A computer science postdoc would typically be purely research funded. Any teaching would be optional. There are lecturer/ instructor positions with low teaching requirements (for lecturers) that are intended to fund young people so they can do research. There used to be (maybe no longer) Miller assistant prof (non-tenure) in the UCB math department. They are not postdocs though.
The issue to me is the extent to which a person in such a position is unfairly exploited. Of course one can always turn down such a position, and therefore one could conclude it is a free choice... The potential for employment varies by specialization, e.g. computer science vs pure math and intermediate shades like numerical analysis, financial analysis etc. Free (or nearly free) highly competent labor in exchange for future letters of recommendation seems to be the typical issue, and why postdocs (at UCB) talk about unionization. Lecturers ARE unionized, I believe. RJF On Jul 20, 9:57 am, John H Palmieri <jhpalmier...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 17, 8:18 pm, rjf <fate...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I wouldn't call this a postdoc. It is non-tenure track position that > > requires teaching. The blurb doesn't mention > > how much teaching or how much money. Actually, the ad doesn't call it > > a postdoc either. > > RJF > > Whatever the position is officially called (in this case the title may > be controlled by university-wide bureaucracy), it is a typical > postdoctoral position in a math department. Most postdocs in math > require teaching. > > -- > John -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
