Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 364, 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)
Marco Carmosino, Ngu Dang, and Tim Jackman. Simple Circuit Extensions for XOR in PTIME. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 23:1-23:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{carmosino_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.23,
author = {Carmosino, Marco and Dang, Ngu and Jackman, Tim},
title = {{Simple Circuit Extensions for XOR in PTIME}},
booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
pages = {23:1--23:20},
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.2026.23},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255127},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.23},
annote = {Keywords: Minimum Circuit Size Problem, Circuit Lower Bounds, Exponential Time Hypothesis}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Yanyi Liu and Rafael Pass. One-Way Functions and Boundary Hardness of Randomized Time-Bounded Kolmogorov Complexity. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 97:1-97:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{liu_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.97,
author = {Liu, Yanyi and Pass, Rafael},
title = {{One-Way Functions and Boundary Hardness of Randomized Time-Bounded Kolmogorov Complexity}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {97:1--97:19},
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.2026.97},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253849},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.97},
annote = {Keywords: One-way functions, Time-Bounded Kolmogorov Complexity, Worst-case to Average-case Reductions}
}
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 339, 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)
Marshall Ball, Lijie Chen, and Roei Tell. Towards Free Lunch Derandomization from Necessary Assumptions (And OWFs). In 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 339, pp. 31:1-31:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{ball_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2025.31,
author = {Ball, Marshall and Chen, Lijie and Tell, Roei},
title = {{Towards Free Lunch Derandomization from Necessary Assumptions (And OWFs)}},
booktitle = {40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)},
pages = {31:1--31:20},
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.2025.31},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-237259},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.31},
annote = {Keywords: Pseudorandomness, Derandomization}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 339, 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)
Halley Goldberg and Valentine Kabanets. Witness Encryption and NP-Hardness of Learning. In 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 339, pp. 34:1-34:43, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{goldberg_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2025.34,
author = {Goldberg, Halley and Kabanets, Valentine},
title = {{Witness Encryption and NP-Hardness of Learning}},
booktitle = {40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)},
pages = {34:1--34:43},
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.2025.34},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-237281},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.34},
annote = {Keywords: agnostic PAC learning, witness encryption, NP-hardness}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 325, 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025)
Edith Cohen, Haim Kaplan, Yishay Mansour, Shay Moran, Kobbi Nissim, Uri Stemmer, and Eliad Tsfadia. Data Reconstruction: When You See It and When You Don't. In 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 325, pp. 39:1-39:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{cohen_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.39,
author = {Cohen, Edith and Kaplan, Haim and Mansour, Yishay and Moran, Shay and Nissim, Kobbi and Stemmer, Uri and Tsfadia, Eliad},
title = {{Data Reconstruction: When You See It and When You Don't}},
booktitle = {16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025)},
pages = {39:1--39:23},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-361-4},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {325},
editor = {Meka, Raghu},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.39},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-226674},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.39},
annote = {Keywords: differential privacy, reconstruction}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 325, 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025)
Yanyi Liu, Noam Mazor, and Rafael Pass. On White-Box Learning and Public-Key Encryption. In 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 325, pp. 73:1-73:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{liu_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.73,
author = {Liu, Yanyi and Mazor, Noam and Pass, Rafael},
title = {{On White-Box Learning and Public-Key Encryption}},
booktitle = {16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025)},
pages = {73:1--73:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-361-4},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {325},
editor = {Meka, Raghu},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.73},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-227012},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.73},
annote = {Keywords: Public-Key Encryption, White-Box Learning}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 306, 49th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2024)
Yakov Shalunov. Leakage-Resilient Hardness Equivalence to Logspace Derandomization. In 49th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 306, pp. 83:1-83:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)
@InProceedings{shalunov:LIPIcs.MFCS.2024.83,
author = {Shalunov, Yakov},
title = {{Leakage-Resilient Hardness Equivalence to Logspace Derandomization}},
booktitle = {49th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2024)},
pages = {83:1--83:16},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-335-5},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2024},
volume = {306},
editor = {Kr\'{a}lovi\v{c}, Rastislav and Ku\v{c}era, Anton{\'\i}n},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2024.83},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-206395},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2024.83},
annote = {Keywords: Derandomization, logspace computation, leakage-resilient hardness, psuedorandom generators}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 300, 39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024)
Noel Arteche, Gaia Carenini, and Matthew Gray. Quantum Automating TC⁰-Frege Is LWE-Hard. In 39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 300, pp. 15:1-15:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)
@InProceedings{arteche_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2024.15,
author = {Arteche, Noel and Carenini, Gaia and Gray, Matthew},
title = {{Quantum Automating TC⁰-Frege Is LWE-Hard}},
booktitle = {39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024)},
pages = {15:1--15:25},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-331-7},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2024},
volume = {300},
editor = {Santhanam, Rahul},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2024.15},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-204117},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2024.15},
annote = {Keywords: automatability, post-quantum cryptography, feasible interpolation}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 297, 51st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2024)
Zhenjian Lu and Rahul Santhanam. Impagliazzo’s Worlds Through the Lens of Conditional Kolmogorov Complexity. In 51st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 297, pp. 110:1-110:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)
@InProceedings{lu_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2024.110,
author = {Lu, Zhenjian and Santhanam, Rahul},
title = {{Impagliazzo’s Worlds Through the Lens of Conditional Kolmogorov Complexity}},
booktitle = {51st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2024)},
pages = {110:1--110:17},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-322-5},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2024},
volume = {297},
editor = {Bringmann, Karl and Grohe, Martin and Puppis, Gabriele and Svensson, Ola},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2024.110},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-202538},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2024.110},
annote = {Keywords: meta-complexity, Kolmogorov complexity, one-way functions, average-case complexity}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 264, 38th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2023)
Yanyi Liu and Rafael Pass. Leakage-Resilient Hardness vs Randomness. In 38th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 264, pp. 32:1-32:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)
@InProceedings{liu_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2023.32,
author = {Liu, Yanyi and Pass, Rafael},
title = {{Leakage-Resilient Hardness vs Randomness}},
booktitle = {38th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2023)},
pages = {32:1--32:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-282-2},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2023},
volume = {264},
editor = {Ta-Shma, Amnon},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2023.32},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-183022},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2023.32},
annote = {Keywords: Derandomization, Leakage-Resilient Hardness}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 234, 37th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2022)
Yanyi Liu and Rafael Pass. Characterizing Derandomization Through Hardness of Levin-Kolmogorov Complexity. In 37th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 234, pp. 35:1-35:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)
@InProceedings{liu_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2022.35,
author = {Liu, Yanyi and Pass, Rafael},
title = {{Characterizing Derandomization Through Hardness of Levin-Kolmogorov Complexity}},
booktitle = {37th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2022)},
pages = {35:1--35:17},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-241-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2022},
volume = {234},
editor = {Lovett, Shachar},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2022.35},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-165975},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2022.35},
annote = {Keywords: Derandomization, Kolmogorov Complexity, Hitting Set Generators}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 234, 37th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2022)
Yanyi Liu and Rafael Pass. On One-Way Functions from NP-Complete Problems. In 37th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 234, pp. 36:1-36:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)
@InProceedings{liu_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2022.36,
author = {Liu, Yanyi and Pass, Rafael},
title = {{On One-Way Functions from NP-Complete Problems}},
booktitle = {37th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2022)},
pages = {36:1--36:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-241-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2022},
volume = {234},
editor = {Lovett, Shachar},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2022.36},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-165981},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2022.36},
annote = {Keywords: One-way Functions, NP-Completeness, Kolmogorov Complexity}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 215, 13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022)
Nai-Hui Chia, Chi-Ning Chou, Jiayu Zhang, and Ruizhe Zhang. Quantum Meets the Minimum Circuit Size Problem. In 13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 215, pp. 47:1-47:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)
@InProceedings{chia_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.47,
author = {Chia, Nai-Hui and Chou, Chi-Ning and Zhang, Jiayu and Zhang, Ruizhe},
title = {{Quantum Meets the Minimum Circuit Size Problem}},
booktitle = {13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022)},
pages = {47:1--47:16},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-217-4},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2022},
volume = {215},
editor = {Braverman, Mark},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.47},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-156433},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.47},
annote = {Keywords: Quantum Computation, Quantum Complexity, Minimum Circuit Size Problem}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 213, 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2021)
Eric Allender, Mahdi Cheraghchi, Dimitrios Myrisiotis, Harsha Tirumala, and Ilya Volkovich. One-Way Functions and a Conditional Variant of MKTP. In 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 213, pp. 7:1-7:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)
@InProceedings{allender_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.7,
author = {Allender, Eric and Cheraghchi, Mahdi and Myrisiotis, Dimitrios and Tirumala, Harsha and Volkovich, Ilya},
title = {{One-Way Functions and a Conditional Variant of MKTP}},
booktitle = {41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2021)},
pages = {7:1--7:19},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-215-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2021},
volume = {213},
editor = {Boja\'{n}czyk, Miko{\l}aj and Chekuri, Chandra},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.7},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-155181},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.7},
annote = {Keywords: Kolmogorov complexity, KT Complexity, Minimum KT-complexity Problem, MKTP, Conditional KT Complexity, Minimum Conditional KT-complexity Problem, McKTP, one-way functions, OWFs, average-case hardness, pseudorandom generators, PRGs, pseudorandom functions, PRFs, distinguishers, learning algorithms, NP-completeness, reductions}
}