FOCS 2015
56th Annual IEEE Symposium on
Foundations of Computer Science


October 18–20, 2015
DoubleTree Hotel at the Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California

The 56th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2015), sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing, will be held in Berkeley, California on October 18–20, 2015 (Sunday through Tuesday).

Important Dates:

  • Submission deadline: 5 p.m. EDT, April 2, 2015.
  • Notification: by June 26, 2015.
  • Final version of accepted papers due (camera-ready deadline): August 14, 2015.
  • Early registration deadline: October 2, 2015.
  • Hotel rate cut-off: September 23, 2015. The rate is $185 per night. To make a reservation, please call 1.800.559.4655 and reference “IEEE FOCS''.
  • KARPfest80: October 17, 2015.
  • Conference: October 18–20, 2015.

FOCS'15 is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing, with additional sponsorship from the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley.

KARPfest80

On Saturday October 17, the day immediately before FOCS 2015, the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing will host a celebration of the work of Dick Karp on the occasion of his 80th birthday. This event, which features a dozen speakers from across the spectrum of theoretical Computer Science, will also be held at the DoubleTree Marina Hotel, the same venue as FOCS itself. All participants are asked to register to attend; registration is free, and is done in conjunction with FOCS registration. Visit KARPfest80 for more information.

Hotel Reservations

The deadline for reduced hotel rate is September 23, 2015. The hotel has only a limited number of rooms at a discounted rate of $185, so we recommend that you make your reservation as early as possible. To make a reservation, please call 1.800.559.4655 and reference “IEEE FOCS''.

Contact Information:

General Chair: Rafail Ostrovsky, UCLA

Program Chair: Venkatesan Guruswami, Carnegie Mellon University (focs15chair@outlook.com)

Local Arrangements Chairs: Kristin Kane, Simons Institute for Theory of Computing, and Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley, and Luca Trevisan, UC Berkeley


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