I recently discovered that some colleagues are unaware of the math typesetting capabilities in PowerPoint, and so as a responsible Microsoft employee I thought it my duty to inform the public of these potentially time-saving and slides-beautifying features. This is also for my own benefit, as I seem to always forget where to find the … Continue reading Alt Equals
Month: January 2013
Away with Page Limits on Submissions
The FOCS 2013 PC is currently working on the call for papers (cfp). Our basis is the FOCS 2012 cfp. The main change we are contemplating is getting rid of the page limit for submissions. In fact, FOCS 2012 and previous conferences already took a step in this direction. For example FOCS 2012 cfp says: “There … Continue reading Away with Page Limits on Submissions
Call for Research-Life Stories
A research career is different from most other jobs in its characteristic and challenges: Long period of education and training which is packed with uncertainty (Am I good enough? Will all this effort be rewarded by a suitable position in a suitable location to live in?), the tension between collaboration and competition, preserving creativity and … Continue reading Call for Research-Life Stories
FOCS 2013 – The Beginning
I was honored and, at the same time, penalized to be invited to serve as the program chair of FOCS 2013 (to be held in Berkeley, October 27-29, 2013). Reading blog discussions in the past about FOCS/STOC (and conferences in general), I realize that there is a lot of misunderstanding and mystification regarding the program committee (PC) … Continue reading FOCS 2013 – The Beginning
Privacy Loss as a Random Variable
This post will be about differential privacy (DP), with a focus on what is often referred to in the differential privacy literature (often colloquially) as "privacy loss". A brief recap of the setting: a trusted data curator has a database of sensitive information about individuals. The curator wants to release aggregate statistical information about the … Continue reading Privacy Loss as a Random Variable
Windows On Theory 