Optimal transport: numerical methods and applications

May 7-11, 2018 Como, Italy http://otnm.lakecomoschool.org Registration deadline: March 10, 2018 OTNM 2018 school aims to give a broad and up-to-date overview on various challenging models and problems arising from applications of Optimal Transport, as control of crowd and congested motions, image processing, big data and machine learning, and economics. A particular emphasis will be devoted to the analysis of new algorithms and powerful computational strategies, allowing for new and quite efficient numerical methods.

Prague Summer School on Discrete Mathematics 2018

July 16-20, 2018
Prague, Czech Republic
http://pssdm.math.cas.cz/

Prague Summer School on Discrete Mathematics 2018 will take place from 16th to 20th July in the historical building of the Computer Science Department of Charles University. Piotr Micek (Jagiellonian University), Aleksandar Nikolov (University of Toronto), and Peter Pal Pach (Budapest University of Technology and Economics and University of Warwick) will give lecture courses on three topics in discrete mathematics. The School is primarily intended for PhD students and postdocs, but students and researchers in other stages of their careers may also participate. A limited number of stipends to cover travel and stay for participants is available.

More information is available on the School webpage: http://pssdm.math.cas.cz/. Registration is now open.

Note that ICALP 2018 is held in Prague in the week preceding the School.

Women in Theory 2018

June 19-22, 2018
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
https://womenintheory.wordpress.com/

Registration deadline: January 16, 2018

This is a workshop for female graduate students and exceptional undergraduates (fourth year) in theoretical computer science. The workshop will have first-rate technical content and will be a great opportunity for students to meet their peers from around the world.
We will supply dorm rooms, breakfast and lunch, and will probably also be able to cover at least part if not all of the travel expenses.
More detailed information including how to apply can be found on the workshop website.

Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization

June 18-20, 2018
Paris, France
http://ctw18.lipn.univ-paris13.fr/

Submission deadline: February 2, 2018
Registration deadline: May 2, 2018

The Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization 2018 welcomes contributions on theory and applications of discrete algorithms, graphs and combinatorial optimization in the wide sense (4-page “long abstract” submissions invited).

Hausdorff School on Combinatorial Optimization

August 20-24, 2018
Bonn, Germany
http://www.hcm.uni-bonn.de/combinatorial-optimization-2018/

Submission deadline: April 30, 2018

In this summer school, leading experts present recent progress on classical combinatorial optimization problems, utilizing a variety of new techniques. Each of the five invited speakers teaches a mini-course spanning three lectures.

Quantum Computer Science School 2018

January 22-25, 2018
University of Technology Sydney, city campus
http://conference.iiis.tsinghua.edu.cn/QCSS2018/

Registration deadline: January 15, 2018

The Quantum Computer Science School is a week-long series of lectures and academic activities for senior undergraduates and graduates, held at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, between 22 to 25 January 2018. The lectures of this school will focus on topics from quantum information, quantum computation, and computer science. This gives a good opportunity for students to catch up with the trend of quantum software and information. This event also features a public lecture by Prof Andrew Yao from Tsinghua University. Senior undergraduate and graduates in science and engineering are very welcome to participate in this school. More detailed information, including how to register, can be found on the event website.

New York Area Theory Day (Fall 2017)

December 1, 2017
New York University
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/theory/f17-tday.html

The New York Area Theory Day is a semiannual event, aimed to bring together people in the New York Metropolitan area who are interested in theoretical computer science. This time it will take place at New York University and feature three long and five short talks on a broad variety of topics.