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Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad: Using complex systems to understand epidemics, climate change and social media
In October 2025, Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad visited SMRI and her host, Eduardo Altmann, as part of the International Visitor Program, from the SRH University of Applied Sciences. In this interview, she…
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Algebraic Geometry Workshop
A workshop organised by Paolo Cascini, Ivan Cheltsov, Svetlana Makarova, Evgeny Shinder and Behrouz Taji will run at Sydney Mathematical Research Institute in February 2026 A workshop on Algebraic Geometry…
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International Visitor Program – 2025 Round 2 Successful Applicants
SMRI congratulates the following researchers in the mathematical sciences on their successful applications. There were 13 successful applicants in the International Visitor Program 2025 Round 2, which closed in August 2025. As…
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Vale Jérémie Guilhot
(1980—2025) At the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute, we were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of Jérémie Guilhot. Jérémie was a valued member of the mathematical community here…
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Science at the Museum
National Science Week 2025: Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language For National Science Week 2025, the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute joined forces with the Chau…
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Knots, graphs, and algebra: a story of surprises – National Science Week Public Lecture by Zsuzsanna Dancso
What’s so special about knots? The twists and tangles of knots are behind some of the world’s strongest materials, hide within our DNA, and early scientists such as Lord Kelvin…
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Geordie Williamson Invited Speaker at Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) 2026
SMRI Director Geordie Williamson has been invited to give the AMS Colloquium Lectures at JMM 2026. This is a prestigious multi-part lecture series focused on showcasing major advances in mathematics,…
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Upcoming — Focus period: Mathematical Science of AI Safety
From November to December 2025, a special focus period will run at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute, organised by Daniel Murfet, Susan Wei and Geordie Williamson. Some aspects of intelligence…
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Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Mathematics for Quantum Resilience
Quantum computing at a scale that will change society is about to arrive. Its impact will be revolutionary, but underlying questions about online security and the search for unexpected discoveries…
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Reflections: Modern perspectives in representation theory
Aside from the ongoing seminar series, SMRI has committed to running yearly themed special semesters. From May to June 2025, Modern perspectives in representation theory ran at SMRI, organised by…
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Seminar on Deligne-Lusztig Theory
A 2025 Seminar organised by Tom Goertzen and Edmund Heng In their groundbreaking 1976 paper, entitled “Representations of Reductive Groups Over Finite Fields”, Deligne and Lusztig (DL) gave a method…
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International Visitor Program – 2025 Round 1 Successful Applicants
SMRI congratulates the following researchers in the mathematical sciences on their successful applications. There were 25 successful applicants in the International Visitor Program 2025 Round 1, which closed in February 2025. As…