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Limits of Symmetric Computation (Invited Talk)

Author Anuj Dawar

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Anuj Dawar
  • Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, UK

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Research funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee: grant number EP/X028259/1.

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Anuj Dawar. Limits of Symmetric Computation (Invited Talk). In 51st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 297, pp. 1:1-1:8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2024.1

Abstract

I survey recent work on symmetric computation. A number of strands of work, from logic, circuit complexity, combinatorial optimization and other areas have converged on similar notions of symmetry in computation. This write-up of an invited talk gives a whirlwind tour through the results and pointers to the relevant literature.

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  • Theory of computation → Complexity theory and logic
  • Theory of computation → Finite Model Theory
  • Theory of computation → Complexity classes
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  • Logic
  • Complexity Theory
  • Symmetric Computation

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