The School of Mathematics has a limited number of memberships, some with financial support, for research in mathematics and computer science at the Institute during the 2011-2012 academic year.

During the 2011-2012 academic year, Professors Helmut Hofer of the Institute and John Mather of Princeton University will lead a program on symplectic dynamics. There will be weekly seminars and a couple of workshops.

The mathematical theory of dynamical systems provides tools to understand the complex behavior of many important physical systems. Of particular interest are Hamiltonian systems. Since Poincare's fundamental contributions, many mathematical tools have been developed to understand such systems. Surprisingly these developments led to the creation of two seemingly unrelated mathematical disciplines: the field of dynamical systems and the field of symplectic geometry. In view of the significant advances in both fields, it seems timely to have a program that aims at the development of the common core, which potentially should lead to a new field with highly integrated ideas from both disciplines. Of particular interest will be the study of dynamics of area-preserving disk maps, the ramifications of new symplectic techniques in three-dimensional hydrodynamics, as well as questions about the utility of the symplectic pseudoholomorphic curve techniques in questions related to KAM and Aubry-Mather theory.

Recently the School established the von Neumann Fellowships, and up to six of these fellowships will be available for the 2011-2012 year. To be eligible for a von Neumann Fellowship, applicants should be at least five, but no more than fifteen, years following the receipt of their Ph.D.

The Veblen Research Instructorship is a three-year position which the School of Mathematics and the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University established in 1998. Three-year instructorships will be offered each year to candidates in pure and applied mathematics who have received their Ph.D. within the last three years. The first and third year of the instructorship will be spent at Princeton University and will carry regular teaching responsibilities. The second year will be spent at the Institute and dedicated to independent research of the instructor's choice.

Application materials may be requested from Applications, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, e-mail: applications@math.ias.edu.

After June 1 application must be made online at https://applications.ias.edu/login.php

Application deadline is December 1.

The Institute for Advanced Study is committed to diversity and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities.