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  • The Mathematics of Knots with Jessica Purcell

    Jessica Purcell

    Professor Jessica Purcell works on the interplay of hyperbolic geometry and 3-dimensional manifolds. In this SMRI interview, she describes the open questions she’s investigating and how her interest in mathematical…

  • Helen Byrne

    Professor Helen Byrne awarded 2021 Australian Laureate Fellowship

    SMRI congratulates Professor Helen Byrne, a member of our Scientific Advisory Committee, on being awarded a 2021 Australian Laureate Fellowship through the ARC Laureate Fellowship Scheme.

  • Number Theory Down Under 9 Workshop, September 2021

    Number Theory Down Under 9, a major number theoretic event in Australia, took place online through the University of Sydney over 27–30 September 2021. This was the ninth conference Number…

  • Representation Theory Workshop (Münster & Sydney), September 2021

    Representation theory’s hidden motives conference was held online through SMRI and at the University of Münster in September 2021. The goal is to foster new synergies in topics such as…

  • Professor Geordie Williamson

    SMRI Director Geordie Williamson joins editorial board of Inventiones mathematicae

    SMRI congratulates Director Professor Geordie Williamson on joining the editorial board of Inventiones Mathematicae. Professor Williamson is the first mathematician working in Australia to be an editor of Inventiones, one…

  • 2021 Computational & Algorithmic Topology Sydney Workshop

    The CATS 2021 workshop at the University of Sydney 19 – 23 July 2021 (online) explores computational and algorithmic topology and related areas. Watch the recordings online. Live talks will…

  • Women in Mathematics day

    International Women in Mathematics Day at the University of Sydney

    The University of Sydney’s School of Mathematics & Statistics hosted an in-person and online event to celebrate Women in Mathematics Day on 12 May 2021, sponsored by SMRI and the…

  • MATRIX-SMRI proposal

    Call for Proposals: MATRIX-SMRI Research Symposium 2021

    MATRIX and the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute invited proposals for a joint Research Symposium held in a hybrid format (in-person/on-line) in 2021. The joint MATRIX-SMRI Research Symposium will be centred…

  • Bronwyn Hajek

    Associate Professor Bronwyn Hajek, applied mathematician at the University of South Australia, describes how she is motivated by the quest to solve tricky, obscure, unsolved partial differential equations. In this…

  • Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger

    Australian Academy of Science 2021 honorifics for mathematical scientists

    The Australian Academy of Science has awarded 24 scientists with prestigious honorific awards in 2021. Professor Cheryl Praeger AC, a member of our Advisory Board, was recognised with the inaugural…

  • Dr Emily Cliff. Dr Marcy Robertson, Dr Zsuzsanna Dancso

    Applications for the 2021 Domestic Visitor Program now open

    Applications for the Domestic Visitor Program for 2021 are now open on a rolling basis. Download the Terms & Conditions for 2021 applications. The deadline for applications is 2–6 months…

  • Symposium with Martin Hairer, February 2021

    Over 3–19 February 2021, we explored the mathematics of Fields Medallist and Breakthrough Prize winner Martin Hairer, Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London, in the SMRI-MATRIX Online Symposium with Martin…