The early registration deadline is November 21, 2025 (but don't wait until the last minute to book your hotel! December in Sydney is peak season, and while there are many hotels in the area, they tend to get booked quickly as summer nears!)
27.10.2025 23:12 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The early registration deadline is November 21, 2025 (but don't wait until the last minute to book your hotel! December in Sydney is peak season, and while there are many hotels in the area, they tend to get booked quickly as summer nears!)
27.10.2025 23:12 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The "we're going to need another boat" meme from Jaws!, but saying "We're going to need another bit"
Update: 127 registered attendees so far!
27.10.2025 23:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
FOCS 2025 Satellite Event: Trends in Approximation and Online Algorithms
Coming to #FOCS2025 in Australia? Don't miss out on the satellite events!
Just before: "A Celebration of TCS" (sites.google.com/view/celebra...) (Dec 11-13)
Just after: "Trends in Approximation and Online Algorithms" sites.google.com/view/tao25wo... (Dec 18-19)
Both free, held at #USyd!
23.10.2025 20:57 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
FOCS 2025 Satellite Event: Trends in Approximation and Online Algorithms
Coming to #FOCS2025 in Australia? Don't miss out on the satellite events!
Just before: "A Celebration of TCS" (sites.google.com/view/celebra...) (Dec 11-13)
Just after: "Trends in Approximation and Online Algorithms" sites.google.com/view/tao25wo... (Dec 18-19)
Both free, held at #USyd!
23.10.2025 20:57 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Poster for the event, with the title (A Celebration of TCS), the location, the url and a QR code, and a picture depicting a range of people (as emojis) being the vertices of a highly connected graph.
Dec 11-13 at #USyd, just before #FOCS2025: "A Celebration of Theoretical Computer Science": now with a poster!
Info and (free) registration: sites.google.com/view/celebra... #TCSSky
20.10.2025 03:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A view of the Sydney Opera House from a ferry, with the city skyline on the left.
We're getting the summer ready for #FOCS2025.
15.10.2025 00:28 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
1 month, 28 days, 12 hours, 49 minutes and 3 seconds until FOCS!
15.10.2025 00:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
FOCS 2025 Satellite Event: Celebration of TCS
Attending #FOCS2025, or Theoretical CS (or adjacent) student in Australasia 🌏? On Dec 11-13, at #USyd, we will have a "Celebration of Theoretical CS" mentoring+research workshop. Amazing speakers, poster session, hike!
Free to attend (but registration is necessary): sites.google.com/view/celebra...
12.10.2025 03:09 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Update: we extended the deadline, and childcare support for #FOCS2025 will be allocated on a rolling basis to attendees who need it (based on available remaining funds).
We're keeping the process as light as possible: focs.computer.org/2025/childca...
07.10.2025 05:13 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Update: we extended the deadline, and childcare support for #FOCS2025 will be allocated on a rolling basis to attendees who need it (based on available remaining funds).
We're keeping the process as light as possible: focs.computer.org/2025/childca...
07.10.2025 05:13 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
2 months, 10 days, 14 hours, 33 minutes, and 5 seconds until FOCS!
03.10.2025 07:56 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Register – FOCS 2025
Attending #FOCS2025? If you need a visa, don't wait until the last minute! If necessary, information to request an invitation letter can be found here: focs.computer.org/2025/register/
Check 🇦🇺 average visa processing times: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/gettin...
30.09.2025 21:26 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Register – FOCS 2025
Attending #FOCS2025? If you need a visa, don't wait until the last minute! If necessary, information to request an invitation letter can be found here: focs.computer.org/2025/register/
Check 🇦🇺 average visa processing times: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/gettin...
30.09.2025 21:26 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Tip: if you plan on attending #FOCS2025*, don't wait until the last minute to book your accommodation! December is summer in Sydney, and hotels fill up quickly.
*We hope you do!
25.09.2025 22:17 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Tip: if you plan on attending #FOCS2025*, don't wait until the last minute to book your accommodation! December is summer in Sydney, and hotels fill up quickly.
*We hope you do!
25.09.2025 22:17 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
⏰ The 🧑🎓 travel support application and 👶 childcare support applications are both due in ~25h!
The former is open to all students and postdocs (not necessarily authors of a paper). The latter provides financial support (to be used in any childcare-related way) to conference attendees!
Links below↴
19.09.2025 10:34 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Travel Support – FOCS 2025
#FOCS2025 Student and Postdocs travel support application: focs.computer.org/2025/travel-...
Childcare support application: focs.computer.org/2025/childca...
Don't self-censor: if you think you need it, apply!
19.09.2025 10:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
⏰ The 🧑🎓 travel support application and 👶 childcare support applications are both due in ~25h!
The former is open to all students and postdocs (not necessarily authors of a paper). The latter provides financial support (to be used in any childcare-related way) to conference attendees!
Links below↴
19.09.2025 10:34 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Workshop Session A:
Breaking and Making Quantum Speedups
Organized by Siddhartha Jain, Seyoon Ragavan, Alexander Schmidhuber and Noah Shutty
Workshop Session B:
Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search: Bridging Theoretical
Foundations and Industrial Frontiers
Organized by Piotr Indyk, Rajesh Jayaram, and Ravi Krishnaswamy
Workshop Session C:
Morning: Space: Connecting Classical and Catalytic Approaches
Organized by Ian Mertz and Ted Pyne
Afternoon: The Localization Method for High-dimensional Inequalities
Organized by Santosh S. Vempala
The workshops for #FOCS2025 have been announced! They will take place on the first day of the conference, December 14 (Sunday), over 3 parallel sessions.
18.09.2025 17:11 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Only one week left to apply for travel support to attend #FOCS2025! Students and postdocs from all countries, there is funding to help, so don't self-censor—apply!
bsky.app/profile/focs...
🔗 focs.computer.org/2025/travel-...
13.09.2025 13:57 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Reminder: #FOCS2025 will provide financial support (and possibly help with logistics) for attendees who need childcare options during the conference. Apply by Sep 19th!
bsky.app/profile/focs...
🔗 focs.computer.org/2025/childca...
13.09.2025 13:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
FOCS 2025 Satellite Event: Celebration of TCS
Attending #FOCS2025 and keen to stay a bit longer? Australian researcher or student, interested in Theoretical CS?
We're organizing a "Celebration of TCS" research and mentorship event at 🇦🇺 #USyd, on Dec 11–13. It's free, it's exciting, register and spread the word!
sites.google.com/view/celebra...
28.08.2025 23:37 — 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2
A view of the opera house at night
Teaser: #FOCS2025 will include a banquet dinner on Tuesday, December 16. Based on the view from the place, can you guess where?
07.09.2025 05:05 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
No, but that* is very close!
*the Quay Restaurant, we assume?
07.09.2025 08:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A view of the opera house at night
Teaser: #FOCS2025 will include a banquet dinner on Tuesday, December 16. Based on the view from the place, can you guess where?
07.09.2025 05:05 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
