SMRI High School Student Workshop: 'Unpacking the AI survival kit' with Po-Shen Loh

Thursday 30th May

Student workshop: 4:30-5:30pm / Refreshments and Q&A: 5:30-6:30pm

University of Sydney, Sydney Nanoscience Hub (SNH) (A31), Lecture Theatre 4002 (Messel) (**note new location**)

Audience: Ambitious high school students with a creative mindset

Abstract: This workshop will look in depth at some of the creative ways to approach solving problems that will be raised in Po-Shen's public lecture on "Using maths to invent solutions to large-scale human problems, just in time to survive AI” (taking place on Wednesday 29 May). Attendance at the lecture is not a prerequisite — you only need to bring a creative mindset to learn how mathematical insights can bring transformational change using game theory, combinatorics and AI.

About the speaker: Po-Shen Loh was the coach of the USA Math Olympiad team from 2013-2023. The team achieved its first-ever back-to-back #1-rank victories in 2015 and 2016, and then again in 2018 and 2019. His research and educational outreach takes him to cities across the world, reaching over 10,000 people each year through public lectures and events, and he has featured in or co-created videos totalling over 21 million YouTube views. He is a mathematics professor at Carnegie Mellon University and his work has appeared in national and international media, from ABC News, to the Wall Street Journal, CNN, the Straits Times, and more. His first lecture tour in Australia is supported by the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute.