STOCial 2022: Guest post by Clément Canonne

[To further prove that I am not a longtermist, here is a guest post by Clément about activities in STOC that will happen next week. –Boaz]

The 54th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC’22) is starting next week in Rome, as part of the broader TheoryFest. Now, while this probably is not coming as a surprise to you, did you now about the social and mentoring events at STOC, which, not to miss a good portmanteau when one sees one,* we shall refer henceforth as STOCial’22?

Organised by Federico Fusco, Tegan Wilson, Mary Wootters, and myself, STOCial’22 includes a bonanza of activities, games, and fun, including (but not limited to):

• a student lunch!
• two senior/junior lunches!
• cartoon caption contests!
• a scavenger hunt!
• a STOC-themed crossword!
• a game of socc… football!
• PRIZES!

To learn more about those, and sign up to the student or senior/junior lunches: https://sites.google.com/view/stocial-2022

See you next week!

Clément Canonne

* If someone finds a palindrome instead, let me know. I would love a good pal in Rome.