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The word is that the 2nd edition of our book is now (finally) available/in stock at Amazon. You can tell it's the 2nd edition, because the "Alice cover" is now...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | July 7, 2017 at 01:04 AM
The 2017 STOC is over, and I thought it went very well. The new format ran with what seemed to me to be minimal to non-existent glitches, and overall it sounded...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | June 26, 2017 at 03:40 PM
A reminder that this year's STOC is supersized, with (completely in the STOC package) multiple workshops, tutorials, and special speakers. But for those of you...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | May 17, 2017 at 01:46 PM
STOC 2017 is just around the corner, which means that several deadlines are just around the corner.The student travel support request deadline is this Thursday,...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | May 10, 2017 at 09:38 AM
There's a lot of new information up at the STOC web page http://acm-stoc.org/stoc2017/ about the amazing theory fest June 19-23 in Montreal. In particular, most...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | April 18, 2017 at 10:05 AM
Call for Nominations2017 SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize
The Theory community benefits in many ways from the dedicated service, above and beyond the call of...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | February 23, 2017 at 03:12 PM
The call for nomination for the 2017 Godel Prize is up. The call is available at http://madhu.seas.harvard.edu/Announce/Goedel2017CFN.html and will be up on the...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | December 23, 2016 at 12:36 PM
The call is going out for the 2017 Knuth Prize. The call will be up on the SIGACT Web page shortly, but until it shows up there here's a pdf. Key date: deadline...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | December 20, 2016 at 04:41 PM
The Theory Group at Harvard has put out its ad for postdocs again this year. It will be our second year for the Rabin Postdoc in theoretical computer science.here...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | October 28, 2016 at 07:52 PM
I'm told that there's a call for proposals up for workshops/tutorials for FOCS 16. Here's a link to the call for those who are interested....Deadline is August...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | August 9, 2016 at 11:25 AM
As SIGACT chair I announced at the STOC’16 business meeting that starting in 2017, STOC will turn into a 5-day event, a Theory Fest. This idea was discussed atspecial...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | July 6, 2016 at 01:47 AM
I'm starting to get asked about STOC 2017 dates -- we recently executed the hotel contract, and STOC will be June 18-23 in Montreal. (It will really "start" the...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | June 1, 2016 at 04:13 PM
I've not been blogging much, but I have an excuse now that class evaluations have arrived. By posting about the evaluations, the students know I read them. And...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | May 30, 2016 at 11:05 PM
Phil Klein passed on that there's a delay at SIAM in getting the SODA 2017 CFP up, and of course we want to get out the relevant information out to the community...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | May 25, 2016 at 12:43 PM
I was sad to learn that David Johnson passed away. David was a leader in the theoretical computer science community for decades, both in his research and in his...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | March 9, 2016 at 10:30 AM
Nominations are open for the SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize.More information is available at the SIGACT web site. Here's the key info: Nominations Nominations...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | February 29, 2016 at 01:30 PM
Boaz asked me to remind people about ITCS, and in particular the Graduating Bits Event. Just in time for those of us reading application folders....ITCS 2016 will...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | January 7, 2016 at 12:44 PM
The Harvard Theory of Computation group has postdocs. This year, besides our usual general call for postdocs, we are also inaugurating the Michael O. Rabin Postdoctoral...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | October 16, 2015 at 03:33 PM
Harvard's CS search ad is apparently up and out. We're eagerly awaiting applications....https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/6497The Harvard John A.http...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | October 14, 2015 at 10:51 AM
Andreessen Horowitz had another Academic Roundtable, which I've written about in previous years (here, here). For me, the most exciting session was on VirtualMatthew...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | September 24, 2015 at 11:05 AM