The University of Sydney

Sorbonne University's strategic partnership with the University of Sydney marks the meeting point of two renowned research universities committed to sustainable development in a range of areas. Forging ahead with shared expertise in artifical intelligence, and planting seeds for meaningful collaboration in the humanities, our targeted areas of cooperation are already generating impactful projects and discussions.

With sustainability and innovation at the heart of their efforts to address some of the 21st century's most significant challenges, the University of Sydney is the perfect fit for a Sorbonne University partner.

The University of Sydney is part of Australia's Group of Eight - the top research universities in the country. Founded in 1850, it has 73,000 students and eight faculties that cover arts, humanities, science, engineering, medicine, business and law. It offers the widest range of academic programs of any university in Australia.

We are excited to delve further into mutual areas of expertise such as materials science, physics, environment, musicology, arts and humanities, and medicine.

Visit the University of Sydney's website.

Developing synergies to address complex problems

Gérard Biau is the director of SCAI - the Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence. He has worked closely with the University of Sydney to organise research collaborations centered on AI, including a joint conference on Quantum AI last November.

"Our partnership in artificial intelligence with the University of Sydney is essential for us." He says. "It was initiated more than a year ago through discussions, workshops and virtual events  organized togethe, and ultimately seeks to build on the areas of excellence in our two universities."

Collaboration in AI quickly evolved into a tighter focus on Quantum Machine Learning, i.e. using quantum algorithms within machine learning methods. Biau notes that "QML methods will take advantage of  qubits and quantum operations to improve both calculation speed and data storage used by algorithms in AI models. The use of those techniques provides important theoretical problems that a synergy between the two institutions could be able to answer, at least partially."

Exciting upcoming projects are also in the pipeline. "The next step will be to set up joint fellowships and longer periods of exchanges for researchers and students - in both Paris and Sydney - to explore in greater depth the mathematical and computational challenges of this field."

Gérard Biau

Our partnership in artificial intelligence with the University of Sydney is essential for us.

Recent Joint Projects

Our multidisciplinary research and educational collaborations have been advancing since 2019, when we first signed a partnership agreement with the University of Sydney. Some more recent projects include:

In the heart of Sydney, Australia

1

Contact

Danilo Guiral Bassi

International Relations Project Manager