to one of the areas of activity described in
the scientific programme of the network;
- satisfy one of the following conditions:
- be a national of a Member State of the European Community,
- have been a resident of the European Union for at least 5 years,
- be a national of an Associated State (for the present contract:
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia);
- NOT be a national of the country in which he/she wishes to hold the
position.
- NOT have carried out his/her normal activities in the host's state
for more than 12 of the 24 months prior to the appointment.

URL: http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~kratt/ace/positions.html

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Hope that is of some help!  If you'd like me to look for some others,
let me know - and, if possible, be more specific about your age,
nationality, country where you'd like to do this, etc.

TexasT
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