Heriot-Watt University
School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Salary on the Lecturer A/B scale – £24,886 to £38,772.
Applications are invited for these positions in the Department of Mathematics at Heriot-Watt University. The department has particular strengths in analysis, groups and topology, applied analysis and PDEs, differential equations, numerical analysis, computational mathematics, mathematical physics and mathematical biology and ecology. The department was rated 5 in the last two Research Assessment Exercises.
For application details please contact the Human Resources Office, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS tel 0131 451 3475 (24 hours) Minicom 0131 451 8212 hr@hw.ac.uk quoting the appropriate reference number. You may apply for both positions together in a single application.
Informal enquiries may made (after 3rd September) to the Head of Department, Professor Dugald Duncan by email (D.B.Duncan@ma.hw.ac.uk) or telephone (+44 131 451 3244).
Employment terms and conditions may be found at the Heriot-Watt Human resources pages, but please read the further particulars below first.
The academic staff of the Heriot-Watt Department of Mathematics currently consists of 25 members, with particular strengths in analysis, groups and topology, applied analysis and PDEs, differential equations, numerical analysis, computational mathematics, mathematical physics and mathematical biology and ecology. The Department was rated grade 5 (ie very good) in Applied Mathematics in the 1996 and 2001 Research Assessment Exercises.
We are committed to excellence in research, and to enhancing our research activities through the Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences. This research partnership between Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities aims to be an internationally pre-eminent centre for research and for postgraduate training in the mathematical sciences, and to offer an environment that is able to attract and foster the very best mathematical talent from around the world. The Institute, established in 2005, has brought new opportunities to work within one of the largest mathematical research groupings in the UK, and on a wider scale within the combined strength of the Edinburgh Research Partnership in Engineering and Mathematics.
The two posts we are advertising are described in more detail below.
Both positions are permanent, subject to our standard probationary requirements. The appointees will be expected to pursue research in the areas of mathematics indicated, to contribute to the dynamic local research environment, and to contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of the Department. This involves classes to both mathematics degree students and students throughout the University.
Salary for both positions will be at a point on the Lecturer A or B scales (£24,886 to £38,772) commensurate with experience.
Start date: from 1st May 2007, but this is negotiable.
Iterview dates: we plan to interview during the week of 4-8 December.
Heriot-Watt is a technological university founded in 1966. It is a leading institution of higher education both nationally and internationally, striving to enhance its position as a medium volume high quality institution where the quality is founded on its flexible and innovative teaching and on the expanding range of its research excellence.
The Department of Mathematics covers both pure and applied
mathematics and is part of the School of Mathematical and Computer
Sciences, along with two other departments: Actuarial Mathematics &
Statistics; and Computer Science. It is located on the Riccarton
Campus in the new Colin Maclaurin Building building shared with
Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics. This adjoins the building
which houses Computer Science. The campus lies in a green belt some
six miles from the centre of Edinburgh. Computing facilities in the department are excellent and are based on a Unix
network. We recently installed a large parallel computing cluster for
research use, shared with the Physics and Petroleum Engineering
departments.
We run undergraduate degree programmes in mathematics as a single subject, and joint with a wide variety of other subjects. We have a taught postgraduate course, the MSc in Applied Mathematical Sciences with a variant specialising in Ecological and Biological Modelling. The planning of new MSc programmes jointly with Edinburgh University through the Maxwell Institute is under way. We are also planning a set of graduate school courses for PhD students in mathematics and statistics, to be run jointly with other Scottish Universities.
The Department has an excellent seminar programme and many other mathematical and scientific lectures are held in Edinburgh in connection with the Maxwell Institute, the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the North British Differential Equations, Probability and Functional Analysis Seminars. We also run the annual Scottish Computational Mathematics Symposium jointly with the University of Strathclyde.
The Department, in cooperation with the School of Mathematics at
the University of Edinburgh, was instrumental in founding the
International Centre for
Mathematical Sciences (ICMS). The ICMS is well-known in the
international research community for the high-quality conferences
and workshops it organises, and these mainly take place in
Edinburgh. ICMS aims to create an environment in which mathematical
sciences will develop in new directions and to encourage and exploit
those areas of mathematics that are of relevance to other sciences,
industry and commerce. The ICMS has recently received substantial
funding from EPSRC and SHEFC for a 4 year programme of research
workshops.