Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI)
@sydmathinst.bsky.social
Transforming maths in Australia with research and public outreach.
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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.
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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 🦘🌏
Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Due: 17 Feb 2026
#mathsky
Math researchers from overseas, apply now to spend 4+ weeks working with new and existing collaborators here 🦘🌏
Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Due: 17 Feb 2026
#mathsky
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 🦘🌏
Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Due: 17 Feb 2026
#mathsky
Math researchers from overseas, apply now to spend 4+ weeks working with new and existing collaborators here 🦘🌏
Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Due: 17 Feb 2026
#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.
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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 🦘🌏
Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Due: 17 Feb 2026
#mathsky
Math researchers from overseas, apply now to spend 4+ weeks working with new and existing collaborators here 🦘🌏
Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Due: 17 Feb 2026
#mathsky
Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability — Peter Bartlett, UC Berkeley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgT...
#MathSky #SMRISeminar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgT...
#MathSky #SMRISeminar
Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability
YouTube video by Sydney Mathematical Research Institute - SMRI
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December 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability — Peter Bartlett, UC Berkeley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgT...
#MathSky #SMRISeminar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgT...
#MathSky #SMRISeminar
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Congratulations to @monsoon0.bsky.social, Geordie Williamson, @tillus.bsky.social, John Voight from the School of Mathematics at USyd, and the rest of the team, from other parts of university and beyond, for their ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust!
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Congratulations to @monsoon0.bsky.social, Geordie Williamson, @tillus.bsky.social, John Voight from the School of Mathematics at USyd, and the rest of the team, from other parts of university and beyond, for their ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust!
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Check out today's article on A/Prof Zsuzsanna Dancso's amazing interventions to reverse the decline of women in advanced maths courses: www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
When Emily walked into maths class at uni, there were only three women. Then something changed
Before 2020, female enrolments in advanced mathematics at the University of Sydney were in decline. But an intervention transformed everything.
www.smh.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Check out today's article on A/Prof Zsuzsanna Dancso's amazing interventions to reverse the decline of women in advanced maths courses: www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Great article from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social about how Zsuzsanna Dancso tackled a different kind of mathematical problem: how to keep women engaged with higher level math
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
#mathsky
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
#mathsky
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Great article from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social about how Zsuzsanna Dancso tackled a different kind of mathematical problem: how to keep women engaged with higher level math
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
#mathsky
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
#mathsky
On in 30 minutes: Peter Bartlett - Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability
5:30 pm, Messel Lecture Theatre, (*new location!*) Sydney Nanosciences Hub, USYD
5:30 pm, Messel Lecture Theatre, (*new location!*) Sydney Nanosciences Hub, USYD
Join us for a special talk by Peter Bartlett (UC Berkeley), part of the focus period 'Mathematical Science for AI Safety' currently running at SMRI
'Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability'
5:30 pm, Wednesday 10th December 2025
Old Geology Lecture Theatre, USYD
#MathSky
'Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability'
5:30 pm, Wednesday 10th December 2025
Old Geology Lecture Theatre, USYD
#MathSky
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
On in 30 minutes: Peter Bartlett - Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability
5:30 pm, Messel Lecture Theatre, (*new location!*) Sydney Nanosciences Hub, USYD
5:30 pm, Messel Lecture Theatre, (*new location!*) Sydney Nanosciences Hub, USYD
Congratulations to Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social
and team, who have been awarded $35m from the ARC to establish the ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust (MathQuEST) #mathsky
and team, who have been awarded $35m from the ARC to establish the ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust (MathQuEST) #mathsky
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Congratulations to Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social
and team, who have been awarded $35m from the ARC to establish the ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust (MathQuEST) #mathsky
and team, who have been awarded $35m from the ARC to establish the ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust (MathQuEST) #mathsky
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🚨 #CentresOfExcellence #CE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🚨 #CentresOfExcellence #CE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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Our special Basser-SMRI Seminar with
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
is now on YouTube:
Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal? — Robert Tarjan, Princeton University
youtu.be/Pc40q0JGdjc
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
is now on YouTube:
Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal? — Robert Tarjan, Princeton University
youtu.be/Pc40q0JGdjc
Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal?
YouTube video by Sydney Mathematical Research Institute - SMRI
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Our special Basser-SMRI Seminar with
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
is now on YouTube:
Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal? — Robert Tarjan, Princeton University
youtu.be/Pc40q0JGdjc
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
is now on YouTube:
Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal? — Robert Tarjan, Princeton University
youtu.be/Pc40q0JGdjc
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Wonderful turnout and enthusiasm this week for #ComputerScience, with packed rooms for Bob Tarjan and Moti Yung's Basser seminars! #USyd
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Wonderful turnout and enthusiasm this week for #ComputerScience, with packed rooms for Bob Tarjan and Moti Yung's Basser seminars! #USyd
A short course by SMRI visitor Yunwen Lei (University of Hong Kong) - Statistical Learning Theory - kicks off today
More details:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/seminars/
#MathSky
More details:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/seminars/
#MathSky
What's On Calendar - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute
View seminars at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute, including SMRI Algebra and Geometry Online & Applied Maths seminars.
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A short course by SMRI visitor Yunwen Lei (University of Hong Kong) - Statistical Learning Theory - kicks off today
More details:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/seminars/
#MathSky
More details:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/seminars/
#MathSky
Just one more week until applications for the International Visitor Program at SMRI open again!
Join us for 4 weeks at our mathematical hub in Sydney to collaborate with researchers based all around Australia 🌏🐨
#MathSky
Join us for 4 weeks at our mathematical hub in Sydney to collaborate with researchers based all around Australia 🌏🐨
#MathSky
In October 2025, Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad visited SMRI, as part of our International Visitor Program. In this interview, she talks to us about her work in complex systems and networks, at the interface of physics, applied mathematics and computer science!
#MathSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBD...
#MathSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBD...
Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad: Using complex systems to understand epidemics, climate change and social media
YouTube video by Sydney Mathematical Research Institute - SMRI
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December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Just one more week until applications for the International Visitor Program at SMRI open again!
Join us for 4 weeks at our mathematical hub in Sydney to collaborate with researchers based all around Australia 🌏🐨
#MathSky
Join us for 4 weeks at our mathematical hub in Sydney to collaborate with researchers based all around Australia 🌏🐨
#MathSky
Join us for a special talk by Peter Bartlett (UC Berkeley), part of the focus period 'Mathematical Science for AI Safety' currently running at SMRI
'Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability'
5:30 pm, Wednesday 10th December 2025
Old Geology Lecture Theatre, USYD
#MathSky
'Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability'
5:30 pm, Wednesday 10th December 2025
Old Geology Lecture Theatre, USYD
#MathSky
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Join us for a special talk by Peter Bartlett (UC Berkeley), part of the focus period 'Mathematical Science for AI Safety' currently running at SMRI
'Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability'
5:30 pm, Wednesday 10th December 2025
Old Geology Lecture Theatre, USYD
#MathSky
'Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability'
5:30 pm, Wednesday 10th December 2025
Old Geology Lecture Theatre, USYD
#MathSky
The latest SMRI interview captures some of the discussions behind the focus period, 'Mathematical Science of AI Safety' -
Dan Murfet interviews Marcus Hutter and & Cole Wyeth, catch up below
👇
youtu.be/tgKaGiI6Ogc
#MathSky #AISafety
Dan Murfet interviews Marcus Hutter and & Cole Wyeth, catch up below
👇
youtu.be/tgKaGiI6Ogc
#MathSky #AISafety
Mathematical Science of AI: Interview of Marcus Hutter and Cole Wyeth by Daniel Murfet
YouTube video by Sydney Mathematical Research Institute - SMRI
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December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The latest SMRI interview captures some of the discussions behind the focus period, 'Mathematical Science of AI Safety' -
Dan Murfet interviews Marcus Hutter and & Cole Wyeth, catch up below
👇
youtu.be/tgKaGiI6Ogc
#MathSky #AISafety
Dan Murfet interviews Marcus Hutter and & Cole Wyeth, catch up below
👇
youtu.be/tgKaGiI6Ogc
#MathSky #AISafety
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Woman or gender minority curious about the mathematics of waves? 🌊👋
Keen to spend a life-changing week at Princeton IAS this May, for a lecture series on "Waves, Wave Packets, and Their Interactions"?
Good news! Apply by ⏰ Feb 6 for the Women and Mathematics program! www.ias.edu/math/wam/wam...
Keen to spend a life-changing week at Princeton IAS this May, for a lecture series on "Waves, Wave Packets, and Their Interactions"?
Good news! Apply by ⏰ Feb 6 for the Women and Mathematics program! www.ias.edu/math/wam/wam...
WAM 2026
Waves, Wave Packets, and Their InteractionsMay 17-22, 2026Uhlenbeck Lecture Course:Lecturer: Monica Visan, UCLATerng Lecture Course:Lecturer: Dominique Maldague, Cambridge University and UCLA
www.ias.edu
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Woman or gender minority curious about the mathematics of waves? 🌊👋
Keen to spend a life-changing week at Princeton IAS this May, for a lecture series on "Waves, Wave Packets, and Their Interactions"?
Good news! Apply by ⏰ Feb 6 for the Women and Mathematics program! www.ias.edu/math/wam/wam...
Keen to spend a life-changing week at Princeton IAS this May, for a lecture series on "Waves, Wave Packets, and Their Interactions"?
Good news! Apply by ⏰ Feb 6 for the Women and Mathematics program! www.ias.edu/math/wam/wam...
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The one and only Bob Tarjan, delivering a lecture at #USyd to a packed auditorium, in a joint SMRI/Computer Science seminar!
@sydmathinst.bsky.social @sydneycompsci.bsky.social
@sydmathinst.bsky.social @sydneycompsci.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The one and only Bob Tarjan, delivering a lecture at #USyd to a packed auditorium, in a joint SMRI/Computer Science seminar!
@sydmathinst.bsky.social @sydneycompsci.bsky.social
@sydmathinst.bsky.social @sydneycompsci.bsky.social
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Exactly two weeks until #FOCS2025! The schedule is up, the sun is high, the workshops primed. Social activities: to be announced in the coming week.
See you in a fortnight!
See you in a fortnight!
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Alt: Bart Simpson is looking at a globe while talking on a phone, making it spin until it stops, with Bart's finger on Australia
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November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Exactly two weeks until #FOCS2025! The schedule is up, the sun is high, the workshops primed. Social activities: to be announced in the coming week.
See you in a fortnight!
See you in a fortnight!
Happening today - Robert Tarjan, 'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?' No need to register, please come along, 2 pm, at the Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social
Join us on Monday 1st December for the first SMRI-Basser Joint Seminar, to be given by Robert Tarjan (Princeton University)
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?'
2 pm, Monday 1st December, 2025
The Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
#MathSky #CSforAll
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?'
2 pm, Monday 1st December, 2025
The Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
#MathSky #CSforAll
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Happening today - Robert Tarjan, 'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?' No need to register, please come along, 2 pm, at the Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social
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The deadline is in <4 days! Dec 1, Sydney time. Computer Science (including Theory) people on the academic job market, do apply!
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The deadline is in <4 days! Dec 1, Sydney time. Computer Science (including Theory) people on the academic job market, do apply!
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
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I am very much looking forward to tomorrow’s SMRI Seminar, ‘The rich world of Fano geometry’
with Caucher Birkar, on Thursday 27 November 1 pm – 2 pm AEDT
Location: SMRI Seminar Room (Macleay A12 Room 301) @SydMathInst.bluesky.social
with Caucher Birkar, on Thursday 27 November 1 pm – 2 pm AEDT
Location: SMRI Seminar Room (Macleay A12 Room 301) @SydMathInst.bluesky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I am very much looking forward to tomorrow’s SMRI Seminar, ‘The rich world of Fano geometry’
with Caucher Birkar, on Thursday 27 November 1 pm – 2 pm AEDT
Location: SMRI Seminar Room (Macleay A12 Room 301) @SydMathInst.bluesky.social
with Caucher Birkar, on Thursday 27 November 1 pm – 2 pm AEDT
Location: SMRI Seminar Room (Macleay A12 Room 301) @SydMathInst.bluesky.social
The AMSI Summer School 2026 Public Lecture is coming up soon - 'The Other Golden Ratio', given by Prof Burkard Polster (Monash University)
🗓️ Wed 4 Feb, 2026
🕡 6–7pm (light refreshments from 5pm)
📍 Monash University, Clayton & online
Register here: ss.amsi.org.au/public-lectu...
🗓️ Wed 4 Feb, 2026
🕡 6–7pm (light refreshments from 5pm)
📍 Monash University, Clayton & online
Register here: ss.amsi.org.au/public-lectu...
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The AMSI Summer School 2026 Public Lecture is coming up soon - 'The Other Golden Ratio', given by Prof Burkard Polster (Monash University)
🗓️ Wed 4 Feb, 2026
🕡 6–7pm (light refreshments from 5pm)
📍 Monash University, Clayton & online
Register here: ss.amsi.org.au/public-lectu...
🗓️ Wed 4 Feb, 2026
🕡 6–7pm (light refreshments from 5pm)
📍 Monash University, Clayton & online
Register here: ss.amsi.org.au/public-lectu...
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This was a good read. It's making me think about how to target other demographics (e.g. people with disabilities, in my case) for similar interventions.
How can we flip the decline in girls and gender-diverse students doing mathematics at higher levels?
Zsuzsanna Dancso explains how her program of mentorship and encouragement piloted at
@sydney.edu.au increased enrolments from 22% to 30%📈 🧮
More here:
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
#MathSky
doi.
Zsuzsanna Dancso explains how her program of mentorship and encouragement piloted at
@sydney.edu.au increased enrolments from 22% to 30%📈 🧮
More here:
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
#MathSky
doi.
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This was a good read. It's making me think about how to target other demographics (e.g. people with disabilities, in my case) for similar interventions.
How can we flip the decline in girls and gender-diverse students doing mathematics at higher levels?
Zsuzsanna Dancso explains how her program of mentorship and encouragement piloted at
@sydney.edu.au increased enrolments from 22% to 30%📈 🧮
More here:
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
#MathSky
doi.
Zsuzsanna Dancso explains how her program of mentorship and encouragement piloted at
@sydney.edu.au increased enrolments from 22% to 30%📈 🧮
More here:
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
#MathSky
doi.
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
How can we flip the decline in girls and gender-diverse students doing mathematics at higher levels?
Zsuzsanna Dancso explains how her program of mentorship and encouragement piloted at
@sydney.edu.au increased enrolments from 22% to 30%📈 🧮
More here:
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
#MathSky
doi.
Zsuzsanna Dancso explains how her program of mentorship and encouragement piloted at
@sydney.edu.au increased enrolments from 22% to 30%📈 🧮
More here:
doi.org/10.64628/AA....
#MathSky
doi.
Thrilled to see that powerhouse Nalini Joshi (@monsoon0.bsky.social) has been named the 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year for her work in geometric & asymptotic methods to study discrete and continuous nonlinear mathematical models
Congratulations Nalini!
#MathSky
youtu.be/XoZO6EKqg68
Congratulations Nalini!
#MathSky
youtu.be/XoZO6EKqg68
Professor Nalini Joshi AO 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year
YouTube video by Zarco Creative
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Thrilled to see that powerhouse Nalini Joshi (@monsoon0.bsky.social) has been named the 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year for her work in geometric & asymptotic methods to study discrete and continuous nonlinear mathematical models
Congratulations Nalini!
#MathSky
youtu.be/XoZO6EKqg68
Congratulations Nalini!
#MathSky
youtu.be/XoZO6EKqg68
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Next month, the University of Sydney will host two distinguished lectures, by Bob Tarjan and Shafi Goldwasser.
I reckon we could say December is Turing-complete.
I reckon we could say December is Turing-complete.
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Next month, the University of Sydney will host two distinguished lectures, by Bob Tarjan and Shafi Goldwasser.
I reckon we could say December is Turing-complete.
I reckon we could say December is Turing-complete.