Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 368, 7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026)
Sara Fish, Yannai A. Gonczarowski, Jason Z. Tang, and Salil Vadhan. Tradeoffs in Privacy, Welfare, and Fairness for Facility Location. In 7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 368, pp. 12:1-12:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{fish_et_al:LIPIcs.FORC.2026.12,
author = {Fish, Sara and Gonczarowski, Yannai A. and Tang, Jason Z. and Vadhan, Salil},
title = {{Tradeoffs in Privacy, Welfare, and Fairness for Facility Location}},
booktitle = {7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026)},
pages = {12:1--12:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-419-2},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {368},
editor = {Lin, Huijia (Rachel)},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FORC.2026.12},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-259858},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.FORC.2026.12},
annote = {Keywords: differential privacy, facility location, fairness, mechanism design}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 364, 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)
Yupan Liu. Computational Hardness of Estimating Quantum Entropies via Binary Entropy Bounds. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 66:1-66:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{liu:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.66,
author = {Liu, Yupan},
title = {{Computational Hardness of Estimating Quantum Entropies via Binary Entropy Bounds}},
booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
pages = {66:1--66:23},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-412-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {364},
editor = {Mahajan, Meena and Manea, Florin and McIver, Annabelle and Thắng, Nguy\~{ê}n Kim},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.66},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255550},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.66},
annote = {Keywords: computational hardness, quantum state testing, quantum R\'{e}nyi entropy, quantum Tsallis entropy, von Neumann entropy}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Edith Cohen, Moshe Shechner, and Uri Stemmer. A Simple and Robust Protocol for Distributed Counting. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 40:1-40:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{cohen_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.40,
author = {Cohen, Edith and Shechner, Moshe and Stemmer, Uri},
title = {{A Simple and Robust Protocol for Distributed Counting}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {40:1--40:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.40},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253272},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.40},
annote = {Keywords: Distributed Streaming, Adversarial Streaming}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Joshua Cook and Dana Moshkovitz. Time and Space Efficient Deterministic List Decoding. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 42:1-42:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{cook_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.42,
author = {Cook, Joshua and Moshkovitz, Dana},
title = {{Time and Space Efficient Deterministic List Decoding}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {42:1--42:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.42},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253292},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.42},
annote = {Keywords: Reed-Muller code, local correction, local testing}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Tushant Mittal and Sourya Roy. A General Framework for Low Soundness Homomorphism Testing. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 103:1-103:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{mittal_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.103,
author = {Mittal, Tushant and Roy, Sourya},
title = {{A General Framework for Low Soundness Homomorphism Testing}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {103:1--103:18},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.103},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253901},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.103},
annote = {Keywords: Property Testing, Coding Theory}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Robert Andrews, Jules Armand, Prateek Dwivedi, Magnus Rahbek Dalgaard Hansen, Nutan Limaye, Srikanth Srinivasan, and Sébastien Tavenas. On Closure Properties of Read-Once Oblivious Algebraic Branching Programs. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 9:1-9:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{andrews_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9,
author = {Andrews, Robert and Armand, Jules and Dwivedi, Prateek and Hansen, Magnus Rahbek Dalgaard and Limaye, Nutan and Srinivasan, Srikanth and Tavenas, S\'{e}bastien},
title = {{On Closure Properties of Read-Once Oblivious Algebraic Branching Programs}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {9:1--9:21},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252964},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9},
annote = {Keywords: Factoring, Closure Properties, Sparsity Bounds, Symmetric Polynomials, roABP, Expander Graphs}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Marshall Ball and Peter Crawford-Kahrl. How to Use Nondeterminism in Cryptography. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 15:1-15:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{ball_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.15,
author = {Ball, Marshall and Crawford-Kahrl, Peter},
title = {{How to Use Nondeterminism in Cryptography}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {15:1--15:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.15},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253024},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.15},
annote = {Keywords: limited nondeterminism, cryptography, computational complexity, hardness amplification, pseudorandom generators, hardcore bits}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Noam Avidan, Thomas A. Hahn, Joseph M. Renes, and Rotem Arnon. Fully Quantum Computational Entropies (Extended Abstract). In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 13:1-13:3, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{avidan_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.13,
author = {Avidan, Noam and Hahn, Thomas A. and Renes, Joseph M. and Arnon, Rotem},
title = {{Fully Quantum Computational Entropies}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {13:1--13:3},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.13},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253003},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.13},
annote = {Keywords: quantum information theory, computational entropy, min-entropy, max-entropy}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Shengtang Huang, Xin Li, and Yan Zhong. Range Avoidance and Remote Point: New Algorithms and Hardness. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 79:1-79:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{huang_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.79,
author = {Huang, Shengtang and Li, Xin and Zhong, Yan},
title = {{Range Avoidance and Remote Point: New Algorithms and Hardness}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {79:1--79:19},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.79},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253662},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.79},
annote = {Keywords: Circuit Lower Bounds, Range Avoidance Problem, Remote Point Problem}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Daniel Grier, Daniel M. Kane, Jackson Morris, Anthony Ostuni, and Kewen Wu. Quantum Advantage from Sampling Shallow Circuits: Beyond Hardness of Marginals. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 73:1-73:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{grier_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.73,
author = {Grier, Daniel and Kane, Daniel M. and Morris, Jackson and Ostuni, Anthony and Wu, Kewen},
title = {{Quantum Advantage from Sampling Shallow Circuits: Beyond Hardness of Marginals}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {73:1--73:14},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.73},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253607},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.73},
annote = {Keywords: Shallow circuits, sampling, quantum circuits}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Weiming Feng and Yucheng Fu. On Approximating the f-Divergence Between Two Ising Models. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 59:1-59:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{feng_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.59,
author = {Feng, Weiming and Fu, Yucheng},
title = {{On Approximating the f-Divergence Between Two Ising Models}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {59:1--59:23},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.59},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253469},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.59},
annote = {Keywords: Ising model, f-divergence, approximation algorithms, randomized algorithms}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Guy Blanc, William Pires, and Toniann Pitassi. Differential Privacy from Axioms. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 21:1-21:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{blanc_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.21,
author = {Blanc, Guy and Pires, William and Pitassi, Toniann},
title = {{Differential Privacy from Axioms}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {21:1--21:13},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.21},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253081},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.21},
annote = {Keywords: Differential Privacy, Privacy Amplification, Composition}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
John Bostanci, Yuval Efron, Tony Metger, Alexander Poremba, Luowen Qian, and Henry Yuen. Unitary Complexity and the Uhlmann Transformation Problem. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 24:1-24:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{bostanci_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.24,
author = {Bostanci, John and Efron, Yuval and Metger, Tony and Poremba, Alexander and Qian, Luowen and Yuen, Henry},
title = {{Unitary Complexity and the Uhlmann Transformation Problem}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {24:1--24:17},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.24},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253111},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.24},
annote = {Keywords: Uhlmann’s theorem, unitary complexity theory}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Cody Freitag, Ilan Komargodski, Manu Kondapaneni, and Jad Silbak. Improved Rate for Non-Malleable Codes and Time-Lock Puzzles. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 62:1-62:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{freitag_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.62,
author = {Freitag, Cody and Komargodski, Ilan and Kondapaneni, Manu and Silbak, Jad},
title = {{Improved Rate for Non-Malleable Codes and Time-Lock Puzzles}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {62:1--62:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.62},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253490},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.62},
annote = {Keywords: Non-malleable codes, Time-lock puzzles}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Soumik Ghosh, Sathyawageeswar Subramanian, and Wei Zhan. Unconditional Pseudorandomness Against Shallow Quantum Circuits. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 70:1-70:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{ghosh_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.70,
author = {Ghosh, Soumik and Subramanian, Sathyawageeswar and Zhan, Wei},
title = {{Unconditional Pseudorandomness Against Shallow Quantum Circuits}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {70:1--70:25},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.70},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253578},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.70},
annote = {Keywords: quantum pseudorandomness, shallow quantum circuits, pseudorandomness, t-designs}
}