15 Search Results for "Schulz, Stephan"


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Designing Compact ILPs via Fast Witness Verification

Authors: Michał Włodarczyk

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 358, 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)


Abstract
The standard formalization of preprocessing in parameterized complexity is given by kernelization. In this work, we depart from this paradigm and study a different type of preprocessing for problems without polynomial kernels, still aiming at producing instances that are easily solvable in practice. Specifically, we ask for which parameterized problems an instance (I,k) can be reduced in polynomial time to an integer linear program (ILP) with poly(k) constraints. We show that this property coincides with the parameterized complexity class WK[1], previously studied in the context of Turing kernelization lower bounds. In turn, the class WK[1] enjoys an elegant characterization in terms of witness verification protocols: a yes-instance should admit a witness of size poly(k) that can be verified in time poly(k). By combining known data structures with new ideas, we design such protocols for several problems, such as r-Way Cut, Vertex Multiway Cut, Steiner Tree, and Minimum Common String Partition, thus showing that they can be modeled by compact ILPs. We also present explicit ILP and MILP formulations for Weighted Vertex Cover on graphs with small (unweighted) vertex cover number. We believe that these results will provide a background for a systematic study of ILP-oriented preprocessing procedures for parameterized problems.

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Michał Włodarczyk. Designing Compact ILPs via Fast Witness Verification. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 16:1-16:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{wlodarczyk:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.16,
  author =	{W{\l}odarczyk, Micha{\l}},
  title =	{{Designing Compact ILPs via Fast Witness Verification}},
  booktitle =	{20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
  pages =	{16:1--16:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-407-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{358},
  editor =	{Agrawal, Akanksha and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.16},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251481},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.16},
  annote =	{Keywords: integer programming, kernelization, nondeterminism, multiway cut}
}
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The PACE 2025 Parameterized Algorithms and Computational Experiments Challenge: Dominating Set and Hitting Set

Authors: Mario Grobler and Sebastian Siebertz

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 358, 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)


Abstract
The 10th iteration of the of the Parameterized Algorithms and Computational Experiments challenge (PACE) 2025 was devoted to engineer algorithms solving the Dominating Set problem as well as the Hitting Set problem. In contrast to the last iterations, these problems are (under standard assumptions) not fixed-parameter tractable (fpt) in general. However, restricting the structure of the input (e.g. to planar graphs or degenerate graphs for Dominating Set, or to set systems with sets of bounded size for Hitting Set) renders these problems fpt. Following the spirit of the last iterations of the PACE challenge, there is an exact track and a heuristic track for each problem; each track coming with a benchmark set of 100 public instances and 100 private instances. Overall, the PACE 2025 had 71 participants from 25 teams, 13 countries, and 3 continents. In this report, we briefly describe the setup of the challenge, the selection of benchmark instances, as well as the ranking of the participating teams. We also briefly outline the approaches used in the submitted solvers.

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Mario Grobler and Sebastian Siebertz. The PACE 2025 Parameterized Algorithms and Computational Experiments Challenge: Dominating Set and Hitting Set. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 32:1-32:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{grobler_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.32,
  author =	{Grobler, Mario and Siebertz, Sebastian},
  title =	{{The PACE 2025 Parameterized Algorithms and Computational Experiments Challenge: Dominating Set and Hitting Set}},
  booktitle =	{20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
  pages =	{32:1--32:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-407-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{358},
  editor =	{Agrawal, Akanksha and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.32},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251644},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.32},
  annote =	{Keywords: PACE 2025 Report, Dominating Set, Hitting Set, Algorithm Engineering, FPT, Heuristics}
}
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Planar Stories of Graph Drawings: Algorithms and Experiments

Authors: Carla Binucci, Sabine Cornelsen, Walter Didimo, Seok-Hee Hong, Eleni Katsanou, Maurizio Patrignani, Antonios Symvonis, and Samuel Wolf

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 357, 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025)


Abstract
We address the problem of computing a dynamic visualization of a geometric graph G as a sequence of frames. Each frame shows only a portion of the graph but their union covers G entirely. The two main requirements of our dynamic visualization are: (i) guaranteeing drawing stability, so to preserve the user’s mental map; (ii) keeping the visual complexity of each frame low. To satisfy the first requirement, we never change the position of the vertices. Regarding the second requirement, we avoid edge crossings in each frame. More precisely, in the first frame we visualize a suitable subset of non-crossing edges; in each subsequent frame, exactly one new edge enters the visualization and all the edges that cross with it are deleted. We call such a sequence of frames a planar story of G. Our goal is to find a planar story whose minimum number of edges contemporarily displayed is maximized (i.e., a planar story that maximizes the minimum frame size). Besides studying our model from a theoretical point of view, we also design and experimentally compare different algorithms, both exact techniques and heuristics. These algorithms provide an array of alternative trade-offs between efficiency and effectiveness, also depending on the structure of the input graph.

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Carla Binucci, Sabine Cornelsen, Walter Didimo, Seok-Hee Hong, Eleni Katsanou, Maurizio Patrignani, Antonios Symvonis, and Samuel Wolf. Planar Stories of Graph Drawings: Algorithms and Experiments. In 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 357, pp. 32:1-32:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{binucci_et_al:LIPIcs.GD.2025.32,
  author =	{Binucci, Carla and Cornelsen, Sabine and Didimo, Walter and Hong, Seok-Hee and Katsanou, Eleni and Patrignani, Maurizio and Symvonis, Antonios and Wolf, Samuel},
  title =	{{Planar Stories of Graph Drawings: Algorithms and Experiments}},
  booktitle =	{33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025)},
  pages =	{32:1--32:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-403-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{357},
  editor =	{Dujmovi\'{c}, Vida and Montecchiani, Fabrizio},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GD.2025.32},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-250182},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.GD.2025.32},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph Drawing, Dynamic Graphs, Graph Stories, Heuristics, ILP}
}
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Improving the SMT Proof Reconstruction Pipeline in Isabelle/HOL

Authors: Hanna Lachnitt, Mathias Fleury, Haniel Barbosa, Jibiana Jakpor, Bruno Andreotti, Andrew Reynolds, Hans-Jörg Schurr, Clark Barrett, and Cesare Tinelli

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 352, 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)


Abstract
Sledgehammer is a tool that increases the level of automation in the Isabelle/HOL proof assistant by asking external automatic theorem provers (ATPs), including SMT solvers, to prove the current goal. When the external ATP succeeds it must provide enough evidence that the goal holds for Isabelle to be able to reprove it internally based on that evidence. In particular, Isabelle can do this by replaying fine-grained proof certificates from proof-producing SMT solvers as long as they are expressed in the Alethe format, which until now was supported only by the veriT SMT solver. We report on our experience adding proof reconstruction support for the cvc5 SMT solver in Isabelle by extending cvc5 to produce proofs in the Alethe format and then adapting Isabelle to reconstruct those proofs. We discuss several difficulties and pitfalls we encountered and describe a set of tools and techniques we developed to improve the process. A notable outcome of this effort is that Isabelle can now be used as an independent proof checker for SMT problems written in the SMT-LIB standard. We evaluate cvc5’s integration on a set of SMT-LIB benchmarks originating from Isabelle as well as on a set of Isabelle proofs. Our results confirm that this integration complements and improves Sledgehammer’s capabilities.

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Hanna Lachnitt, Mathias Fleury, Haniel Barbosa, Jibiana Jakpor, Bruno Andreotti, Andrew Reynolds, Hans-Jörg Schurr, Clark Barrett, and Cesare Tinelli. Improving the SMT Proof Reconstruction Pipeline in Isabelle/HOL. In 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 352, pp. 26:1-26:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{lachnitt_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2025.26,
  author =	{Lachnitt, Hanna and Fleury, Mathias and Barbosa, Haniel and Jakpor, Jibiana and Andreotti, Bruno and Reynolds, Andrew and Schurr, Hans-J\"{o}rg and Barrett, Clark and Tinelli, Cesare},
  title =	{{Improving the SMT Proof Reconstruction Pipeline in Isabelle/HOL}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)},
  pages =	{26:1--26:22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-396-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{352},
  editor =	{Forster, Yannick and Keller, Chantal},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.26},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-246243},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.26},
  annote =	{Keywords: interactive theorem proving, proof assistants, Isabelle/HOL, SMT, certification, proof certificates, proof reconstruction, proof automation}
}
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Sledgehammering Without ATPs (Short Paper)

Authors: Martin Desharnais and Jasmin Blanchette

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 352, 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)


Abstract
We describe an alternative architecture for "hammers," inspired by Magnushammer, in which proofs are found by the proof assistant’s built-in automation instead of by external automatic theorem provers (ATPs). We implemented this approach in Isabelle’s Sledgehammer and evaluated it. The new ATP-free approach nicely complements the traditional Sledgehammer. The two approaches in combination solve more goals than the traditional ATP-based approach alone.

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Martin Desharnais and Jasmin Blanchette. Sledgehammering Without ATPs (Short Paper). In 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 352, pp. 38:1-38:8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{desharnais_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2025.38,
  author =	{Desharnais, Martin and Blanchette, Jasmin},
  title =	{{Sledgehammering Without ATPs}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)},
  pages =	{38:1--38:8},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-396-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{352},
  editor =	{Forster, Yannick and Keller, Chantal},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.38},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-246366},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.38},
  annote =	{Keywords: Interactive theorem proving, proof assistants, proof automation}
}
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Formalizing the Hidden Number Problem in Isabelle/HOL

Authors: Sage Binder, Eric Ren, and Katherine Kosaian

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 352, 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)


Abstract
We formalize the hidden number problem (HNP), as introduced in a seminal work by Boneh and Venkatesan in 1996, in Isabelle/HOL. Intuitively, the HNP involves demonstrating the existence of an algorithm (the "adversary") which can compute (with high probability) a hidden number α given access to a bit-leaking oracle. Originally developed to establish the security of Diffie-Hellman key exchange, the HNP has since been used not only for protocol security but also in cryptographic attacks, including notable ones on DSA and ECDSA. Further, as the HNP establishes an expressive paradigm for reasoning about security in the context of information leakage, many HNP variants for other specialized cryptographic applications have since been developed. A main contribution of our work is explicating and clarifying the HNP proof blueprint from the original source material; naturally, formalization forces us to make all assumptions and proof steps precise and transparent. For example, the source material did not explicitly define the adversary and only abstractly defined what information is being leaked; our formalization concretizes both definitions. Additionally, the HNP makes use of an instance of Babai’s nearest plane algorithm, which solves the approximate closest vector problem; we formalize this as a result of independent interest. Our formalizations of Babai’s algorithm and the HNP adversary are executable, setting up potential future work, e.g. in developing formally verified instances of cryptographic attacks.

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Sage Binder, Eric Ren, and Katherine Kosaian. Formalizing the Hidden Number Problem in Isabelle/HOL. In 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 352, pp. 23:1-23:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{binder_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2025.23,
  author =	{Binder, Sage and Ren, Eric and Kosaian, Katherine},
  title =	{{Formalizing the Hidden Number Problem in Isabelle/HOL}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)},
  pages =	{23:1--23:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-396-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{352},
  editor =	{Forster, Yannick and Keller, Chantal},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.23},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-246216},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.23},
  annote =	{Keywords: hidden number problem, Babai’s nearest plane algorithm, cryptography, interactive theorem proving, Isabelle/HOL}
}
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Canonical for Automated Theorem Proving in Lean

Authors: Chase Norman and Jeremy Avigad

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 352, 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)


Abstract
Canonical is a solver for type inhabitation in dependent type theory, that is, the problem of producing a term of a given type. We present a Lean tactic which invokes Canonical to generate proof terms and synthesize programs. The tactic supports higher-order and dependently-typed goals, structural recursion over indexed inductive types, and definitional equality. Canonical finds proofs for 84% of Natural Number Game problems in 51 seconds total.

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Chase Norman and Jeremy Avigad. Canonical for Automated Theorem Proving in Lean. In 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 352, pp. 14:1-14:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{norman_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2025.14,
  author =	{Norman, Chase and Avigad, Jeremy},
  title =	{{Canonical for Automated Theorem Proving in Lean}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)},
  pages =	{14:1--14:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-396-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{352},
  editor =	{Forster, Yannick and Keller, Chantal},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.14},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-246128},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.14},
  annote =	{Keywords: Automated Reasoning, Interactive Theorem Proving, Dependent Type Theory, Inhabitation, Unification, Program Synthesis, Formal Methods}
}
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A Natural Language Formalization of Perfectoid Rings in ℕaproche

Authors: Peter Koepke

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 352, 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)


Abstract
This paper describes an experiment to formalize sophisticated mathematics in the ℕaproche proof assistant which uses natural language input and a first-order internal logic. We view this as a contribution to the ongoing discussion whether formal systems for research mathematics require complex, computer-orientated type systems or whether approaches closer to traditional mathematical practices are possible. The formalization also explores the limits of the current ℕaproche system and avenues for further development.

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Peter Koepke. A Natural Language Formalization of Perfectoid Rings in ℕaproche. In 16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 352, pp. 6:1-6:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{koepke:LIPIcs.ITP.2025.6,
  author =	{Koepke, Peter},
  title =	{{A Natural Language Formalization of Perfectoid Rings in \mathbb{N}aproche}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2025)},
  pages =	{6:1--6:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-396-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{352},
  editor =	{Forster, Yannick and Keller, Chantal},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-246054},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2025.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: formal mathematics, formalization, perfectoid rings, controlled natural language, Naproche}
}
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Symmetric Core Learning for Pseudo-Boolean Optimization by Implicit Hitting Sets

Authors: Hannes Ihalainen, Jeremias Berg, Matti Järvisalo, and Bart Bogaerts

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 340, 31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025)


Abstract
We propose symmetric core learning (SCL) as a novel approach to making the implicit hitting set approach (IHS) to constraint optimization more symmetry-aware. SCL has the potential of significantly reducing the number of iterations and, in particular, the number of calls to an NP decision solver for extracting individual unsatisfiable cores. As the technique is focused on generating symmetric cores to the hitting set component of IHS, SCL is generally applicable in IHS-style search for essentially any constraint optimization paradigm. In this work, we focus in particular on integrating SCL to IHS for pseudo-Boolean optimization (PBO), as earlier proposed static symmetry breaking through lex-leader constraints generated before search turns out to often degrade the performance of the IHS approach to PBO. In contrast, we show that SCL can improve the runtime performance of a state-of-the-art IHS approach to PBO and generally does not impose significant overhead in terms of runtime performance.

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Hannes Ihalainen, Jeremias Berg, Matti Järvisalo, and Bart Bogaerts. Symmetric Core Learning for Pseudo-Boolean Optimization by Implicit Hitting Sets. In 31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 340, pp. 15:1-15:26, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{ihalainen_et_al:LIPIcs.CP.2025.15,
  author =	{Ihalainen, Hannes and Berg, Jeremias and J\"{a}rvisalo, Matti and Bogaerts, Bart},
  title =	{{Symmetric Core Learning for Pseudo-Boolean Optimization by Implicit Hitting Sets}},
  booktitle =	{31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025)},
  pages =	{15:1--15:26},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-380-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{340},
  editor =	{de la Banda, Maria Garcia},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2025.15},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-238767},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2025.15},
  annote =	{Keywords: Implicit hitting sets, symmetries, unsatisfiable cores, pseudo-Boolean optimization}
}
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Better Extension Variables in DQBF via Independence

Authors: Leroy Chew and Tomáš Peitl

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 341, 28th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT 2025)


Abstract
We show that extension variables in (D)QBF can be generalised by conditioning on universal assignments. The benefit of this is that the dependency sets of such conditioned extension variables can be made smaller to allow easier refutations. This simple modification instantly solves many challenges in p-simulating the QBF expansion rule, which cannot be p-simulated in proof systems that have strategy extraction [Leroy Chew and Judith Clymo, 2020]. Simulating expansion is even more crucial in DQBF, where other methods are incomplete. In this paper we provide an overview of the strength of this new independent extension rule. We find that a new version of Extended Frege called IndExtFrege + ∀red can p-simulate a multitude of difficult QBF and DQBF techniques, even techniques that are difficult to approach with eFrege + ∀red. We show five p-simulations, that IndExtFrege + ∀red p-simulates QRAT, DQBF-IR-calc, IR(𝒟^rrs)-calc, Fork-Resolution and DQRAT which together underpin most DQBF solving and preprocessing techniques. The p-simulations work despite these systems using complicated rules and our new extension rule being relatively simple. Moreover, unlike recent p-simulations by eFrege + ∀red we can simulate the proof rules line by line, which allows us to mix QBF rules more easily with other inference steps.

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Leroy Chew and Tomáš Peitl. Better Extension Variables in DQBF via Independence. In 28th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 341, pp. 11:1-11:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{chew_et_al:LIPIcs.SAT.2025.11,
  author =	{Chew, Leroy and Peitl, Tom\'{a}\v{s}},
  title =	{{Better Extension Variables in DQBF via Independence}},
  booktitle =	{28th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT 2025)},
  pages =	{11:1--11:24},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-381-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{341},
  editor =	{Berg, Jeremias and Nordstr\"{o}m, Jakob},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SAT.2025.11},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-237453},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SAT.2025.11},
  annote =	{Keywords: DQBF, QBF, Proof Systems, Dependency Schemes, RAT, Extended Frege, Skolem functions}
}
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CluStRE: Streaming Graph Clustering with Multi-Stage Refinement

Authors: Adil Chhabra, Shai Dorian Peretz, and Christian Schulz

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 338, 23rd International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2025)


Abstract
We present CluStRE, a novel streaming graph clustering algorithm that balances computational efficiency with high-quality clustering using multi-stage refinement. Unlike traditional in-memory clustering approaches, CluStRE processes graphs in a streaming setting, significantly reducing memory overhead while leveraging re-streaming and evolutionary heuristics to improve solution quality. Our method dynamically constructs a quotient graph, enabling modularity-based optimization while efficiently handling large-scale graphs. We introduce multiple configurations of CluStRE to provide trade-offs between speed, memory consumption, and clustering quality. Experimental evaluations demonstrate that CluStRE improves solution quality by 89.8%, operates 2.6× faster, and uses less than two-thirds of the memory required by the state-of-the-art streaming clustering algorithm on average. Moreover, our strongest mode enhances solution quality by up to 150% on average. With this, CluStRE achieves comparable solution quality to in-memory algorithms, i.e. over 96% of the quality of clustering approaches, including Louvain, effectively bridging the gap between streaming and traditional clustering methods.

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Adil Chhabra, Shai Dorian Peretz, and Christian Schulz. CluStRE: Streaming Graph Clustering with Multi-Stage Refinement. In 23rd International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 338, pp. 11:1-11:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{chhabra_et_al:LIPIcs.SEA.2025.11,
  author =	{Chhabra, Adil and Dorian Peretz, Shai and Schulz, Christian},
  title =	{{CluStRE: Streaming Graph Clustering with Multi-Stage Refinement}},
  booktitle =	{23rd International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2025)},
  pages =	{11:1--11:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-375-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{338},
  editor =	{Mutzel, Petra and Prezza, Nicola},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SEA.2025.11},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-232493},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SEA.2025.11},
  annote =	{Keywords: graph clustering, community, streaming, online, memetic, evolutionary}
}
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Survey
Semantic Web: Past, Present, and Future

Authors: Ansgar Scherp, Gerd Groener, Petr Škoda, Katja Hose, and Maria-Esther Vidal

Published in: TGDK, Volume 2, Issue 1 (2024): Special Issue on Trends in Graph Data and Knowledge - Part 2. Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge, Volume 2, Issue 1


Abstract
Ever since the vision was formulated, the Semantic Web has inspired many generations of innovations. Semantic technologies have been used to share vast amounts of information on the Web, enhance them with semantics to give them meaning, and enable inference and reasoning on them. Throughout the years, semantic technologies, and in particular knowledge graphs, have been used in search engines, data integration, enterprise settings, and machine learning. In this paper, we recap the classical concepts and foundations of the Semantic Web as well as modern and recent concepts and applications, building upon these foundations. The classical topics we cover include knowledge representation, creating and validating knowledge on the Web, reasoning and linking, and distributed querying. We enhance this classical view of the so-called "Semantic Web Layer Cake" with an update of recent concepts that include provenance, security and trust, as well as a discussion of practical impacts from industry-led contributions. We conclude with an outlook on the future directions of the Semantic Web. This is a living document. If you like to contribute, please contact the first author and visit: https://github.com/ascherp/semantic-web-primer

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Ansgar Scherp, Gerd Groener, Petr Škoda, Katja Hose, and Maria-Esther Vidal. Semantic Web: Past, Present, and Future. In Special Issue on Trends in Graph Data and Knowledge - Part 2. Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK), Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 3:1-3:37, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)


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@Article{scherp_et_al:TGDK.2.1.3,
  author =	{Scherp, Ansgar and Groener, Gerd and \v{S}koda, Petr and Hose, Katja and Vidal, Maria-Esther},
  title =	{{Semantic Web: Past, Present, and Future}},
  journal =	{Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge},
  pages =	{3:1--3:37},
  ISSN =	{2942-7517},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{2},
  number =	{1},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/TGDK.2.1.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-198607},
  doi =		{10.4230/TGDK.2.1.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: Linked Open Data, Semantic Web Graphs, Knowledge Graphs}
}
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Vision
Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs: Existing Gaps and Future Research Challenges

Authors: Claudia d'Amato, Louis Mahon, Pierre Monnin, and Giorgos Stamou

Published in: TGDK, Volume 1, Issue 1 (2023): Special Issue on Trends in Graph Data and Knowledge. Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge, Volume 1, Issue 1


Abstract
The graph model is nowadays largely adopted to model a wide range of knowledge and data, spanning from social networks to knowledge graphs (KGs), representing a successful paradigm of how symbolic and transparent AI can scale on the World Wide Web. However, due to their unprecedented volume, they are generally tackled by Machine Learning (ML) and mostly numeric based methods such as graph embedding models (KGE) and deep neural networks (DNNs). The latter methods have been proved lately very efficient, leading the current AI spring. In this vision paper, we introduce some of the main existing methods for combining KGs and ML, divided into two categories: those using ML to improve KGs, and those using KGs to improve results on ML tasks. From this introduction, we highlight research gaps and perspectives that we deem promising and currently under-explored for the involved research communities, spanning from KG support for LLM prompting, integration of KG semantics in ML models to symbol-based methods, interpretability of ML models, and the need for improved benchmark datasets. In our opinion, such perspectives are stepping stones in an ultimate view of KGs as central assets for neuro-symbolic and explainable AI.

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Claudia d'Amato, Louis Mahon, Pierre Monnin, and Giorgos Stamou. Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs: Existing Gaps and Future Research Challenges. In Special Issue on Trends in Graph Data and Knowledge. Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK), Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 8:1-8:35, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)


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@Article{damato_et_al:TGDK.1.1.8,
  author =	{d'Amato, Claudia and Mahon, Louis and Monnin, Pierre and Stamou, Giorgos},
  title =	{{Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs: Existing Gaps and Future Research Challenges}},
  journal =	{Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge},
  pages =	{8:1--8:35},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{1},
  number =	{1},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/TGDK.1.1.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-194824},
  doi =		{10.4230/TGDK.1.1.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph-based Learning, Knowledge Graph Embeddings, Large Language Models, Explainable AI, Knowledge Graph Completion \& Curation}
}
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MizAR 60 for Mizar 50

Authors: Jan Jakubův, Karel Chvalovský, Zarathustra Goertzel, Cezary Kaliszyk, Mirek Olšák, Bartosz Piotrowski, Stephan Schulz, Martin Suda, and Josef Urban

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 268, 14th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2023)


Abstract
As a present to Mizar on its 50th anniversary, we develop an AI/TP system that automatically proves about 60% of the Mizar theorems in the hammer setting. We also automatically prove 75% of the Mizar theorems when the automated provers are helped by using only the premises used in the human-written Mizar proofs. We describe the methods and large-scale experiments leading to these results. This includes in particular the E and Vampire provers, their ENIGMA and Deepire learning modifications, a number of learning-based premise selection methods, and the incremental loop that interleaves growing a corpus of millions of ATP proofs with training increasingly strong AI/TP systems on them. We also present a selection of Mizar problems that were proved automatically.

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Jan Jakubův, Karel Chvalovský, Zarathustra Goertzel, Cezary Kaliszyk, Mirek Olšák, Bartosz Piotrowski, Stephan Schulz, Martin Suda, and Josef Urban. MizAR 60 for Mizar 50. In 14th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 268, pp. 19:1-19:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)


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@InProceedings{jakubuv_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2023.19,
  author =	{Jakub\r{u}v, Jan and Chvalovsk\'{y}, Karel and Goertzel, Zarathustra and Kaliszyk, Cezary and Ol\v{s}\'{a}k, Mirek and Piotrowski, Bartosz and Schulz, Stephan and Suda, Martin and Urban, Josef},
  title =	{{MizAR 60 for Mizar 50}},
  booktitle =	{14th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2023)},
  pages =	{19:1--19:22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-284-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{268},
  editor =	{Naumowicz, Adam and Thiemann, Ren\'{e}},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2023.19},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-183942},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2023.19},
  annote =	{Keywords: Mizar, ENIGMA, Automated Reasoning, Machine Learning}
}
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Seventeen Provers Under the Hammer

Authors: Martin Desharnais, Petar Vukmirović, Jasmin Blanchette, and Makarius Wenzel

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 237, 13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2022)


Abstract
One of the main success stories of automatic theorem provers has been their integration into proof assistants. Such integrations, or "hammers," increase proof automation and hence user productivity. In this paper, we use Isabelle/HOL’s Sledgehammer tool to find out how useful modern provers are at proving formulas in higher-order logic. Our evaluation follows in the steps of Böhme and Nipkow’s Judgment Day study from 2010, but instead of three provers we use 17, including SMT solvers and higher-order provers. Our work offers an alternative yardstick for comparing modern provers, next to the benchmarks and competitions emerging from the TPTP World and SMT-LIB.

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Martin Desharnais, Petar Vukmirović, Jasmin Blanchette, and Makarius Wenzel. Seventeen Provers Under the Hammer. In 13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 237, pp. 8:1-8:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)


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@InProceedings{desharnais_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2022.8,
  author =	{Desharnais, Martin and Vukmirovi\'{c}, Petar and Blanchette, Jasmin and Wenzel, Makarius},
  title =	{{Seventeen Provers Under the Hammer}},
  booktitle =	{13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2022)},
  pages =	{8:1--8:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-252-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{237},
  editor =	{Andronick, June and de Moura, Leonardo},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2022.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-167178},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2022.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: Automatic theorem proving, interactive theorem proving, proof assistants}
}
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