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Talks, seminars, etc

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2026
New records for enumerating primes and personal latitude
ANTS XVII, University of Groningen (rump session) (Jul 2026)
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Deterministic methods for finding elements of large multiplicative order
ANTS XVII, University of Groningen (Jul 2026)
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Deterministic methods for finding elements of large multiplicative order
Number Theory Seminar, UNSW (May 2026)
2025
Integer multiplication is at least as hard as matrix transposition
FOCS 2025, Sydney (Dec 2025)
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Integer multiplication is at least as hard as matrix transposition
Computational Algebra Seminar, University of Sydney (Oct 2025)
Integer multiplication is at least as hard as matrix transposition
Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT), University of Sydney (Oct 2025)
Integer multiplication is at least as hard as matrix transposition
Number Theory Down Under(er) 13, University of Canterbury (Aug 2025)
2024
Complexity bounds for multiplication
Explicit Methods in Number Theory, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Sep 2024)
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Integer multiplication and its applications
Arf Lecture, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (May 2024)
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Integer multiplication and its applications
IMBM (Istanbul Center for Mathematical Sciences), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (Apr 2024)
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2023
Recent progress on deterministic integer factorisation
Workshop on Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory, Magma Group, University of Sydney (Nov 2023)
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Recent progress on deterministic integer factorisation
Recent Trends in Computer Algebra, Institut Henri Poincaré (Sep 2023)
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2022
Counting points on smooth plane quartics
ANTS XV, University of Bristol (Aug 2022)
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A deterministic algorithm for finding r-power divisors
ANTS XV, University of Bristol (Aug 2022)
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2021
Fast multiplication: some unsolved problems
AustMS annual meeting, University of Newcastle (hybrid conference) (Dec 2021)
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Recent progress on deterministic integer factorisation
Number Theory Down Under 9, University of Sydney (online conference) (Sep 2021)
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Recent progress on deterministic integer factorisation
Explicit Methods in Number Theory, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (online conference) (Jul 2021)
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Number theory and fast arithmetic
Beeger Lecture, Nederlands Mathematisch Congres 2021 (online conference) (Apr 2021)
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2020
Fast Fourier transforms of prime length
CTAC 2020, UNSW Sydney (online conference) (Aug 2020)
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Recent results on fast multiplication
ANTS XIV, University of Auckland (online conference) (Jun 2020)
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2019
Multiplication everywhere
AustMS medal talk, AustMS annual meeting, Monash University (Dec 2019)
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Recent results on fast multiplication
MACAO workshop, University of Wollongong (Nov 2019)
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Integer multiplication in time O(n log n)
CARMA Colloquium, University of Newcastle (May 2019)
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Integer multiplication in time O(n log n)
MSI Colloquium, Australian National University (May 2019)
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Integer multiplication in time O(n log n)
UNSW / University of Sydney Joint Colloquium (May 2019)
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2018
Integer multiplication and the truncated product problem
Mathematics Colloquium, Macquarie University (Oct 2018)
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The truncated product problem
Number Theory Down Under 6, UNSW Canberra (Sep 2018)
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Integer multiplication and the truncated product problem
Number Theory Seminar, UNSW (Sep 2018)
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Integer multiplication and the truncated product problem
Arithmetic Geometry, Number Theory, and Computation, MIT (Aug 2018)
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Faster integer multiplication using short lattice vectors
ANTS XIII, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Jul 2018)
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Counting points on curves in average polynomial time
Workshop on numerical methods for algebraic curves, Le Centre Henri Lebesgue, Rennes (Feb 2018)
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2017
Computing Bernoulli numbers
Jonathan Borwein Commemorative Conference, Newcastle (Sep 2017)
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A quick survey of average polynomial time point counting for curves
PIMS Workshop on Computational Arithmetic Geometry, Simon Fraser University (June 2017)
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2016
Point counting on arbitrary varieties
Second NZ Number Theory Workshop, University of Canterbury (Oct 2016)
Point counting on arbitrary varieties
Number Theory Seminar, UNSW (Oct 2016)
Fast integer multiplication and the distribution of primes
Number Theory Down Under 4, University of Newcastle (Sep 2016)
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Computing L-series of geometrically hyperelliptic curves of genus three
ANTS XII, University of Kaiserslautern (Aug 2016)
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Irregular primes to two billion
ANTS XII, University of Kaiserslautern (rump session) (Aug 2016)
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Computing L-series of irrationally hyperelliptic curves
Capital Number Theory, Australian National University (Apr 2016)
2015
Counting points on K3 surfaces: some complexity guesstimates
Explicit Methods for Modularity of K3 Surfaces and Other Higher Weight Motives, ICERM (Oct 2015)
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Counting points on curves over finite fields
Algebraic Geometry, Arithmetic Geometry, and Commutative Algebra Seminar, University of South Carolina (Oct 2015)
Computing L-series of hyperelliptic curves in moderate genus
Modular Forms and Curves of Low Genus: Computational Aspects, ICERM (Oct 2015)
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Counting points on hypersurfaces
ICERM Research Seminar (Oct 2015)
Point counting in average polynomial time: an update
Explicit Methods in Number Theory, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Jul 2015)
Some new point-counting algorithms
Geometry & Topology Seminar, University of Sydney (Jun 2015)
Even faster integer multiplication
Optimisation Research Group Seminar, NICTA (UNSW) (May 2015)
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Some new point-counting algorithms
Algebra/Geometry/Topology Seminar, University of Melbourne (May 2015)
2014
Faster polynomial multiplication over finite fields
Australia–New Zealand Mathematics Convention, University of Melbourne (Dec 2014)
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The n-body problem
Australian Mathematical Society Early Career Researcher workshop, Melbourne (Dec 2014)
Counting points on smooth plane quartics
Number Theory Down Under 2, University of Newcastle (Oct 2014)
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Even faster integer multiplication
Algebra and Topology seminar, Australian National University (Sep 2014)
Computing Hasse-Witt matrices of hyperelliptic curves in average polynomial time
ANTS XI, Gyeongju, South Korea (Aug 2014)
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New multiplication algorithms
ANTS XI, Gyeongju, South Korea (rump session) (Aug 2014)
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Irregular primes to two billion
Pure Mathematics Department Seminar, UNSW (May 2014)
Counting points on curves in average polynomial time
Workshop on Frobenius distributions of curves, CIRM, Marseille (Feb 2014)
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2013
Irregular primes to two billion: progress report
Number Theory Down Under, CARMA, University of Newcastle (Oct 2013)
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Recent progress on point-counting algorithms
AustMS annual meeting, University of Sydney (Oct 2013)
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The accumulating remainder tree and applications
Pure Mathematics Department Seminar, UNSW (Mar 2013)
2012
Counting points on elliptic curves
MSI Colloquium, Australian National University (Dec 2012)
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Counting points on elliptic curves
Computational Algebra Seminar, University of Sydney (Nov 2012)
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Counting points on hyperelliptic curves
CARMA, University of Newcastle (Nov 2012)
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Old and new algorithms for computing Bernoulli numbers
AustMS annual meeting, University of Ballarat (Sep 2012)
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Progress report on a Wilson prime search
ANTS X, San Diego (rump session) (Jul 2012)
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Algorithms for Wilson primes
ACAC seminar, Macquarie University (Mar 2012)
Algorithms for Wilson primes
CCR, La Jolla, San Diego (Jan 2012)
Faster deterministic integer factorization
Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston (Jan 2012)
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2011
Faster arithmetic for number-theoretic transforms
Sage/FLINT workshop, University of Warwick (Dec 2011)
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Faster deterministic integer factorisation
Pure Mathematics Department Seminar, UNSW (Oct 2011)
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Faster arithmetic for number-theoretic transforms
ACAC seminar, Macquarie University (Oct 2011)
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2010
Counting points on projective hypersurfaces
Workshop on Elliptic Curve Computation, Microsoft Research, Redmond (Oct 2010)
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Computing zeta functions of projective surfaces in large characteristic
Workshop on Counting Points, CRM, Université de Montréal (Apr 2010)
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Computing zeta functions of projective surfaces in large characteristic
Computational Algebra Seminar, University of Sydney (Apr 2010)
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Computing zeta functions of certain varieties in larger characteristic
Effective methods in p-adic cohomology, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford (Mar 2010)
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Some recent algorithms for arithmetic on power series and integers
Australian National University (Feb 2010)
2009
An implementation of O(p1/2+ε) point-counting on hyperelliptic curves
AGCT-12, CIRM, Marseille (Apr 2009)
Faster polynomial multiplication via multipoint Kronecker substitution
CS Theory Seminar, New York University (Feb 2009)
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zn_poly: a library for polynomial arithmetic
Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington DC (Jan 2009)
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2008
Large-scale verification of Vandiver's conjecture
MIT Number Theory Seminar (Dec 2008)
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Large-scale verification of Vandiver's conjecture
Sage Days 11: Special functions and computational number theory meet scientific computing, University of Texas, Austin (Nov 2008)
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Large-scale verification of Vandiver's conjecture
CUNY Collaborative Number Theory Seminar (Nov 2008)
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Polynomial arithmetic and applications in number theory
Courant Instructor Day, New York University (Sep 2008)
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Linear recurrences and Kedlaya's algorithm
CCR, La Jolla, San Diego (Feb 2008)
2007
What does Cp look like?
Trivial Notions Seminar, Harvard (Dec 2007)
p-adic cohomology and linear recurrences
Seminar on Topics in Arithmetic Geometry, MIT (Dec 2007)
Linear recurrences and Kedlaya's algorithm
Five College Number Theory Seminar, Amherst College (Nov 2007)
FLINT and fast polynomial arithmetic
Sage Days 4, University of Washington, Seattle (Jun 2007)
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2006
Computational aspects of p-adic heights for elliptic curves
Seminar on Topics in Arithmetic Geometry, MIT (Dec 2006)
Computing 2 x 2 for large values of 2
Trivial Notions Seminar, Harvard (Nov 2006)
SAGE architecture, design and coding
Sage Days 2, University of Washington, Seattle (Oct 2006)
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Implementation experience in SAGE: computing p-adic heights and the p-adic sigma function
Sage Days 2, University of Washington, Seattle (Oct 2006)
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Matrix multiplication and block echelon forms
Graduate Workshop in Computational Number Theory, MSRI, Berkeley (Aug 2006)
2005
Szemerédi's Theorem
Trivial Notions Seminar, Harvard (Feb 2005)
2004
Selberg's Symmetry Formula
Trivial Notions Seminar, Harvard (Apr 2004)