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The official account of the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney. π https://www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/schools/school-computer-science.html
This Friday, February 6 at 5pm, Centre for Complex Systems at the School of #ComputerScience is welcoming Prof. Paul Davies (Arizona State U) for a public lecture on "Navigating the Quantum Wonderland"
Join us to celebrate a century of quantum mechanics!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/navigating...
This Friday, February 6 at 5pm, Centre for Complex Systems at the School of #ComputerScience is welcoming Prof. Paul Davies (Arizona State U) for a public lecture on "Navigating the Quantum Wonderland"
Join us to celebrate a century of quantum mechanics!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/navigating...
Co-authored with Paul Gerhart (TU Vienna)
04.02.2026 05:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π Jay Taylor (UG Honor's student) and Sri AravindaKrishnan Thiagarajan (@aravind16coiner.bsky.social)'s paper "How To Make Delegated Payments on Bitcoin: A Question for the AI Agentic Future" has been accepted at #FC2026!
π FC 2026: ifca.ai/fc26/
#Blockchain #Bitcoin #Cryptography #AgenticPayments
π Auditorily Embodied Conversational Agents: Effects of Spatialization and Situated Audio Cues on Presence and Social Perception
by Yi Fei Cheng, Jarod Bloch, Alexander Wang, Andrea Bianchi, Anusha Withana, Anhong Guo, Laurie M. Heller, David Lindlbauer
π TactDeform: Finger Pad Deformation Inspired Spatial Tactile Feedback for Virtual Geometry Exploration
by Yihao Dong, Praneeth Perera, Chin-Teng Lin, Craig Jin, Anusha Withana
π "Dancing Your Boundaries": Spatial Guidelines for Supernumerary Robotic Arms in Near-Body Interaction
by Hongyu Zhou, Yihao Dong, Shuto Takashita, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Anusha Withana
π Searching Through Complex Worlds: Visual Search and Spatial Regularity Memory in Mixed Reality
by Lefan Lai, Tinghui Li, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Brandon Syiem
π Understanding the Effects of Interaction on Emotional Experiences in VR
by Zheyuan Kuang, Tinghui Li, Weiwei Jiang, Sven Mayer, Flora Salim, Benjamin Tag, Anusha Withana, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva
π Gaze and Speech in Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction: A Scoping Review
by Anam Khan, Florian Weidner, Jungwoo Rhee, Yasmeen Abdrabou, Andrea Bianchi, Eduardo Velloso, Hans Gellersen, Joshua Newn
π One Body, Two Minds: Alternating VR Perspective During Remote Teleoperation of Supernumerary Limbs
by Hongyu Zhou, Xincheng Huang, Winston Wijaya, Yi Fei Cheng, David Lindlbauer, Eduardo Velloso, Andrea Bianchi, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Anusha Withana
π Narratives and Perspectives: How AI Summaries Steer Users' Opinions and Engagement on Social Media
by Jarod Govers, Cherie Sew, Eduardo Velloso, Vassilis Kostakos, Jorge Goncalves
π The More The Merrier? Users' Transparency and Trustworthiness Needs in Multi-Agent LLM Interfaces
by Saumya Pareek, Jarod Govers, Naja Kollerup, Emily Wong, Eduardo Velloso, Jorge Goncalves
π Do Entropic Measurements of the Diversity of AI-generated Images Match Human Judgement?
by Kazjon Grace, Francisco Ibarrola, Jody Watts, Shu Takahashi, Parth Bhargava, Eduardo Velloso
π Is That You or The Machine? Translating Sociocultural Norms Across Distributed Spaces in Blended Realities
by Emily Wong, German Leiva, Eduardo Velloso
π Restoration, Exploration and Transformation: How Youth Engage Character.AI Chatbots for Feels, Fun and Finding themselves.
by Annabel Blake, Marcus Carter, Eduardo Velloso
π ProxyMe: Enabling Partial Participation in Remote Meetings
by Marvin Bai, Nadya Png, Eduardo Velloso
π Better Assumptions, Stronger Conclusions: The Case for Ordinal Regression in HCI
by Brandon Syiem, Eduardo Velloso
What a way to start the year! Researchers at the School of CS at #USyd have 14 papers accepted at #CHI2026, the premier conference in #HCI!
Congratulations to Anusha Withana (@anushaw.bsky.social), Eduardo Velloso (@vellosoraptor.bsky.social), Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, their students, and collaborators!
Dr Elliot Varoy
When we use AI, are we optimising efficiency - or just saving time?
Computer scientist and USYD lecturer Dr Elliot Varoy explores how generative AI genuinely helps us, and where it starts to get in the way, such as the case with AI slop and 'workslop'.
Learn more: srkr.io/63322IyQ
And this is a wrap for 2025! Much happened, and a lot to be proud of, in research, teaching, and impact across the board. Looking forward to what we will achieve, academics, staff, and students together, in 2026! #ComputerScience
21.12.2025 05:10 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0πCongratulations to Aravind (@aravind16coiner.bsky.social), on being awarded an USD 25k grant by the SUI Foundation for "Sequential Conditional Payments Across Blockchains With Minimal Contracts"! #Blockchain
21.12.2025 05:08 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Had a great time organizing (with Julian Mestre, R Ravi, and Mik Zlatin) a post #FOCS2025 2-day workshop on Trends in Approximation and Online Algorithms! Featuring an amazing lineup of speakers (from established experts to rising stars) + wiki edit-a-thon + gelato cart from Mapo 1/n
20.12.2025 23:40 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
The next round of our International Visitor Program is now open!
Math researchers from overseas, apply now to spend 4+ weeks working with new and existing collaborators here π¦π
Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Due: 17 Feb 2026
#mathsky
Photo of the panel
The room from the back, with the panel in the far end
Wonderful Q&A session at the "Celebration of TCS" at #USyd!
Ft. (from left to right) Shafi Goldwasser, Robbie Gates, Tony Wirth, Ioana Bercea, Bernhard Haeupler, and Meena Mahajan. Moderated by @swumboh.bsky.social and Mik Zlatin!
Our special Basser-SMRI Seminar with
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
is now on YouTube:
Is Dijkstraβs Algorithm Optimal? β Robert Tarjan, Princeton University
youtu.be/Pc40q0JGdjc
Shafi, being introduced by the Dean of Engineering, Hesham El Gamal
Fantastic talk by Shafi Goldwasser at #USyd, to a packed auditorium!
10.12.2025 08:32 β π 23 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Huge thanks to the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (@sydmathinst.bsky.social) for organizing Bob Tarjan's joint seminar!
05.12.2025 04:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Moti Yung at the lectern
Bob Tarjan at the lectern
Wonderful turnout and enthusiasm this week for #ComputerScience, with packed rooms for Bob Tarjan and Moti Yung's Basser seminars! #USyd
05.12.2025 04:22 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
This December, the Faculty of Engineering at #USyd is delighted to welcome Dr Moti Yung, who will speak at the Basser seminar series in our School. He will tell us about "Malicious Cryptography: beyond adhering to specifications in secure systems"
π Tuesday, Dec 2
3:30β4:30pm
