In the Fall, Boaz and I co-taught a grad seminar on physics and computation (see here for some of the original press coverage). We were lucky to attract an intrepid group of students from multiple fields, with representatives from computer science, physics, math and biology. As part of the course, we asked our students to … Continue reading Physics & Computation Blog Post Round-up

[Guest post by Aleksander Mądry] To me, one of the best things about working in theoretical computer science has always the exciting rate of progress we make as a community. On (what appears to be) a regular basis, we produce breakthroughs on problems that are absolutely fundamental to our field. Problems that often look impossible to tackle, right … Continue reading Nominate TCS papers for research highlights

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[Posted at the request of Craig Gentry. I think this is actually a great idea that should be imitated by other sub-areas of TCS as well. --Boaz] Update: The Conference for Failed Approaches and Insightful Losses in cryptology is celebrating our first failure early: the failure to keep a deadline! We are extending the submission … Continue reading Submit your failures to CFAIL 2019