Advancing Theoretical Computer Science: CATCS Initiatives & Updates
Discover the mission of the Committee for the Advancement of Theoretical Computer Science (CATCS) to bridge the TCS community with funding agencies and other research communities. Learn about current members, ongoing efforts, upcoming deadlines, and more to promote and communicate TCS developments effectively.
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CATCS REPORT STOC 2014 BUSINESS MEETING Salil Vadhan
What is CATCS? Committee for the Advancement of 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 Barak Paul Beame Moses Charikar Petros Drineas Jeff Erickson Piotr Indyk David Johnson Mohan Paturi Dana Randall Tim Roughgarden David Shmoys Salil Vadhan (chair)
Our Blog: http://www.theorymatters.org/
Current & upcoming efforts I Recruiting people to serve at NSF & other funding-related places Come talk to one of us if you are potentially interested! Serving on panels also very important Engaging with Simons Foundation, Simons Institute, DIMACS, DARPA, AAAS, CCC Consider proposing symposium for 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting Consider proposing CCC visioning workshops Collecting data on funding trends & growth of TCS community
Current & upcoming efforts II Assistance with award nominations Ask us if you need advice or help preparing a nomination package Report documenting external impact of TCS Grant writing resources Upcoming guest blog posts on funding outside the US We welcome your suggestions!
A Few Upcoming Deadlines I 6/9: NSF BIGDATA program 6/25: Applications for 8/17 NSF/DIMACS workshop for Aspiring PIs in Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace 7/21: NSF CAREER program 8/1: Simons Institute proposals for 2016 Programs Late summer: Simons Investigator call for nominations sent to universities Late summer: Applications for Simons Fellows in Math (sabbatical funding) 9/5: ACM Fellow Nominations 9/19: NSF Medium proposals to Algorithmic Foundations and Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace
A Few Upcoming Deadlines II 9/24: NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) 10/15: NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 10/31: ACM Dissertation Award 11/1: AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships 11/4: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships 11/19: NSF Large/Frontier proposals to Algorithmic Foundations and Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace 11/30: Many ACM Awards (Turing, Hopper, Kanellakis, Distinguished Service) Spring: Simons Award for Graduate Students in TCS Any time: DIMACS special focus proposal
