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Samson Zhou
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CS Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. Sublinear algorithms, machine learning, TCS. Typical academic seeking knowledge, purpose, and free food. He/him. https://samsonzhou.github.io
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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · Jun 25
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...
Screenshot of the (first) page of the scribe notes for the "Hidden Gems" curated and illustrated by Nathan Harms
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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · Apr 30
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)
SODA 2026
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Samson Zhou @szhoucs.bsky.social · Apr 4
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)
Workshop on Algorithms for Large Data (Online) 2025
waldo-workshop.github.io
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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · Mar 17
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
Workshop on Algorithms for Large Data (Online) 2025
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Emery Berger @emeryberger.bsky.social · Mar 5
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...
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
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Anupam Gupta @anupamg.bsky.social · Feb 18
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
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2025 Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.
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FOCS 2025 @focs2025.bsky.social · Feb 8
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).
FOCS 2025
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Kasper Green Larsen @kasperglarsen.bsky.social · Jan 7
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
PhD School on Intersections of Algorithms and Machine Learning Theory
event.sdu.dk
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Jelani Nelson @jelaninelson.bsky.social · Jan 7
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
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Online Parallels (mastodon @onlineparallels) @onlineparallels.bsky.social · Dec 17
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
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....
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