MFCS 2019 is organized in cooperation with EATCS
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Conference Program
Program Overview
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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(August 26th) |
(August 27th) |
(August 28th) |
(August 29th) |
(August 30th) |
08:20-08:50 |
Registration |
Registration & Refreshments |
08:50-09:00 |
Opening |
09:00-10:00 |
Invited Talk: Kurt Mehlhorn |
Invited Talk: Alexandra Silva |
Invited Talk: Daniel Lokshtanov |
Invited Talk: Kavitha Telikepalli |
Invited Talk: Jérôme Leroux |
10:00-10:40 |
Coffee Break |
10:40-12:00 |
Session 1A/1B |
Session 4A/4B |
Session 7A/7B |
Session 9A/9B |
Session 12A/12B |
Closing |
12:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00-15:40 |
Session 2A/2B |
Session 5A/5B |
Session 8A/8B |
Session 10A/10B |
Workshops: ARDA 2019 Fri. 14:00 - 19:00 Structural Sparseness Fri. 14:00 - 19:00 Sat. 9:00 - 16:00 |
15:40-16:10 |
Coffee Break |
16:10-17:30 |
Session 3A/3B |
Session 6A/6B |
16:30 Social Program & Conference Dinner |
Session 11A/11B |
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17:30 Welcome reception |
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Monday, August 26th |
08:20 - 08:50 |
Registration & Refreshments |
08:50 - 09:00 |
Opening |
09:00 - 10:00 |
Invited Talk: Kurt Mehlhorn Trustworthy Graph Algorithms |
10:00 - 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
10:40 - 12:00 |
1A - Online Algorithms |
1B - Games |
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M. Bieńkowski, H. Liu An Improved Online Algorithm for Traveling Repairperson Problem on a Line |
P. Bouyer, N. Thomasset Nash equilibria in games over graphs equipped with a communication mechanism |
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M. de Lima, M. Halldórsson Query-Competitive Sorting with Uncertainty |
P. Parys Parity Games: Zielonka's Algorithm in Quasi-Polynomial Time |
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M. Bieńkowski, J. Byrka, M. Chrobak, C. Coester, Ł. Jeż, E. Koutsoupias Better Bounds for Online Line Chasing |
G. Avni, T. Henzinger, D. Žikelić Bidding Mechanisms in Graph Games |
12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 - 15:40 |
2A - Graph Algorithms |
2B - First-Order Logic |
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A. Konstantinidis, C. Papadopoulos Cluster Deletion on Interval Graphs and Split Related Graphs |
E. Kieroński One-dimensional guarded fragments |
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H. Le, V. Bang Le Constrained representations of map graphs and half-squares |
D. Danielski, E. Kieroński Finite Satisfiability of Unary Negation Fragment with Transitivity |
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B. Martin, D. Paulusma, S. Smith Colouring H-free Graphs of Bounded Diameter |
L. Tendera, I. Pratt-Hartmann Fluted Fragment with Transitivity |
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V. Chepoi, A. Labourel, S. Ratel Distance labeling schemes for cube-free median graphs |
A. Haak, J. Kontinen, F. Müller, H. Vollmer, F. Yang Counting of Teams in First-Order Team Logics |
15:40 - 16:10 |
Coffee Break |
16:10 - 17:30 |
3A - Approximation Algorithms |
3B - Algebraic and Differential Equations |
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Z. Nutov, G. Kortsarz, E. Shalom Approximating activation edge-cover and facility location problems |
O. Bournez, A. Durand Recursion schemes, discrete differential equations and characterization of polynomial time computation |
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C. Konrad, V. Zamaraev Distributed Minimum Vertex Coloring and Maximum Independent Set in Chordal Graphs |
M. Boreale On the coalgebra of partial differential equations |
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E. Bampis, B. Escoffier, A. Teiller Multistage Knapsack |
Z. Gao, S. Jain, B. Khoussainov, W. Li, A. Melnikov, K. Seidel, F. Stephan Random subgroups of rationals |
17:30 |
Welcome Reception |
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Tuesday, August 27th |
08:20 - 09:00 |
Registration & Refreshments |
09:00 - 10:00 |
Invited Talk: Alexandra Silva Guarded Kleene Algebra with Tests: Verification of Uninterpreted Programs in Nearly Linear Time |
10:00 - 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
10:40 - 12:00 |
4A - Parameterized Algorithms I |
4B - Logic I |
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J. Dörfler, M. Roth, J. Schmitt, P. Wellnitz Counting Induced Subgraphs: An Algebraic Approach to #W[1]-hardness |
D. Figueira, V. Ramanathan, P. Weil The Quantifier Alternation Hierarchy of Synchronous Relations |
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S. Bessy, M. Bougeret, R. Krithika, A. Sahu, S. Saurabh, J. Thiebaut, M. Zehavi Packing Arc-Disjoint Cycles in Tournaments |
A. Padmanabha, R. Ramanujam Two variable fragment of Term Modal Logic |
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J. Madathil, R. Sharma, M. Zehavi A Sub-exponential FPT Algorithm and a Polynomial Kernel for Minimum Directed Bisection on Semicomplete Digraphs |
E. Grädel, S. Schalthöfer Choiceless Logarithmic Space |
12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 - 15:40 |
5A - Parameterized Algorithms II |
5B - Logic II + Approximation |
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R. Červený, O. Suchy Faster FPT Algorithm for 5-Path Vertex Cover |
V. Lagerkvist, G. Nordh On the Strength of Uniqueness Quantification in Primitive Positive Formulas |
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D. Knop, T. Masařík, T. Toufar Parameterized Complexity of Fair Vertex Evaluation Problems |
M. Garlík Resolution Lower Bounds for Refutation Statements |
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L. Jaffke, P. Thome de Lima A Complexity Dichotomy for Critical Values of the b-Chromatic Number of Graphs |
E. Fluck Tangles and Single Linkage Hierarchical Clustering |
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A. Agrawal, P. Jain, L. Kanesh, S. Saurabh Parameterized Complexity of Conflict-Free Matchings and Paths |
I. Haviv Approximating the Orthogonality Dimension of Graphs and Hypergraphs |
15:40 - 16:10 |
Coffee Break |
16:10 - 17:30 |
6A - Parameterized Algorithms III |
6B - Graphs, Groups and Words |
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C. Einarson, F. Reidl Domination above r-independence: Does sparseness help? |
M. Lohrey, A. Weiß The power word problem |
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E. Galby, P. Thome de Lima, B. Ries Reducing the domination number of graphs via edge contractions |
J. Day, F. Manea, D. Nowotka Upper Bounds on the Length of Minimal Solutions to Certain Quadratic Word Equations |
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E. Eiben, R. Ganian, T. Hamm, O. Kwon Measuring what Matters: A Hybrid Approach to Dynamic Programming with Treewidth |
S. Kiefer, D. Neuen The Power of the Weisfeiler-Leman Algorithm to Decompose Graphs |
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Wednesday, August 28th |
08:20 - 09:00 |
Registration & Refreshments |
09:00 - 10:00 |
Invited Talk: Daniel Lokshtanov Picking Random Vertices |
10:00 - 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
10:40 - 12:00 |
7A - Complexity & Decidability I |
7B - Expressability |
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N. Aubrun, S. Barbieri, E. Moutot The Domino Problem is Undecidable on Surface Groups |
N. Galesi, D. Itsykson, A. Riazanov, A. Sofronova Bounded-depth Frege complexity of Tseitin formulas for all graphs |
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T. Dose P-Optimal Proof Systems for Each NP-Set but no Complete Disjoint NP-pairs Relative to an Oracle |
P. Clairambault, A. Murawski On the expressivity of linear recursion schemes |
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M. Hoyrup, D. Stull Semicomputable points in Euclidean spaces |
F. Koechlin, C. Nicaud, P. Rotondo Uniform Random Expressions Lack Expressivity |
12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 - 15:20 |
8A - Complexity & Decidability II |
8B - Temporal, Geometric and Quantum Algorithms |
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C. Ramya, R. Rao B V Lower bounds for multilinear order-restricted ABPs |
T. Carette, D. Horsman, S. Perdrix SZX-calculus: Scalable Graphical Quantum Reasoning |
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N. Gupta, C. Saha On the symmetries of and equivalence test for design polynomials |
K. Chen, A. Dumitrescu, W. Mulzer, C. Toth On the Stretch Factor of Polygonal Chains |
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J. Böker, Y. Chen, M. Grohe, G. Rattan The Complexity of Homomorphism Indistinguishability |
J. Enright, K. Meeks, G. Mertzios, V. Zamaraev Deleting edges to restrict the size of an epidemic in temporal networks |
15:20 - 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
16:15 - 22:00 |
Social Event & Conference Dinner |
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Thursday, August 29th |
08:20 - 09:00 |
Registration & Refreshments |
09:00 - 10:00 |
Invited Talk: Kavitha Telikepalli Popular Matchings: Good, Bad, and Mixed |
10:00 - 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
10:40 - 12:00 |
9A - Counting and Enumeration |
9B - Automata and Formal Languages I |
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C. Berkholz, N. Schweikardt Constant delay enumeration with FPT-preprocessing for conjunctive queries of bounded submodular width |
N. Lhote, V. Michielini, M. Skrzypczak Uniformisation gives the full strength of regular languages |
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A. Bulatov, A. Kazeminia Counting Homomorphisms Modulo a Prime Number |
W. Czerwiński, S. Lasota, C. Löding, R. Piórkowski New Pumping Technique for 2-dimensional VASS |
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A. Bulatov, S. Živný Approximate counting CSP seen from the other side |
H. Fernau, V. V. Gusev, S. Hoffmann, M. Holzer, M. V. Volkov, P. Wolf Computational Complexity of Synchronization under Regular Constraints |
12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 - 15:40 |
10A - Faster Algorithms |
10B - Automata and Formal Languages II |
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T. Hagerup A Constant-Time Colored Choice Dictionary with Almost Robust Iteration |
A. Dennunzio, E. Formenti, D. Grinberg, L. Margara Additive Cellular Automata Over Finite Abelian Groups: Topological and Measure Theoretic Properties |
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S. Baswana, S. Gupta, A. Tulsyan Fault Tolerant and Fully Dynamic DFS in Undirected Graphs: Simple Yet Efficient |
S. Bose, K. Shankara Narayanan, A. Muscholl, V. Penelle, G. Puppis On Synthesis of Resynchronizers for Transducers |
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R. Clifford, P. Gawrychowski, T. Kociumaka, D. Martin, P. Uznański RLE edit distance in near optimal time |
P. Bell, M. Hirvensalo Acceptance Ambiguity for Quantum Automata |
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S. Chakraborty, K. Sadakane Indexing Graph Search Trees and Applications |
P. Bille, I. Li Gørtz From Regular Expression Matching to Parsing |
15:40 - 16:10 |
Coffee Break |
16:10 - 17:30 |
11A - Combinatorial Algorithms |
11B - Automata and Formal Languages III |
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E. Aichinger Solving systems of equations in supernilpotent algebras |
T. Lopez, B. Monmege, J. Talbot Determinisation of Finitely-Ambiguous Copyless Cost Register Automata |
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A. Conte, R. Grossi, M. Moustapha Kanté, A. Marino, T. Uno, K. Wasa Listing Induced Steiner Subgraphs as a Compact Way to Discover Steiner Trees in Graphs |
M. Droste, P. Gastin Aperiodic Weighted Automata and Weighted First-Order Logic |
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S. Gaspers, R. Li Enumeration of Preferred Extensions in Almost Oriented Digraphs |
P. Ganty, E. Gutiérrez, P. Valero A Congruence-based Perspective on Automata Minimization Algorithms |
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Friday, August 30th |
08:20 - 09:00 |
Registration & Refreshments |
09:00 - 10:00 |
Invited Talk: Jérôme Leroux Petri Net Reachability Problem |
10:00 - 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
10:40 - 12:00 |
12A - Reconfiguration problems |
12B - Matrices |
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E. Burjons Pujol, F. Frei, E. Hemaspaandra, D. Komm, D. Wehner Finding Optimal Solutions With Neighborly Help |
C. Carlson, K. Chandrasekaran, H. Chang, N. Kakimura, A. Kolla Spectral Aspects of Symmetric Matrix Signings |
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H. Mizuta, T. Hatanaka, T. Ito, X. Zhou Reconfiguration of Minimum Steiner Trees via Vertex Exchanges |
S. Kiefer, C. Widdershoven Efficient Analysis of Unambiguous Automata Using Matrix Semigroup Techniques |
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M. Bonamy, N. Bousquet, M. Heinrich, T. Ito, Y. Kobayashi, A. Mary, M. Muehlenthaler, K. Wasa The Perfect Matching Reconfiguration Problem |
P. Bell, I. Potapov, P. Semukhin On the Mortality Problem: from multiplicative matrix equations to linear recurrence sequences and beyond |
12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 - 19:00 |
Workshops |
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