{"id":506684,"date":"2018-09-20T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=506684"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:56:51","slug":"focs-2018","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/event\/focs-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft @ FOCS 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/congres.maisondelachimie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maison de la Chimie<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irif.fr\/~focs2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOCS 2018<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new 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