Topics of DIMACS Special Year/Special Focus Programs:
- Special Year on Discrete and Computational Geometry
- September 1989 - August 1990
- Bernard Chazelle, Princeton University, Chair
- Special Year on Complexity Theory of Interactive Computation
- September 1990 - August 1991
- Endre Szemeredi, Rutgers University, Co-Chair
- Andrew Yao, Princeton University, Co-Chair
- Special Year on Graph Theory and Algorithms
- September 1991 - August 1992
- Fan Chung, Bellcore, Co-Chair
- W. Tom Trotter, Arizona State University and Bellcore, Co-Chair
- Special Year on Combinatorial Optimization
- September 1992 - August 1993
- Laszlo Lovasz, Princeton University and Budapest, Co-Chair
- Paul D. Seymour, Bellcore, Co-Chair
- Special Year on Massively Parallel Computing
- September 1993 - August 1994
- Tom Leighton, MIT, Co-Chair
- Bruce Maggs, NEC, Co-Chair
- Special Year on Mathematical Support for Molecular Biology
- August 1994 - August 2000
- Fred Roberts, Rutgers, Mathematics and DIMACS, Chair
- Joachim Messing, Rutgers University, Chair
- Lawrence Shepp, Rutgers University, Co-Chair
- Michael Waterman, USC, Mathematics and Biology, Co-Chair
- Martin Farach, Rutgers University, Computer Science and DIMACS, Assistant Chair
- Special Year on Logic and Algorithms
- September 1995 - August 1996
- Eric Allender, Rutgers University
- Bob Kurshan, AT&T Bell Labs
- Moshe Vardi, Rice University
- Steve Bloch, Adelphi University, Publicity Chair
- Special Focus on Networks
- September 1996 - August 2000
- Stuart Haber, Surety Technologies
- David S. Johnson, AT&T Labs - Research
- Mihalis Yannakakis, Bell Labs
- Special Focus on Discrete Probability
- September 1996 - August 1998
- Enrico Bombieri, Institute for Advanced Study
- Jeffrey Kahn, Rutgers University
- Peter Winkler, Bell Labs
- Special Year on Massive Data Sets
- September 1997 - August 1998
- Robert Sedgewick, Princeton University
- Special Year on DNA Computing
- February 1997 - August 1998
- Richard Lipton, Princeton University
- Laura Landweber, Princeton University
- Special Year on Large Scale Discrete Optimization
- September 1998 - August 2000
- Mike Trick, Carnegie Mellon University, Chair
- Endre Boros, Rutgers/DIMACS
- William Pulleyblank, IBM
- Bob Vanderbei, Princeton/DIMACS
- Vijay Vazirani, Georgia Tech
- Special Year on Computational Intractability
- September 1999 - December 2000 or January 2001
- Michael Saks, Rutgers University, Chair
- David Johnson, AT&T Labs - Research
- Christos Papadimitriou, Department of Computer Science, U.C. Berkeley
- Eva Tardos, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University
- Avi Widgerson, Hebrew University and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
- Andrew Yao, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University
- Special Focus on Next Generation Network Technologies and Applications
- January 2000 - August 2003
- B. R. Badrinath, Rutgers University
- Sandeep Bhatt, Akamai Technologies
- Joan Feigenbaum, AT&T Labs - Research
- S. Muthukrishnan, AT&T Labs - Research
- Special Focus on Computational Molecular Biology
- September 2000 - August 2004
- Martin Farach-Colton, Rutgers U. Computer Science, Chair
- Craig Nevill-Manning, Rutgers U. Computer Science, Assistant Chair
- Wilma Olson, Rutgers U. Molecular Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Chemistry
- Fred Roberts, Rutgers U. Mathematics
- Special Focus on Mathematics and the Foundations of Computer and Information Science
- September 2000 - August 2003
- Michael Fredman, Rutgers University Computer Science
- Janos Komlos, Rutgers University Mathematics
- Fred Roberts, Rutgers University Mathematics
- Special Focus on Data Analysis and Mining
- September 2001 - August 2006
- Adam Buchsbaum, AT&T Labs, Chair
- Pierre Hansen, GERAD--University of Montreal, Co-chair
- Diane Lambert, Bell Labs
- David Madigan, Rutgers University
- Mario Szegedy, Rutgers University
- Yehuda Vardi, Rutgers University
- Special Focus on Computational Information Theory and Coding
- January 2001 - August 2005
- Robert Calderbank, AT&T Labs, Chair
- Chris Rose, Rutgers Unviersity
- Amin Shokrollahi, Digital Fountain
- Emina Soljanin (co-chair), Bell Labs
- Sergio Verdu, Princeton University
- Special Focus on Computational Geometry and Applications
- September 2002 - August 2005
- Steven Fortune, Bell Labs, Chair
- Bernard Chazelle, Princeton
- Bill Steiger, Rutgers University, local arrangements chair
- Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology
March 2002 - August 2011
Organizing Committee:
- Mathematics and Computer Science:
- Statistics:
- Public Health and Epidemiology:
- Biology:
- Special Focus on Communication Security and Information Privacy
- January 2003 - August 2009
- Ronitt Rubinfeld, NEC, Chair
- Bill Aiello, AT&T Labs, Vice Chair
- Hugo Krawczyk, Technion
- Avi Rubin, AT&T
- David Wagner, UC Berkeley
- Special Focus on Computation and Socio-Economic Sciences
- 2004 - 2008
- Lance Fortnow, CS, University of Chicago
- Fred Roberts, DIMACS/Rutgers University
- Rakesh Vohra, Kellogg School of Management
- Special Focus on Information Processing in Biology
- 2004 - 2010
- Ron Levy, BioMaPS, Rutgers University
- Wilma Olson, MB Center, Rutgers University
- Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University
- Eduardo Sontag, BioMaPS, DIMACS, Rutgers University
- Special Focus on Discrete Random Systems
- 2006 - 2010
- Christian Borgs, Microsoft Research
- Dana Randall, Georgia Tech, Co-Chair
- Gregory Sorkin, IBM Research, Co-Chair
- Eric Vigoda, Georgia Tech
- Peter Winkler, Dartmouth
- Special Focus on Algorithmic Foundations of the Internet
- 2007 - 2014
- Alejandro Lopez-Ortiz, University of Waterloo
- Jennifer Rexford, Princeton University
- Rebecca Wright, Rutgers University
- Special Focus on Hardness of Approximation
- 2008- 2011
- Sanjeev Arora, Co-chair, Princeton University
- Moses Charikar, Co-chair, Princeton University
- Subhash Khot, New York University
- Michael Saks, Rutgers University
- Lisa Zhang, Bell Laboratories
- Special Focus on Algorithmic Decision Theory
- 2010 - 2013
- Fred Roberts, DIMACS/Rutgers University, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu
- Alexis Tsoukiàs, LAMSADE, tsoukias at lamsade.dauphine.fr
- Special Focus on Cybersecurity
- 2011 - 2017
- Nigel Boston, University of Wisconsin
- Mihai Christodorescu, IBM Research
- Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Northeastern University, c.nitarotaru at neu.edu
- Emina Soljanin, Bell Labs
- Susanne Wetzel, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Rebecca Wright, Rutgers University
- Special Focus on Energy and Algorithms
- 2012 - 2017
- Carla Gomes, Cornell University, gomes at cs.cornell.edu
- K. R. Krishnan, Telcordia, krk at research.telcordia.com
- Linda Ness, Rutgers University, nesslinda at gmail.com
- Warren Powell, Princeton University, powell at princeton.edu
- Special Focus on Information Sharing and Dynamic Data Analysis
- 2012 - 2017
- Graham Cormode, AT&T Labs, graham at research.att.com
- Muthu Muthukrishnan, Rutgers University (CS), muthu at cs.rutgers.edu
- Minge Xie, Rutgers University (Statistics), mxie_AT_stat.rutgers.edu
- Special Focus on Cryptography
- 2015 - 2018
- Sanjam Garg, UC Berkeley
- Rosario Gennaro, City College of New York
- Tal Malkin, Columbia University
- Tal Rabin, IBM Research
- Guy Rothblum, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Amit Sahai, UCLA
- Rebecca Wright, Rutgers University
- email: crypto-committee (at) dimacs.rutgers.edu
- Big Data Initiative on Privacy and Security
- 2016 - 2018
- René Bastón, liaison to the NE Big Data Innovation Hub, Columbia University
- Adam Smith, Pennsylvania State University
- Rebecca Wright, Rutgers University
- Special Focus on Bridging Continuous and Discrete Optimization
- 2018 - 2020
- Farid Alizadeh, Rutgers University
- Stefanie Jegelka, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jon Lee, University of Michigan
- Leo Liberti, CNRS
- Aleksander Mądry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Katya Scheinberg, Lehigh University
- Nisheeth Vishnoi, EPFL
