FORC 2021 Is on Its Way
After a powerful launch at 2021, the second meeting of The Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC) is on its way. The call for papers for FORC 2021 is out, [...]
(Free) Registeration to TCS Women Rising Star talks
TCS Women Rising Star talks are happening as part of TCS Women STOC Spotlight Workshop. Seven Rising Star speakers are lined up, all of whom are planning to be on the job [...]
Incentive Compatible Sensitive Surveys
Crucial decisions are increasingly being made by automated machine learning algorithms. These algorithms rely on data, and without high quality data, the resulting decisions [...]
Nominations for TCS Women Rising Star talks at STOC
Directly from the organizers: ———– Dear colleagues, We invite you to nominate speakers for TCS Women Rising Star talks at STOC 2019, which are planned [...]
Pride and Prejudice: From Research to Practice
Despite (or because of) being a devoted theoretician, I truly enjoy every occasion when theory influences practice. I therefore felt quite a bit of satisfaction when our [...]
We’ve got WIT and they got Talent
The wonderful Women in Theory is, like so many other events this year, virtual in 2020 (physical meeting postponed to 2021). And it is happening today! The virtual meeting [...]
What’s Your Story?
Last quarter, I taught a course on research methods in TOC, which gave me an opportunity to think through many aspects of research. I was promoting a human-centric [...]
Reading in Private
(This blog post is based on joint work with Dima Kogan.) One of the great unsung perks of being a college student is having access to the university library. There is [...]
APPROX/RANDOM 2020 is Virtual From the Get Go
While APPROX/RANDOM 2020 was scheduled for September, we decided to reduce uncertainty in these stormy days and declare it to be virtual already in the CFP. We hope to have [...]
FORC 2020: Going Strong, Going Virtual
FORC 2020 accepted papers are out. Despite the last minute announcement and minimal advertising of this new conference, we have an exciting and strong program. This confirms [...]
