1. CATCS REPORT FOCS 2012 BUSINESS MEETING Salil Vadhan

2. What is CATCS? “Committee for the Advancement of Theoretical Computer Science” Mission: to interface between the TCS community and funding agencies, the public, and other research communities --- promoting TCS and fostering communication.

3. Current Members Boaz Barak Paul Beame Avrim Blum Moses Charikar Petros Drineas Cynthia Dwork Lance Fortnow Piotr Indyk David Johnson David Shmoys Diane Souvaine Luca Trevisan Salil Vadhan (chair)

4. Our Blog: http://www.theorymatters.org/

5. A Few Upcoming Deadlines 10/31: ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Nominations 11/1: Simons Math+X Faculty Funding Letters of Intent 11/13: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships 11/15: Simons Symposia 11/30: NSF CCF Core Programs (incl. Algorithmic Foundations) Large 11/30: NSF Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Medium 11/30: Many ACM Award Nominations 12/4: CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information. 12/14: NSF Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Small 12/10: NSF Expeditions in Computing 12/15: Simons Institute Call for Program Proposals 12/17: NSF CCF Core Programs (incl. Algorithmic Foundations) Small SEND MORE ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS PROPOSALS!

6. Current & upcoming efforts I Recruiting people to serve at NSF come talk to one of us if you are potentially interested! Grant-writing resources & panel at STOC 2013 (plug: Call for STOC 2013 Workshops closes 11/17) Starting to engage more with Simons Foundation and DARPA

7. Current & upcoming efforts II Assistance with award nominations Ask us if you need advice or help preparing a nomination package Collecting data on funding trends & growth of TCS community We welcome your suggestions!