The Women in Theory (WIT) Workshop is intended for graduate and undergraduate students in the area of theory of computer science. The workshop will feature technical talks and tutorials by senior and junior women in the field, as well as social events and activities. The motivation for the workshop is twofold. The first goal is to deliver an invigorating educational program; the second is to bring together theory women students from different departments and foster a sense of kinship and camaraderie.
Partial list of confirmed speakers: Gagan Aggarwal (Google), Glencora Borradaile (Oregon State), Nicole Immorlica (Northwestern University), Maria Klawe (Harvey Mudd), Jennifer Rexford (Princeton), Dana Ron (Tel Aviv University), Ronitt Rubinfeld (MIT and Tel Aviv University), Shubhangi Saraf (IAS), Vera Sos (Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Rebecca Wright (Rutgers and DIMACS).
Workshop organizers: Tal Rabin, Shubhangi Saraf and Lisa Zhang.
Local chair: Moses Charikar.
Homepages of previous workshops: WIT 2008, video from 2008, WIT 2010, lecture notes from 2010.
Important dates:
Application deadline: February 29, 2012.
Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2012.
Workshop: June 23-27, 2012.
To apply to the workshop. Please fill out this form no later than February 29, 2012. You also need to email your CV and have one reference letter sent to womenintheory2012@gmail.com no later than February 29, 2012 with a subject line of “CV for {your name}” or “Reference letter for {your name}”. We especially encourage students of underrepresented minority groups to apply.
Regrettably, because of space limitations we will not be able to accommodate everyone that applies to the workshop, and so will accept only those candidates that in the committee’s view can benefit the most from participating. In addition, due to funding limitation, we strongly encourage you to ask for support from your advisor and institution. We will notify you of acceptance decisions by March 31, 2012. (If you need an earlier notification to allow time to get a U.S. visa, please let us know by email.)
Local Information. The workshop will take place at the Friend center, next to the Computer Science department at Princeton University. Travel instructions to Princeton are available here.
