CATCS REPORTFOCS 2012 BUSINESS MEETING

Salil Vadhan

What is CATCS?

“Committee for the Advancementof Theoretical Computer Science”

Mission: to interface between the TCS community and funding agencies, the public, and other research communities ---

promoting TCS and fostering communication.

Current Members

Boaz BarakPaul BeameAvrim BlumMoses CharikarPetros DrineasCynthia Dwork Lance Fortnow

Piotr IndykDavid JohnsonDavid ShmoysDiane SouvaineLuca TrevisanSalil Vadhan (chair)

Our Blog: http://www.theorymatters.org/

A Few Upcoming Deadlines• 10/31: ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Nominations• 11/1: Simons Math+X Faculty Funding Letters of Intent • 11/13: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships• 11/15: Simons Symposia • 11/30: NSF CCF Core Programs (incl. Algorithmic Foundations) Large• 11/30: NSF Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Medium• 11/30: Many ACM Award Nominations• 12/4: CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum

Information. • 12/14: NSF Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Small• 12/10: NSF Expeditions in Computing• 12/15: Simons Institute Call for Program Proposals• 12/17: NSF CCF Core Programs (incl. Algorithmic Foundations) Small

SEND MORE ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS PROPOSALS!

Current & upcoming efforts I• Recruiting people to serve at NSF

• come talk to one of us if you are potentially interested!

• Grant-writing resources & panel at STOC 2013• (plug: Call for STOC 2013 Workshops closes 11/17)

• Starting to engage more with Simons Foundation and DARPA

Current & upcoming efforts II• Assistance with award nominations

• Ask us if you need advice or help preparing a nomination package

• Collecting data on funding trends & growth of TCS community

• We welcome your suggestions!