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Come and join us: we have 2x Postdoctoral Research Associate positions available at SMRI. Mathematicians of all areas are encouraged to apply (pure, applied, statistics). Please share with your network #MathSky
Closing December 3
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Closing December 3
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SMRI Postdoctoral Research Associate
Two (2) Full time, 3 years fixed term opportunities. Located at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI) Opportunity to contribute to research focused on pure or applied mathematics or statis...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Come and join us: we have 2x Postdoctoral Research Associate positions available at SMRI. Mathematicians of all areas are encouraged to apply (pure, applied, statistics). Please share with your network #MathSky
Closing December 3
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Closing December 3
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🎉 Congratulations to our PhD student Xiuchuan Li, who was awarded one of the prestigious 2025 Global Google PhD Fellowships! This support from Google.org recognises Xiuchuan's excellence, research leadership, and potential to shape the future of technology. #USyd #PhD
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November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our PhD student Xiuchuan Li, who was awarded one of the prestigious 2025 Global Google PhD Fellowships! This support from Google.org recognises Xiuchuan's excellence, research leadership, and potential to shape the future of technology. #USyd #PhD
research.google/programs-and...
research.google/programs-and...
The Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT) group at #USyd has several postdoc positions available (2+ years) in all areas of Theoretical Computer Science, with one focusing on streaming and one on planning and synthesis. Expected start mid- or end 2026.
More information: usyd-sact.github.io
More information: usyd-sact.github.io
Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT)
usyd-sact.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT) group at #USyd has several postdoc positions available (2+ years) in all areas of Theoretical Computer Science, with one focusing on streaming and one on planning and synthesis. Expected start mid- or end 2026.
More information: usyd-sact.github.io
More information: usyd-sact.github.io
The Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT) group at #USyd has several #PhD positions available, in all areas of Theoretical Computer Science, with one focusing on computational geometry and one on streaming algorithms. Expected start mid- or end 2026.
More information: usyd-sact.github.io
More information: usyd-sact.github.io
Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT)
usyd-sact.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT) group at #USyd has several #PhD positions available, in all areas of Theoretical Computer Science, with one focusing on computational geometry and one on streaming algorithms. Expected start mid- or end 2026.
More information: usyd-sact.github.io
More information: usyd-sact.github.io
🎉 Clément Canonne's paper "Interactive Proofs For Distribution Testing With Conditional Oracles" has been accepted at #ITCS2026!
🔗 ITCS'26: itcs-conf.org
Coauthored with Ari Biswas (University of Warwick), Mark Bun, and Satchit Sivakumar (Boston University)
#interactiveproofs #algorithms #theory
🔗 ITCS'26: itcs-conf.org
Coauthored with Ari Biswas (University of Warwick), Mark Bun, and Satchit Sivakumar (Boston University)
#interactiveproofs #algorithms #theory
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
🎉 Clément Canonne's paper "Interactive Proofs For Distribution Testing With Conditional Oracles" has been accepted at #ITCS2026!
🔗 ITCS'26: itcs-conf.org
Coauthored with Ari Biswas (University of Warwick), Mark Bun, and Satchit Sivakumar (Boston University)
#interactiveproofs #algorithms #theory
🔗 ITCS'26: itcs-conf.org
Coauthored with Ari Biswas (University of Warwick), Mark Bun, and Satchit Sivakumar (Boston University)
#interactiveproofs #algorithms #theory
🎉 Abigail Gentle (PhD student) and Clément Canonne's paper "Uniformity Testing under User-Level Local Privacy" has been accepted at #ITCS2026!
🔗 Paper: www.arxiv.org/abs/2510.18379 (coauthored with Vikrant Singhal (OpenDP and Harvard))
#theory #algorithms #privacy
🔗 Paper: www.arxiv.org/abs/2510.18379 (coauthored with Vikrant Singhal (OpenDP and Harvard))
#theory #algorithms #privacy
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
🎉 Abigail Gentle (PhD student) and Clément Canonne's paper "Uniformity Testing under User-Level Local Privacy" has been accepted at #ITCS2026!
🔗 Paper: www.arxiv.org/abs/2510.18379 (coauthored with Vikrant Singhal (OpenDP and Harvard))
#theory #algorithms #privacy
🔗 Paper: www.arxiv.org/abs/2510.18379 (coauthored with Vikrant Singhal (OpenDP and Harvard))
#theory #algorithms #privacy
🎉 Congratulations to our PhD student Xiuchuan Li, who was awarded one of the prestigious 2025 Global Google PhD Fellowships! This support from Google.org recognises Xiuchuan's excellence, research leadership, and potential to shape the future of technology. #USyd #PhD
research.google/programs-and...
research.google/programs-and...
Google.org: Google's philanthropy
Google.org connects nonprofits to funding & additional resources. Learn about our philanthropy program and goal to aid underserved communities.
Google.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our PhD student Xiuchuan Li, who was awarded one of the prestigious 2025 Global Google PhD Fellowships! This support from Google.org recognises Xiuchuan's excellence, research leadership, and potential to shape the future of technology. #USyd #PhD
research.google/programs-and...
research.google/programs-and...
Great student and alumni engagement at today's Basser seminar! Mark Shand, from Waymo LLC, told us about their work at Waymo on technologies for autonomous driving. #ComputerScience #USyd
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Great student and alumni engagement at today's Basser seminar! Mark Shand, from Waymo LLC, told us about their work at Waymo on technologies for autonomous driving. #ComputerScience #USyd
Congratulations to our researchers on their 5 ARC #DiscoveryProjects! This is over AUD 3.5M towards cutting-edge research in areas as diverse as biomedical foundation models, robust logic-based planning, ML-aided algorithms, computational design with living materials, and LLM vulnerabilities! #DP26
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Congratulations to our researchers on their 5 ARC #DiscoveryProjects! This is over AUD 3.5M towards cutting-edge research in areas as diverse as biomedical foundation models, robust logic-based planning, ML-aided algorithms, computational design with living materials, and LLM vulnerabilities! #DP26
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Grateful to receive the ACM CCS Top Reviewers Award. On different program committees and reviewing dozens of papers every year is a voluntary effort driven purely by passion for research. It’s heartening to see that dedication acknowledged. @sydneycompsci.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Grateful to receive the ACM CCS Top Reviewers Award. On different program committees and reviewing dozens of papers every year is a voluntary effort driven purely by passion for research. It’s heartening to see that dedication acknowledged. @sydneycompsci.bsky.social
🎉 The School of #ComputerScience welcomes the appointment of Prof. Tony Wirth as Head of School. We are looking forward to seeing the School grow under his leadership, to meet the opportunities and challenges ahead with academic excellence, inclusivity, and collegiality front and center! #USyd
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🎉 The School of #ComputerScience welcomes the appointment of Prof. Tony Wirth as Head of School. We are looking forward to seeing the School grow under his leadership, to meet the opportunities and challenges ahead with academic excellence, inclusivity, and collegiality front and center! #USyd
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Our annual academic recruitment round is open -- we're hiring in all fields (not just those listed). Come join us!
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The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Our annual academic recruitment round is open -- we're hiring in all fields (not just those listed). Come join us!
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The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring #Education focused academics (Sydney Horizon Educators)! Applications are welcome for levels B, C, and D.
Details and how to apply below. ⏰ Deadline: December 1, Sydney time.
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Details and how to apply below. ⏰ Deadline: December 1, Sydney time.
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Education Focused Academics (Sydney Horizon Educators) Faculty of Engineering
Full time and Part-time continuing academic Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (Education Focused) positions at The University of Sydney Opportunity for the best and brightest talented educa...
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October 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring #Education focused academics (Sydney Horizon Educators)! Applications are welcome for levels B, C, and D.
Details and how to apply below. ⏰ Deadline: December 1, Sydney time.
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Details and how to apply below. ⏰ Deadline: December 1, Sydney time.
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🎉 Joachim Gudmundsson's paper "A well-separated pair decomposition for low density graphs" has been accepted at #SODA2026!
📝 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2411.08204
🔗 More about SODA'26: www.siam.org/conferences-...
#Algorithms #TCSSky #ComputationalGeometry #SIAMDA26
📝 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2411.08204
🔗 More about SODA'26: www.siam.org/conferences-...
#Algorithms #TCSSky #ComputationalGeometry #SIAMDA26
A well-separated pair decomposition for low density graphs
Low density graphs are considered to be a realistic graph class for modelling road networks. It has advantages over other popular graph classes for road networks, such as planar graphs, bounded highwa...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🎉 Joachim Gudmundsson's paper "A well-separated pair decomposition for low density graphs" has been accepted at #SODA2026!
📝 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2411.08204
🔗 More about SODA'26: www.siam.org/conferences-...
#Algorithms #TCSSky #ComputationalGeometry #SIAMDA26
📝 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2411.08204
🔗 More about SODA'26: www.siam.org/conferences-...
#Algorithms #TCSSky #ComputationalGeometry #SIAMDA26
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The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
October 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
October 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
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📢 Come be my colleague: the School of Computer Science at 🇦🇺 #USyd is hiring!
Multiple tenure-track-equivalent positions across the board (including theory!), but with a specific focus on Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Digital Systems, and ML/AI.
⏰ Dec 1
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Multiple tenure-track-equivalent positions across the board (including theory!), but with a specific focus on Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Digital Systems, and ML/AI.
⏰ Dec 1
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Multiple Continuing (Tenure-Track) Academic Positions, School of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney
Join a thriving Faculty of Engineering at a University ranked amongst the world’s best teaching and research institutions Located in the heart of Sydney’s bustling inner west quarter, close to beaches...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
📢 Come be my colleague: the School of Computer Science at 🇦🇺 #USyd is hiring!
Multiple tenure-track-equivalent positions across the board (including theory!), but with a specific focus on Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Digital Systems, and ML/AI.
⏰ Dec 1
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Multiple tenure-track-equivalent positions across the board (including theory!), but with a specific focus on Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Digital Systems, and ML/AI.
⏰ Dec 1
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Our Senior Lecturer, Dr. Elliot Varoy says that "Talking to a rubber duck might unlock the solution" when we are stuck on a problem. Read his message at The Conversation theconversation.com/stuck-on-a-p... #USyd #SolvingProblems
Stuck on a problem? Talking to a rubber duck might unlock the solution
Talking to a human can come with certain limits.
theconversation.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Our Senior Lecturer, Dr. Elliot Varoy says that "Talking to a rubber duck might unlock the solution" when we are stuck on a problem. Read his message at The Conversation theconversation.com/stuck-on-a-p... #USyd #SolvingProblems
Dr. Zhanna Sarsenbayeva was interviewed on her research in #HCI and Human-Centered Computing in the age of #AI and AI assistants:
www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/...
The goal? "Placing humans at the forefront of technological development, ultimately resulting in devices that work better for us" #USyd
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The goal? "Placing humans at the forefront of technological development, ultimately resulting in devices that work better for us" #USyd
Bringing the human touch to computer science
The concept of ‘emotionally intelligent’ technological devices might sound like an oxymoron, but Dr Zhanna Sarsenbayeva says this quality is critical to creating tools that genuinely enhance our lives...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Dr. Zhanna Sarsenbayeva was interviewed on her research in #HCI and Human-Centered Computing in the age of #AI and AI assistants:
www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/...
The goal? "Placing humans at the forefront of technological development, ultimately resulting in devices that work better for us" #USyd
www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/...
The goal? "Placing humans at the forefront of technological development, ultimately resulting in devices that work better for us" #USyd
🎉 Shakyani Jayasiriwardene (PhD student), Anusha Withana, & Zhanna Sarsenbayeva's paper "More Than Words: The Impact of Voice Assistant Personality Traits on Failure Mitigation" has been accepted at IMWUT (UbiComp)!
🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI
🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI
More Than Words: The Impact of Voice Assistant Personality Traits on Failure Mitigation | Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
The influence of voice assistants' inherent characteristics and personality cues on
human empathy remains an underexplored research area. This study investigates how
manipulating voice assistants' per...
dl.acm.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🎉 Shakyani Jayasiriwardene (PhD student), Anusha Withana, & Zhanna Sarsenbayeva's paper "More Than Words: The Impact of Voice Assistant Personality Traits on Failure Mitigation" has been accepted at IMWUT (UbiComp)!
🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI
🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI
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If you want to hear about #ComputerScience academics in Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿, I am maintaining a starter pack just for this! Follow all these accounts at once, or browse the list to discover new names!
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(And if you're not there but should be, let me know—I'll add you!)
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September 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you want to hear about #ComputerScience academics in Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿, I am maintaining a starter pack just for this! Follow all these accounts at once, or browse the list to discover new names!
go.bsky.app/N5x6GLQ
(And if you're not there but should be, let me know—I'll add you!)
go.bsky.app/N5x6GLQ
(And if you're not there but should be, let me know—I'll add you!)
🎉 André van Renssen and Shuei Sakaguchi (PhD student)'s paper "Local Routing on Ordered Θ-graphs" has been accepted at #ISAAC2025!
🔗 More about ISAAC'25: isaac2025.csie.ncku.edu.tw
#Algorithms, #ComputationalGeometry
🔗 More about ISAAC'25: isaac2025.csie.ncku.edu.tw
#Algorithms, #ComputationalGeometry
isaac2025.csie.ncku.edu.tw
September 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🎉 André van Renssen and Shuei Sakaguchi (PhD student)'s paper "Local Routing on Ordered Θ-graphs" has been accepted at #ISAAC2025!
🔗 More about ISAAC'25: isaac2025.csie.ncku.edu.tw
#Algorithms, #ComputationalGeometry
🔗 More about ISAAC'25: isaac2025.csie.ncku.edu.tw
#Algorithms, #ComputationalGeometry
🚨🚨🚨@ccanonne.github.io and André van Renssen
from our school are organising the workshop "A Celebration of TCS" before #FOCS on 11/12/2025 at #USyd
@sydney.edu.au
Open to (Post)graduate students and all researchers
Attendance is free but registration required: sites.google.com/view/celebra...
from our school are organising the workshop "A Celebration of TCS" before #FOCS on 11/12/2025 at #USyd
@sydney.edu.au
Open to (Post)graduate students and all researchers
Attendance is free but registration required: sites.google.com/view/celebra...
FOCS 2025 Satellite Event: Celebration of TCS
sites.google.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🚨🚨🚨@ccanonne.github.io and André van Renssen
from our school are organising the workshop "A Celebration of TCS" before #FOCS on 11/12/2025 at #USyd
@sydney.edu.au
Open to (Post)graduate students and all researchers
Attendance is free but registration required: sites.google.com/view/celebra...
from our school are organising the workshop "A Celebration of TCS" before #FOCS on 11/12/2025 at #USyd
@sydney.edu.au
Open to (Post)graduate students and all researchers
Attendance is free but registration required: sites.google.com/view/celebra...
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It was a great pleasure to host Prof. Bart Preneel (KU Leuven) and to see his talk on “Post-Quantum Cryptography: The Road Ahead” so well received.
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
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August 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It was a great pleasure to host Prof. Bart Preneel (KU Leuven) and to see his talk on “Post-Quantum Cryptography: The Road Ahead” so well received.
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
🎉 Danushka Liyanage, Michael Cahill, Alan Fekete, Uwe Röhm's paper "A Benchmark for Databases with Varying Value Lengths" was accepted at #TPCTC2025!
🔗More about TPCTC: www.tpc.org/tpctc/tpctc2...
#Database #DatabaseBenchmarking
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07551
🔗More about TPCTC: www.tpc.org/tpctc/tpctc2...
#Database #DatabaseBenchmarking
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07551
A Benchmark for Databases with Varying Value Lengths
The performance of database management systems (DBMS) is traditionally evaluated using benchmarks that focus on workloads with (almost) fixed record lengths. However, some real-world workloads in key/...
arxiv.org
August 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
🎉 Danushka Liyanage, Michael Cahill, Alan Fekete, Uwe Röhm's paper "A Benchmark for Databases with Varying Value Lengths" was accepted at #TPCTC2025!
🔗More about TPCTC: www.tpc.org/tpctc/tpctc2...
#Database #DatabaseBenchmarking
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07551
🔗More about TPCTC: www.tpc.org/tpctc/tpctc2...
#Database #DatabaseBenchmarking
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07551