January

Professor John Cannon AO FAA, recognised as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to tertiary education, to mathematical computation, to cryptography, and to the development of algebraic software systems (26 January) “Academy Fellows Honoured on Australia Day“

February

Professor Mary Myerscough was awarded the 2026 ANZIAM Medal (16 February), “News from ANZIAM 2026“
Geordie Williamson’s JMM lecture “Can AI help us discover interesting mathematics?” published on YouTube
Zsuzsanna Dancso published an article in The Conversation, “Why you can’t tie knots in four dimensions” (26 February)

Announcement of $55 m funding to support SMRI in Australian Financial Review “University of Sydney maths research body SMRI boosted by record funding to keep AI talent at home (16 March 2026)
Geordie Williamson’s JMM lecture “Mental Models for Neural Networks” published on YouTube
Geordie Williamson’s JMM lecture “Searching for interesting mathematical objects using neural networks” published on YouTube
MIT Technology Review article “This startup wants to change how mathematicians do math” quoting Geordie Williamson published (25 March)

Geordie Williamson gave a lecture at the Isaac Newton Institute “Human-machine mathematical collaboration with modern AI” published on YouTube (1 April)
Quanta Magazine article featuring Geordie Williamson “The AI Revolution in Math has Arrived” (13 April)

Geordie Williamson was interviewed by Rachel Thomas for “Enter the Centaur: How AI is being used for mathematics today.” Published in Plus on 23 July 2026.

Geordie Williamson presented the ICM Public Lecture on “AI and Humanity’s Long Conversation”. Published on YouTube (13 August)
Geordie Williamson was interviewed for episode of The Wire
“If an AI solves a maths problem and nobody reviews it, was it really solved” Published on 26 August 2026.

Geordie Williamson took part in a panel discussion at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany and was quoted in “Two mathematical revolutions separated by more than time” published in Spektrum. de Scilogs on 17 September.
Geordie Williamson took part in a panel discussion: “AI in Mathematical Research” at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum on 15 September. Published on YouTube on 17 September.
Geordie Williamson was quoted in “‘Predatory behaviour’. Elite mathematicians clash over Open AI’s ‘solution’ to million-dollar math problem” published in Live Science on 18 September.
Geordie Williamson was interviewed by Rachel Thomas about the role of AI in mathematical research at the 13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany. Catch up on the Vlog Published on YouTube on 23 September .