FOCS
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FOCS is a premier annual theoretical computer science conference, formally known as the IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FOCS canonical | 5 |
| IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science | 2 |
| ACM FOCS | 1 |
| FOCS conference proceedings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3094170 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FOCS Context triple: [Sanjam Garg, publishesIn, FOCS]
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A.
ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
The ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) is a premier annual research conference in theoretical computer science, featuring groundbreaking work in algorithms, complexity theory, cryptography, and related areas.
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B.
PODS Conference (jointly with ACM SIGACT)
The PODS Conference (jointly with ACM SIGACT) is a premier international research conference focused on the theoretical foundations of data management and database systems.
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C.
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing is a 1985 ACM conference volume collecting influential research papers in theoretical computer science, including foundational work on topics such as interactive proof systems and computational complexity.
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D.
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science is a professional organization that promotes research, education, and collaboration in theoretical computer science across Europe and beyond.
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E.
SIAM Journal on Computing
SIAM Journal on Computing is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes research in theoretical computer science, including algorithms, complexity theory, and related areas of computation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FOCS Target entity description: FOCS is a premier annual theoretical computer science conference, formally known as the IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science.
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A.
ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
The ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) is a premier annual research conference in theoretical computer science, featuring groundbreaking work in algorithms, complexity theory, cryptography, and related areas.
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B.
PODS Conference (jointly with ACM SIGACT)
The PODS Conference (jointly with ACM SIGACT) is a premier international research conference focused on the theoretical foundations of data management and database systems.
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C.
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing is a 1985 ACM conference volume collecting influential research papers in theoretical computer science, including foundational work on topics such as interactive proof systems and computational complexity.
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D.
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science is a professional organization that promotes research, education, and collaboration in theoretical computer science across Europe and beyond.
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E.
SIAM Journal on Computing
SIAM Journal on Computing is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes research in theoretical computer science, including algorithms, complexity theory, and related areas of computation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic conference
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annual event ⓘ theoretical computer science conference ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FOCS self-link ⓘ |
| area | foundations of computing ⓘ |
| associatedAward |
Best Paper Award
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Best Student Paper Award ⓘ |
| audience |
academics
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graduate students ⓘ industry researchers ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| coRankedWith |
ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
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surface form:
STOC
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| field |
computer science
ⓘ
theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| focus | theoretical foundations rather than applications ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| fullName |
FOCS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
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| includes |
awards ceremony
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invited talks ⓘ technical paper presentations ⓘ tutorials ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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surface form:
IEEE
|
| rank | flagship TCS conference ⓘ |
| reputation | premier theoretical computer science conference ⓘ |
| reviewProcess | peer-reviewed ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionType | highly selective ⓘ |
| sisterConference |
ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
ⓘ
surface form:
STOC
|
| sponsoredBy | IEEE Computer Society ⓘ |
| startYear | 1960s (approximate) ⓘ |
| topic |
algorithms
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approximation algorithms ⓘ communication complexity ⓘ computational complexity theory ⓘ computational geometry ⓘ computational learning theory ⓘ cryptography ⓘ data structures ⓘ derandomization ⓘ distributed computing theory ⓘ foundations of computer science ⓘ game theory in computer science ⓘ online algorithms ⓘ proof complexity ⓘ quantum computation theory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FOCS Description of subject: FOCS is a premier annual theoretical computer science conference, formally known as the IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ACM FOCS
this entity surface form:
IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
this entity surface form:
IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
this entity surface form:
FOCS conference proceedings