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Screenshot of the (first) page of the scribe notes for the "Hidden Gems" curated and illustrated by Nathan Harms

Ahead of the Sublinear Algorithms reunion next week at the @simonsinstitute.bsky.social, scribe notes for last year's "hidden gems" and open problems (curated by Nathan Harms and Santhoshini Velusamy) have been uploaded to the reunion's webpage:

Check them out: simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/su...

25.06.2025 03:20 — 👍 24    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

SODA 2026

The Call for Papers (CfP) for #SODA26 is out: www.siam.org/conferences-...

The submission server is open: soda26.hotcrp.com

Deadline: ⏰ Monday, July 14, AoE (July 15, 11:59am UTC)

30.04.2025 08:13 — 👍 14    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0

Workshop on Algorithms for Large Data (Online) 2025

Taking a break from the submission season? Swing by the Workshop on Algorithms for Large Data (Online), WALDO 2025 🗓️ April 14—16: waldo-workshop.github.io/2025.html
Registration is free! (but necessary by April 7)

04.04.2025 06:44 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Workshop on Algorithms for Large Data (Online) 2025

An announcement: the Workshop on Algorithms for Large Data (Online) 2025 will take place 🗓️ April 14—16.
waldo-workshop.github.io/2025.html

Goal: "to generate new collaborations through an emphasis on big data algorithms, broadly defined"

Register (free) by ⏰ April 7 to access the virtual platform

17.03.2025 00:21 — 👍 21    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 2

Turing Award Goes to A.I. Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton (Gift Article) Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton developed reinforcement learning, a technique vital to chatbots like ChatGPT.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...

05.03.2025 13:18 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

2025 Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Congratulations to the 2025 Sloan Fellows, including Aviad Rubinstein, Lerrel Pinto, Mark Sellke, Mohsen Ghaffari, Thatchaphol Saranurak, and David J. Wu!

sloan.org/fellowships/...

@aviad-rubinstein.bsky.social
@lerrelpinto.com
@eigx.bsky.social

18.02.2025 17:19 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

FOCS 2025

The #FOCS2025 website is up! Featuring a Call for Papers and important dates: focs.computer.org/2025/

⏰ Deadline: April 3, 2025 (8pm ET)
⏰ Notification: July 8, 2025
🗓️ Conference: December 14–17, 2025

Content and info will be added as it becomes available (workshops, activities, travel support).

08.02.2025 21:04 — 👍 25    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 1

PhD School on Intersections of Algorithms and Machine Learning Theory

Excited to co-organise another summer school on learning theory! This time in beautiful Odense, Denmark. Please share and apply here:
event.sdu.dk/algoml2025

07.01.2025 06:44 — 👍 27    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0

Postdoc opportunity: if interested in a postdoc related to sketching starting Summer/Fall'25, especially applied to more efficient foundation model architectures (e.g. faster approx attention), please follow the instructions on the left column of theory.cs.berkeley.edu/postdoc.html by Jan 31

07.01.2025 11:25 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

ITCS'25 online parallel What we do Welcome! This site is about an online parallel event for the conference ITCS'25 that aims to provide an inclusive platform for the TCS researchers unable to attend the conference in person....

We are launching an 𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 and experimental online parallel event for the conference ITCS25, aimed at everyone who cannot attend the conference in person for whatever reasons. (1/2)
sites.google.com/view/itcs202...
#ITCS25 #ITCS2025 #OnlineParallels

17.12.2024 23:16 — 👍 23    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 3