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🌏 Official page for the Sydney University Maths Society USYD SUMS
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This is the official page for the Sydney University Maths Society. Membership: https://usu.edu.au/clubs/mathematics-society/
Website: https://usydsums.org/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/usyd_sums

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sums_usyd/?hl=en
Discord: https://discord.gg/RNZEnd8

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03/10/2026

Got KO tonight? 👀
Try for SUMS subcom before it’s too late!

If you’ve ever wanted to join a society and be a part of our events, now’s your chance, deadline closes Monday 🤩🤩

LINK IN BIO FOR APPLICATIONS 🔗

02/10/2026

🌟 WEEK 9: WEEKLY MATHS TALK 🌟 

📄 Title: TOTALLY BIASED - How we confuse ourselves with data
📣 Speaker: Justin Zeltzer

🗓️ DATE: Thursday 8th October 2026
⏰ TIME: 1pm
📍 LOCATION: F07.03.373.Carslaw Building.Carslaw Lecture Theatre 373

Description: In a world where we often accept information at face value, how much of that can we actually trust? What assumptions have we carelessly thought to be true?

Come along to this week’s talk where we’ll explore four biases we all fall victim to: from judging decisions based on their outcomes to drawing misleading conclusions from statistics and published research. Through examples ranging from poker and NBA stars to COVID-19, car accidents, and even lawn bowls, we’ll uncover just how easily our assumptions can lead us astray.

Bio: Justin Zeltzer is a graduate of Sydney University four times over; completing a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Biostatistics and Master of Teaching. He has been the Senior Biostatistician to the Chief Health Officer, a published researcher at Neuroscience Research Australia and a member of the Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence within NSW Health. He runs the educational YouTube channel Zedstatistics, which currently has 270,000 subscribers and tens of millions of views across his statistical videos. More recently he has returned to his love of teaching highschool level Mathematics and has taught at Sydney Grammar School and Katoomba Highschool. Justin enjoys backgammon, Australian football and tai-chi.

01/10/2026

SUMS × SUDATA × SUAIA are linking up 🍻

Come through for some mid-sem catch-up drinks, meet new people and mingle across the societies 🤝

📍 The Rose Hotel
📅 9 October
⏰ 7–9PM

See you there 🫡

29/09/2026

You’ll turn pretty hilarious after joining subcom though.

Applications are now open for Marketing, Events, Design, Sponsorships, Operations & Technology.

No experience needed — just bring energy and vibes😻

Closes 5 Oct, 11:59PM.
Link in bio 🫡

29/09/2026

Looking for love? 🌸🦋✨

SUDATA × SUMS × MATHSOC × DATASOC invite you to the All That Blossoms End of Year Ball!🌷

Join us for an evening of flowers, music and dancing whilst enjoying the sunset over Barangaroo. 🌅🪩

Dress to bloom, bring your friends, and maybe find a little love along the way. 💐

🎟️ GENERAL RELEASE
🌸 Tickets drop tomorrow, Wed 30 Sep at 6PM $155

📅 Friday, 23 October
🕖 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
📍 12-Micron, Barangaroo
Mark your calendars limited tickets available!

We can’t wait to see you there. 🌸

27/09/2026

🚨 SUMS S2 SUBCOM RECRUITMENT OPEN 🚨

Want to get more involved with SUMS, meet new people and help make next year even bigger? We’re recruiting new subcommittee members for:

Marketing • Events • Design • Sponsorships • Operations • Technology

No experience needed — just bring your ideas, enthusiasm and willingness to get involved 🤝

Come for the society experience, stay for the questionable maths jokes + lore.

📝 Applications close Sunday 5 October at 11:59pm.
Apply via the link in our bio!

Join the team. Make cool stuff. Meet cool people. Do some maths occasionally. ∑💙

24/09/2026

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22/09/2026

🌟 WEEKLY TALK: WEEK 8 🌟

📄 Title: Lifting the curse of dimensionality the “Quasi Monte Carlo” way: toward predictive digital twins
📣 Speaker: Frances Kuo

🗓️ DATE: Thursday 24th September 2026
⏰ TIME: 1pm–2pm
📍 LOCATION: F07.03.373.Carslaw Building.Carslaw Lecture Theatre 373

Description: High-dimensional computation involving many (or even infinitely many) variables is a major challenge in scientific computing. This talk explores how “Quasi Monte Carlo” methods can help overcome the curse of dimensionality, with applications ranging from financial mathematics and groundwater flow to wave propagation, ice-sheet simulation, and precision oncology.

🍕 Lunch will be provided!

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University Of Sydney
Sydney, NSW

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