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Bringing Together the World's Leading Researchers and Scholars in Theoretical Computer Science

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing is an exciting new venue for collaborative research in theoretical computer science. Established on July 1, 2012 with a grant of $60 million from the Simons Foundation, the Institute is housed in Calvin Lab, a dedicated building on the UC Berkeley campus. Its goal is to bring together the world's leading researchers in theoretical computer science and related fields, as well as the next generation of outstanding young scholars, to explore deep unsolved problems about the nature and limits of computation.

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Current Programs

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Spring 2016:
Algorithmic Challenges in Genomics
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Spring 2016:
Counting Complexity and Phase Transitions

News

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Institute Launches Family-Friendly Stipend Program
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Letter from the Director, Fall 2015 »
Research Vignette: Mathematical Software Obfuscation »
Looking Ahead, Spring 2016: Genomics and Counting »
From the Inside, Fall 2015 »

Workshops / Symposia

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Feb. 22Feb. 26, 2016
Approximate Counting, Markov Chains and Phase Transitions
Mar. 7Mar. 10, 2016
Regulatory Genomics and Epigenomics
Mar. 28Apr. 1, 2016
The Classification Program of Counting Complexity

Other Events

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Feb. 19, 2016 2:00 pm3:00 pm
Counting Program Seminar Series
Ali Eshragh (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Mar. 14, 2016 4:00 pm5:00 pm
Simons Institute Open Lecture: Decoding the Human Microbiome
Katie Pollard (UC San Francisco)
Apr. 16, 2016 10:00 am11:00 am
Genes, Networks and the Immune System
Nir Yosef (UC Berkeley)

Call for Proposals

We are now accepting proposals for programs to run at the Institute during calendar year 2018. Deadline: December 31, 2015.

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Participate

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing offers numerous ways for scientists to participate in the life of the Institute.

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Courses

CS294-208/CMPBIO290 "Special Topics in Computational Molecular Biology", instructor Nir Yosef. TuTh 5:00-6:30 in 177 Stanley Hall. Starts Tuesday Jan 19. Website.

 

CS294-109 "Graph Partitioning, Expanders and Spectral Methods", instructor Luca Trevisan. MW 1:00-2:30 in 310 Soda Hall. Starts Wednesday Jan 20.  Website.

Research Fellows

The deadline for Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowships for 2016-17 was December 15, 2015. We are no longer accepting applications.

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