If you’re gripped by the wave of stories giving one side or the other of “AI vs Mathematics”, you may be interested in the tidal flow described in this recent interview with @teorth.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Ever wondered what it means when mathematicians talk about 4 dimensions? Zsuzsanna Dancso discusses in #TheConversation 'Why you can't tie knots in four dimensions' 🧮🪢 Explore the difficulty of visualising and exploring higher-dimensional spaces! #MathSky theconversation.com/why-you-cant...

Congratulations to Prof Mary Myerscough, winner of the 2026 ANZIAM Medal! www.anziam.org.au/The+2026+ANZ...

Our International Day of Mathematics events includes 2 special magic shows by Tadashi Tokieda at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Sat 14 & Sun 15 March 12:30 pm 'A magic show' will be for both curious children 🧒 & seasoned scientists alike! 🪄👩‍🔬 🎩 🧮 events.humanitix.com/a-magic-show... #MathSky

'A world from a sheet of paper' - SMRI's #InternationalDayOfMathematics public lecture by Tadashi Tokieda will be on Fri 13 March Starting from a sheet of paper, explore magic tricks and geometry in this lecture filled with table-top demonstrations 🔗 events.humanitix.com/internationa... #MathSky🧮

Just over 1 week left to apply to the International Visitor Program at SMRI/ The University of Sydney. Are you a #MathSky researcher with a desire to collaborate with someone at an Australian university? Or Aus-based researchers, do you have a visitor in mind? Please share! Due 17 Feb #CompSky

This Friday, February 6 at 5pm, Centre for Complex Systems at the School of #ComputerScience is welcoming Prof. Paul Davies (Arizona State U) for a public lecture on "Navigating the Quantum Wonderland" Join us to celebrate a century of quantum mechanics! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/navigating...

The applications to the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI @sydmathinst.bsky.social) International Visitor Program close ⏰ 11:59pm (Sydney time) Feb 17. Apply to visit, and do research at SMRI and institutions across Australia! mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...

Talent is being left on the 'launch pad', space trailblazer warns: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/australian-of-the-year-katherine-bennell-pegg-on-space-and-stem/106269082

Congratulations to Professor John Cannon AO FAA, recognised as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to tertiary education, to mathematical computation, to cryptography, and to the development of algebraic software systems #MathSky www.science.org.au/news-and-eve....

“Professor John Cannon AO FAA has been recognised as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to tertiary education, to mathematical computation, to cryptography, and to the development of algebraic software systems.” #mathsky 🎊 👉🏼 www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

Cohomology of p-adic period domains — David Hansen, National University of Singapore www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHAw... #MathSky #SMRISeminar

Prof Ben Burton’s public lecture “Some Very Queer #Mathematics” is now online, marking 75 years of the Turing Test and celebrating Alan Turing’s & LGBTQIA+ contributions to maths. @amermathsoc.bsky.social @chadtopaz.bsky.social @lgbtqstem.bsky.social #MathSky #ITeachMath #AcademicSky

Join us for the first SMRI seminar for 2026: 'Cohomology of p-adic period domains' David Hansen (National University of Singapore) Time and place as usual: 1 pm, Thursday 22nd January SMRI Seminar Room (A12 Macleay Room 301) USYD #MathSky

#MathSky reminder: just under 1 month left to apply to our International Visitor Program, based in the quadrangle here at the University of Sydney- join us and spend 4 weeks working in Australia! Due: 17 Feb 2026. Mathematicians, please share with your networks! 🧮

"Meso-scale structures in signed networks", new preprint with Wei Zhang, Olga Boichak, Tristram J Alexander, and Tiago P. Peixoto (@tiago) https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11281

The next round of our International Visitor Program is now open! Math researchers from overseas, apply now to spend 4+ weeks working with new and existing collaborators here 🦘🌏 Aus researchers, please share: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa... Due: 17 Feb 2026 #mathsky

Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability — Peter Bartlett, UC Berkeley www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgT... #MathSky #SMRISeminar

Congratulations to @monsoon0.bsky.social, Geordie Williamson, @tillus.bsky.social, John Voight from the School of Mathematics at USyd, and the rest of the team, from other parts of university and beyond, for their ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust!

Check out today's article on A/Prof Zsuzsanna Dancso's amazing interventions to reverse the decline of women in advanced maths courses: www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

Great article from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social about how Zsuzsanna Dancso tackled a different kind of mathematical problem: how to keep women engaged with higher level math www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw... #mathsky

On in 30 minutes: Peter Bartlett - Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability 5:30 pm, Messel Lecture Theatre, (*new location!*) Sydney Nanosciences Hub, USYD

Congratulations to Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social and team, who have been awarded $35m from the ARC to establish the ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust (MathQuEST) #mathsky

🚨 #CentresOfExcellence #CE26 announcement: ❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️ See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288 /bot

Our special Basser-SMRI Seminar with @sydneycompsci.bsky.social is now on YouTube: Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal? — Robert Tarjan, Princeton University youtu.be/Pc40q0JGdjc

Wonderful turnout and enthusiasm this week for #ComputerScience, with packed rooms for Bob Tarjan and Moti Yung's Basser seminars! #USyd

A short course by SMRI visitor Yunwen Lei (University of Hong Kong) - Statistical Learning Theory - kicks off today More details: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/seminars/ #MathSky

Just one more week until applications for the International Visitor Program at SMRI open again! Join us for 4 weeks at our mathematical hub in Sydney to collaborate with researchers based all around Australia 🌏🐨 #MathSky

Join us for a special talk by Peter Bartlett (UC Berkeley), part of the focus period 'Mathematical Science for AI Safety' currently running at SMRI 'Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability' 5:30 pm, Wednesday 10th December 2025 Old Geology Lecture Theatre, USYD #MathSky

The latest SMRI interview captures some of the discussions behind the focus period, 'Mathematical Science of AI Safety' - Dan Murfet interviews Marcus Hutter and & Cole Wyeth, catch up below 👇 youtu.be/tgKaGiI6Ogc #MathSky #AISafety

Woman or gender minority curious about the mathematics of waves? 🌊👋 Keen to spend a life-changing week at Princeton IAS this May, for a lecture series on "Waves, Wave Packets, and Their Interactions"? Good news! Apply by ⏰ Feb 6 for the Women and Mathematics program! www.ias.edu/math/wam/wam...

The one and only Bob Tarjan, delivering a lecture at #USyd to a packed auditorium, in a joint SMRI/Computer Science seminar! @sydmathinst.bsky.social @sydneycompsci.bsky.social

Exactly two weeks until #FOCS2025! The schedule is up, the sun is high, the workshops primed. Social activities: to be announced in the coming week. See you in a fortnight!

Happening today - Robert Tarjan, 'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?' No need to register, please come along, 2 pm, at the Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney @sydneycompsci.bsky.social

The deadline is in <4 days! Dec 1, Sydney time. Computer Science (including Theory) people on the academic job market, do apply! usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

I am very much looking forward to tomorrow’s SMRI Seminar, ‘The rich world of Fano geometry’ with Caucher Birkar, on Thursday 27 November 1 pm – 2 pm AEDT Location: SMRI Seminar Room (Macleay A12 Room 301) @SydMathInst.bluesky.social

The AMSI Summer School 2026 Public Lecture is coming up soon - 'The Other Golden Ratio', given by Prof Burkard Polster (Monash University) 🗓️ Wed 4 Feb, 2026 🕡 6–7pm (light refreshments from 5pm) 📍 Monash University, Clayton & online Register here: ss.amsi.org.au/public-lectu...

This was a good read. It's making me think about how to target other demographics (e.g. people with disabilities, in my case) for similar interventions.

How can we flip the decline in girls and gender-diverse students doing mathematics at higher levels? Zsuzsanna Dancso explains how her program of mentorship and encouragement piloted at @sydney.edu.au increased enrolments from 22% to 30%📈 🧮 More here: doi.org/10.64628/AA.... #MathSky doi.

Thrilled to see that powerhouse Nalini Joshi (@monsoon0.bsky.social) has been named the 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year for her work in geometric & asymptotic methods to study discrete and continuous nonlinear mathematical models Congratulations Nalini! #MathSky youtu.be/XoZO6EKqg68

Next month, the University of Sydney will host two distinguished lectures, by Bob Tarjan and Shafi Goldwasser. I reckon we could say December is Turing-complete.

In October 2025, Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad visited SMRI, as part of our International Visitor Program. In this interview, she talks to us about her work in complex systems and networks, at the interface of physics, applied mathematics and computer science! #MathSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBD...

Our @sydney.edu.au Laureate Fellow, Professor Catherine Stampfl is generously supporting these awards for women in STEM in Australia. 1) Georgina Sweet Early Career Researcher STEM Parents Award 2) Georgina Sweet Regional and Remote STEM Award ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 www.georgina-sweet-awards-cmt.com/awards

Join us on Monday 1st December for the first SMRI-Basser Joint Seminar, to be given by Robert Tarjan (Princeton University) @sydneycompsci.bsky.social 'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?' 2 pm, Monday 1st December, 2025 The Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney #MathSky #CSforAll

The Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT) group at #USyd has several postdoc positions available (2+ years) in all areas of Theoretical Computer Science, with one focusing on streaming and one on planning and synthesis. Expected start mid- or end 2026. More information: usyd-sact.github.io

How can we use neural networks to bolster mathematical discovery? Geordie Williamson's @simonsfoundation.org Presidential Lecture is online, catch up now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxr_...

We're still finalizing the conference program, so stay tuned! As a teaser: we heard jetlag is a thing, and mornings are hard—especially after Sunday's workshops and welcome reception. To help with that, Monday morning will feature barista coffee: begin the week with a flat white! ☕

This is your final week to apply for the Professor Harry Messel Research Fellowship. A 3 year position open to women in any area of #Physics or #Astronomy at the University of Sydney @sydney.edu.au Deadline: 16th November ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️

Come and join us: we have 2x Postdoctoral Research Associate positions available at SMRI. Mathematicians of all areas are encouraged to apply (pure, applied, statistics). Please share with your network #MathSky Closing December 3 usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

Great to see Australian mathematician Jessica Purcell named as one of the Fellows of the AMS for 2026 #MathSky