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stoc-topic-selection

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Use when deciding whether a result belongs at STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) — testing for broad theory-of-computation significance versus routing to FOCS, SODA, CCC, ITCS, COLT, CRYPTO, PODC, SoCG, EC, or a journal like JACM/SICOMP when the fit is specialized, conceptual, or empirical.

When to use

• deciding STOC fit
• testing broad theory-of-computation significance
• routing to FOCS, SODA, CCC, ITCS, COLT, CRYPTO, PODC, SoCG, EC, or journals
• applying the breadth test
• aiming a result at STOC honestly
• calibrating against prize-lineage

When not to use

• determining if a result is theory
• choosing STOC over FOCS for prestige
• deadline-driven routing
• prestige laddering
• scope-sentence lawyering
• journal-phobia

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