[CSDM] Pre-STOC event: Symposium on Visions of the Theory of Computing, at the Berekely Simons Institute

Thu Apr 4 17:13:29 EDT 2013

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Subject: 	Symposium on Visions of the Theory of Computing
Date: 	Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:11:28 -0700
From: 	Simons Institute Events <simonsevents at berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: 	simonsevents at berkeley.edu
Organization: 	Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
To: 	avi at ias.edu

Dear Avi,

Could I ask for your help in circulating this announcement of an
exciting event at the Simons Institute at UC Berkeley to your colleagues
at Institute for Advanced Study and to the community in general? The
Symposium on Visions of the Theory of Computing will take place
immediately before STOC. Of course I hope that you will be able to join
us, as well.

With best wishes,

Christos Papadimitriou
C. Lester Hogan Professor of EECS
Senior Scientist, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
UC Berkeley

Symposium on Visions of the Theory of Computing

Wednesday, May 29 – Friday, May 31, 2013
Berdahl Auditorium, Stanley Hall, UC Berkeley
<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=stanley+hall+uc+berkeley&ll=37.8715,-122.258499&spn=0.01494,0.027294&hnear=Stanley+Hall,+Berkeley,+California+94709&gl=us&t=m&z=16> 

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing invites you to attend
our Symposium on Visions of the Theory of Computing. This three-day
event will bring together distinguished speakers and participants from
the Bay Area and all over the world to celebrate both the excitement of
fundamental research on the Theory of Computing, and the accomplishments
and promise of computational research in effecting progress in other
sciences — the two pillars of the Institute's research agenda.

*Registration:* There is no registration fee, but for planning purposes
registration is required by *Friday, May 17*.

Register online at http://www.tfaforms.com/275344
<http://www.tfaforms.com/275344>

*Travel Grants for Graduate Students:* A limited number of travel grants
will be available for current graduate students. To apply, please send
an email to simonsevents at berkeley.edu
<mailto:simonsevents at berkeley.edu?subject=Symposium%20Travel> with the
subject line "Symposium Travel," your CV, and a short research statement
(no more than one page). The deadline is
*Wednesday, April 24*.

*Speakers include:*

Josh Bloom (Astrophysicist, UC Bereley)
Bernard Chazelle (Computer scientist, Princeton University)
Shafi Goldwasser (Computer scientist, MIT)
David Haussler (Bioinformatician, UC Santa Cruz)
Jeff Hawkins (Neuroscientist, Numenta)
Jon Kleinberg (Computer scientist, Cornell University)
Marc Mézard (Physicist, ENS Paris)
S. Muthu Muthukrishnan (Computer scientist, Rutgers University &
Microsoft Research)
Christos Papadimitriou (Computer Scientist, UC Berkeley)
Judea Pearl (Computer scientist, UCLA)
John Preskill (Physicist, Caltech)
Prabhakar Raghavan (Computer scientist, Google)
Alvin Roth (Economist, Stanford University)
Ned Seeman (Chemist, New York University)
Leslie Valiant (Computer scientist, Harvard University)
Avi Wigderson (Computer scientist, Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton University)

For more information about the Symposium and local arrangements, please
visit simons.berkeley.edu/symposium_visions2013.html
<http://simons.berkeley.edu/symposium_visions2013.html>.

*Questions? Contact Caroline Allum at +1.510.664.9856 or
simonsevents at berkeley.edu
<mailto:simonsevents at berkeley.edu?subject=Symposium%20on%20Visions%20for%20the%20Theory%20of%20Computing>.*

*448 Sutardja Dai Hall #1764
Berkeley, CA 94720-1764
(temporary)*