Workshops

The following seven STOC TheoryFest 2026 workshops will take place during the morning sessions from Monday through Friday:

• Machine Learning for Algorithms
  Organizers: Nina Balcan, Avrim Blum, Piotr Indyk, Ali Vakilian
  Dates: June 22-24
• The Random Purification Channel in Quantum Tomography
  Organizers: Angelos Pelecanos, Jack Spilecki, Ewin Tang, John Wright
  Dates: June 22-24
• The Role of Theory in Trustworthy and Interpretable AI
  Organizers: Noah Golowich, Allen Liu, Abhishek Shetty
  Dates: June 22-24
• Algorithmic Frontiers of Graph and Hypergraph Problems via Global Queries
  Organizers: Deeparnab Chakrabarty and Sagnik Mukhopadhyay
  Dates: June 22-24
• Understanding Large Language Models via a TCS Lens
  Organizers: Anay Mehrotra, Amin Saberi, Grigoris Velegkas
  Dates: June 25-26
• Building New Algorithmic Foundations for Cryptography
  Organizers: Aayush Jain, Amit Sahai
  Dates: June 25-26
• Testing in the Modern World
  Organizer: Anindya De and Shivam Nadimpalli
  Dates: June 25-26

The following STOC TheoryFest 2026 workshop will be held all day Saturday:

• Can AI do Theory?
  Organizer: Pritish Kamath, Pravesh Kothari, Mariana Raykova, Abhradeep Thakurta, Nikhil Vyas
  Date: June 27