ITCS’20 Call for Papers
ITCS is one of my favorite (if not my favorite) conferences, with not only great and insightful papers but also a friendly atmosphere. This year should be no exception! [...]
STOC 2019 workshop and tutorial proposals
I want to draw your attention to the call for workshop and tutorial proposals for STOC 2019:http://acm-stoc.org/stoc2019/callforworkshops.html Important Dates Submission [...]
STOCA workshop
For the past few months, we, the STOC 2019 PC, have enjoyed the privilege of reading and discussing a lot of exciting submissions. On Sunday and Monday we will reject most of [...]
Deadline approaching – 2019 Gödel Prize
A reminder that the February 15th deadline is approaching (see https://theorydish.blog/2018/12/18/2019-godel-prize/). It is safe to assume that the paper you are excited [...]
On PAC Analysis and Deep Neural Networks
Guest post by Amit Daniely and Roy Frostig. For years now—especially since the landmark work of Krishevsky et. al.—learning deep neural networks has been a method of [...]
2019 Gödel Prize
If I write a post and the blog aggregator is down, does it still make a sound? The call for nomination for the 2019 Gödel Prize is out and the deadline is February [...]
5th TOCA-SV Coming this Friday
Our first TOCA-SV meeting of the academic year is coming up this Friday. Details are here, please come by if you are around. This time we will feature Shafi Goldwasser for [...]
Simons Cluster on Algorithmic Fairness
Over the summer, the Simons Institute ran a short program (a “cluster”) on Algorithmic Fairness, which I briefly discuss: here. This was only one instance of a [...]
The “Technologists” and Society
Another round of technology leaders testifying in Congress last week brought about another round of complaints about the excessive power that “technologists” wield over [...]
Total search problems workshop at FOCS
Manolis Zampetakis and I are organizing a workshop at FOCS on the complexity of total search problems. Looking for a needle that you know is in the haystack Search [...]
