Name: IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science 2026
Start: 2026-11-08
End: 2026-11-11
Location: New York City, United States

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FOCS 2026 is the IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, a flagship (CORE A*) theory of computing symposium published by IEEE. It takes place on 8 November 2026 in New York City, United States. Full papers were due 1 April 2026.

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