FOCS 2026 workshops will be held on Sunday, November 8, 2026. Three parallel workshop tracks run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Warren Weaver Hall, followed by a joint AI and TCS Workshop from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Eisner & Lubin Auditorium at the Kimmel Center.
Tracks 1–3: Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street
| Time | Track 1 WWH 109 | Track 2 WWH 101 | Track 3 WWH 102 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30–9:00 a.m. | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00–11:30 a.m. | Subspace Designs: A Universal Tool for Derandomization, Part 1 Organizers: Venkatesan Guruswami, Rohan Goyal, Joshua Brakensiek |
Validating Quantum Devices: From Practice to Theory Organizers: Andrea Coladangelo, Joseph Slote, Jerry Li |
Performative Prediction Organizer: Juan C. Perdomo Workshop website |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Lunch | ||
| 12:30–3:00 p.m. | Subspace Designs: A Universal Tool for Derandomization, Part 2 Organizers: Venkatesan Guruswami, Rohan Goyal, Joshua Brakensiek |
TCS Problems in Quantum Architecture and Compilation Organizers: Zhiyang He, Robert Huang, Siddhartha Jain, Robin Kothari, Esha Swaroop Workshop website |
Algorithmic Perspectives on Quasirandomness Organizers: Cassandra Marcussen, Ted Pyne, Ronitt Rubinfeld, Asaf Shapira Workshop website |
| 3:00–3:30 p.m. | Coffee break | ||
Joint session: Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South
| 3:30–5:30 p.m. | AI and TCS Workshop (joint session for all attendees) Organizer: Aaron Roth |
Links to additional workshop websites will be added as they become available. Questions about the workshops can be sent to the workshop co-chairs, Dakshita Khurana and Sam Hopkins.
The two buildings are a short walk apart. See Venue and Travel Info for directions and transit.