Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 364, 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)
Nikolai Chukhin, Alexander S. Kulikov, Ivan Mihajlin, and Arina Smirnova. Conditional Complexity Hardness: Monotone Circuit Size, Matrix Rigidity, and Tensor Rank. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 28:1-28:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{chukhin_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.28,
author = {Chukhin, Nikolai and Kulikov, Alexander S. and Mihajlin, Ivan and Smirnova, Arina},
title = {{Conditional Complexity Hardness: Monotone Circuit Size, Matrix Rigidity, and Tensor Rank}},
booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
pages = {28:1--28:21},
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.2026.28},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255177},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.28},
annote = {Keywords: computational complexity, circuit complexity, lower bounds, conditional lower bounds, monotone circuits, matrix rigidity, tensor rank, arithmetic circuits, fine-grained complexity}
}
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)
Fatemeh Ghasemi and Swastik Kopparty. Fourier Sparsity of Delta Functions and Matching Vector PIRs. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 68:1-68:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{ghasemi_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.68,
author = {Ghasemi, Fatemeh and Kopparty, Swastik},
title = {{Fourier Sparsity of Delta Functions and Matching Vector PIRs}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {68:1--68:22},
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.2026.68},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253556},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.68},
annote = {Keywords: Fourier Sparsity, Matching Vectors, Private Information Retrieval}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Benjamin Rossman and Davidson Zhu. Multi-Quadratic Sum-Of-Squares Lower Bounds Imply VNC ¹ ≠ VNP. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 113:1-113:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{rossman_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.113,
author = {Rossman, Benjamin and Zhu, Davidson},
title = {{Multi-Quadratic Sum-Of-Squares Lower Bounds Imply VNC ¹ ≠ VNP}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {113:1--113:22},
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.2026.113},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-254006},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.113},
annote = {Keywords: sum-of-squares, arithmetic formulas}
}
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)
Srinivasan Arunachalam, Davi Castro-Silva, Arkopal Dutt, and Tom Gur. Classical and Quantum Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa Algorithms. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 11:1-11:8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{arunachalam_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.11,
author = {Arunachalam, Srinivasan and Castro-Silva, Davi and Dutt, Arkopal and Gur, Tom},
title = {{Classical and Quantum Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa Algorithms}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {11:1--11:8},
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.2026.11},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252987},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.11},
annote = {Keywords: Additive combinatorics, sublinear algorithms}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)
Xi Chen, Shivam Nadimpalli, Tim Randolph, Rocco A. Servedio, and Or Zamir. Testing Sumsets Is Hard. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 14:1-14:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{chen_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.14,
author = {Chen, Xi and Nadimpalli, Shivam and Randolph, Tim and Servedio, Rocco A. and Zamir, Or},
title = {{Testing Sumsets Is Hard}},
booktitle = {33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
pages = {14:1--14:16},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-395-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {351},
editor = {Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian and Herman, Grzegorz},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.14},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244822},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.14},
annote = {Keywords: Sumsets, additive combinatorics, property testing, Boolean functions}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 353, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)
Ben Chen and Amnon Ta-Shma. Simplifying Armoni’s PRG. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 353, pp. 36:1-36:8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{chen_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.36,
author = {Chen, Ben and Ta-Shma, Amnon},
title = {{Simplifying Armoni’s PRG}},
booktitle = {Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)},
pages = {36:1--36:8},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-397-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {353},
editor = {Ene, Alina and Chattopadhyay, Eshan},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.36},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244024},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.36},
annote = {Keywords: PRG, ROBP, read-once, random, psuedorandom, armoni, derandomization}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 353, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)
Dean Doron and William M. Hoza. Implications of Better PRGs for Permutation Branching Programs. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 353, pp. 28:1-28:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{doron_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.28,
author = {Doron, Dean and Hoza, William M.},
title = {{Implications of Better PRGs for Permutation Branching Programs}},
booktitle = {Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)},
pages = {28:1--28:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-397-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {353},
editor = {Ene, Alina and Chattopadhyay, Eshan},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.28},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-243946},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.28},
annote = {Keywords: hitting set generators, pseudorandom generators, read-once branching programs}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 353, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)
William M. Hoza and Zelin Lv. On Sums of INW Pseudorandom Generators. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 353, pp. 67:1-67:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{hoza_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.67,
author = {Hoza, William M. and Lv, Zelin},
title = {{On Sums of INW Pseudorandom Generators}},
booktitle = {Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)},
pages = {67:1--67:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-397-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {353},
editor = {Ene, Alina and Chattopadhyay, Eshan},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.67},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244330},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.67},
annote = {Keywords: INW generator, pseudorandomness, space-bounded computation, XOR Lemmas}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 353, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)
Ray Li and Nikhil Shagrithaya. Near-Optimal List-Recovery of Linear Code Families. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 353, pp. 53:1-53:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{li_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.53,
author = {Li, Ray and Shagrithaya, Nikhil},
title = {{Near-Optimal List-Recovery of Linear Code Families}},
booktitle = {Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)},
pages = {53:1--53:14},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-397-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {353},
editor = {Ene, Alina and Chattopadhyay, Eshan},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.53},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244199},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.53},
annote = {Keywords: Error-Correcting Codes, Randomness, List-Recovery, Reed-Solomon Codes, Random Linear Codes}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 343, 6th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2025)
Sebastian Kolby, Lawrence Roy, Jure Sternad, and Sophia Yakoubov. Information-Theoretic Random-Index PIR. In 6th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 343, pp. 5:1-5:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{kolby_et_al:LIPIcs.ITC.2025.5,
author = {Kolby, Sebastian and Roy, Lawrence and Sternad, Jure and Yakoubov, Sophia},
title = {{Information-Theoretic Random-Index PIR}},
booktitle = {6th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2025)},
pages = {5:1--5:15},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-385-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {343},
editor = {Gilboa, Niv},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2025.5},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-243559},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2025.5},
annote = {Keywords: Private information retrieval, Multi-server, Lower bounds}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 343, 6th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2025)
Bar Alon and Amos Beimel. On the Definition of Malicious Private Information Retrieval. In 6th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 343, pp. 8:1-8:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{alon_et_al:LIPIcs.ITC.2025.8,
author = {Alon, Bar and Beimel, Amos},
title = {{On the Definition of Malicious Private Information Retrieval}},
booktitle = {6th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2025)},
pages = {8:1--8:23},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-385-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {343},
editor = {Gilboa, Niv},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2025.8},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-243581},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2025.8},
annote = {Keywords: Private information retrieval, secure multiparty computation}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 339, 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)
Omri Gotlib, Tali Kaufman, and Shachar Lovett. List Decoding Quotient Reed-Muller Codes. In 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 339, pp. 1:1-1:44, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{gotlib_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2025.1,
author = {Gotlib, Omri and Kaufman, Tali and Lovett, Shachar},
title = {{List Decoding Quotient Reed-Muller Codes}},
booktitle = {40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)},
pages = {1:1--1:44},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-379-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {339},
editor = {Srinivasan, Srikanth},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.1},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-236957},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.1},
annote = {Keywords: Reed-Muller Codes, Quotient Code, Quotient Reed-Muller Code, List Decoding, High Rank Variety, High-Order Fourier Analysis, Error-Correcting Codes}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 339, 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)
Shubhangi Saraf and Devansh Shringi. Reconstruction of Depth 3 Arithmetic Circuits with Top Fan-In 3. In 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 339, pp. 21:1-21:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{saraf_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2025.21,
author = {Saraf, Shubhangi and Shringi, Devansh},
title = {{Reconstruction of Depth 3 Arithmetic Circuits with Top Fan-In 3}},
booktitle = {40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)},
pages = {21:1--21:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-379-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {339},
editor = {Srinivasan, Srikanth},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.21},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-237151},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.21},
annote = {Keywords: arithmetic circuits, learning, reconstruction}
}