Upcoming Group Meetings, Talks and Submission Deadlines:

1. Wednesday April 1, 2026 1:00pm (UComm 6-272): Updates;
   Thursday April 2, 2026 2:00pm (UComm 4-104): Zhikai's seminar & defense;
2. Wednesday April 8, 2026 1:00pm (UComm 6-272): Updates;
   Friday April 10, 2026 1:15pm (UComm): Updates;
3. Friday May 15, 2026 1:15pm (UComm): Updates;

   March 26, 2026: AAIM 2026 (Jun 19-21, Dallas, Texas) submission (LNCS) deadline;
   April 15, 2020: FOCS 2020 (Nov 16-19, Durham, NC) submission deadline;
   April 21, 2026: ESA 2026 (Aug 31-4, L'Aquila, Italy) submission (LIPIcs) deadline;
   April 22, 2020: ECCB 2020 (Sep 5-9, Barcelona, Spain) submission deadline;
   April 24, 2026: MFCS 2026 (Aug 24-28, Paris, France) submission deadline;
   April 25, 2024: ECAI 2024 (Oct 19-24, Santiago de Compostela, Spain) submission deadline;
   May 4, 2024: SAGT 2024 () submission deadline;
   May 6, 2026: APPROX-RANDOM 2026 (Aug 11-13, Berkeley, California) submission deadline;
   May 12, 2025: WABI 2025 (Aug 20-22, University of Maryland, MD) submission (LIPIcs) deadline;
   June 30, 2025: ISAAC 2025 (Dec 7-10, Tainan, Taiwan) submission (LIPIcs) deadline;
   July 14, 2025: SODA 2026 (Jan 11-14, Vancouver, Canada) submission deadline;
   August 7, 2024: AAAI 2025 (Feb 25-4, Philadelphia, PA) submission deadline;
   August 15, 2020: INFOCOM 2021 (May 10-13, Vancouver, BC) submission deadline;
   August 15, 2024: COCOA 2025 (Nov 28-30, Tianjin, China) submission (LNCS) deadline;
   September 21, 2025: WALCOM 2026 (Mar 4-6, Perugia, Italy) submission deadline;
   September 25, 2025: STACS 2026 (Mar 9-13, Grenoble, France) submission (LIPIcs) deadline;
   October 8, 2025: AAMAS 2026 (May 25-29, Paphos, Cyprus) submission deadline;
   November 2, 2017: STOC 2026 (Jun 22-26, Salt Lake City, Utah) submission deadline;
   November 4, 2024: IPCO 2025 (June 11-13, Baltimore, Maryland) submission deadline;
   December 15, 2019: TAMC 2020 (Oct 26-28, Changsha, China) submission deadline;
   December 29, 2019: FAW 2020 (May 29-31, Haikou, China) submission deadline;
   January 10, 2018: ISMB (Jul 6-10, Chicago, IL) submission deadline;
   January 12-19, 2026: IJCAI 2026 (Aug 15-21, Bremen, Germany) submission deadline;
   January 22, 2025: SIGMetrics 2025 (Jun 9-13, New York) submission deadline;
   January 24, 2020: SEA 2020 (Jun 16-18, Catania, Italy) submission deadline;
   January 26-2, 2026: IWOCA 2026 (Jun 8-11, Clermont-Ferrand, France) submission (LNCS) deadline;
   February 3-6, 2026: ICALP 2026 (Jul 7-10, Univ of London) submission (LIPIcs) deadline;
   February 2-9, 2026: EC 2026 (Jul 6-10, Rome, Italy) submission deadline;
   February 16-20, 2026: SWAT 2026 (Jun 17-19, Copenhagen, Denmark) submission (LIPIcs) deadline;
   February 20, 2025: WADS 2025 (Aug 11-15, York University, Ontario) submission deadline;
   November 16, 2024; February 21, 2025: CPM 2025 (Jun 17-19, Milano, Italy) submission (LIPIcs) deadline;
   February 26, 2026 COCOON 2026 (Jul 23-26, Singapore) submission (LNCS) deadline;
   March 2, 2020: WG 2020 (Jun 24-26, Leeds, UK) submission deadline;
   

• January 26, 2026 1:45pm: Jiaxuan 2/∛3-approx for Nash, lower bound? but NP-hard on sub-cubic;
• January 19, 2026 1:45pm: Mengyuan on partition: Slightly better than k/2, ((ℓ - 1) + k/ℓ)-approx → lower? updates;
  January 23, 2026 1:15pm: Mengyuan logk;
• January 16, 2026 1:15pm: Jiaxuan on max-min FHG: 2-approx, lower bound of 4/3 → 3/2 or 2? exact alg for sub-cubic;
• January 5, 2026 1:45pm: Directed star packing;
  January 9, 2026 1:15pm: Fractional hedonic games.