Find out about the latest maths news, announcements and stories at ANU.

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

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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Pierre Portal - Why mathematicians love blackboards
Wednesday, 22 Nov 2023
  • News

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

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Portrait of a man standing inside a building
Thursday, 02 Mar 2023
  • Academic profile

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
Tuesday, 03 Jan 2023
  • Research story

Pure mathematics often yields unanticipated applications, but without a time machine to look into the future, how do mathematicians like me choose what to study?

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Two people standing in front of a building
Thursday, 15 Dec 2022
  • Student profile

Read about Himani's journey to MSI, the main highlights and challenges she had to overcome and her plans for the future.

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Cracked Earth showing lava underneath it
Monday, 14 Nov 2022
  • Research story

“Faster, more efficient software,” “speedups and code profiling,” and “parallel programming” – these were the central takeaways from the two-week National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) HPC-AI Hackathon hosted in partnership with NVIDIA, and the OpenACC organisation from 24 October to 4 November.

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Friday, 23 Sep 2022
  • News

Spring is here, and what better way to celebrate than in verse? The Maths Poetry Competition is open now.

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A photo of Professor Mark Krumholz and Professor Andrew Hassell
Thursday, 01 Sep 2022
  • Research story

Two ANU researchers helping to develop faster and more powerful supercomputers and software that will power the technologies of tomorrow, have been awarded millions of dollars to advance their work as part of Australia's most prestigious research funding program.

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Michael Barnsley on the news holding a fern leaf
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
  • News

Michael Barnsley features in an immersive exhibition where 'traditional' art meets science and technology in Rockhampton.

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