[TYPES/announce] 3-year post-doc in Programming Language Foundations at University of Glasgow

[Simon Gay]

University of Glasgow
College of Science and Engineering
School of Computing Science

Research Associate
Ref: 045925
Grade 7: £35,845 - £40,322 per annum

We have a position for a Research Associate to support the research of 
the Head of School, Professor Simon Gay, by collaboration on topics of 
mutual interest in the broad area of programming language foundations.

The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the 
formulation and submission of research funding proposals, in order to 
further develop the activity of the Programming Languages research theme 
within the School of Computing Science.

The position is full time with funding up to 31st July 2024 in the first 
instance.

You should have a PhD in some aspect of programming language 
foundations, or have equivalent research experience. You should have a 
track record of publication and communication of research results. 
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): type systems, 
session types, mechanised metatheory, effect systems, semantic typing, 
formal semantics, design and implementation of experimental programming 
languages or tools.

We seek applicants at an international level of excellence. The School 
of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow has an international 
research reputation, and Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, offers an 
outstanding range of cultural resources and a high quality of life.

Programming language research in the School of Computing Science spans 
the FATA (Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms) and GLASS (Glasgow 
Systems Section) research sections and involves five academic staff with 
a current portfolio of five funded research projects. We have our own 
seminar series as well as contributing to FATA and GLASS seminars and 
the Scottish Programming Languages Seminar.


*Coronavirus / COVID-19*

Considering the current travel restrictions, interviews will be held 
remotely. We will also be flexible about the starting date and working 
practices.


*Further information*

For informal enquiries or further information, please contact Professor 
Simon Gay <Simon.Gay at glasgow.ac.uk>.


*Application details*

https://my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=045925 


https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDA606/research-associate

Closing date: 18th January 2021

Interviews: 10th February 2021


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