tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post3089817258611385946..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: STOC scheduleMichael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-18413375781413840152009-04-05T08:37:00.000-04:002009-04-05T08:37:00.000-04:00I have kept the news secret from the award winners...I have kept the news secret from the award winners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-89887866101485625962009-04-03T18:23:00.000-04:002009-04-03T18:23:00.000-04:00Another interpretation is that we are becoming mor...Another interpretation is that we are becoming more like math in that all the six best paper/best student paper winners at STOC in the past three years have been single author papers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-52578227936250007512009-04-02T13:31:00.000-04:002009-04-02T13:31:00.000-04:00Congratulations to the award winners!It is notewor...Congratulations to the award winners!<BR/><BR/>It is noteworthy that this is the third STOC in a row where the best student paper shares the best paper award. One interpretation is that the "barrier" to entry (and to outstanding research) in our field remains not insurmountable.junior theoristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-18150450264627151402009-04-01T15:42:00.000-04:002009-04-01T15:42:00.000-04:00Yes, I would have liked to mix up the codes/comple...Yes, I would have liked to mix up the codes/complexity and flows/optimization into some other combination -- but there were some presenters who asked to give their talk a specific day, and the alternative was to break up the semi-coherent groups. Rest assured I know it may not appear (or even be) optimal, but also be aware there are additional constraints you're unaware of. <BR/><BR/>I did try to set up individual talks so they wouldn't be on the same theme for these sessions. I'm hoping it won't disturb too many people -- I know I'm much more interested in one side of each of these pairings than the other myself...Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161161032642563814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-58390563529913452912009-04-01T10:30:00.000-04:002009-04-01T10:30:00.000-04:00parallel sessions:codes versus complexity?flows ve...parallel sessions:<BR/><BR/>codes versus complexity?<BR/><BR/>flows versus optimization?<BR/><BR/>power of 2 choices versus bloom filters?<BR/><BR/><BR/>happy april fools day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com