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CATCS Report FOCS 2012 Business Meeting

CATCS Report FOCS 2012 Business Meeting. Salil Vadhan. What is CATCS?. “ Committee for the Advancement of Theoretical Computer Science”

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CATCS Report FOCS 2012 Business Meeting

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  1. CATCS ReportFOCS 2012 Business Meeting Salil Vadhan

  2. What is CATCS? “Committee for the Advancement of Theoretical Computer Science” Mission:to interface between the TCS community and funding agencies, the public, and other research communities --- promoting TCS and fostering communication.

  3. Current Members Boaz Barak Paul Beame Avrim Blum Moses Charikar PetrosDrineas Cynthia Dwork Lance Fortnow Piotr Indyk David Johnson David Shmoys Diane Souvaine Luca Trevisan Salil Vadhan (chair)

  4. Our Blog: http://www.theorymatters.org/

  5. A Few Upcoming Deadlines • 10/31: ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Nominations • 11/1: Simons Math+X Faculty Funding Letters of Intent • 11/13: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships • 11/15: Simons Symposia • 11/30: NSF CCF Core Programs (incl. Algorithmic Foundations) Large • 11/30: NSF Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Medium • 11/30: Many ACM Award Nominations • 12/4: CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information. • 12/14: NSF Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Small • 12/10: NSF Expeditions in Computing • 12/15: Simons Institute Call for Program Proposals • 12/17: NSF CCF Core Programs (incl. Algorithmic Foundations) Small SEND MORE ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS PROPOSALS!

  6. Current & upcoming efforts I • Recruiting people to serve at NSF • come talk to one of us if you are potentially interested! • Grant-writing resources & panel at STOC 2013 • (plug: Call for STOC 2013 Workshops closes 11/17) • Starting to engage more with Simons Foundation and DARPA

  7. Current & upcoming efforts II • Assistance with award nominations • Ask us if you need advice or help preparing a nomination package • Collecting data on funding trends & growth of TCS community • We welcome your suggestions!

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