Research Workshops, Courses & Symposia

  • Optimal Transport: Mini-Course and Mini-Workshop

    The three-day research event combines a mini-course and a mini-workshop on optimal transport. It aims to provide a welcoming and inclusive platform for presenting research, fostering collaboration, and inspiring new…

  • Protected: SMRI Summer School 2027

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  • Other Seminars 2026

    The Friday Endoseminar, ‘Computing modular forms‘John Voight, University of Sydney Friday 20th February and 27th February 2026 Abstract: In these lectures, we will explain what it means to compute modular…

  • Seminar on Canonical Bases

    A 2026 Seminar organised by Tom Goertzen, Tao Qin and Connor Simpson In this seminar, we aim to study the answers of the following motivating questions regarding irreducible representations of…

  • Focus Period, ‘Mathematical Science of AI Safety’

    This focus period ran at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute from November 3rd – December 12th, 2025 Some aspects of intelligence are becoming a commodity. They are bought and sold…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…