MATRIX-SMRI Symposium: Nijenhuis Geometry and integrable systems, February 2022
This hybrid symposium on Nijenhuis Geometry and integrable systems will take place over 3–18 Feb 2022 online (SMRI) and at Creswick, MATRIX.
Mathematicians recognised at the 2021 Australian Mathematical Society Meeting
SMRI congratulates mathematicians recognised with awards at AustMS 2021, the 65th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, which took place over 7-10 December 2021 at the University of Newcastle. SMRI Scientific Advisory Committee member, Professor Serena Dipierro (University of Western Australia), has been awarded the 2021 Australian Mathematical Society Medal, for her research in …
Mathematicians use DeepMind AI to create new methods in problem-solving
Sydney researcher Professor Geordie Williamson is working with colleagues at Oxford using DeepMind’s artificial intelligence to develop fundamentally new techniques in mathematics. Read the University of Sydney news article and view more press on the SMRI in the News page. You can also join the conversation on Twitter.
2022 SMRI Executive Director Stephan Tillmann recognised with Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
SMRI’s future Executive Director Professor Stephan “Tillus” Tillmann has been recognised with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Latest SMRI Quarterly Newsletter published
The latest issue of the SMRI Quarterly Newsletter has been mailed and can be viewed online. To be added to the newsletter mailing list, please email SMRI Admin. November 2021 Newsletter Previous issues: August 2021 Newsletter April 2021 Newsletter …
SMRI welcomes new Executive Director Professor Stephan Tillmann for 2022
SMRI welcomes new Executive Director Professor Stephan “Tillus” Tillmann from the University of Sydney’s School of Mathematics and Statistics, who will take up the position in January 2022. Professor Tillmann will replace outgoing Executive Director Professor Anthony Henderson, who co-founded SMRI with Professor Geordie Williamson in 2018. In this Q&A with Professor Tillmann, he shares …
MATRIX-SMRI Symposium: Singularities in Geometric Flows, January 2022
This hybrid symposium on singularities in geometric flows will be held over 3–14 Jan 2022 at Cresswick, MATRIX and online.
It will focus on exciting recent developments in the analysis of geometric flows via soliton and ancient solutions, centred around talks by William P. Minicozzi II (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Nataša Šešum (Rutgers University).
Terence Tao joins President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
The Sydney Mathematical Research Institute would like to congratulate Professor Terence Tao, a member of our Advisory Board, who has been announced by President Joe Biden as a new member of the US President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Integrable Systems Workshop, December 2021
The 2021 Integrable Systems Workshop took place over 2 – 3 December 2021, hosted by the University of Sydney’s School of Mathematics and Statistics. This workshop brings together speakers on topics such as integrable systems, special functions, mathematical physics, discrete dynamical systems, and Painlevé equations. This event is the 9th workshop organised by the Integrable …
International Congress of Mathematicians 2022 speakers announced
SMRI congratulates the invited speakers for the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2022, the most influential meeting in pure and applied mathematics as well as one of the world’s oldest scientific congresses. Three Australia-based mathematicians are invited speakers.