PRCM

The Ninth Pacific Rim Conference in Mathematics Darwin

The Ninth Pacific Rim Conference in Mathematics (PRCM), hosted by the Mathematical Sciences Institute (MSI), Australian National University (ANU), at the Darwin Convention Centre, is a broad mathematical event that covers a range of exciting research in contemporary mathematics. 

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Vale Professor Bob Dewar

MSI pays tribute to Em/Prof. Robert (Bob) Leith Dewar.

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Rowena Ball

Maths has no borders

Professor Rowena Ball brings Indigenous maths to ANU

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Pierre Portal - Why mathematicians love blackboards

Why do mathematicians love blackboards?

Associate Professor Pierre Portal explains why this old-fashioned piece of technology is still so special to mathematicians.

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Rowena Bell
Monday, 08 Apr 2024
bob dewar
Monday, 08 Apr 2024

MSI pays tribute to Em/Prof. Robert (Bob) Leith Dewar.

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Flying high: from circus school to a maths degree
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023

It’s not a massive leap to go from circus performer to mathematics graduate, says Grover Lancaster-Cole, from the ANU Mathematical Sciences Institute.

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Why maths’ bad reputation doesn’t add up

Associate Professor Adam Piggott knows how mathematical ideas can transform our world, and he wishes more people were in on the secret.
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Exploring the mathematical universe – connections, contradictions, and kale

Exploring the mathematical universe – connections, contradictions, and kale

Pure mathematics often yields unanticipated applications, but without a time machine to look into the future, how do mathematicians like me choose…
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ANU researchers speed up earthquake simulation software

“Faster, more efficient software,” “speedups and code profiling,” and “parallel programming” – these were the central takeaways from the two-week…
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Abstract technology background with connected dots
30 Apr 2024 | 9:30 - 10:30am

Herglotz representation and Caratheodory approximation.

The PDE & Analysis seminar covers topics in PDE and analysis.
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MSI Graduate Student Colloquium Series
3 May 2024 | 3 - 4pm

MSI Graduate Student Colloquium

Interested in meeting your fellow graduate students and learning about their research? We are restarting for 2024 the informal colloquium for graduate HDR students to share interesting topics they’ve come across during their studies.
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Compact moduli of K3 surfaces and tropical spheres with 24 singular points.
7 May 2024 | 3 - 4pm

Compact moduli of K3 surfaces and tropical spheres with 24 singular points

The algebra-topology seminar covers topics in Algebra and Topology
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