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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…
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Machine learning for the working mathematician
This special semester was organised by Joel Gibson, Georg Gottwald, and Geordie Williamson and took place in Semester 1 2022 The Machine Learning for the Working Mathematician seminar is an introduction to ways in…
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MATRIX-SMRI Symposium: Nijenhuis Geometry and Integrable Systems, February 2022
This hybrid research symposium on Nijenhuis Geometry and integrable systems took place over 3–18 Feb 2022 online and at Creswick, MATRIX. It explored Nijenhuis geometry and uses it as a…