MiA
MiA

Mathematics in Art

An exhibition by staff, students and alumni of the Mathematical Sciences Institute in the Hanna Neumann building at the Australian National University. Curated by Tim Brook, Mandy Gordon, Akrti Tyagi, Felipe Messias and Tony Martin.

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Asilata
Asilata

DO THE MATHS Celebrates 20 Years Inspiring Young Women Mathematicians

Dr Asilata Bapat Challenges Stereotypes in Mathematics

At the 2025 UNSW Women in Mathematics and Statistics event, ANU Pure Mathematics researcher Dr Asilata Bapat presented a talk on “What does a mathematician do all day?”

Through personal stories, she showcased the creativity and variety in maths, dispelling myths that it’s just number-crunching or blackboard staring.

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Jordan Pitt
Jordan Pitt

Sea^2 = Play^2 + Me^2

Join us for a public lecture from Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean Indigenous Strategy & Services Jordan Pitt (University of Sydney).

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Rodney Baxter
Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025

Vale Professor Rodney Baxter

MSI pays tribute to Em/Prof. Rodney Baxter.

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Rowena Bell
Monday, 08 Apr 2024

Maths has no borders: Professor Rowena Ball brings Indigenous mathematics to ANU

Professor Rowena Ball brings Indigenous maths to ANU

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bob dewar
Monday, 08 Apr 2024

Vale Professor Bob Dewar

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

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Portrait of a man standing inside a building

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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Cracked Earth showing lava underneath it

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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Topology
17 Mar 2026 | 3 - 4pm

The projective linearisability problem for Fano threefolds No 2-12

The seminar series covers topics in Algebra and Topology
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Colloquium
19 Mar 2026 | 10 - 11am

On new functional spaces and their application to PDEs

The PDE & Analysis seminar covers topics in PDE and analysis.
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Asilata
19 Mar 2026 | 1 - 2pm

Mini-course on Discrepancy Theory - Lecture 3

The Mathematical Data Science Centre seminar series
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