The 16th Annual Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS) conference will be held at Columbia University in New York City on January 7 - January 10 2025.
Please register at the eventbrite registration page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/itcs-conference-2025-registration-1080490659649 Registration is open until December 31, and we ask that you register as soon as possible. If you don't register by this deadline, you may not be given access to campus in time for the conference.
The registration fee is $250 for students and postdocs, and $350 otherwise. Students and postdocs who need assistance can write to the local organizers (email at the bottom of this page) to request a waiver. If you'd like to apply for a waiver, please do so before December 15th.
When you register, the first time you are asked to give your name, please give the name as it appears on your government ID. You may need to show this ID to access Columbia campus. After the payment step of registration, there is a final page where you will be asked for the name you want to appear on your badge, which may be different.
We generally recommend staying at a hotel in the Upper West Side neighrbood of Manhattan, from which one can easily get to Columbia campus using the 1 train subway line. The station at 116 St is right next to the campus entrance gate.
We have reserved a block of rooms at a discounted rate at the Hotel Belleclaire which can be booked here. There is a limited number of rooms available, so please be sure to book soon.
The talks and all other events will be held in the Columbia Computer Science Building, which can be accessed from the 4th floor of the Mudd Building.
To get to the Mudd building, first enter campus at the main gate at the intersection of Broadway and West 116 street. It is right next to the 116 st subway station of the 1 train. From there, walk north through campus, up the big staircase, and walk to the Mudd Building.
Columbia and the Upper West Side are accessible by public transportation from all the NY-NJ airports (LGA, JFK & EWR). The best way to get around the city is to use New York subways and buses, although taxis, Ubers and Lyfts are also easily available from all three airports. LGA airport is the closest of the three airports to Columbia, and the M60 bus goes directly from all the terminals at LGA airport to Columbia campus. We recommend using the Google Maps app to determine how to use public transit to get to around the city, as the system is quite large and often complicated.
The conference information is available at the main ITCS website:
For more information, email the local organizers, Josh Alman and Alex Andoni.