Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI)

Very much looking forward to hearing from @astrolaura.com - who is using the ASKAP telescope to look for stars (and trying to avoid those pesky black holes!) 🔭

Science at the Museum is happening at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August! Join us as we team up again with the museum for a program loaded with activities for the whole family! #MathSky #NationalScienceWeek
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/event/scienc...

USYD @sydneymathsstats.bsky.social grad and AI expert Andrew Tulloch turns down billion-dollar contract for Meta: www.news.com.au/technology/o... #MathSky

Just under 24 h left to apply for the #InternationalVisitorProgram at SMRI. Visiting mathematicians can connect with local researchers and other visitors and spend time on research without distractions #MathSky
T+Cs and application: 👇
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...

Just one more week left to apply for the International Visitor Program at SMRI! Please share this incredible opportunity with your #MathSky networks
Full T+Cs and application: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...

I’m curating an exhibition of Mathematical Art at the Australian Mathematical Society meeting in December. If you’re coming to the meeting and you create art with mathematics, please think about being involved. More information to appear at the conference website.

Applications for travel support, for students and postdocs, are open! ⏰ Deadline: Sep 19 #FOCS2025 #TCSSky

focs.computer.org/2025/travel-...

(no requirement to have a paper at the conference to apply)

Verrry nice!

Congrats to Anne Thomas, Pengyi Yang and Tiangang Cui of the School of Math and Stats for their Future Fellowships! More information on their projects can be found on the Grant Announcements page here: rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...

The The London Mathematical Society has elected Professor @monsoon0.bsky.social , of the School of Maths and Stats, to Honorary Membership of the Society. Professor Joshi is a world-leading mathematician whose pioneering work has transformed the field of integrable systems.

International Visitor Program - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute IVP August 2023 applications are due 8 August 2023, for July 2024–June 2025 visits (general applicants) & March 2024–June 2025 for Australian citizens/PR & NZ citizens.

Our visitor program affords maths researchers time & space to think in a collaborative environment. Spend time with Aus-based mathematicians in the quad at @sydney.edu.au
- applications visits in 2026+ close August 1! 🗓️🐨🧮 #MathSky
T+Cs: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...

🎉 Clément's paper "Instance-Optimal Uniformity Testing and Tracking" was accepted at #FOCS2025!

🔗More about the 66th IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS): focs.computer.org/2025/
👤 @ccanonne.github.io

Joint work with Guy Blanc (Stanford) and Erik Waingarten (U Penn) #TCSSky

They absolutely are! Thank you for sharing

Applications are now welcome for these scholarships! Tackle some of the biggest questions of quantum computing and contribute to meaningful research! Link here: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
#MathSky

A poster for the public lecture: The featured image is a network made of copper wire which connects coloured spheres

We are delighted to announce that Zsuzsanna Dancso will give our next #PublicLecture: 'Knots, graphs, and algebra: a story of surprises' will be on Friday 15 August, as part of our program for #ScienceWeek
More information and registration: events.humanitix.com/knots-graphs...
#MathSky

International Visitor Program - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute IVP August 2023 applications are due 8 August 2023, for July 2024–June 2025 visits (general applicants) & March 2024–June 2025 for Australian citizens/PR & NZ citizens.

Applications are now open for our International Visitor Program, open to #mathematicians to visit Aus 🐨 between July '26-'June 27, or March '26-June -27 (Aus/NZ citizens)
📅 Apply by Aug 1, info:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Please share with your networks 🔁 #MathSky

SMRI Interviews - YouTube Research profile videos and interviews with domestic and international visitors to the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute. Read all visitor profiles: htt...

The next round of SMRI's International Visitor Program is due to open shortly. Follow us for more updates, or to catch up on what our visiting researchers are up to, see our YT channel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #MathSky

Sharing 3 x scholarship opportunities with @monsoon0.bsky.social: Postgrad Research in Mathematics for Quantum Resilience

Quantum computing will be revolutionary- Qs about online security & unexpected discoveries remain. Please share with your networks - details about eligibility below:

#MathSky

Soon I will be advertising 3 postgraduate research scholarships in #mathematics for #quantum resilience. Let me know if you’re interested, but note that applicants will need to be an Australia citizen, permanent resident or New Zealand citizen.

Ruby Payne-Scott - Wikipedia

Tomorrow I will help launch a new ferry ⛴️ named the “Ruby Payne-Scott”. In case you don’t know who this amazingly brilliant person was, check out 👇🏼 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Pa...

A purple poster in the theme of May 12 women in maths

Today we celebrate women and girls in math, on the birthday of renowned Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani. Details of our local event below, all welcome 🧮
#May12WIM #MathSky

Next week, we are celebrating #WomenInMathematics with an evening of talks, free pizza, and a display of intriguing 3D geometric objects! Everyone is welcome 🍕
@sydney.edu.au @sydneymathsstats.bsky.social #MathSky #May12 #May12WIM

Fantastic to hear about your experiences with the comp algebra group at #USYD! #mathsky

International Visitor Program – 2025 Round 1 Successful Applicants - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute SMRI congratulates the following researchers in the mathematical sciences on their successful applications. There were 25 successful applicants in

Congratulations to the 25 successful applicants for Round 1 of SMRI's 2025 International Visitor Program 🪇🎉Stay tuned for Round 2, opening in June for visits from mid 2026 #mathsky
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Artistic Mathematics: Truth and Beauty – International Day of Mathematics Public Lecture by Henry Segerman - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute As part of our International Day of Mathematics program, we invited artistic mathematician, Henry Segerman, to share some of his fantastic creations in a

What makes a visualisation compelling? If you missed our Pi Day Public Lecture, catch up on Henry Segerman's lecture at SMRI here:
bit.ly/3E1r1jy #PiDay

An announcement: the Workshop on Algorithms for Large Data (Online) 2025 will take place 🗓️ April 14—16.
waldo-workshop.github.io/2025.html

Goal: "to generate new collaborations through an emphasis on big data algorithms, broadly defined"

Register (free) by ⏰ April 7 to access the virtual platform

The Sound of Symmetry title slide

The Ensemble Offspring

Amazing project, public lecture, and performance on music and mathematical symmetries by the @sydmathinst.bsky.social for (extended) π day. With Artem Pulemotov, Denis Collins, and Ensemble Offspring, with an original piece composed during this project by Robert Davidson. Music does Lie, sometimes!

Curved lines following mathematical rules made with washi tape on the floor.

Activity devised by Briony Barr

..and Hitomezashi Mathematics floor talk by @mathskath.bsky.social is running now! #CCWMxSMRI

So deliciously cool at #CCWMXSMRI maths at the museum. 12-4 today.