🏆 Congratulations to Qiang Tang (@alkist.bsky.social), who has been awarded an Input Output Cardano Vision 2026 grant on "SNARK as Proof of Useful Work"!

🏆 Congratulations to Qiang Tang (@alkist.bsky.social) and Sri AravindaKrishnan Thyagarajan (@aravind16coiner.bsky.social), who were awarded a grant by the Stellar Development Foundation on "Enabling Scalable Threshold Cryptography For Federated Settings"!

🎉 Hanwen Feng and Qiang Tang's paper "Practical Asynchronous Distributed Key Reconfiguration and Its Applications" has been accepted at #IEEESP20206! #cryptography 🔗 More about IEEE S&P (Oakland): sp2026.ieee-security.org 👤 @alkist.bsky.social

🎉 Qiang Tang's paper "Optimistic Asynchronous Dynamic-committee Proactive Secret Sharing" has been accepted at #IEEESP20206! #cryptography 🔗 More about IEEE S&P (Oakland): sp2026.ieee-security.org 👤 @alkist.bsky.social

🎉 Sri AravindaKrishnan Thyagarajan's paper "When Threshold Meets Anamorphic Signatures: What is Possible and What is Not!" has been accepted at #PoPETS2026! #anamorphic #communication #privacy 🔗 More about PoPETS 2026: petsymposium.org/2026/ 👤 @aravind16coiner.bsky.social

🎉 Hanwen Feng, Qiang Tang, and Sri AravindaKrishnan Thyagarajan's paper " Anchor-DKG: Distributed Key Generation with Repeating Parties" has been accepted at #CCS2026! #cryptography #dkg 🔗 More about ACM CCS 2026: www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2026/ 👤 @alkist.bsky.social @aravind16coiner.bsky.social

On May 7, join us at the Rose of Australia (Erskineville, in Sydney) at 8pm for an engaging and oh-so-topical talk by our very own Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, on "Using #AI to build better lives"! #RaisingTheBar #USyd #RTB2026 www.rtbevent.com/zhanna-sarse...

On May 7, join us at the Rose of Australia (Erskineville, in Sydney) at 8pm for an engaging and oh-so-topical talk by our very own Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, on "Using #AI to build better lives"! #RaisingTheBar #USyd #RTB2026 www.rtbevent.com/zhanna-sarse...

Applications for the Faculty of Engineering's Vacation Research Internship program are now open! If you are an UG or PG student in Australia, join us this Winter for a research internship in one of the School of Computer Science's 40 projects! Apply by ⏰ April 19: www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/...

Applications for the Faculty of Engineering's Vacation Research Internship program are now open! If you are an UG or PG student in Australia, join us this Winter for a research internship in one of the School of Computer Science's 40 projects! Apply by ⏰ April 19: www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/...

Delighted and thankful to see our research and researchers supported by Google, as part of an effort to build a stronger digital future in Australia! Have a peek at some of the projects supported by Google in the School of Computer Science: www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion... #USyd

Delighted and thankful to see our research and researchers supported by Google, as part of an effort to build a stronger digital future in Australia! Have a peek at some of the projects supported by Google in the School of Computer Science: www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion... #USyd

So humbled to have received the @IEEE TEMS mid-career prize that recognises 10 years of consistent contributions to the field of blockchain. Thank you to my colleagues, nominators and assessors.

Here is our very own poet, computer scientist and lecturer Katy Gero who had a chat with The Atlantic about The Human Skill that eludes AI. To read more: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... #Media #AI #Creative #Writing

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Multiple #Awards from #IEEE_TEMS TC on #Blockchain and #DLT 2025. Mid-Career Award for @vincentgramoli.bsky.social, outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation award for @lzhou1110.bsky.social and Technical Achievement award for @jiangshanyu.github.io. Congratulations! 🔗 www.ieee-tems.org/tc-blockchai...

And both congratulations, hats off, and huge thanks to Greg Ryan and Profs Judy Kay and Alan Fekete, for their outstanding and continued service to the School! Steering the ship and guiding us through during 40 years for Greg and Judy, and 30 for Alan! #USyd

Congratulations to Mafruha Mowrin Hossain, Armin Chitizadeh, and Karlos Ishac, who were recognized last week for their amazing teaching contributions to the School by a Dean's Award!

Wonderful news for the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI), #USyd, and Australia! www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

On the postdoc job market? "As foretold" some time ago, the Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory group at @sydneycompsci.bsky.social is hiring postdocs (2 years, renewable) in Theoretical Computer Science and Algorithms! usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E... #TCSSky

🎉 Yuan Sha and Joachim Gudmundsson's paper "Linear time single-source shortest path algorithms in Euclidean graph classes" has been accepted at #SoCG2026! 🔗 More about SoCG'26: computational-geometry.org/cg-week/socg/ 👤 @jgudmundsson.bsky.social #computationalgeometry #theory #algorithms

We actually forgot one: that's 15 (and counting). Truly an amazing crop! 📄 SRL Proxemics: Spatial Guidelines for Supernumerary Robotic Limbs in Near-Body Interactions, by Hongyu Zhou, Yihao Dong, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, and Anusha Withana from the School of CS at #USyd

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...

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...

🎉 Jay Taylor (UG Honor's student) and Sri AravindaKrishnan Thiagarajan (@aravind16coiner.bsky.social)'s paper "How To Make Delegated Payments on Bitcoin: A Question for the AI Agentic Future" has been accepted at #FC2026! 🔗 FC 2026: ifca.ai/fc26/ #Blockchain #Bitcoin #Cryptography #AgenticPayments

What a way to start the year! Researchers at the School of CS at #USyd have 14 papers accepted at #CHI2026, the premier conference in #HCI! Congratulations to Anusha Withana (@anushaw.bsky.social), Eduardo Velloso (@vellosoraptor.bsky.social), Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, their students, and collaborators!

When we use AI, are we optimising efficiency - or just saving time? Computer scientist and USYD lecturer Dr Elliot Varoy explores how generative AI genuinely helps us, and where it starts to get in the way, such as the case with AI slop and 'workslop'. Learn more: srkr.io/63322IyQ

And this is a wrap for 2025! Much happened, and a lot to be proud of, in research, teaching, and impact across the board. Looking forward to what we will achieve, academics, staff, and students together, in 2026! #ComputerScience

🎉Congratulations to Aravind (@aravind16coiner.bsky.social), on being awarded an USD 25k grant by the SUI Foundation for "Sequential Conditional Payments Across Blockchains With Minimal Contracts"! #Blockchain

Had a great time organizing (with Julian Mestre, R Ravi, and Mik Zlatin) a post #FOCS2025 2-day workshop on Trends in Approximation and Online Algorithms! Featuring an amazing lineup of speakers (from established experts to rising stars) + wiki edit-a-thon + gelato cart from Mapo 1/n

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

Wonderful Q&A session at the "Celebration of TCS" at #USyd! Ft. (from left to right) Shafi Goldwasser, Robbie Gates, Tony Wirth, Ioana Bercea, Bernhard Haeupler, and Meena Mahajan. Moderated by @swumboh.bsky.social and Mik Zlatin!

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

Fantastic talk by Shafi Goldwasser at #USyd, to a packed auditorium!

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

This December, the Faculty of Engineering at #USyd is delighted to welcome Dr Moti Yung, who will speak at the Basser seminar series in our School. He will tell us about "Malicious Cryptography: beyond adhering to specifications in secure systems" 🕒 Tuesday, Dec 2 3:30—4:30pm

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

This December, the Faculty of Engineering at #USyd is delighted to welcome Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, who will deliver a Dean's Lecture on "Constructing Trust: A Cryptographic Tool Kit!" 🕒 Wednesday, Dec 10 3:00—5:00pm (includes lecture and networking) ⏰ Register by Dec 5 (link and location below)

🎉 Huge congratulations to our academics Liyi Zhou, Xiang Zhang, and Yu Yao, who were awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) by the Australian Research Council! We look forward to the amazing research this will enable them to conduct at #USyd! rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...

Proud to receive the David Robinson award tonight from the Information, Telecommunications, and Electronics Engineering (ITEE) College of Engineers Australia, for outstanding achievements in ITEE Engineering. Nominated by my honours supervisor from many years ago Prof Graham Town

ICMY: this December, the School of Computer Science at #USyd will host an absolutely incredible line-up of speakers, jointly with the SMRI (@sydmathinst.bsky.social) and the Faculty of Engineering! 🗓️ Mon 1: Bob Tarjan 🗓️ Tue 2: Moti Yung 🗓️ Wed 10: Shafi Goldwasser Details and how to attend below! ↴

ICMY: this December, the School of Computer Science at #USyd will host an absolutely incredible line-up of speakers, jointly with the SMRI (@sydmathinst.bsky.social) and the Faculty of Engineering! 🗓️ Mon 1: Bob Tarjan 🗓️ Tue 2: Moti Yung 🗓️ Wed 10: Shafi Goldwasser Details and how to attend below! ↴

This December, the Faculty of Engineering at #USyd is delighted to welcome Dr Moti Yung, who will speak at the Basser seminar series in our School. He will tell us about "Malicious Cryptography: beyond adhering to specifications in secure systems" 🕒 Tuesday, Dec 2 3:30—4:30pm

🎉 Qiang Tang, Hanwen Feng and Yuchen Ye's paper "Optimal Byzantine Agreement with Message Drops" has been accepted at #Asiacrypt2025! 🔗 Asiacrypt 2025: asiacrypt.iacr.org/2025/ Paper: eprint.iacr.org/2025/1738 Coauthored with Zhenliang Lu (CityU HK) #consensus #unstable #network

🎉 Qiang Tang and Hanwen Feng's paper "Practical Asynchronous Distributed Key Reconfiguration and Its Applications" has been accepted at #IEEESP2026! 🔗 IEEE SP 2026: sp2026.ieee-security.org Paper: eprint.iacr.org/2025/149 #DistributedKeyReconfiguration #Asynchronous #Consensus

🎉 🎉🎉Congratulations to Qiang Tang, Hanwen Feng and Michael Mai from the school for winning the DSN 2025 Best paper award for the paper "A Communication Optimal Asynchronous Consensus Using Only Hash"! 🎉🎉🎉 #BestPaper #DSN2025 dsn2025.github.io Coauthored with Zhenliang Lu #consensus #crypto #theory

Reminder: we are hiring at #USyd! Multiple continuing (equiv. tenure-track) teaching and research positions: excellent candidates in all areas of #ComputerScience are encouraged to apply! ⏰ Deadline Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

Dean's Lecture Series — Prof Shafi Goldwasser | Wednesday 10 December 2025 📍Eastern Avenue Auditorium (F19) Camperdown NSW 2006 maps.app.goo.gl/M3zMEGwWRC5o... 📋 Register (by Dec 5): signup.e2ma.net/signup/20429...

This December, the Faculty of Engineering at #USyd is delighted to welcome Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, who will deliver a Dean's Lecture on "Constructing Trust: A Cryptographic Tool Kit!" 🕒 Wednesday, Dec 10 3:00—5:00pm (includes lecture and networking) ⏰ Register by Dec 5 (link and location below)

Reminder: we are hiring at #USyd! Multiple continuing (equiv. tenure-track) teaching and research positions: excellent candidates in all areas of #ComputerScience are encouraged to apply! ⏰ Deadline Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...