IEEE Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2015


Title/Authors Title Research Artifacts
[?] A research artifact is any by-product of a research project that is not directly included in the published research paper. In Computer Science research this is often source code and data sets, but it could also be media, documentation, inputs to proof assistants, shell-scripts to run experiments, etc.
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Indistinguishability Obfuscation from Functional Encryption

Nir Bitansky, Vinod Vaikuntanathan

Indistinguishability Obfuscation from Functional Encryption

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Symbolic Integration and the Complexity of Computing Averages

Leonard J. Schulman, Alistair Sinclair, Piyush Srivastava

Symbolic Integration and the Complexity of Computing Averages

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How to Refute a Random CSP

Sarah R. Allen, Ryan O'Donnell, David Witmer

How to Refute a Random CSP

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Lower Bounds for Clique vs. Independent Set

Mika Göös

Lower Bounds for Clique vs. Independent Set

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Heavy-Tailed Independent Component Analysis

Joseph Anderson, Navin Goyal, Anupama Nandi, Luis Rademacher

Heavy-Tailed Independent Component Analysis

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Competitive Flow Time Algorithms for Polyhedral Scheduling

Sungjin Im, Janardhan Kulkarni, Kamesh Munagala

Competitive Flow Time Algorithms for Polyhedral Scheduling

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The Power of Asymmetry in Constant-Depth Circuits

Alexander A. Sherstov

The Power of Asymmetry in Constant-Depth Circuits

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Constructing Linear-Sized Spectral Sparsification in Almost-Linear Time

Yin Tat Lee, He Sun

Constructing Linear-Sized Spectral Sparsification in Almost-Linear Time

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Online Buy-at-Bulk Network Design

Alina Ene, Deeparnab Chakrabarty, Ravishankar Krishnaswamy, Debmalya Panigrahi

Online Buy-at-Bulk Network Design

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Optimal Algorithms and Lower Bounds for Testing Closeness of Structured Distributions

Ilias Diakonikolas, Daniel M. Kane, Vladimir Nikishkin

Optimal Algorithms and Lower Bounds for Testing Closeness of Structured Distributions

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The Submodular Secretary Problem Goes Linear

Moran Feldman, Rico Zenklusen

The Submodular Secretary Problem Goes Linear

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A Faster Cutting Plane Method and its Implications for Combinatorial and Convex Optimization

Yin Tat Lee, Aaron Sidford, Sam Chiu-wai Wong

A Faster Cutting Plane Method and its Implications for Combinatorial and Convex Optimization

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Tight Bounds on Low-Degree Spectral Concentration of Submodular and XOS Functions

Vitaly Feldman, Jan Vondrák

Tight Bounds on Low-Degree Spectral Concentration of Submodular and XOS Functions

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Approximately Counting Triangles in Sublinear Time

Talya Eden, Amit Levi, Dana Ron, C. Seshadhri

Approximately Counting Triangles in Sublinear Time

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Indistinguishability Obfuscation from the Multilinear Subgroup Elimination Assumption

Craig Gentry, Allison Bishop Lewko, Amit Sahai, Brent Waters

Indistinguishability Obfuscation from the Multilinear Subgroup Elimination Assumption

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Language Edit Distance and Maximum Likelihood Parsing of Stochastic Grammars: Faster Algorithms and Connection to Fundamental Graph Problems

Barna Saha

Language Edit Distance and Maximum Likelihood Parsing of Stochastic Grammars: Faster Algorithms and Connection to Fundamental Graph Problems

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On Monotonicity Testing and Boolean Isoperimetric Type Theorems

Subhash Khot, Dor Minzer, Muli Safra

On Monotonicity Testing and Boolean Isoperimetric Type Theorems

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Quantum Expander Codes

Anthony Leverrier, Jean-Pierre Tillich, Gilles Zémor

Quantum Expander Codes

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On the Structure, Covering, and Learning of Poisson Multinomial Distributions

Constantinos Daskalakis, Gautam Kamath, Christos Tzamos

On the Structure, Covering, and Learning of Poisson Multinomial Distributions

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Compressing and Teaching for Low VC-Dimension

Shay Moran, Amir Shpilka, Avi Wigderson, Amir Yehudayoff

Compressing and Teaching for Low VC-Dimension

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Quadratic Conditional Lower Bounds for String Problems and Dynamic Time Warping

Karl Bringmann, Marvin Künnemann

Quadratic Conditional Lower Bounds for String Problems and Dynamic Time Warping

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Tight Hardness of the Non-commutative Grothendieck Problem

Jop Briët, Oded Regev, Rishi Saket

Tight Hardness of the Non-commutative Grothendieck Problem

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Non-backtracking Spectrum of Random Graphs: Community Detection and Non-regular Ramanujan Graphs

Charles Bordenave, Marc Lelarge, Laurent Massoulié

Non-backtracking Spectrum of Random Graphs: Community Detection and Non-regular Ramanujan Graphs

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A Light Metric Spanner

Lee-Ad Gottlieb

A Light Metric Spanner

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Optimal Induced Universal Graphs and Adjacency Labeling for Trees

Stephen Alstrup, Søren Dahlgaard, Mathias Bæk Tejs Knudsen

Optimal Induced Universal Graphs and Adjacency Labeling for Trees

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Probabilistic Polynomials and Hamming Nearest Neighbors

Josh Alman, Ryan Williams

Probabilistic Polynomials and Hamming Nearest Neighbors

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An Algorithmic Proof of the Lovasz Local Lemma via Resampling Oracles

Nicholas J. A. Harvey, Jan Vondrák

An Algorithmic Proof of the Lovasz Local Lemma via Resampling Oracles

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Equivalence of Deterministic Top-Down Tree-to-String Transducers is Decidable

Helmut Seidl, Sebastian Maneth, Gregor Kemper

Equivalence of Deterministic Top-Down Tree-to-String Transducers is Decidable

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Robust Traceability from Trace Amounts

Cynthia Dwork, Adam D. Smith, Thomas Steinke, Jonathan Ullman, Salil P. Vadhan

Robust Traceability from Trace Amounts

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Interlacing Families IV: Bipartite Ramanujan Graphs of All Sizes

Adam W. Marcus, Daniel A. Spielman, Nikhil Srivastava

Interlacing Families IV: Bipartite Ramanujan Graphs of All Sizes

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Tight Bounds for Online Vector Scheduling

Sungjin Im, Nathaniel Kell, Janardhan Kulkarni, Debmalya Panigrahi

Tight Bounds for Online Vector Scheduling

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On the Complexity of Optimal Lottery Pricing and Randomized Mechanisms

Xi Chen, Ilias Diakonikolas, Anthi Orfanou, Dimitris Paparas, Xiaorui Sun, Mihalis Yannakakis

On the Complexity of Optimal Lottery Pricing and Randomized Mechanisms

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Parameterizing the Permanent: Genus, Apices, Minors, Evaluation Mod 2k

Radu Curticapean, Mingji Xia

Parameterizing the Permanent: Genus, Apices, Minors, Evaluation Mod 2k

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Polylogarithmic Approximations for the Capacitated Single-Sink Confluent Flow Problem

F. Bruce Shepherd, Adrian Vetta, Gordon T. Wilfong

Polylogarithmic Approximations for the Capacitated Single-Sink Confluent Flow Problem

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Community Detection in General Stochastic Block models: Fundamental Limits and Efficient Algorithms for Recovery

Emmanuel Abbe, Colin Sandon

Community Detection in General Stochastic Block models: Fundamental Limits and Efficient Algorithms for Recovery

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Effective-Resistance-Reducing Flows, Spectrally Thin Trees, and Asymmetric TSP

Nima Anari, Shayan Oveis Gharan

Effective-Resistance-Reducing Flows, Spectrally Thin Trees, and Asymmetric TSP

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Three-Source Extractors for Polylogarithmic Min-Entropy

Xin Li

Three-Source Extractors for Polylogarithmic Min-Entropy

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Planar Reachability in Linear Space and Constant Time

Jacob Holm, Eva Rotenberg, Mikkel Thorup

Planar Reachability in Linear Space and Constant Time

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Pseudorandomness via the Discrete Fourier Transform

Parikshit Gopalan, Daniel M. Kane, Raghu Meka

Pseudorandomness via the Discrete Fourier Transform

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Hamiltonian Simulation with Nearly Optimal Dependence on all Parameters

Dominic W. Berry, Andrew M. Childs, Robin Kothari

Hamiltonian Simulation with Nearly Optimal Dependence on all Parameters

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Enabling Robust and Efficient Distributed Computation in Dynamic Peer-to-Peer Networks

John Augustine, Gopal Pandurangan, Peter Robinson, Scott T. Roche, Eli Upfal

Enabling Robust and Efficient Distributed Computation in Dynamic Peer-to-Peer Networks

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Efficient Inverse Maintenance and Faster Algorithms for Linear Programming

Yin Tat Lee, Aaron Sidford

Efficient Inverse Maintenance and Faster Algorithms for Linear Programming

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A Robust Sparse Fourier Transform in the Continuous Setting

Eric Price, Zhao Song

A Robust Sparse Fourier Transform in the Continuous Setting

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A Holant Dichotomy: Is the FKT Algorithm Universal?

Jin-Yi Cai, Zhiguo Fu, Heng Guo, Tyson Williams

A Holant Dichotomy: Is the FKT Algorithm Universal?

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Differentially Private Release and Learning of Threshold Functions

Mark Bun, Kobbi Nissim, Uri Stemmer, Salil P. Vadhan

Differentially Private Release and Learning of Threshold Functions

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An O(1)-Approximation for Minimum Spanning Tree Interdiction

Rico Zenklusen

An O(1)-Approximation for Minimum Spanning Tree Interdiction

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Sample (x) = (a*x<=t) is a Distinguisher with Probability 1/8

Mikkel Thorup

Sample (x) = (a*x<=t) is a Distinguisher with Probability 1/8

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The Complexity of General-Valued CSPs

Vladimir Kolmogorov, Andrei A. Krokhin, Michal Rolinek

The Complexity of General-Valued CSPs

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Deterministic Communication vs. Partition Number

Mika Göös, Toniann Pitassi, Thomas Watson

Deterministic Communication vs. Partition Number

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Pattern-Avoiding Access in Binary Search Trees

Parinya Chalermsook, Mayank Goswami, László Kozma, Kurt Mehlhorn, Thatchaphol Saranurak

Pattern-Avoiding Access in Binary Search Trees

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Approximate Modularity

Flavio Chierichetti, Abhimanyu Das, Anirban Dasgupta, Ravi Kumar

Approximate Modularity

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Mixture Selection, Mechanism Design, and Signaling

Yu Cheng, Ho Yee Cheung, Shaddin Dughmi, Ehsan Emamjomeh-Zadeh, Li Han, Shang-Hua Teng

Mixture Selection, Mechanism Design, and Signaling

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No Small Linear Program Approximates Vertex Cover within a Factor 2 - e

Abbas Bazzi, Samuel Fiorini, Sebastian Pokutta, Ola Svensson

No Small Linear Program Approximates Vertex Cover within a Factor 2 - e

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Beyond the Central Limit theorem: Asymptotic Expansions and Pseudorandomness for Combinatorial Sums

Anindya De

Beyond the Central Limit theorem: Asymptotic Expansions and Pseudorandomness for Combinatorial Sums

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Solving the Closest Vector Problem in 2^n Time - The Discrete Gaussian Strikes Again!

Divesh Aggarwal, Daniel Dadush, Noah Stephens-Davidowitz

Solving the Closest Vector Problem in 2^n Time - The Discrete Gaussian Strikes Again!

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The Average Sensitivity of Bounded-Depth Formulas

Benjamin Rossman

The Average Sensitivity of Bounded-Depth Formulas

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New Unconditional Hardness Results for Dynamic and Online Problems

Raphaël Clifford, Allan Grønlund, Kasper Green Larsen

New Unconditional Hardness Results for Dynamic and Online Problems

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Towards an Optimal Method for Dynamic Planar Point Location

Timothy M. Chan, Yakov Nekrich

Towards an Optimal Method for Dynamic Planar Point Location

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Black-Box Garbled RAM

Sanjam Garg, Steve Lu, Rafail Ostrovsky

Black-Box Garbled RAM

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Optimal Auctions vs. Anonymous Pricing

Saeed Alaei, Jason D. Hartline, Rad Niazadeh, Emmanouil Pountourakis, Yang Yuan

Optimal Auctions vs. Anonymous Pricing

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Input Sparsity and Hardness for Robust Subspace Approximation

Kenneth L. Clarkson, David P. Woodruff

Input Sparsity and Hardness for Robust Subspace Approximation

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Satisfiability of Ordering CSPs above Average is Fixed-Parameter Tractable

Konstantin Makarychev, Yury Makarychev, Yuan Zhou

Satisfiability of Ordering CSPs above Average is Fixed-Parameter Tractable

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Guaranteed Matrix Completion via Nonconvex Factorization

Ruoyu Sun, Zhi-Quan Luo

Guaranteed Matrix Completion via Nonconvex Factorization

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Uniform Generation of Random Regular Graphs

Pu Gao, Nicholas C. Wormald

Uniform Generation of Random Regular Graphs

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The Minimum Principle of SINR: A Useful Discretization Tool for Wireless Communication

Erez Kantor, Zvi Lotker, Merav Parter, David Peleg

The Minimum Principle of SINR: A Useful Discretization Tool for Wireless Communication

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Isomorphism Testing for Graphs of Bounded Rank Width

Martin Grohe, Pascal Schweitzer

Isomorphism Testing for Graphs of Bounded Rank Width

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Near-Optimal Bounds on Bounded-Round Quantum Communication Complexity of Disjointness

Mark Braverman, Ankit Garg, Young Kun-Ko, Jieming Mao, Dave Touchette

Near-Optimal Bounds on Bounded-Round Quantum Communication Complexity of Disjointness

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An Average-Case Depth Hierarchy Theorem for Boolean Circuits

Benjamin Rossman, Rocco A. Servedio, Li-Yang Tan

An Average-Case Depth Hierarchy Theorem for Boolean Circuits

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Talagrand's Convolution Conjecture on Gaussian Space

Ronen Eldan, James R. Lee

Talagrand's Convolution Conjecture on Gaussian Space

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FO Model Checking on Posets of Bounded Width

Jakub Gajarský, Petr Hlinený, Daniel Lokshtanov, Jan Obdrzálek, Sebastian Ordyniak, M. S. Ramanujan, Saket Saurabh

FO Model Checking on Posets of Bounded Width

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Random Matrices: l1 Concentration and Dictionary Learning with Few Samples

Kyle Luh, Van Vu

Random Matrices: l1 Concentration and Dictionary Learning with Few Samples

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Incidences between Points and Lines in R^4

Micha Sharir, Noam Solomon

Incidences between Points and Lines in R^4

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Breaking the Variance: Approximating the Hamming Distance in 1/ε Time Per Alignment

Tsvi Kopelowitz, Ely Porat

Breaking the Variance: Approximating the Hamming Distance in 1/ε Time Per Alignment

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Hashing for Statistics over K-Partitions

Søren Dahlgaard, Mathias Bæk Tejs Knudsen, Eva Rotenberg, Mikkel Thorup

Hashing for Statistics over K-Partitions

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Approximating ATSP by Relaxing Connectivity

Ola Svensson

Approximating ATSP by Relaxing Connectivity

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Deterministic Divisibility Testing via Shifted Partial Derivatives

Michael A. Forbes

Deterministic Divisibility Testing via Shifted Partial Derivatives

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Local Correlation Breakers and Applications to Three-Source Extractors and Mergers

Gil Cohen

Local Correlation Breakers and Applications to Three-Source Extractors and Mergers

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Welfare Maximization with Limited Interaction

Noga Alon, Noam Nisan, Ran Raz, Omri Weinstein

Welfare Maximization with Limited Interaction

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Trading Query Complexity for Sample-Based Testing and Multi-testing Scalability

Eldar Fischer, Oded Lachish, Yadu Vasudev

Trading Query Complexity for Sample-Based Testing and Multi-testing Scalability

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Reality Distortion: Exact and Approximate Algorithms for Embedding into the Line

Amir Nayyeri, Benjamin Raichel

Reality Distortion: Exact and Approximate Algorithms for Embedding into the Line

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If the Current Clique Algorithms are Optimal, So is Valiant's Parser

Amir Abboud, Arturs Backurs, Virginia Vassilevska Williams

If the Current Clique Algorithms are Optimal, So is Valiant's Parser

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Limits on the Power of Indistinguishability Obfuscation and Functional Encryption

Gilad Asharov, Gil Segev

Limits on the Power of Indistinguishability Obfuscation and Functional Encryption

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On the Cryptographic Hardness of Finding a Nash Equilibrium

Nir Bitansky, Omer Paneth, Alon Rosen

On the Cryptographic Hardness of Finding a Nash Equilibrium

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Tight Hardness Results for LCS and Other Sequence Similarity Measures

Amir Abboud, Arturs Backurs, Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Tight Hardness Results for LCS and Other Sequence Similarity Measures

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Robust Testing of Lifted Codes with Applications to Low-Degree Testing

Alan Guo, Elad Haramaty, Madhu Sudan

Robust Testing of Lifted Codes with Applications to Low-Degree Testing

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Hardness of Approximation in PSPACE and Separation Results for Pebble Games

Siu Man Chan, Massimo Lauria, Jakob Nordström, Marc Vinyals

Hardness of Approximation in PSPACE and Separation Results for Pebble Games

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