General Information

The 58th ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC 2026) is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory and will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Monday, June 22 - Friday, June 26, 2026.

STOC 2026 is part of a 5-day TheoryFest with an expanded program of STOC papers, poster sessions, and a broad cross-section of invited talks, workshops, tutorials, and social events.

Important Dates

STOC Paper Submission Deadline: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 (4:59pm EST)

Submitted Papers Notification: February 1, 2026

Final STOC Papers Version Due: March 31, 2026

Conference Dates: June 22-26, 2026

STOC Paper Submission

Typical but not exclusive topics of interest include algorithms and data structures, computational complexity, randomness in computing, algorithmic graph theory and combinatorics, analysis of Boolean functions, approximation algorithms, cryptography, computational learning theory, continuous and discrete optimization, economics and computation, parallel and distributed algorithms, quantum computing, algorithmic coding theory, computational geometry and topology, computational applications of logic, algebraic computation, and computational and foundational aspects of areas such as machine learning, fairness, privacy, networks, data management, databases and computational biology. Papers that extend the reach of the theory of computing, or raise important problems that can benefit from theoretical investigation and analysis, are encouraged. The program committee will make every effort to consider a broad range of areas.

Double-blind reviewing will be used, and therefore submissions should not contain the authors' names or identifying information.

Please see the Call for Papers.

Organizers:

Local Arrangements: Aditya Bhaskara (University of Utah, Chair)

Program Committee Chair: Artur Czumaj (University of Warwick)