Announcements

The FOCS conference is coming up October 25-28 in Philly. Early conference and hotel registration by October 3.

The STACS conference submission deadline is September 15.

Some Theory Funding News from the Committee for the Advancement of Theoretical Computer Science. Take advantage of the current theory-friendly environment at the NSF while it lasts. If you were putting together a letter of intent for CDI, stop and read this.

Luca reports on the untimely passing of probabilist Oded Schramm.

I'm traveling the next two weeks to two of my favorite European haunts, CWI in Amsterdam and Dagstuhl. I'll keep blogging from the other side of the pond.