See below for more information about social events at STOC/TheoryFest 2023, as part of STOC/FCRC! (Events with * are not technically organized by the STOCial committee, but are social and seem great, so we are listing them here.)
Have fun! And don't forget to attend, maybe, some of the talks and workshops... especially your own!
--The STOCial Committee (Barna Saha, Clément Canonne, Elena Grigorescu, and Raghu Meka)
All TheoryFest events will take place in Room Magnolia 4-6
12:30–2pm: Junior/Senior lunch! Register (either as "junior" or "senior") on this spreadsheet 📝
2pm–4pm: History and Future of TCS
Ft. Scott Aaronson, Shafi Goldwasser, Jelani Nelson, Ronitt Rubinfeld, and Madhu Sudan
7pm: STOC Reception* 🤵
12:30–2pm: Junior/Senior lunch! Register (either as "junior" or "senior") on this spreadsheet 📝
2pm–3pm: Graduating Bits 🎓
Graduating or on the job market soon? Give a 2-slide-in-2-minute pitch of your research and yourself during this session. To register, fill this form 📝 (FCFS, up to 25 people)
3pm–4pm: Job Advice Panel
Ft. Sepehr Assadi, Rajesh Jayaram, Yael Tauman Kalai, and Sanjeev Khanna
12:30–2pm: Junior/Senior lunch! Register (either as "junior" or "senior") on this spreadsheet 📝
2pm–4pm: TCS For All spotlight* 👩💻 organised by TCS For All
Inspiration Speaker: Dana Randall
12:30–2pm: Junior/Senior lunch! Register (either as "junior" or "senior") on this spreadsheet 📝
2pm–4pm: Fun TCS 🧩
All these games are by team, each team including a healthy mix of junior and senior people.
That's not my slide!
"Time to present your work! You have 5 minutes... it starts... wait a minute, those are not your slides! Oh well, gotta present the result anyway." 🧑🏫
Dear NSF, Inc.
"A randomly generated research idea. You have one minute to prepare, then... must pitch it to industry or a grant funding body. Get the sweet 💰!"
Weird AI 🤖 Yankovic
"You're given a few TCS words: must make a TCS-themed song around them, and present it. (Large Language Models allowed. Small Language Humans, too!)" 🎤
TCS Pictionary
Either you draw, or you mime. Or you meme?