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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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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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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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Modern Perspectives in Representation Theory
A 2025 Special Semester organized by Charlotte Chan, Thomas Lam, and Geordie Williamson A special semester on “Modern Perspectives in Representation Theory” ran at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute from…
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Algebraic Geometry Workshop
A workshop organized by Daniel Chan, Ivan Cheltsov, Jack Hall, Behrouz Taji, Geordie Williamson ran at Sydney Mathematical Research Institute A workshop on Algebraic Geometry ran at the Sydney Mathematical…
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Perspectives on Mathematics, its Humanity, Culture, and Communication
A 2024 Special Semester organized by Francis Su & Stephan Tillmann This interactive seminar series explored and illuminated the human side of mathematics—the culture(s) of mathematics, how we teach and…
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IMU-SMRI Mathematical Colloquia and Panels
SMRI was lucky enough to host the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) in March 2024. We hosted a series of talks and panel events to align with…
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Special Semester: Mathematical Challenges in AI
A 2023 Special Semester organized by Geordie Williamson The Mathematical challenges in AI seminar is the successor of the Machine Learning for the Working Mathematician special semester. The main focus of the seminars this…