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)
Yann Disser, Georg Loho, Matthew Maat, and Nils Mosis. Lower Bounds for Ranking-Based Pivot Rules. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 31:1-31:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{disser_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.31,
author = {Disser, Yann and Loho, Georg and Maat, Matthew and Mosis, Nils},
title = {{Lower Bounds for Ranking-Based Pivot Rules}},
booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
pages = {31:1--31:19},
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.2026.31},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255207},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.31},
annote = {Keywords: lower bounds, Markov decision processes, parity games, pivot rules, policy iteration, simplex method}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 364, 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)
Sebastian Forster, Gramoz Goranci, and Ali Momeni. Fully Dynamic Spectral Sparsification for Directed Hypergraphs. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 38:1-38:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{forster_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.38,
author = {Forster, Sebastian and Goranci, Gramoz and Momeni, Ali},
title = {{Fully Dynamic Spectral Sparsification for Directed Hypergraphs}},
booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
pages = {38:1--38:20},
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.2026.38},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255272},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.38},
annote = {Keywords: Spectral sparsification, Dynamic algorithms, (Directed) hypergraphs, Data structures}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Anakin Dey and Zeyu Guo. Debordering Closure Results in Determinantal and Pfaffian Ideals. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 49:1-49:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{dey_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.49,
author = {Dey, Anakin and Guo, Zeyu},
title = {{Debordering Closure Results in Determinantal and Pfaffian Ideals}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {49:1--49:24},
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.2026.49},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253363},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.49},
annote = {Keywords: Algebraic circuit complexity, Isolation lemma, Debordering}
}
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)
Elizaveta Popova and Elad Tzalik. New Greedy Spanners and Applications. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 107:1-107:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{popova_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.107,
author = {Popova, Elizaveta and Tzalik, Elad},
title = {{New Greedy Spanners and Applications}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {107:1--107:25},
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.2026.107},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253945},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.107},
annote = {Keywords: Graph Spanners, Greedy Algorithms}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Uri Meir and Ami Paz. Smoothed Analysis of Dynamic Graph Algorithms. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 102:1-102:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{meir_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.102,
author = {Meir, Uri and Paz, Ami},
title = {{Smoothed Analysis of Dynamic Graph Algorithms}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {102:1--102:20},
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.2026.102},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253896},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.102},
annote = {Keywords: Dynamic graph algorithms, Smoothed analysis, Shortest paths}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Julian Asilis, Xi Chen, Dutch Hansen, and Shang-Hua Teng. Semi-Random Graphs, Robust Asymmetry, and Reconstruction. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 12:1-12:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{asilis_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.12,
author = {Asilis, Julian and Chen, Xi and Hansen, Dutch and Teng, Shang-Hua},
title = {{Semi-Random Graphs, Robust Asymmetry, and Reconstruction}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {12:1--12:21},
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.2026.12},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252993},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.12},
annote = {Keywords: Graph reconstruction, random graphs}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Tanmay Inamdar, Satyabrata Jana, Madhumita Kundu, Daniel Lokshtanov, Saket Saurabh, and Meirav Zehavi. FPT Approximations for Connected Maximum Coverage. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 80:1-80:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{inamdar_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.80,
author = {Inamdar, Tanmay and Jana, Satyabrata and Kundu, Madhumita and Lokshtanov, Daniel and Saurabh, Saket and Zehavi, Meirav},
title = {{FPT Approximations for Connected Maximum Coverage}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {80:1--80:24},
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.2026.80},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253674},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.80},
annote = {Keywords: Partial Dominating Set, Connectivity, Maximum Coverage, FPT Approximation, Fixed-parameter Tractability}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Klim Efremenko, Gillat Kol, Raghuvansh R. Saxena, and Zhijun Zhang. Universally Optimal Streaming Algorithm for Random Walks in Dense Graphs. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 55:1-55:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{efremenko_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.55,
author = {Efremenko, Klim and Kol, Gillat and Saxena, Raghuvansh R. and Zhang, Zhijun},
title = {{Universally Optimal Streaming Algorithm for Random Walks in Dense Graphs}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {55:1--55:20},
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.2026.55},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253423},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.55},
annote = {Keywords: Random Walk, streaming Algorithm, universal Optimality}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Aryan Agarwala, Yaroslav Alekseev, and Antoine Vinciguerra. Linear Matroid Intersection Is in Catalytic Logspace. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 3:1-3:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{agarwala_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.3,
author = {Agarwala, Aryan and Alekseev, Yaroslav and Vinciguerra, Antoine},
title = {{Linear Matroid Intersection Is in Catalytic Logspace}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {3:1--3:23},
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.2026.3},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252908},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.3},
annote = {Keywords: Catalytic Computing, Computational Complexity, Matroid Theory, Algorithms}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Uma Girish and Rocco Servedio. Forrelation Is Extremally Hard. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 72:1-72:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{girish_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.72,
author = {Girish, Uma and Servedio, Rocco},
title = {{Forrelation Is Extremally Hard}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {72:1--72:22},
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.2026.72},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253594},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.72},
annote = {Keywords: Forrelation, exact quantum, query complexity}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Martijn Brehm and Nicolas Resch. Linear Time Encodable Binary Code Achieving GV Bound with Linear Time Encodable Dual Achieving GV Bound. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 28:1-28:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{brehm_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.28,
author = {Brehm, Martijn and Resch, Nicolas},
title = {{Linear Time Encodable Binary Code Achieving GV Bound with Linear Time Encodable Dual Achieving GV Bound}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {28:1--28:19},
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.2026.28},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253157},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.28},
annote = {Keywords: Binary error-correcting codes, dual codes, fast encoding, repeat-multiple-accumulate codes}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Yingxi Li, Ellen Vitercik, and Mingwei Yang. Smoothed Analysis of Online Metric Matching with a Single Sample: Beyond Metric Distortion. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 94:1-94:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{li_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.94,
author = {Li, Yingxi and Vitercik, Ellen and Yang, Mingwei},
title = {{Smoothed Analysis of Online Metric Matching with a Single Sample: Beyond Metric Distortion}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {94:1--94:23},
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.2026.94},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253815},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.94},
annote = {Keywords: Online algorithm, Metric matching, Competitive analysis, Smoothed analysis}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Tsz Chiu Kwok, Zhewei Wei, and Mingji Yang. On Solving Asymmetric Diagonally Dominant Linear Systems in Sublinear Time. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 89:1-89:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{kwok_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.89,
author = {Kwok, Tsz Chiu and Wei, Zhewei and Yang, Mingji},
title = {{On Solving Asymmetric Diagonally Dominant Linear Systems in Sublinear Time}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {89:1--89:25},
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.2026.89},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253768},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.89},
annote = {Keywords: Spectral Graph Theory, Linear Systems, Sublinear Algorithms}
}