The '''Computational Complexity Conference''' (CCC), is an [[academic conference]] in the field of [[theoretical computer science]] whose roots date to 1986.<ref name="CCCgeneral">{{Cite web |url=http://computationalcomplexity.org/general.html |title=General Info, CCC web page |access-date=2017-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405170132/http://computationalcomplexity.org/general.html |archive-date=2017-04-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It fosters research in [[computational complexity theory]], and is typically held annually between mid-May and mid-July in North America or Europe. As of 2015, CCC is organized independently by the [http://computationalcomplexity.org/foundation/ Computational Complexity Foundation (CCF)].