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Lecturer in Mathematics: July 2023 job advertisement
Applications are now closed for a three-year fixed term Lecturer position in the School of Maths & Stats for researchers in algebra, geometry & representation theory.
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SMRI Director Geordie Williamson awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship
Geordie Williamson has been awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship to unlock the secrets of modular representations. The project aims to increase our understanding of the fundamental symmetries of discrete structures,…
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Farewell afternoon tea for visitor Kostiantyn Ralchenko
On 8 June, SMRI hosted an afternoon tea to farewell Ukrainian mathematician Kostiantyn Ralchenko. Kostiantyn and his family came to Australia through the support of SMRI’s Ukrainian Visitor Program for…
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National Science Week: twisting somersaults public lecture & maths workshops
The August events will include a public talk by University of Sydney mathematician Professor Holger Dullin, who’ll explore the mathematical phenomena of twisting somersaults. Plus, Geordie Williamson onstage in “Doctor…
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Maths and machine learning
SMRI Director Geordie Williamson and a team of mathematicians from Oxford University have collaborated with AI lab DeepMind, using machine learning to help prove or suggest new mathematical theorems. Articles…
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Successful applicants: International Visitor Program 2023 Round 1
SMRI congratulates 20 researchers in the mathematical sciences who were successful in the International Visitor Program 2023 Round 1.
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Women in Mathematics Day 2023 “Olga Ladyzhenskaya” film screening
To celebrate Women in Mathematics Day on 12 May 2023, SMRI hosted a screening of the short documentary “Olga Ladyzhenskaya” (2022) by acclaimed filmmaker Ekaterina Eremenko.
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‘Duels & duality’ International Day of Mathematics public lecture recording & photo gallery
To celebrate Pi Day on 14 March, University of Sydney mathematician Oded Yacobi presented “Duels and Duality: A fable about the life and mathematics of Évariste Galois”. View the photo gallery here.
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Modular Representation Theory
This course, organised by Geordie Williamson and Chris Honen, ran in Semester One 2023 This course is designed to show some of the beautiful mathematics in modern modular representation theory.…
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Pi Day events: public lecture & Sydney high school workshops
To celebrate the International Day of Mathematics 2023 (aka “Pi Day”) on 14 March, SMRI organised three public events for all ages and levels of mathematics. UTS and UNSW also…
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Interview with SMRI visitor Francisco Crespo
Over the second half of 2022, Francisco Crespo worked on a project related to the full n-body problem, which refers to the motion of rigid bodies in space. Find out…
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Three postdoctoral research positions at SMRI: apply by January 2023
Postdoctoral positions at SMRI and USyd School of Maths and Stats: applications have now closed.