Gautam Kamath Receives the FOCS'26 Test of Time Award

November 10, 2026

Gautam Kamath, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, received the Test of Time Award at the 67th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2026) yesterday evening. Professor Kamath and his co-authors—Ilias Diakonikolas, Daniel M. Kane, Jerry Li, Ankur Moitra, and Alistair Stewart—were recognized for the lasting impact of their 2016 paper "Robust Estimators in High Dimensions without the Computational Intractability."

Earlier this year, the group received the 2026 Gödel Prize for the work from the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and the Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM SIGACT).

New York University is hosting FOCS 2026 and TCC 2026—the International Association for Cryptologic Research's 24th Theory of Cryptography Conference—this week, with faculty members Marshall Ball and Benedikt Bünz serving among the conference co-chairs. You can find the full event programs for FOCS 2026 and TCC 2026 on their websites.