Congratulations to Ellis Patrick for his Investigator Grant "Making Space Count: Methodological Advances for Spatial Omics Analysis". Ellis was awarded 2.8M from the NHMRC to pursue his research! More details here: www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/find...

Geordie Williamson is giving a public lecture on “AI and humanity’s longest conversation”. This is an insightful slide on the dichotomy he expresses #ICM2026

Congrats to @monsoon0.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 Moyal Medal: lighthouse.mq.edu.au/media-releas...

Pioneering mathematician Nalini Joshi awarded 2026 Moyal Medal

Macquarie University has awarded the 2026 Moyal Medal to University of Sydney Professor Nalini Joshi AO FAA FRSN in recognition of her outstanding contributions to mathematics.

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Next year SMRI and the School of Math&Stat is hosting a month long focus period FACETS '27: Forum on Artin and Coxeter groups: Examples and Theory in Sydney. More information and registration: sites.google.com/view/facets-...

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Forum on Artin & Coxeter groups: Examples & Theory in Sydney

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@monsoon0.bsky.social discusses the quantum era with Professor Marcel Dinger, Dean of Science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLvg...

The quantum era: security, trust and your future

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SMRI is delighted that friend and former Advisory Board member, Terence Tao, has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours List 2026. It is a fitting tribute to Terry, whose contributions inspire so many and have expanded the horizons of mathematical discovery. Congratulations! Photo: UCLA

Congrats to Geordie Williamson for receiving the 2026 Chauvenet Prize and a 2026 Frontier of Science Award! maa.org/news/recipie.... my.icbs.cn/fileviewer/p...

@monsoon0.bsky.social's fundamental research in the mathematical sciences is our weapon against cryptographic breakdown of our current security systems protecting your personal and financial information 🔐 Check out the episode of The Solutionists here: www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion... #MathSky

The Solutionists with Mark Scott

The Solutionists is a podcast from The University of Sydney, hosted by Vice-Chancellor and President Mark Scott.

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Nalini Joshi@monsoon0.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I did a podcast with my Vice-Chancellor @sydney.edu.au go.sydney.edu.au/H7FkmC #thesolutionists

SMRI's latest spotlight on research is live! Christian Gaetz (UC Berkeley) talks about his work in combinatorics & how it offers a unique new tool to understand the rich world of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials 〽️🧮 🔗 mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/an-interview... #MathSky #SMRISpotlight

An interview with Christian Gaetz: Cracking Combinatorial Invariance for the Coefficient of q - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute

Take a look at modern mathematics, and a sprawling landscape emerges. How do we navigate and orient ourselves in an environment that we can’t see, dealing

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Our #InternationalDayOfMathematics public lecture 'A world from a sheet of paper' was given by Tadashi Tokieda 📜🗺️ Curious about origami, miura-ori, and how geometry can confer properties such as elasticity? 🧬 Catch up here👉 mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/a-world-from... #MathSky 🧮

Our #InternationalDayOfMathematics colloquia by Tadashi Tokieda are now online: 1/2: 'Irrational ways of manufacturing numbers' (13 March) youtu.be/eebNVwdu51M 2/2: 'Pure mathematics as applied physics' (16 March) youtu.be/mGZJH-n4a6E Thanks to Tadashi for the visit 🌏🦘🧮 #MathSky #SMRISeminar

Irrational ways of manufacturing numbers

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As mathematicians, we explore abstract questions, yet history shows that these ideas often become the foundations of transformative technologies 🧮📱 This weekend of #InternationalDayOfMathematics we are proud to announce a landmark $55.1m co-investment in SMRI🧵 www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

$55.1 million to position Australia as world leader in maths

Two philanthropic gifts totalling $28.7 million from the Simon Marais Foundation and the Hooper Shaw Family Foundation to the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute at the University of Sydney will c...

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

Congratulations to Professor John Cannon, awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). The citation reads: For distinguished service to tertiary education, to mathematical computation, to cryptography, and to the development of algebraic software systems. www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

Academy Fellows honoured on Australia Day

Top, left to right: Professor Anne Kelso AC FAA FAHMS, Emeritus Professor Bruce Armstrong AC FAA, Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons AC FAA FTSE FRS. Bottom, left to right: Professor John Cannon AO

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Geordie Williamson, University of Sydney (USYD), will be delivering the three AMS Colloquium Lectures at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings #JMM2026 The first lecture is "Can AI help us discover interesting mathematics?" Read more: https://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/jmm2026-speakers

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

International Visitor Program - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute

IVP August 2023 applications are due 8 August 2023, for July 2024–June 2025 visits (general applicants) & March 2024–June 2025 for Australian citizens/PR & NZ citizens.

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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

When Emily walked into maths class at uni, there were only three women. Then something changed

Before 2020, female enrolments in advanced mathematics at the University of Sydney were in decline. But an intervention transformed everything.

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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.

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...

When Emily walked into maths class at uni, there were only three women. Then something changed

Before 2020, female enrolments in advanced mathematics at the University of Sydney were in decline. But an intervention transformed everything.

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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!

When @Sydney_Uni sought to appoint its very first professors, the then Provost wrote to the selection committee in England… /1

Do you remember how a newly minted Fields medallist had his shiny new medal stolen at ICM2018 in Rio? Guess who is speaking tomorrow @sydney.edu.au ⬇️

Nalini Joshi@monsoon0.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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

Congrats to Prof Kevin Coulembier, who was recently named a Top Researcher nationally in Algebra by The Australian: www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

The Australian celebrates research excellence of universities

The University of Sydney ranks as the top research institution in Australia in 21 research fields and has 21 researchers named as leaders in their respective fields nationally in The Australian's 2026...

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Congrats to Dr Caroline Wormell from the School of Mathematics and Statistics on their recently announced DECRA award "From chaos to clarity: reliable data-driven analysis of dynamical systems."

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

Professor Nalini Joshi AO 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year

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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

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...

Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad: Using complex systems to understand epidemics, climate change and social media

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An article from @sydney.edu.au about today’s significant event #NSWPremiersPrizes news-opinion.sydney.edu.au/link/id/zzzz...

Nalini Joshi named 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year

Trailblazing mathematician Professor Nalini Joshi has been awarded the top scientific accolade in NSW for 2025.

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Congrats to @monsoon0.bsky.social the NSW Scientist of the Year! www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

The Sydney mathematician finding a better way to keep your data safe

Quantum computers can decode encryption keys increasingly quickly. Professor Nalini Joshi is developing the mathematics to make your secrets stronger.

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🏆 Professor ‪@anitaho-baillie.bsky.social‬ from @sydney.edu.au is awarded the University of Sydney Eureka Prize for Sustainability Research. #EurekaPrizes ‬‬ Learn more: youtu.be/D305jgujrQk

USYD @sydneymathsstats.bsky.social grad and AI expert Andrew Tulloch turns down billion-dollar contract for Meta: www.news.com.au/technology/o... #MathSky