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FOCSIEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
FOCS is a rank A conference in Theoretical Computer Science in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. The FOCS 2027 deadline is not announced; past editions suggest early April. FOCS 2026 takes place on Nov 8–11, 2026 in New York City, NY, USA. Acceptance rate 2025: 25.1% (137/546).
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Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition
Latest edition
FOCS 2026: call for papers timeline
- Jul 4, 2026As announced by the conferenceNotificationCommunity data · unverified
- Nov 8–11, 2026Local timeConferenceNew York City, NY, USA
AoE (Anywhere on Earth) is UTC−12 (time zones explained). These dates come from the ccf-deadlines community project and have not yet been checked against the conference website; confirm them there before you submit. Conference website ↗
Past editions
Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates
| Year | Paper deadline | Acceptance | Papers (dblp) | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-04-01UTC | — | — | Nov 8–11, 2026 | New York City, NY, USA |
| 2025 | 2025-04-03UTC-4 | 25.1%137/546 · source | 136 | Dec 14–17, 2025 | Sydney, Australia |
| 2024 | 2024-04-04UTC-4 | 28.7%133/463 · source | 133 | Oct 27–30, 2024 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2023 | 2023-04-03UTC-7 | — | 142 | Nov 6–9, 2023 | Santa Cruz, California, USA |
| 2022 | 2022-04-04UTC-7 | 37.2%110/296 · source | 110 | Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2022 | Denver, Colorado, USA |
| 2021 | 2021-06-03UTC-4 | 34.4%117/340 · source | 118 | Feb 7–10, 2022 | Online |
| 2020 | — | — | 127 | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | 92 | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — | 87 | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — | 90 | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | 86 | — | — |
FOCS 2027 deadline forecast: early April (not announced). The last paper deadlines: 2026: Apr 2, 2026; 2025: Apr 4, 2025; 2024: Apr 5, 2024. The conference's own announcement decides.
Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗
CCF list
FOCS in the CCF list
- 7th edition (2026)
- CCF A Theoretical Computer Science · no. 4
- 6th edition (2022)
- CCF A Theoretical Computer Science
- Name in the list
- IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
- Publisher
- IEEE
- dblp
- conf/focs ↗
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide. What counts, case by case →
FAQ
About FOCS
What CCF rank is FOCS?
FOCS is a rank A conference in Theoretical Computer Science in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.
When is the FOCS 2027 deadline?
Not announced yet. The last paper deadlines were 2026: Apr 2, 2026; 2025: Apr 4, 2025; 2024: Apr 5, 2024, so early April is likely; the conference's announcement decides.
Where is FOCS 2026?
FOCS 2026 takes place on Nov 8–11, 2026 in New York City, NY, USA.
What is the FOCS acceptance rate?
2025: 546 submissions, 137 accepted, 25.1%. 2024: 28.7% (133/463). The history table links each figure to its source.
Do FOCS workshop and short papers count as CCF A?
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.
In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines
Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).