If I want to be aware of the lastest discoveries in the Computer Science area, what's a good source of information? (preferable online)
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1$\begingroup$ possible duplicate of Ways for a mathematician to stay informed of current research in complexity theory. $\endgroup$– KavehCommented Dec 1, 2011 at 17:36
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3$\begingroup$ This is terribly broad and out of scope as it stands. if limited to TCS, then the question above contains many of the answers indicated below. Voting to close. $\endgroup$– Suresh VenkatCommented Dec 1, 2011 at 17:46
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2$\begingroup$ I can't detect sarcasm on the internet, so I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic :). But no, there isn't a single source for all of computer science: the field is too broad $\endgroup$– Suresh VenkatCommented Dec 1, 2011 at 20:46
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1$\begingroup$ I don't understand what is the goal of this question. Since you have written "every advance occurred in Computer Science" and you are asking for a "single" resource, it seems to me you don't understand what is computer science and how large it is. I think the question should be closed as not a real question and the answers should be merged with the other question. Please also see the FAQ. $\endgroup$– KavehCommented Dec 1, 2011 at 23:04
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2$\begingroup$ I vote to close. But surprisingly not one other non-mod person thinks that way $\endgroup$– Suresh VenkatCommented Dec 2, 2011 at 16:18
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$\begingroup$ Does this talk about every advance occurred in Computer Science? Or this would be an ideal that I really can't find? $\endgroup$– StudentCommented Dec 1, 2011 at 19:19
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$\begingroup$ Keeping up with the bloggers, you will find every major advance in theoretical conference, such as faster matrix multiplication a few days ago and ACC0 != NEXP last year. For the other subfields of computer science, I think this site is not appropriate to ask. $\endgroup$– SnowieCommented Dec 2, 2011 at 4:18
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$\begingroup$ @Snowie: You may not realize it, but your statement is particularly controversial right now. I think a safer statement would be that by following blogs one will get informed about results (new and old) that the blog owners think are important. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 2, 2011 at 17:26
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1$\begingroup$ ...if researchers in that field post to ArXiv. $\endgroup$– JeffεCommented Dec 1, 2011 at 16:14
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$\begingroup$ Also you can attend a relevant conference/workshop! $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 1, 2011 at 17:17
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I find the arXiv and the TOC Blog Aggregator too much to follow. If you just read The Complexity Blog, Gödel's Lost Letter, and Shtetl-Optimized, you won't miss much theory news.
answered Dec 2, 2011 at 16:08
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1$\begingroup$ tsk tsk. you don't read the geomblog ? I'm shocked ! shocked ! ;) $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 2, 2011 at 16:18
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$\begingroup$ If you rename it to Theoryblog and also inadvertently attract offended anonymous commenters arguing over matrix multiplication, I'll add it to this list. ;) $\endgroup$– Lev Reyzin ♦Commented Dec 2, 2011 at 16:29
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$\begingroup$ hmm. let me think up random controversial things to say :) $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 2, 2011 at 17:22
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$\begingroup$ @Lev: I would agree with you if you had said, "theory news that is blogged at all." I have not been able to find a blog I like for advances in distributed computing theory. (Jared Saia's may be the closest, but he tends to talk about things that don't capture my attention.) That doesn't mean that nothing is happening there -- arguably the developments are at least as important, from a theory-to-practice perspective, as the FOCS and STOC proceedings. I think "theory news = what TCS bloggers blog about" upsets anonymous commenters. Not that their comments are appropriate. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 2, 2011 at 17:35