Monday, June 26, 2017

STOC General Comment Page

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 like people enjoyed it.  The local arrangements were terrific -- much much thanks to Hamed Hatami and Pierre McKenzie who made the whole thing look easy.  (It's not.)   I'd have liked a few dozen more people, but I'm hoping we'll see some positive momentum going into next year.

A heads-up to mark you calendars now that STOC 2018 will be held June 23-27, in Los Angeles.

I'm putting this post up to see if anyone wants to make general comments about the TheoryFest/STOC 2017 experience.  Feedback is always useful, and if there's any constructive criticism and/or wild enthusiasm for any parts of the 2017 STOC, we'll keep that in mind as we go forward next year.  Please, however, be respectful to those who did the work of putting everything together.

And for those who went commenting here doesn't absolve you from filling out the survey that will be sent out, though!