School of Computer Science, University of Sydney
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
The official account of the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney.
🔗 https://www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/schools/school-computer-science.html
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🎉 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
🔗 More about SoCG'26: computational-geometry.org/cg-week/socg/
👤 @jgudmundsson.bsky.social
#computationalgeometry #theory #algorithms
Computational Geometry
computational-geometry.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
🎉 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
🔗 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
📄 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
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!
Congratulations to Anusha Withana (@anushaw.bsky.social), Eduardo Velloso (@vellosoraptor.bsky.social), Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, their students, and collaborators!
February 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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
📄 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
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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...
Join us to celebrate a century of quantum mechanics!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/navigating...
Navigating the Quantum Wonderland: Prof. Paul Davies, Arizona State Univ.
Join Prof. Paul Davies from ASU for a mind-bending journey through the quantum wonderland in person!
www.eventbrite.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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...
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...
Join us to celebrate a century of quantum mechanics!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/navigating...
Navigating the Quantum Wonderland: Prof. Paul Davies, Arizona State Univ.
Join Prof. Paul Davies from ASU for a mind-bending journey through the quantum wonderland in person!
www.eventbrite.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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...
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
🔗 FC 2026: ifca.ai/fc26/
#Blockchain #Bitcoin #Cryptography #AgenticPayments
FC'26 : Financial Cryptography 2026
Financial Cryptography and Data Security is a major international forum for research, advanced development, education, exploration, and debate regarding information assurance, with a specific focus on...
ifca.ai
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 AM
🎉 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
🔗 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!
Congratulations to Anusha Withana (@anushaw.bsky.social), Eduardo Velloso (@vellosoraptor.bsky.social), Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, their students, and collaborators!
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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!
Congratulations to Anusha Withana (@anushaw.bsky.social), Eduardo Velloso (@vellosoraptor.bsky.social), Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, their students, and collaborators!
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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
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
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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
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
December 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
🎉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
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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
December 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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
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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
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.
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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
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
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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!
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!
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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!
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!
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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
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
is now on YouTube:
Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal? — Robert Tarjan, Princeton University
youtu.be/Pc40q0JGdjc
Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal?
YouTube video by Sydney Mathematical Research Institute - SMRI
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
is now on YouTube:
Is Dijkstra’s Algorithm Optimal? — Robert Tarjan, Princeton University
youtu.be/Pc40q0JGdjc
Wonderful turnout and enthusiasm this week for #ComputerScience, with packed rooms for Bob Tarjan and Moti Yung's Basser seminars! #USyd
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Wonderful turnout and enthusiasm this week for #ComputerScience, with packed rooms for Bob Tarjan and Moti Yung's Basser seminars! #USyd
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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
🕒 Tuesday, Dec 2
3:30—4:30pm
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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
🕒 Tuesday, Dec 2
3:30—4:30pm
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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
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?'
2 pm, Monday 1st December, 2025
The Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
#MathSky #CSforAll
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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
@sydneycompsci.bsky.social
'Is Dijkstra's Algorithm Optimal?'
2 pm, Monday 1st December, 2025
The Quad General Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
#MathSky #CSforAll
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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)
🕒 Wednesday, Dec 10
3:00—5:00pm
(includes lecture and networking)
⏰ Register by Dec 5 (link and location below)
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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)
🕒 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...
We look forward to the amazing research this will enable them to conduct at #USyd! rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Research Management System - Funded Projects - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026 round 1
RMS is the ARC's Research Management System, a web-based system used by eligible researchers to prepare and submit research proposals and assessments under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program ...
rms.arc.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🎉 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...
We look forward to the amazing research this will enable them to conduct at #USyd! rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
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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
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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
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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! ↴
🗓️ Mon 1: Bob Tarjan
🗓️ Tue 2: Moti Yung
🗓️ Wed 10: Shafi Goldwasser
Details and how to attend below! ↴
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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! ↴
🗓️ 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! ↴
🗓️ Mon 1: Bob Tarjan
🗓️ Tue 2: Moti Yung
🗓️ Wed 10: Shafi Goldwasser
Details and how to attend below! ↴
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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! ↴
🗓️ 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
🕒 Tuesday, Dec 2
3:30—4:30pm
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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
🕒 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
🔗 Asiacrypt 2025: asiacrypt.iacr.org/2025/
Paper: eprint.iacr.org/2025/1738
Coauthored with Zhenliang Lu (CityU HK)
#consensus #unstable #network
Asiacrypt 2025
Asiacrypt 2025
asiacrypt.iacr.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🎉 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
🔗 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
🔗 IEEE SP 2026: sp2026.ieee-security.org
Paper: eprint.iacr.org/2025/149
#DistributedKeyReconfiguration #Asynchronous #Consensus
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2026
sp2026.ieee-security.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
🎉 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
🔗 IEEE SP 2026: sp2026.ieee-security.org
Paper: eprint.iacr.org/2025/149
#DistributedKeyReconfiguration #Asynchronous #Consensus