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Towards A Rosetta Stone of Interactive and Quantitative Semantics (Invited Talk)

Authors: Pierre Clairambault

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 363, 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)


Abstract
Quantitative semantics are those denotational semantics that inherit from linear logic [Jean-Yves Girard, 1987] a sensitivity to the multiplicity of resources involved in computation. Those include the relational model [Jean-Yves Girard, 1987] and its numerous variations (such as finiteness spaces [Thomas Ehrhard, 2005], weighted relational models [Jim Laird et al., 2013] and their extensions [Thomas Ehrhard et al., 2011; Thomas Ehrhard, 2002], generalized species of structure [Fiore et al., 2008], span models [Paul-André Melliès, 2019; Pierre Clairambault and Simon Forest, 2023], etc), as well as related syntactic methods such as non-idempotent intersection types [Daniel de Carvalho, 2018] and Taylor expansion of lambda-terms [Thomas Ehrhard and Laurent Regnier, 2003]. Interactive semantics are usually also quantitative, but in addition they present the interactive behaviour of proofs and programs, generally organized chronologically - those include the many variants of game semantics (starting with [J. M. E. Hyland and C.-H. Luke Ong, 2000; Samson Abramsky et al., 2000]), and other frameworks such as Geometry of Interaction [Girard, 1989] or ludics [Jean-Yves Girard, 2001]. Both families are cornerstones of modern denotational semantics, and both have associated Alonzo Church awards: game semantics in 2017, and quantitative semantics (in particular, differential linear logic and the differential λ-calculus) in 2024. It has more or less always been clear to the experts that the two, sharing an origin in linear logic, are conceptually related. Yet there are differences, which seem fundamental: in particular, while quantitative models compose relationally, the composition of strategies follows an intricate "parallel interaction plus hiding" process inspired from concurrency theory [Abramsky, 1997]. The two families of models have also historically targeted different kinds of languages: whereas quantitative semantics focused on theoretical calculi (and the λ-calculus in particular), game semantics is known for fully abstract models for languages with elaborate combinations of effects including local state [Samson Abramsky and Guy McCusker, 1996], control operators [James Laird, 1997], and concurrent primitives [Dan R. Ghica and Andrzej S. Murawski, 2008]. Early on, researchers have explored the relationship between the two [Thomas Ehrhard, 1996; Patrick Baillot et al., 1997], and investigations on this question have spanned decades [Pierre Boudes, 2009; Ana C. Calderon and Guy McCusker, 2010; Takeshi Tsukada and C.-H. Luke Ong, 2016; C.-H. Luke Ong, 2017]. In particular, Melliès' work on asynchronous games [Paul-André Melliès, 2006; Paul-André Melliès, 2005] made significant conceptual contributions, showing that the issue was enlightened by adopting a positional formulation of game semantics, where points in the relational model simply arise as certain positions. This talk surveys recent developments in this line of work, shedding light on the connection between those two families. Our work is set in so-called "thin concurrent games" [Simon Castellan et al., 2019; Pierre Clairambault, 2024], an extension with symmetry of Rideau and Winskel’s concurrent games on event structures [Silvain Rideau and Glynn Winskel, 2011]. Event structures being one of the main "truly concurrent" models of concurrency [Glynn Winskel, 1986], it is perhaps expected that thin concurrent games can model concurrent languages: they provide a truly concurrent refinement of Ghica and Murawski’s fully abstract model of Idealized Concurrent Algol [Simon Castellan and Pierre Clairambault, 2024; Pierre Clairambault, 2024]. But beyond the semantics of concurrency, thin concurrent games are also a deep reworking on game semantics built from causal principles, inheriting from asynchronous games a positional flavour. In thin concurrent games, strategies have a dual nature: an event-based nature where they appear as certain event structures composed via parallel interaction plus hiding; or a positional nature where they appear as certain spans of groupoids, composed by pullback (modulo a technical condition on strategies called visibility) - they can be regarded both as a games and a relational model! Leveraging this dual nature, in a sequence of papers with Castellan, de Visme, Olimpieri and Paquet, we have been able to link the single framework of thin concurrent games with numerous other models. This includes various traditional alternating or non-alternating games models [Simon Castellan and Pierre Clairambault, 2024; Pierre Clairambault, 2024], the weighted relational model [Pierre Clairambault and Hugo Paquet, 2021], the quantum relational model [Pierre Clairambault and Marc de Visme, 2020], generalized species of structure [Pierre Clairambault et al., 2023], and - going beyond quantitative semantics - the linear Scott model [Clairambault, 2025], a linear decomposition of standard Scott domain semantics [Thomas Ehrhard, 2012]. All these distinct models are obtained by projecting away certain aspects of thin concurrent games, giving some support to the claim that thin concurrent games are a Rosetta stone for interactive and quantitative semantics.

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Pierre Clairambault. Towards A Rosetta Stone of Interactive and Quantitative Semantics (Invited Talk). In 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 363, pp. 4:1-4:4, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{clairambault:LIPIcs.CSL.2026.4,
  author =	{Clairambault, Pierre},
  title =	{{Towards A Rosetta Stone of Interactive and Quantitative Semantics}},
  booktitle =	{34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:4},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-411-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{363},
  editor =	{Guerrini, Stefano and K\"{o}nig, Barbara},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-254286},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Denotational semantics, Game semantics}
}
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Useful Call-by-Value: A Semantic Interpretation via Quantitative Types

Authors: Pablo Barenbaum, Delia Kesner, and Mariana Milicich

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 363, 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)


Abstract
Useful evaluation is an optimised evaluation mechanism for functional programming languages. It relies on representing terms with sharing and imposing a restricted notion of useful substitutions, that intuitively disallows copying subterms that do not contribute to the progress of the computation. In particular, useful call-by-value evaluation optimises the standard call-by-value strategy by preserving its original semantics. This preservation result has been shown by means of syntactical rewriting techniques, difficult to adapt to alternative variants of the calculi at play. In this work, we present the first semantic model of useful call-by-value evaluation through the non-idempotent intersection type system 𝒰. Our first contribution is a characterisation of termination for useful call-by-value evaluation via system 𝒰. That is, a term is typable in system 𝒰 if and only if it terminates in the useful call-by-value strategy. As a second contribution, we show that system 𝒰 provides a quantitative interpretation for useful call-by-value evaluation, offering exact step-count information for program evaluation. Our third contribution is that termination in call-by-value and useful call-by-value are equivalent. This ensures in particular that call-by-value, which is (potentially) erasing, and useful call-by-value, which is non-erasing, are observationally equivalent. Even though the specification of the operational semantics of useful evaluation is highly complex, system 𝒰 is notably simple. As far as we know, system 𝒰 is one of the scarce quantitative type systems capturing exactly the substitution step-count for variables and abstractions in an open call-by-value strategy.

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Pablo Barenbaum, Delia Kesner, and Mariana Milicich. Useful Call-by-Value: A Semantic Interpretation via Quantitative Types. In 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 363, pp. 47:1-47:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{barenbaum_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2026.47,
  author =	{Barenbaum, Pablo and Kesner, Delia and Milicich, Mariana},
  title =	{{Useful Call-by-Value: A Semantic Interpretation via Quantitative Types}},
  booktitle =	{34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)},
  pages =	{47:1--47:24},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-411-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{363},
  editor =	{Guerrini, Stefano and K\"{o}nig, Barbara},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.47},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-254721},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.47},
  annote =	{Keywords: Lambda calculus, Evaluation strategies, Call-by-Value, Useful Evaluation, Intersection types, Quantitative models}
}
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An ETH-Tight FPT Algorithm for Rejection-Proof Set Packing with Applications to Kidney Exchange

Authors: Bart M. P. Jansen, Jeroen S. K. Lamme, and Ruben F. A. Verhaegh

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


Abstract
We study the parameterized complexity of a recently introduced multi-agent variant of the Kidney Exchange problem. Given a directed graph G and integers d and k, the standard problem asks whether G contains a packing of vertex-disjoint cycles, each of length ≤ d, covering at least k vertices in total. In the multi-agent setting we consider, the vertex set is partitioned over several agents who reject a cycle packing as solution if it can be modified into an alternative packing that covers more of their own vertices. A cycle packing is called rejection-proof if no agent rejects it and the problem asks whether such a packing exists that covers at least k vertices. We exploit the sunflower lemma on a set packing formulation of the problem to give a kernel for this Σ₂^P-complete problem that is polynomial in k for all constant values of d. We also provide a 2^𝒪(k log k) + n^𝒪(1) algorithm based on it and show that this FPT algorithm is asymptotically optimal under the ETH. Further, we generalize the problem by including an additional positive integer c in the input that naturally captures how much agents can modify a given cycle packing to reject it. For every constant c, the resulting problem simplifies from being Σ₂^P-complete to NP-complete. The super-exponential lower bound already holds for c = 2, though. We present an ad-hoc single-exponential algorithm for c = 1. These results reveal an interesting discrepancy between the classical and parameterized complexity of the problem and give a good view of what makes it hard.

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Bart M. P. Jansen, Jeroen S. K. Lamme, and Ruben F. A. Verhaegh. An ETH-Tight FPT Algorithm for Rejection-Proof Set Packing with Applications to Kidney Exchange. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 9:1-9:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{jansen_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.9,
  author =	{Jansen, Bart M. P. and Lamme, Jeroen S. K. and Verhaegh, Ruben F. A.},
  title =	{{An ETH-Tight FPT Algorithm for Rejection-Proof Set Packing with Applications to Kidney Exchange}},
  booktitle =	{20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:15},
  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.2025.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251414},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parameterized complexity, Multi-agent kidney exchange, Kernelization, Set packing}
}
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An Expansion-Based Approach for Quantified Integer Programming

Authors: Michael Hartisch and Leroy Chew

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


Abstract
Quantified Integer Programming (QIP) bridges multiple domains by extending Quantified Boolean Formulas (QBF) to incorporate general integer variables and linear constraints while also generalizing Integer Programming through variable quantification. As a special case of Quantified Constraint Satisfaction Problems (QCSP), QIP provides a versatile framework for addressing complex decision-making scenarios. Additionally, the inclusion of a linear objective function enables QIP to effectively model multistage robust discrete linear optimization problems, making it a powerful tool for tackling uncertainty in optimization. While two primary solution paradigms exist for QBF - search-based and expansion-based approaches - only search-based methods have been explored for QIP and QCSP. We introduce an expansion-based approach for QIP using Counterexample-Guided Abstraction Refinement (CEGAR), adapting techniques from QBF. We extend this methodology to tackle multistage robust discrete optimization problems with linear constraints and further embed it in an optimization framework, enhancing its applicability. Our experimental results highlight the advantages of this approach, demonstrating superior performance over existing search-based solvers for QIP in specific instances. Furthermore, the ability to model problems using linear constraints enables notable performance gains over state-of-the-art expansion-based solvers for QBF.

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Michael Hartisch and Leroy Chew. An Expansion-Based Approach for Quantified Integer Programming. In 31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 340, pp. 12:1-12:26, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{hartisch_et_al:LIPIcs.CP.2025.12,
  author =	{Hartisch, Michael and Chew, Leroy},
  title =	{{An Expansion-Based Approach for Quantified Integer Programming}},
  booktitle =	{31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:26},
  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.2025.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-238736},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CP.2025.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: Quantified Integer Programming, Quantified Constraint Satisfaction, Robust Discrete Optimization, Expansion, CEGAR}
}
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Ohana Trees and Taylor Expansion for the λI-Calculus: No variable gets left behind or forgotten!

Authors: Rémy Cerda, Giulio Manzonetto, and Alexis Saurin

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 337, 10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025)


Abstract
Although the λI-calculus is a natural fragment of the λ-calculus, obtained by forbidding the erasure, its equational theories did not receive much attention. The reason is that all proper denotational models studied in the literature equate all non-normalizable λI-terms, whence the associated theory is not very informative. The goal of this paper is to introduce a previously unknown theory of the λI-calculus, induced by a notion of evaluation trees that we call "Ohana trees". The Ohana tree of a λI-term is an annotated version of its Böhm tree, remembering all free variables that are hidden within its meaningless subtrees, or pushed into infinity along its infinite branches. We develop the associated theories of program approximation: the first approach - more classic - is based on finite trees and continuity, the second adapts Ehrhard and Regnier’s Taylor expansion. We then prove a Commutation Theorem stating that the normal form of the Taylor expansion of a λI-term coincides with the Taylor expansion of its Ohana tree. As a corollary, we obtain that the equality induced by Ohana trees is compatible with abstraction and application. We conclude by discussing the cases of Lévy-Longo and Berarducci trees, and generalizations to the full λ-calculus.

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Rémy Cerda, Giulio Manzonetto, and Alexis Saurin. Ohana Trees and Taylor Expansion for the λI-Calculus: No variable gets left behind or forgotten!. In 10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 337, pp. 12:1-12:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{cerda_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.12,
  author =	{Cerda, R\'{e}my and Manzonetto, Giulio and Saurin, Alexis},
  title =	{{Ohana Trees and Taylor Expansion for the \lambdaI-Calculus: No variable gets left behind or forgotten!}},
  booktitle =	{10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-374-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{337},
  editor =	{Fern\'{a}ndez, Maribel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-236277},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: \lambda-calculus, program approximation, Taylor expansion, \lambdaI-calculus, persistent free variables, B\"{o}hm trees, Ohana trees}
}
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Uncertainty Management in the Construction of Knowledge Graphs: A Survey

Authors: Lucas Jarnac, Yoan Chabot, and Miguel Couceiro

Published in: TGDK, Volume 3, Issue 1 (2025). Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge, Volume 3, Issue 1


Abstract
Knowledge Graphs (KGs) are a major asset for companies thanks to their great flexibility in data representation and their numerous applications, e.g., vocabulary sharing, Q&A or recommendation systems. To build a KG, it is a common practice to rely on automatic methods for extracting knowledge from various heterogeneous sources. However, in a noisy and uncertain world, knowledge may not be reliable and conflicts between data sources may occur. Integrating unreliable data would directly impact the use of the KG, therefore such conflicts must be resolved. This could be done manually by selecting the best data to integrate. This first approach is highly accurate, but costly and time-consuming. That is why recent efforts focus on automatic approaches, which represent a challenging task since it requires handling the uncertainty of extracted knowledge throughout its integration into the KG. We survey state-of-the-art approaches in this direction and present constructions of both open and enterprise KGs. We then describe different knowledge extraction methods and discuss downstream tasks after knowledge acquisition, including KG completion using embedding models, knowledge alignment, and knowledge fusion in order to address the problem of knowledge uncertainty in KG construction. We conclude with a discussion on the remaining challenges and perspectives when constructing a KG taking into account uncertainty.

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Lucas Jarnac, Yoan Chabot, and Miguel Couceiro. Uncertainty Management in the Construction of Knowledge Graphs: A Survey. In Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK), Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 3:1-3:48, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@Article{jarnac_et_al:TGDK.3.1.3,
  author =	{Jarnac, Lucas and Chabot, Yoan and Couceiro, Miguel},
  title =	{{Uncertainty Management in the Construction of Knowledge Graphs: A Survey}},
  journal =	{Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge},
  pages =	{3:1--3:48},
  ISSN =	{2942-7517},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{3},
  number =	{1},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/TGDK.3.1.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-233733},
  doi =		{10.4230/TGDK.3.1.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: Knowledge reconciliation, Uncertainty, Heterogeneous sources, Knowledge graph construction}
}
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Research
Talking Wikidata: Communication Patterns and Their Impact on Community Engagement in Collaborative Knowledge Graphs

Authors: Elisavet Koutsiana, Ioannis Reklos, Kholoud Saad Alghamdi, Nitisha Jain, Albert Meroño-Peñuela, and Elena Simperl

Published in: TGDK, Volume 3, Issue 1 (2025). Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge, Volume 3, Issue 1


Abstract
We study collaboration patterns of Wikidata, one of the world's largest open source collaborative knowledge graph (KG) communities. Collaborative KG communities, play a key role in structuring machine-readable knowledge to support AI systems like conversational agents. However, these communities face challenges related to long-term member engagement, as a small subset of contributors often is responsible for the majority of contributions and decision-making. While prior research has explored contributors' roles and lifespans, discussions within collaborative KG communities remain understudied. To fill this gap, we investigated the behavioural patterns of contributors and factors affecting their communication and participation. We analysed all the discussions on Wikidata using a mixed methods approach, including statistical tests, network analysis, and text and graph embedding representations. Our findings reveal that the interactions between Wikidata editors form a small world network, resilient to dropouts and inclusive, where both the network topology and discussion content influence the continuity of conversations. Furthermore, the account age of Wikidata members and their conversations are significant factors in their long-term engagement with the project. Our observations and recommendations can benefit the Wikidata and semantic web communities, providing guidance on how to improve collaborative environments for sustainability, growth, and quality.

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Elisavet Koutsiana, Ioannis Reklos, Kholoud Saad Alghamdi, Nitisha Jain, Albert Meroño-Peñuela, and Elena Simperl. Talking Wikidata: Communication Patterns and Their Impact on Community Engagement in Collaborative Knowledge Graphs. In Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK), Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 2:1-2:27, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@Article{koutsiana_et_al:TGDK.3.1.2,
  author =	{Koutsiana, Elisavet and Reklos, Ioannis and Alghamdi, Kholoud Saad and Jain, Nitisha and Mero\~{n}o-Pe\~{n}uela, Albert and Simperl, Elena},
  title =	{{Talking Wikidata: Communication Patterns and Their Impact on Community Engagement in Collaborative Knowledge Graphs}},
  journal =	{Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge},
  pages =	{2:1--2:27},
  ISSN =	{2942-7517},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{3},
  number =	{1},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/TGDK.3.1.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-230114},
  doi =		{10.4230/TGDK.3.1.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: collaborative knowledge graph, network analysis, graph embeddings, text embeddings}
}
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How to Play the Accordion: Uniformity and the (Non-)Conservativity of the Linear Approximation of the λ-Calculus

Authors: Rémy Cerda and Lionel Vaux Auclair

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 327, 42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025)


Abstract
Twenty years after its introduction by Ehrhard and Regnier, differentiation in λ-calculus and in linear logic is now a celebrated tool. In particular, it allows to write the Taylor formula in various λ-calculi, hence providing a theory of linear approximations for these calculi. In the standard λ-calculus, this linear approximation is expressed by results stating that the (possibly) infinitary β-reduction of λ-terms is simulated by the reduction of their Taylor expansion: in terms of rewriting systems, the resource reduction (operating on Taylor approximants) is an extension of the β-reduction. In this paper, we address the converse property, conservativity: are there reductions of the Taylor approximants that do not arise from an actual β-reduction of the approximated term? We show that if we restrict the setting to finite terms and β-reduction sequences, then the linear approximation is conservative. However, as soon as one allows infinitary reduction sequences this property is broken. We design a counter-example, the Accordion. Then we show how restricting the reduction of the Taylor approximants allows to build a conservative extension of the β-reduction preserving good simulation properties. This restriction relies on uniformity, a property that was already at the core of Ehrhard and Regnier’s pioneering work.

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Rémy Cerda and Lionel Vaux Auclair. How to Play the Accordion: Uniformity and the (Non-)Conservativity of the Linear Approximation of the λ-Calculus. In 42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 327, pp. 23:1-23:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{cerda_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2025.23,
  author =	{Cerda, R\'{e}my and Vaux Auclair, Lionel},
  title =	{{How to Play the Accordion: Uniformity and the (Non-)Conservativity of the Linear Approximation of the \lambda-Calculus}},
  booktitle =	{42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025)},
  pages =	{23:1--23:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-365-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{327},
  editor =	{Beyersdorff, Olaf and Pilipczuk, Micha{\l} and Pimentel, Elaine 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.2025.23},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-228480},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2025.23},
  annote =	{Keywords: program approximation, quantitative semantics, lambda-calculus, linear approximation, Taylor expansion, conservativity}
}
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Academic Track
A View on Vulnerabilites: The Security Challenges of XAI (Academic Track)

Authors: Elisabeth Pachl, Fabian Langer, Thora Markert, and Jeanette Miriam Lorenz

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 126, Symposium on Scaling AI Assessments (SAIA 2024)


Abstract
Modern deep learning methods have long been considered as black-boxes due to their opaque decision-making processes. Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), however, has turned the tables: it provides insight into how these models work, promoting transparency that is crucial for accountability. Yet, recent developments in adversarial machine learning have highlighted vulnerabilities in XAI methods, raising concerns about security, reliability and trustworthiness, particularly in sensitive areas like healthcare and autonomous systems. Awareness of the potential risks associated with XAI is needed as its adoption increases, driven in part by the need to enhance compliance to regulations. This survey provides a holistic perspective on the security and safety landscape surrounding XAI, categorizing research on adversarial attacks against XAI and the misuse of explainability to enhance attacks on AI systems, such as evasion and privacy breaches. Our contribution includes identifying current insecurities in XAI and outlining future research directions in adversarial XAI. This work serves as an accessible foundation and outlook to recognize potential research gaps and define future directions. It identifies data modalities, such as time-series or graph data, and XAI methods that have not been extensively investigated for vulnerabilities in current research.

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Elisabeth Pachl, Fabian Langer, Thora Markert, and Jeanette Miriam Lorenz. A View on Vulnerabilites: The Security Challenges of XAI (Academic Track). In Symposium on Scaling AI Assessments (SAIA 2024). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 126, pp. 12:1-12:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{pachl_et_al:OASIcs.SAIA.2024.12,
  author =	{Pachl, Elisabeth and Langer, Fabian and Markert, Thora and Lorenz, Jeanette Miriam},
  title =	{{A View on Vulnerabilites: The Security Challenges of XAI}},
  booktitle =	{Symposium on Scaling AI Assessments (SAIA 2024)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:23},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-357-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{126},
  editor =	{G\"{o}rge, Rebekka and Haedecke, Elena and Poretschkin, Maximilian and Schmitz, Anna},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.SAIA.2024.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-227523},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.SAIA.2024.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: Explainability, XAI, Transparency, Adversarial Machine Learning, Security, Vulnerabilities}
}
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Knowledge Graphs for the Life Sciences: Recent Developments, Challenges and Opportunities

Authors: Jiaoyan Chen, Hang Dong, Janna Hastings, Ernesto Jiménez-Ruiz, Vanessa López, Pierre Monnin, Catia Pesquita, Petr Škoda, and Valentina Tamma

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 term life sciences refers to the disciplines that study living organisms and life processes, and include chemistry, biology, medicine, and a range of other related disciplines. Research efforts in life sciences are heavily data-driven, as they produce and consume vast amounts of scientific data, much of which is intrinsically relational and graph-structured. The volume of data and the complexity of scientific concepts and relations referred to therein promote the application of advanced knowledge-driven technologies for managing and interpreting data, with the ultimate aim to advance scientific discovery. In this survey and position paper, we discuss recent developments and advances in the use of graph-based technologies in life sciences and set out a vision for how these technologies will impact these fields into the future. We focus on three broad topics: the construction and management of Knowledge Graphs (KGs), the use of KGs and associated technologies in the discovery of new knowledge, and the use of KGs in artificial intelligence applications to support explanations (explainable AI). We select a few exemplary use cases for each topic, discuss the challenges and open research questions within these topics, and conclude with a perspective and outlook that summarizes the overarching challenges and their potential solutions as a guide for future research.

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Jiaoyan Chen, Hang Dong, Janna Hastings, Ernesto Jiménez-Ruiz, Vanessa López, Pierre Monnin, Catia Pesquita, Petr Škoda, and Valentina Tamma. Knowledge Graphs for the Life Sciences: Recent Developments, Challenges and Opportunities. In Special Issue on Trends in Graph Data and Knowledge. Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK), Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 5:1-5:33, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)


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@Article{chen_et_al:TGDK.1.1.5,
  author =	{Chen, Jiaoyan and Dong, Hang and Hastings, Janna and Jim\'{e}nez-Ruiz, Ernesto and L\'{o}pez, Vanessa and Monnin, Pierre and Pesquita, Catia and \v{S}koda, Petr and Tamma, Valentina},
  title =	{{Knowledge Graphs for the Life Sciences: Recent Developments, Challenges and Opportunities}},
  journal =	{Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge},
  pages =	{5:1--5:33},
  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.1.1.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-194791},
  doi =		{10.4230/TGDK.1.1.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Knowledge graphs, Life science, Knowledge discovery, Explainable AI}
}
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Demystifying the Real-Time Linux Scheduling Latency

Authors: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira, Daniel Casini, Rômulo Silva de Oliveira, and Tommaso Cucinotta

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 165, 32nd Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2020)


Abstract
Linux has become a viable operating system for many real-time workloads. However, the black-box approach adopted by cyclictest, the tool used to evaluate the main real-time metric of the kernel, the scheduling latency, along with the absence of a theoretically-sound description of the in-kernel behavior, sheds some doubts about Linux meriting the real-time adjective. Aiming at clarifying the PREEMPT_RT Linux scheduling latency, this paper leverages the Thread Synchronization Model of Linux to derive a set of properties and rules defining the Linux kernel behavior from a scheduling perspective. These rules are then leveraged to derive a sound bound to the scheduling latency, considering all the sources of delays occurring in all possible sequences of synchronization events in the kernel. This paper also presents a tracing method, efficient in time and memory overheads, to observe the kernel events needed to define the variables used in the analysis. This results in an easy-to-use tool for deriving reliable scheduling latency bounds that can be used in practice. Finally, an experimental analysis compares the cyclictest and the proposed tool, showing that the proposed method can find sound bounds faster with acceptable overheads.

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Daniel Bristot de Oliveira, Daniel Casini, Rômulo Silva de Oliveira, and Tommaso Cucinotta. Demystifying the Real-Time Linux Scheduling Latency. In 32nd Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 165, pp. 9:1-9:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{deoliveira_et_al:LIPIcs.ECRTS.2020.9,
  author =	{de Oliveira, Daniel Bristot and Casini, Daniel and de Oliveira, R\^{o}mulo Silva and Cucinotta, Tommaso},
  title =	{{Demystifying the Real-Time Linux Scheduling Latency}},
  booktitle =	{32nd Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2020)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:23},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-152-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{165},
  editor =	{V\"{o}lp, Marcus},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ECRTS.2020.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-123721},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ECRTS.2020.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: Real-time operating systems, Linux kernel, PREEMPT\underlineRT, Scheduling latency}
}
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Dynamic and Static Task Allocation for Hard Real-Time Video Stream Decoding on NoCs

Authors: Hashan R. Mendis, Neil C. Audsley, and Leandro Soares Indrusiak

Published in: LITES, Volume 4, Issue 2 (2017). Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems, Volume 4, Issue 2


Abstract
Hard real-time (HRT) video systems require admission control decisions that rely on two factors. Firstly, schedulability analysis of the data-dependent, communicating tasks within the application need to be carried out in order to guarantee timing and predictability. Secondly, the allocation of the tasks to multi-core processing elements would generate different results in the schedulability analysis. Due to the conservative nature of the state-of-the-art schedulability analysis of tasks and message flows, and the unpredictability in the application, the system resources are often under-utilised. In this paper we propose two blocking-aware dynamic task allocation techniques that exploit application and platform characteristics, in order to increase the number of simultaneous, fully schedulable, video streams handled by the system. A novel, worst-case response time aware, search-based, static hard real-time task mapper is introduced to act as an upper-baseline to the proposed techniques. Further evaluations are carried out against existing heuristic-based dynamic mappers. Improvements to the admission rates and the system utilisation under a range of different workloads and platform sizes are explored.

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Hashan R. Mendis, Neil C. Audsley, and Leandro Soares Indrusiak. Dynamic and Static Task Allocation for Hard Real-Time Video Stream Decoding on NoCs. In LITES, Volume 4, Issue 2 (2017). Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 01:1-01:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)


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@Article{mendis_et_al:LITES-v004-i002-a001,
  author =	{Mendis, Hashan R. and Audsley, Neil C. and Indrusiak, Leandro Soares},
  title =	{{Dynamic and Static Task Allocation for Hard Real-Time Video Stream Decoding on NoCs}},
  journal =	{Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems},
  pages =	{01:1--01:25},
  ISSN =	{2199-2002},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{4},
  number =	{2},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LITES-v004-i002-a001},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-192689},
  doi =		{10.4230/LITES-v004-i002-a001},
  annote =	{Keywords: Real-time multimedia, Task mapping, Network-on-chip}
}
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The Relational Model Is Injective for Multiplicative Exponential Linear Logic

Authors: Daniel de Carvalho

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 62, 25th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2016)


Abstract
We prove a completeness result for Multiplicative Exponential Linear Logic (MELL): we show that the relational model is injective for MELL proof-nets, i.e. the equality between MELL proof-nets in the relational model is exactly axiomatized by cut-elimination.

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Daniel de Carvalho. The Relational Model Is Injective for Multiplicative Exponential Linear Logic. In 25th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 62, pp. 41:1-41:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)


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@InProceedings{decarvalho:LIPIcs.CSL.2016.41,
  author =	{de Carvalho, Daniel},
  title =	{{The Relational Model Is Injective for Multiplicative Exponential Linear Logic}},
  booktitle =	{25th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2016)},
  pages =	{41:1--41:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-022-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{62},
  editor =	{Talbot, Jean-Marc and Regnier, Laurent},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2016.41},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-65815},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2016.41},
  annote =	{Keywords: Linear Logic, Denotational semantics, Proof-nets}
}
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