Author: shacharlovett

Junior Theorists Workshop 2023

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November 30 – December 1, 2023
Chicago, IL
https://theory.cs.northwestern.edu/quarterly-theory-workshop-fall-2023-junior-theorists-workshop/

The 2023 Chicago Junior Theorists Workshop is being held jointly by Northwestern University and Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago on Nov 30-Dec 1, 2023. The focus of this workshop will be on junior researchers in all areas of theoretical computer science. The workshop will take place at Northwestern University on Thursday, Nov 30, and Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago on Friday, Dec 1. This workshop will be in-person. Registration is free and registration form can be found on the event webpage.

Extended Research Visit at EnCORE Institute at UCSD

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January 20, 2024 – December 20, 2025
UCSD
https://encore.ucsd.edu/encore-visitors-program/

The Institute for Emerging CORE Methods in Data Science (EnCORE) welcomes proposals for extended research visits between 2024-2025. Each extended research visit proposal needs to identify 3-5 researchers who will be spending 2-4 weeks at the institute working on their proposed research theme.

Foundational questions in all areas of Computer Science, Data Science, and AI are within scope. A proposal may aim to solve long-standing open questions in an established area or identify new theoretical directions in an emerging application area, or enable bridging between theory and practice among others. Moreover, each team will be organizing a workshop (3 to 5 days) during their stay at UCSD related to the research theme, bringing in additional participants (up to 20 including the organizers) to facilitate further dialogues. Proposals from industry are welcome and encouraged.

Please submit your proposal in .pdf format. Include a title, and a brief description (maximum 2 pages) detailing the research topic and why a particular knowledge gap should be addressed. Each proposal should also include a 1-2 paragraph description of the proposed workshop and a tentative list of participants.

Each member of the organizing research team will be reimbursed their actual living expenses at San Diego up to $1000 per week, or they can receive a fixed stipend (subject to applicable taxes) in lieu of actual expenses. In addition, a fixed funding will be available for each workshop. The EnCORE institute will provide suitable collaboration space, offices for the team members, and open-style seminar room to host workshops with all necessary facilities free of charge.

The proposal will be evaluated based on its intellectual merit and broader impact with careful consideration given to the teams that uphold diversity and equity along with their potential to collaborate with existing UCSD faculty. Upon the end of each extended visit, the team will submit an intermediate report elaborating the outcome, and a one-year anniversary report delineating subsequent developments.

Call for Participation in Learning Theory Mentorship Workshop

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October 26-27, 2023
Virtual
http://www.let-all.com/fall23.html

Registration deadline: October 20, 2023

We are pleased to invite you to the 5th Learning Theory Alliance Mentorship workshop to be held on October 26-27, 2023 centered around communicating your research effectively. The workshop is free and fully virtual. The workshop is intended for upper-level undergraduate and all-level graduate students as well as postdoctoral researchers., and requires no prior research experience in the field. We have several planned events including:
– A “how-to” talk on how to communicate your research effectively through talks (discussing strategies on how to prepare talks addressed to a broad or specialized audience, or of varying length).
– A “discussion” that focuses on how to communicate your research effectively in conversations (such as elevator pitches, poster presentations, interviews). – A social hour with mentoring tables.

Our lineup includes: Sanjoy Dasgupta (UCSD), Maryam Fazel (UW), Daniel Hsu (Columbia University), Ashwin Pananjady (GeorgiaTech), Madeleine Udell (Stanford), Claire Vernade (University of Tuebingen).

A short application form: https://forms.gle/8aBvaG1hRsvzCQB16 is required to participate with an application deadline of Friday, October 20, 2023. Students with backgrounds that are underrepresented or underserved in related fields are especially encouraged to apply.

6th Eastern Great Lakes (EaGL) Theory of Computation Workshop

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September 30 – October 1, 2023
University of Rocheser, NY
https://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/shossei2/eagl2023website/index.html

Registration deadline: September 15, 2023

This is a revamping of a popular annual workshop, which ran until 2012. The idea is to gather the many theoreticians (faculty and students) who are within driving distance of Rochester (e.g., Buffalo, Ithaca, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Toronto, Waterloo, etc.) to see some great talks and to talk to each other.

FOCS 2023: Call for Workshops

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November 6-9, 2023
Santa Cruz, CA
https://focs.computer.org/2023/elementor-1487/

Submission deadline: August 21, 2023

FOCS 2023 (held Nov 6 – 9 in Santa Cruz, CA) is calling for workshop proposals. The workshops provide an informal forum for researchers to discuss important research questions, directions and challenges in the field. Workshops often serve the important purpose of introducing researchers to new areas and agendas. We also encourage workshops that focus on connections between theoretical computer science and other areas. Please visit the FOCS 2023 homepage for more information. Submission deadline: August 21.

Columbia University Celebrates 70 years of Mihalis Yannakakis

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August 16-18, 2023
Columbia University, New York
https://mihalisfest.cs.columbia.edu/

Professor Mihalis Yannakakis has been one of the leading lights in theoretical computer science for many years. He has made deep and lasting contributions to an extraordinary range of research areas, including algorithms and complexity theory, combinatorial optimization, automated verification and testing theory, and database theory. This workshop will bring together leading researchers in computer science to celebrate Yannakakis’ 70th birthday, and to survey the state of the art and future horizons in the various research areas that have been strongly influenced by Yannakakis’ work.

SIAM Symposium on Simplicity in Algorithms

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January 8-9, 2024
Alexandria, VA
https://www.siam.org/conferences/cm/conference/sosa24

Submission deadline: August 10, 2023

The 7th Symposium on Simplicity in Algorithms will be co-located with SODA 2024, in Alexandria, VA. Papers in all areas of algorithms research are sought. An ideal submission will advance our understanding of an algorithmic problem by, for example, introducing a simpler algorithm, presenting a simpler analysis of an existing algorithm, or offering insights that generally simplify our understanding of important algorithms or computational problems. Paper registration by August 10, submission by August 17, 2023.

FODSI Summer School on the Foundations of Data Science.

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June 27-28, 2023
Bryn Mawr College
https://fodsi.us/ssbm.html

The Foundations of Data Science Institute (FODSI) is organizing a summer school on the foundations of data science. This school will be held at the Bryn Mawr College campus, near Philadelphia. It is aimed at advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students in fields related to the foundations of data science.

The event is open to all, but registration is required.

FODSI Workshop on the Computational Complexity of Statistical Inference

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June 12-16, 2023
MIT, Building 1, Room 1-190
https://fodsi.us/ccsi.html

FODSI @ MIT is organizing tutorial lectures and a workshop on the Computational Complexity of Statistical Inference The workshop will cover topics pertaining to the computational complexity of statistical inference. The workshop (June 14-16) will be preceded by two days of tutorials (June 12-13) on a range of broadly related topics including fine-grained complexity, Markov chain mixing, and connections to cryptography and statistical physics. The workshop is open to all, but registration is required.
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DIMACS Workshop on Modern Techniques in Graph Algorithms

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June 12-15, 2023
DIMACS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
https://sites.google.com/view/dimacswmtga

Registration deadline: June 4, 2023

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from different areas of graph algorithms to share the techniques that have been recently influential in their area. The program will include a combination of tutorials, talks, open problem sessions, and collaboration time. Topics cover not only fast graph algorithms in the classical setting, but also algorithms in various computational models such as dynamic, streaming, sublinear, and distributed. We aim to foster an environment for cultivation of ideas and collaborations, leading to further advancements in the area.

Registration is free but required (deadline: June 4, 2023). There are limited funds for travel support (apply by May 14, 2023). Call for posters is out (submit by May 28, 2023).

Organizers: Prantar Ghosh, Zihan Tan, Nicole Wein (DIMACS)