I have a new paper on the arxiv (web page describing results, and full version** available) with two Harvard undergrads, Max Hopkins and Sebastian Wagner-Carrena...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | September 6, 2017 at 09:56 AM
I hadn't seen the news about Yale renaming Calhoun College to Hopper College; it just popped into one of my newslines here in the New York times. I guess I hadn't...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | September 5, 2017 at 02:06 PM
After the shout-out to Meena, she suggested I might have more to say on the issue of the Google memo. I (like I imagine so many others) have been following the...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | August 12, 2017 at 02:30 PM
For some reason (Google*), I found myself thinking of former Harvard student Meena Boppana this week, and thought I'd link to some things, focusing on things she...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | August 8, 2017 at 03:51 PM
It's summer. And I'm now on sabbatical. So perhaps I shouldn't care about strange Harvard politics goings-on, but I can't help it. Here's the tl;dr version, which...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | July 22, 2017 at 02:52 PM
The word is that the 2nd edition of our book is now (finally) available/in stock at Amazon. You can tell it's the 2nd edition, because the "Alice cover" is now...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | July 7, 2017 at 01:04 AM
Spaghetti code is not getting any respect. Software experts denigrate it; coding classes avoid it like the plague; and when students go out into the world, they...Denise Doig From Blog@Ubiquity | June 28, 2017 at 01:19 PM
The 2017 STOC is over, and I thought it went very well. The new format ran with what seemed to me to be minimal to non-existent glitches, and overall it sounded...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | June 26, 2017 at 03:40 PM
Some computer scientists and physicists are looking beyond the limits of current computing to “reversible computing.”
The post Is Computing in Reverse the NextBLOG...Ted Lewis From Blog@Ubiquity | May 25, 2017 at 10:47 AM
A reminder that this year's STOC is supersized, with (completely in the STOC package) multiple workshops, tutorials, and special speakers. But for those of you...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | May 17, 2017 at 01:46 PM
The very definition of post-truth implies rejecting fact-based logic. Too few possess the skill of distinguishing between self-serving claims, and reliable, well...Philip Yaffe From Blog@Ubiquity | May 10, 2017 at 12:02 PM
STOC 2017 is just around the corner, which means that several deadlines are just around the corner.The student travel support request deadline is this Thursday,...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | May 10, 2017 at 09:38 AM
There is a new trend apparently emerging to defend against data loss and data damage as a result of external hacking. Some organizations have been removing their...James B. Morris From Blog@Ubiquity | April 27, 2017 at 10:23 AM
There's a lot of new information up at the STOC web page http://acm-stoc.org/stoc2017/ about the amazing theory fest June 19-23 in Montreal. In particular, most...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | April 18, 2017 at 10:05 AM
The internal combustion engine (ICE) has reigned supreme for over 100 years, but prognosticators are predicting its demise over the next few decades – or NOT, depending...Ted Lewis From Blog@Ubiquity | April 12, 2017 at 01:06 PM
Call for Nominations2017 SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize
The Theory community benefits in many ways from the dedicated service, above and beyond the call of...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | February 23, 2017 at 03:12 PM
Data analytics is the new buzz phrase these days. Public service agencies all over the world are looking at data in order to optimize service delivery, as wellelectricity...Sharad Sinha From Blog@Ubiquity | January 11, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Congress should incentivize universities and industry to partner to build security into Internet of Things (IoT) devices by design.
The post Dealing with Infrastructure...Kevin Fu From Blog@Ubiquity | December 28, 2016 at 11:44 AM
The call for nomination for the 2017 Godel Prize is up. The call is available at http://madhu.seas.harvard.edu/Announce/Goedel2017CFN.html and will be up on the...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | December 23, 2016 at 12:36 PM
The call is going out for the 2017 Knuth Prize. The call will be up on the SIGACT Web page shortly, but until it shows up there here's a pdf. Key date: deadline...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | December 20, 2016 at 04:41 PM