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Successful applicants: International Visitor Program 2022 Round 2
SMRI congratulates 23 researchers in the mathematical sciences who were successful in the International Visitor Program 2022 Round 2.
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Geordie Williamson speaks at 2022 Fields Medal Symposium: Akshay Venkatesh
Geordie Williamson is an invited speaker at the 2022 Fields Medal Symposium: Akshay Venkatesh, held over 17-19 October 2022 at the Fields Institute in Toronto, Canada. The recording of his…
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Quantum encryption algorithm cracked in minutes by computer running Magma
A cryptosystem that was meant to withstand decryption by powerful quantum computers that may be developed in the future has been cracked by a single computer running a Magma program.…
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Geordie Williamson is a finalist for the 2022 Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science and Innovation
Inaugural Director of the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute Professor Geordie Williamson has been selected as a finalist for the 2022 Department of Defence Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science and…
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Interview with SMRI visitor Ivan Guo
In this interview, Ivan Guo (Monash University) reflects on his recent SMRI visit and explains the models behind financial mathematics. He describes how transport theory applies to quantitative finance (as…
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AMSI-MSRI Winter School
SMRI Director Geordie Williamson was an invited speaker at the AMSI-MSRI Winter School, hosted over two weeks at the University of Queensland. He presented five lectures on Kazhdan-Lusztig Polynomials: Representation,…
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Spotlight on network dynamics: Bob Rink
Introducing the first of our new regular feature “Research in the Spotlight”. SMRI visitor Bob Rink from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and his collaborators have recently published two papers in the…
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Professor John Cannon elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Congratulations to pure mathematician Professor John Cannon of the University of Sydney’s school of Mathematics and Statistics, who has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
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Successful applicants: International Visitor Program 2022 Round 1 and Ukrainian Visitor Program
SMRI congratulates the following researchers in the mathematical sciences on their successful applications. There are 14 successful applicants for the 2022IVP Round 1 and 3 successful applicants for the rolling…
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“Hendoff” for inaugural SMRI Exec Director Anthony Henderson
The Hendoff is a celebration of Anthony Henderson’s manifold contributions to mathematics in Australia, through both his research and service to the community. After over two years at the helm…
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ICM2022 Down Under: Photo Gallery
The official International Congress of Mathematics 2022 was held virtually. In Sydney, SMRI recreated some of the usual spirit of the ICM. Our local event featured talks by the Australia-based…
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Maths, AI and intuition with Geordie Williamson: Photo Gallery
Just one day after Pi Day (the International Day of Mathematics, 14 March) Sydney Ideas and SMRI joined forces to present Maths, AI and intuition, a public talk featuring SMRI…