<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Nina Balcan</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ninamf@cs.cmu.edu">ninamf@cs.cmu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 4:52 PM<br>Subject: FOCS 2019, Call for Workshops<br>To: <a href="mailto:theory-announce@cs.cmu.edu">theory-announce@cs.cmu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:theory-announce@cs.cmu.edu">theory-announce@cs.cmu.edu</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:aladdin-faculty@cs.cmu.edu">aladdin-faculty@cs.cmu.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:aladdin-faculty@cs.cmu.edu">aladdin-faculty@cs.cmu.edu</a>><br></div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt">Hi all.</span><br></p><div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-m_4243228436085754993divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p><span style="font-size:11pt">As you might know, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(24,24,24)">FOCS 2019 will hold a Workshop and Tutorial Day on November 9th. We invite groups of interested researchers to submit workshop or tutorial proposals. </span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt">Please see the formal call below.</span><br></p><div><div id="gmail-m_4243228436085754993divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:11pt">Best regards.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Nina Balcan</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">==============================</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">==========================</span><br></p></div></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="gmail-m_4243228436085754993divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></span></p><h5 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(24,24,24)">FOCS 2019 will hold a Workshop and Tutorial Day on November 9th. We invite groups of interested researchers to submit workshop or tutorial proposals.</span></h5><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Important Dates</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><table class="gmail-m_4243228436085754993MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0.75pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Submission deadline:</span></p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></td><td style="padding:0.75pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">May 24, 2019</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0.75pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Notification:</span></p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></td><td style="padding:0.75pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">June 21, 2019</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0.75pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Workshop Day:</span></p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></td><td style="padding:0.75pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">November 9th</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0.75pt"></td><td style="padding:0.75pt"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">FOCS 2019 will hold a Workshop and Tutorial Day on November 8th. We invite groups of interested researchers to submit workshop or tutorial proposals.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">The FOCS 2019 Workshop and Tutorial Day provides an informal forum for researchers to discuss important research questions, directions, and challenges of the field. We also encourage workshops that focus on connections between theoretical computer science and other areas, topics that are not well represented at FOCS, new directions, and open problems. The program may also include tutorials, each consisting of one or a few survey talks on a particular area.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Format</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">We have room for three workshops/tutorials running in parallel for a morning session of approximately 3 hours (plus a break) and an afternoon session of approximately 1.5 hours. Workshops or tutorials may be either full-day (4.5 hours), half-day (3 hours), or quarter-day (1.5 hours).  The quarter-day format is intended mainly as an option for tutorials.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Proposal Submission</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Workshop and tutorial proposals should, ideally, fit one page. Please include a list of names and email addresses of the organizers, a brief description of the topic and the goals of the workshop or tutorial, the proposed workshop format (invited talks, contributed talks, contributed posters, panel, etc.), and proposed or tentatively confirmed speakers if known. If your proposal is accepted and you wish to solicit contributed talks (which we strongly encourage), we can link to your call-for-contributions from the FOCS 2019 page. Feel free to contact the Chairs of the Workshop and Tutorials Committee directly or at the email address below if you have any questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Submission Deadline</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Proposals should be submitted by </span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">May 24, 2019</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> via email to </span><a href="mailto:focs2019workshops@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">focs2019workshops@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Proposers will be notified by </span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">June 21, 2019</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> whether their proposals have been accepted.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Maria-Florina Balcan and Bobby Kleinberg, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-heigh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