--- _id: '635' abstract: - lang: eng text: Memory-hard functions (MHFs) are hash algorithms whose evaluation cost is dominated by memory cost. As memory, unlike computation, costs about the same across different platforms, MHFs cannot be evaluated at significantly lower cost on dedicated hardware like ASICs. MHFs have found widespread applications including password hashing, key derivation, and proofs-of-work. This paper focuses on scrypt, a simple candidate MHF designed by Percival, and described in RFC 7914. It has been used within a number of cryptocurrencies (e.g., Litecoin and Dogecoin) and has been an inspiration for Argon2d, one of the winners of the recent password-hashing competition. Despite its popularity, no rigorous lower bounds on its memory complexity are known. We prove that scrypt is optimally memory-hard, i.e., its cumulative memory complexity (cmc) in the parallel random oracle model is Ω(n2w), where w and n are the output length and number of invocations of the underlying hash function, respectively. High cmc is a strong security target for MHFs introduced by Alwen and Serbinenko (STOC’15) which implies high memory cost even for adversaries who can amortize the cost over many evaluations and evaluate the underlying hash functions many times in parallel. Our proof is the first showing optimal memory-hardness for any MHF. Our result improves both quantitatively and qualitatively upon the recent work by Alwen et al. (EUROCRYPT’16) who proved a weaker lower bound of Ω(n2w/ log2 n) for a restricted class of adversaries. alternative_title: - LNCS author: - first_name: Joel F full_name: Alwen, Joel F id: 2A8DFA8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Alwen - first_name: Binchi full_name: Chen, Binchi last_name: Chen - first_name: Krzysztof Z full_name: Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z id: 3E04A7AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pietrzak orcid: 0000-0002-9139-1654 - first_name: Leonid full_name: Reyzin, Leonid last_name: Reyzin - first_name: Stefano full_name: Tessaro, Stefano last_name: Tessaro citation: ama: 'Alwen JF, Chen B, Pietrzak KZ, Reyzin L, Tessaro S. Scrypt is maximally memory hard. In: Coron J-S, Buus Nielsen J, eds. Vol 10212. Springer; 2017:33-62. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_2' apa: 'Alwen, J. F., Chen, B., Pietrzak, K. Z., Reyzin, L., & Tessaro, S. (2017). Scrypt is maximally memory hard. In J.-S. Coron & J. Buus Nielsen (Eds.) (Vol. 10212, pp. 33–62). Presented at the EUROCRYPT: Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Paris, France: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_2' chicago: Alwen, Joel F, Binchi Chen, Krzysztof Z Pietrzak, Leonid Reyzin, and Stefano Tessaro. “Scrypt Is Maximally Memory Hard.” edited by Jean-Sébastien Coron and Jesper Buus Nielsen, 10212:33–62. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_2. ieee: 'J. F. Alwen, B. Chen, K. Z. Pietrzak, L. Reyzin, and S. Tessaro, “Scrypt is maximally memory hard,” presented at the EUROCRYPT: Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Paris, France, 2017, vol. 10212, pp. 33–62.' ista: 'Alwen JF, Chen B, Pietrzak KZ, Reyzin L, Tessaro S. 2017. Scrypt is maximally memory hard. EUROCRYPT: Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, LNCS, vol. 10212, 33–62.' mla: Alwen, Joel F., et al. Scrypt Is Maximally Memory Hard. Edited by Jean-Sébastien Coron and Jesper Buus Nielsen, vol. 10212, Springer, 2017, pp. 33–62, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_2. short: J.F. Alwen, B. Chen, K.Z. Pietrzak, L. Reyzin, S. Tessaro, in:, J.-S. Coron, J. Buus Nielsen (Eds.), Springer, 2017, pp. 33–62. conference: end_date: 2017-05-04 location: Paris, France name: 'EUROCRYPT: Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques' start_date: 2017-04-30 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:37Z date_published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:07:10Z day: '01' department: - _id: KrPi doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_2 ec_funded: 1 editor: - first_name: Jean-Sébastien full_name: Coron, Jean-Sébastien last_name: Coron - first_name: Jesper full_name: Buus Nielsen, Jesper last_name: Buus Nielsen intvolume: ' 10212' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/989 month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 33 - 62 project: - _id: 258AA5B2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '682815' name: Teaching Old Crypto New Tricks publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-331956616-0 publication_status: published publisher: Springer publist_id: '7154' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Scrypt is maximally memory hard type: conference user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 10212 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '636' abstract: - lang: eng text: Signal regular expressions can specify sequential properties of real-valued signals based on threshold conditions, regular operations, and duration constraints. In this paper we endow them with a quantitative semantics which indicates how robustly a signal matches or does not match a given expression. First, we show that this semantics is a safe approximation of a distance between the signal and the language defined by the expression. Then, we consider the robust matching problem, that is, computing the quantitative semantics of every segment of a given signal relative to an expression. We present an algorithm that solves this problem for piecewise-constant and piecewise-linear signals and show that for such signals the robustness map is a piecewise-linear function. The availability of an indicator describing how robustly a signal segment matches some regular pattern provides a general framework for quantitative monitoring of cyber-physical systems. alternative_title: - LNCS author: - first_name: Alexey full_name: Bakhirkin, Alexey last_name: Bakhirkin - first_name: Thomas full_name: Ferrere, Thomas id: 40960E6E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Ferrere orcid: 0000-0001-5199-3143 - first_name: Oded full_name: Maler, Oded last_name: Maler - first_name: Dogan full_name: Ulus, Dogan last_name: Ulus citation: ama: 'Bakhirkin A, Ferrere T, Maler O, Ulus D. On the quantitative semantics of regular expressions over real-valued signals. In: Abate A, Geeraerts G, eds. Vol 10419. Springer; 2017:189-206. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65765-3_11' apa: 'Bakhirkin, A., Ferrere, T., Maler, O., & Ulus, D. (2017). On the quantitative semantics of regular expressions over real-valued signals. In A. Abate & G. Geeraerts (Eds.) (Vol. 10419, pp. 189–206). Presented at the FORMATS: Formal Modelling and Analysis of Timed Systems, Berlin, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65765-3_11' chicago: Bakhirkin, Alexey, Thomas Ferrere, Oded Maler, and Dogan Ulus. “On the Quantitative Semantics of Regular Expressions over Real-Valued Signals.” edited by Alessandro Abate and Gilles Geeraerts, 10419:189–206. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65765-3_11. ieee: 'A. Bakhirkin, T. Ferrere, O. Maler, and D. Ulus, “On the quantitative semantics of regular expressions over real-valued signals,” presented at the FORMATS: Formal Modelling and Analysis of Timed Systems, Berlin, Germany, 2017, vol. 10419, pp. 189–206.' ista: 'Bakhirkin A, Ferrere T, Maler O, Ulus D. 2017. On the quantitative semantics of regular expressions over real-valued signals. FORMATS: Formal Modelling and Analysis of Timed Systems, LNCS, vol. 10419, 189–206.' mla: Bakhirkin, Alexey, et al. On the Quantitative Semantics of Regular Expressions over Real-Valued Signals. Edited by Alessandro Abate and Gilles Geeraerts, vol. 10419, Springer, 2017, pp. 189–206, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65765-3_11. short: A. Bakhirkin, T. Ferrere, O. Maler, D. Ulus, in:, A. Abate, G. Geeraerts (Eds.), Springer, 2017, pp. 189–206. conference: end_date: 2017-09-07 location: Berlin, Germany name: 'FORMATS: Formal Modelling and Analysis of Timed Systems' start_date: 2017-09-05 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:38Z date_published: 2017-08-03T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:07:14Z day: '03' department: - _id: ToHe doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-65765-3_11 editor: - first_name: Alessandro full_name: Abate, Alessandro last_name: Abate - first_name: Gilles full_name: Geeraerts, Gilles last_name: Geeraerts intvolume: ' 10419' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01552132 month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 189 - 206 project: - _id: 25F5A88A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: S11402-N23 name: Moderne Concurrency Paradigms - _id: 25F42A32-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z211 name: The Wittgenstein Prize publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-331965764-6 publication_status: published publisher: Springer publist_id: '7152' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: On the quantitative semantics of regular expressions over real-valued signals type: conference user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 10419 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '638' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th InternationalWorkshop on Numerical Software Verification, NSV 2016, held in Toronto, ON, Canada in July 2011 - colocated with CAV 2016, the 28th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification.\r\nThe NSV workshop is dedicated to the development of logical and mathematical techniques for the reasoning about programmability and reliability." article_processing_charge: No citation: ama: Bogomolov S, Martel M, Prabhakar P, eds. Numerical Software Verification. Vol 10152. Springer; 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54292-8 apa: 'Bogomolov, S., Martel, M., & Prabhakar, P. (Eds.). (2017). Numerical Software Verification (Vol. 10152). Presented at the NSV: Numerical Software Verification, Toronto, ON, Canada: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54292-8' chicago: Bogomolov, Sergiy, Matthieu Martel, and Pavithra Prabhakar, eds. Numerical Software Verification. Vol. 10152. LNCS. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54292-8. ieee: S. Bogomolov, M. Martel, and P. Prabhakar, Eds., Numerical Software Verification, vol. 10152. Springer, 2017. ista: Bogomolov S, Martel M, Prabhakar P eds. 2017. Numerical Software Verification, Springer,p. mla: Bogomolov, Sergiy, et al., editors. Numerical Software Verification. Vol. 10152, Springer, 2017, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54292-8. short: S. Bogomolov, M. Martel, P. Prabhakar, eds., Numerical Software Verification, Springer, 2017. conference: end_date: 2016-07-18 location: Toronto, ON, Canada name: 'NSV: Numerical Software Verification' start_date: 2016-07-17 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:38Z date_published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2022-05-24T07:09:52Z day: '01' department: - _id: ToHe doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-54292-8 editor: - first_name: Sergiy full_name: Bogomolov, Sergiy id: 369D9A44-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bogomolov orcid: 0000-0002-0686-0365 - first_name: Matthieu full_name: Martel, Matthieu last_name: Martel - first_name: Pavithra full_name: Prabhakar, Pavithra last_name: Prabhakar intvolume: ' 10152' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa_version: None publication_identifier: eisbn: - 978-3-319-54292-8 issn: - 0302-9743 publication_status: published publisher: Springer publist_id: '7150' quality_controlled: '1' series_title: LNCS status: public title: Numerical Software Verification type: conference_editor user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 10152 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '640' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Data-independent Memory Hard Functions (iMHFS) are finding a growing number of applications in security; especially in the domain of password hashing. An important property of a concrete iMHF is specified by fixing a directed acyclic graph (DAG) Gn on n nodes. The quality of that iMHF is then captured by the following two pebbling complexities of Gn: – The parallel cumulative pebbling complexity Π∥cc(Gn) must be as high as possible (to ensure that the amortized cost of computing the function on dedicated hardware is dominated by the cost of memory). – The sequential space-time pebbling complexity Πst(Gn) should be as close as possible to Π∥cc(Gn) (to ensure that using many cores in parallel and amortizing over many instances does not give much of an advantage). In this paper we construct a family of DAGs with best possible parameters in an asymptotic sense, i.e., where Π∥cc(Gn) = Ω(n2/ log(n)) (which matches a known upper bound) and Πst(Gn) is within a constant factor of Π∥cc(Gn). Our analysis relies on a new connection between the pebbling complexity of a DAG and its depth-robustness (DR) – a well studied combinatorial property. We show that high DR is sufficient for high Π∥cc. Alwen and Blocki (CRYPTO’16) showed that high DR is necessary and so, together, these results fully characterize DAGs with high Π∥cc in terms of DR. Complementing these results, we provide new upper and lower bounds on the Π∥cc of several important candidate iMHFs from the literature. We give the first lower bounds on the memory hardness of the Catena and Balloon Hashing functions in a parallel model of computation and we give the first lower bounds of any kind for (a version) of Argon2i. Finally we describe a new class of pebbling attacks improving on those of Alwen and Blocki (CRYPTO’16). By instantiating these attacks we upperbound the Π∥cc of the Password Hashing Competition winner Argon2i and one of the Balloon Hashing functions by O (n1.71). We also show an upper bound of O(n1.625) for the Catena functions and the two remaining Balloon Hashing functions.' alternative_title: - LNCS author: - first_name: Joel F full_name: Alwen, Joel F id: 2A8DFA8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Alwen - first_name: Jeremiah full_name: Blocki, Jeremiah last_name: Blocki - first_name: Krzysztof Z full_name: Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z id: 3E04A7AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pietrzak orcid: 0000-0002-9139-1654 citation: ama: 'Alwen JF, Blocki J, Pietrzak KZ. Depth-robust graphs and their cumulative memory complexity. In: Coron J-S, Buus Nielsen J, eds. Vol 10212. Springer; 2017:3-32. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_1' apa: 'Alwen, J. F., Blocki, J., & Pietrzak, K. Z. (2017). Depth-robust graphs and their cumulative memory complexity. In J.-S. Coron & J. Buus Nielsen (Eds.) (Vol. 10212, pp. 3–32). Presented at the EUROCRYPT: Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Paris, France: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_1' chicago: Alwen, Joel F, Jeremiah Blocki, and Krzysztof Z Pietrzak. “Depth-Robust Graphs and Their Cumulative Memory Complexity.” edited by Jean-Sébastien Coron and Jesper Buus Nielsen, 10212:3–32. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_1. ieee: 'J. F. Alwen, J. Blocki, and K. Z. Pietrzak, “Depth-robust graphs and their cumulative memory complexity,” presented at the EUROCRYPT: Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Paris, France, 2017, vol. 10212, pp. 3–32.' ista: 'Alwen JF, Blocki J, Pietrzak KZ. 2017. Depth-robust graphs and their cumulative memory complexity. EUROCRYPT: Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, LNCS, vol. 10212, 3–32.' mla: Alwen, Joel F., et al. Depth-Robust Graphs and Their Cumulative Memory Complexity. Edited by Jean-Sébastien Coron and Jesper Buus Nielsen, vol. 10212, Springer, 2017, pp. 3–32, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_1. short: J.F. Alwen, J. Blocki, K.Z. Pietrzak, in:, J.-S. Coron, J. Buus Nielsen (Eds.), Springer, 2017, pp. 3–32. conference: end_date: 2017-05-04 location: Paris, France name: 'EUROCRYPT: Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques' start_date: 2017-04-30 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:39Z date_published: 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:07:22Z day: '01' department: - _id: KrPi doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-56617-7_1 ec_funded: 1 editor: - first_name: Jean-Sébastien full_name: Coron, Jean-Sébastien last_name: Coron - first_name: Jesper full_name: Buus Nielsen, Jesper last_name: Buus Nielsen intvolume: ' 10212' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/875 month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 3 - 32 project: - _id: 258AA5B2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '682815' name: Teaching Old Crypto New Tricks publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-331956616-0 publication_status: published publisher: Springer publist_id: '7148' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Depth-robust graphs and their cumulative memory complexity type: conference user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 10212 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '641' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'We introduce two novel methods for learning parameters of graphical models for image labelling. The following two tasks underline both methods: (i) perturb model parameters based on given features and ground truth labelings, so as to exactly reproduce these labelings as optima of the local polytope relaxation of the labelling problem; (ii) train a predictor for the perturbed model parameters so that improved model parameters can be applied to the labelling of novel data. Our first method implements task (i) by inverse linear programming and task (ii) using a regressor e.g. a Gaussian process. Our second approach simultaneously solves tasks (i) and (ii) in a joint manner, while being restricted to linearly parameterised predictors. Experiments demonstrate the merits of both approaches.' alternative_title: - LNCS author: - first_name: Vera full_name: Trajkovska, Vera last_name: Trajkovska - first_name: Paul full_name: Swoboda, Paul id: 446560C6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Swoboda - first_name: Freddie full_name: Åström, Freddie last_name: Åström - first_name: Stefanie full_name: Petra, Stefanie last_name: Petra citation: ama: 'Trajkovska V, Swoboda P, Åström F, Petra S. Graphical model parameter learning by inverse linear programming. In: Lauze F, Dong Y, Bjorholm Dahl A, eds. Vol 10302. Springer; 2017:323-334. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58771-4_26' apa: 'Trajkovska, V., Swoboda, P., Åström, F., & Petra, S. (2017). Graphical model parameter learning by inverse linear programming. In F. Lauze, Y. Dong, & A. Bjorholm Dahl (Eds.) (Vol. 10302, pp. 323–334). Presented at the SSVM: Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, Kolding, Denmark: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58771-4_26' chicago: Trajkovska, Vera, Paul Swoboda, Freddie Åström, and Stefanie Petra. “Graphical Model Parameter Learning by Inverse Linear Programming.” edited by François Lauze, Yiqiu Dong, and Anders Bjorholm Dahl, 10302:323–34. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58771-4_26. ieee: 'V. Trajkovska, P. Swoboda, F. Åström, and S. Petra, “Graphical model parameter learning by inverse linear programming,” presented at the SSVM: Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, Kolding, Denmark, 2017, vol. 10302, pp. 323–334.' ista: 'Trajkovska V, Swoboda P, Åström F, Petra S. 2017. Graphical model parameter learning by inverse linear programming. SSVM: Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, LNCS, vol. 10302, 323–334.' mla: Trajkovska, Vera, et al. Graphical Model Parameter Learning by Inverse Linear Programming. Edited by François Lauze et al., vol. 10302, Springer, 2017, pp. 323–34, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58771-4_26. short: V. Trajkovska, P. Swoboda, F. Åström, S. Petra, in:, F. Lauze, Y. Dong, A. Bjorholm Dahl (Eds.), Springer, 2017, pp. 323–334. conference: end_date: 2017-06-08 location: Kolding, Denmark name: 'SSVM: Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision' start_date: 2017-06-04 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:39Z date_published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:07:23Z day: '01' department: - _id: VlKo doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-58771-4_26 editor: - first_name: François full_name: Lauze, François last_name: Lauze - first_name: Yiqiu full_name: Dong, Yiqiu last_name: Dong - first_name: Anders full_name: Bjorholm Dahl, Anders last_name: Bjorholm Dahl intvolume: ' 10302' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa_version: None page: 323 - 334 publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-331958770-7 publication_status: published publisher: Springer publist_id: '7147' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Graphical model parameter learning by inverse linear programming type: conference user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 10302 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '6426' abstract: - lang: eng text: Synchronous programs are easy to specify because the side effects of an operation are finished by the time the invocation of the operation returns to the caller. Asynchronous programs, on the other hand, are difficult to specify because there are side effects due to pending computation scheduled as a result of the invocation of an operation. They are also difficult to verify because of the large number of possible interleavings of concurrent asynchronous computation threads. We show that specifications and correctness proofs for asynchronous programs can be structured by introducing the fiction, for proof purposes, that intermediate, non-quiescent states of asynchronous operations can be ignored. Then, the task of specification becomes relatively simple and the task of verification can be naturally decomposed into smaller sub-tasks. The sub-tasks iteratively summarize, guided by the structure of an asynchronous program, the atomic effect of non-atomic operations and the synchronous effect of asynchronous operations. This structuring of specifications and proofs corresponds to the introduction of multiple layers of stepwise refinement for asynchronous programs. We present the first proof rule, called synchronization, to reduce asynchronous invocations on a lower layer to synchronous invocations on a higher layer. We implemented our proof method in CIVL and evaluated it on a collection of benchmark programs. alternative_title: - IST Austria Technical Report author: - first_name: Thomas A full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Henzinger orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724 - first_name: Bernhard full_name: Kragl, Bernhard id: 320FC952-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kragl orcid: 0000-0001-7745-9117 - first_name: Shaz full_name: Qadeer, Shaz last_name: Qadeer citation: ama: Henzinger TA, Kragl B, Qadeer S. Synchronizing the Asynchronous. IST Austria; 2017. doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2018-853-v2-2 apa: Henzinger, T. A., Kragl, B., & Qadeer, S. (2017). Synchronizing the asynchronous. IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2018-853-v2-2 chicago: Henzinger, Thomas A, Bernhard Kragl, and Shaz Qadeer. Synchronizing the Asynchronous. IST Austria, 2017. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:IST-2018-853-v2-2. ieee: T. A. Henzinger, B. Kragl, and S. Qadeer, Synchronizing the asynchronous. IST Austria, 2017. ista: Henzinger TA, Kragl B, Qadeer S. 2017. Synchronizing the asynchronous, IST Austria, 28p. mla: Henzinger, Thomas A., et al. Synchronizing the Asynchronous. IST Austria, 2017, doi:10.15479/AT:IST-2018-853-v2-2. short: T.A. Henzinger, B. Kragl, S. Qadeer, Synchronizing the Asynchronous, IST Austria, 2017. date_created: 2019-05-13T08:15:55Z date_published: 2017-08-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-21T16:59:21Z day: '04' ddc: - '000' department: - _id: ToHe doi: 10.15479/AT:IST-2018-853-v2-2 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b48d42725182d7ca10107a118815f4cf content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-05-13T08:14:44Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:30Z file_id: '6431' file_name: main(1).pdf file_size: 971347 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:30Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '28' publication_identifier: issn: - 2664-1690 publication_status: published publisher: IST Austria related_material: record: - id: '133' relation: later_version status: public status: public title: Synchronizing the asynchronous type: technical_report user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '643' abstract: - lang: eng text: It has been reported that nicotinamide-overload induces oxidative stress associated with insulin resistance, the key feature of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to investigate the effects of B vitamins in T2DM. Glucose tolerance tests (GTT) were carried out in adult Sprague-Dawley rats treated with or without cumulative doses of B vitamins. More specifically, insulin tolerance tests (ITT) were also carried out in adult Sprague-Dawley rats treated with or without cumulative doses of Vitamin B3. We found that cumulative Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B3 administration significantly increased the plasma H2O2 levels associated with high insulin levels. Only Vitamin B3 reduced muscular and hepatic glycogen contents. Cumulative administration of nicotinic acid, another form of Vitamin B3, also significantly increased plasma insulin level and H2O2 generation. Moreover, cumulative administration of nicotinic acid or nicotinamide impaired glucose metabolism. This study suggested that excess Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B3 caused oxidative stress and insulin resistance. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Wuping full_name: Sun, Wuping last_name: Sun - first_name: Ming-Zhu full_name: Zhai, Ming-Zhu id: 34009CFA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zhai - first_name: Qian full_name: Zhou, Qian last_name: Zhou - first_name: Chengrui full_name: Qian, Chengrui last_name: Qian - first_name: Changyu full_name: Jiang, Changyu last_name: Jiang citation: ama: Sun W, Zhai M-Z, Zhou Q, Qian C, Jiang C. Effects of B vitamins overload on plasma insulin level and hydrogen peroxide generation in rats. Chinese Journal of Physiology. 2017;60(4):207-214. doi:10.4077/CJP.2017.BAF469 apa: Sun, W., Zhai, M.-Z., Zhou, Q., Qian, C., & Jiang, C. (2017). Effects of B vitamins overload on plasma insulin level and hydrogen peroxide generation in rats. Chinese Journal of Physiology. Chinese Physiological Society. https://doi.org/10.4077/CJP.2017.BAF469 chicago: Sun, Wuping, Ming-Zhu Zhai, Qian Zhou, Chengrui Qian, and Changyu Jiang. “Effects of B Vitamins Overload on Plasma Insulin Level and Hydrogen Peroxide Generation in Rats.” Chinese Journal of Physiology. Chinese Physiological Society, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4077/CJP.2017.BAF469. ieee: W. Sun, M.-Z. Zhai, Q. Zhou, C. Qian, and C. Jiang, “Effects of B vitamins overload on plasma insulin level and hydrogen peroxide generation in rats,” Chinese Journal of Physiology, vol. 60, no. 4. Chinese Physiological Society, pp. 207–214, 2017. ista: Sun W, Zhai M-Z, Zhou Q, Qian C, Jiang C. 2017. Effects of B vitamins overload on plasma insulin level and hydrogen peroxide generation in rats. Chinese Journal of Physiology. 60(4), 207–214. mla: Sun, Wuping, et al. “Effects of B Vitamins Overload on Plasma Insulin Level and Hydrogen Peroxide Generation in Rats.” Chinese Journal of Physiology, vol. 60, no. 4, Chinese Physiological Society, 2017, pp. 207–14, doi:10.4077/CJP.2017.BAF469. short: W. Sun, M.-Z. Zhai, Q. Zhou, C. Qian, C. Jiang, Chinese Journal of Physiology 60 (2017) 207–214. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:40Z date_published: 2017-08-31T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:07:28Z day: '31' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: RySh doi: 10.4077/CJP.2017.BAF469 external_id: pmid: - '28847140' intvolume: ' 60' issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa_version: Published Version page: 207 - 214 pmid: 1 publication: Chinese Journal of Physiology publication_identifier: issn: - '03044920' publication_status: published publisher: Chinese Physiological Society publist_id: '7142' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Effects of B vitamins overload on plasma insulin level and hydrogen peroxide generation in rats type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 60 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '642' abstract: - lang: eng text: Cauchy problems with SPDEs on the whole space are localized to Cauchy problems on a ball of radius R. This localization reduces various kinds of spatial approximation schemes to finite dimensional problems. The error is shown to be exponentially small. As an application, a numerical scheme is presented which combines the localization and the space and time discretization, and thus is fully implementable. author: - first_name: Mate full_name: Gerencser, Mate id: 44ECEDF2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Gerencser - first_name: István full_name: Gyöngy, István last_name: Gyöngy citation: ama: Gerencser M, Gyöngy I. Localization errors in solving stochastic partial differential equations in the whole space. Mathematics of Computation. 2017;86(307):2373-2397. doi:10.1090/mcom/3201 apa: Gerencser, M., & Gyöngy, I. (2017). Localization errors in solving stochastic partial differential equations in the whole space. Mathematics of Computation. American Mathematical Society. https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/3201 chicago: Gerencser, Mate, and István Gyöngy. “Localization Errors in Solving Stochastic Partial Differential Equations in the Whole Space.” Mathematics of Computation. American Mathematical Society, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/3201. ieee: M. Gerencser and I. Gyöngy, “Localization errors in solving stochastic partial differential equations in the whole space,” Mathematics of Computation, vol. 86, no. 307. American Mathematical Society, pp. 2373–2397, 2017. ista: Gerencser M, Gyöngy I. 2017. Localization errors in solving stochastic partial differential equations in the whole space. Mathematics of Computation. 86(307), 2373–2397. mla: Gerencser, Mate, and István Gyöngy. “Localization Errors in Solving Stochastic Partial Differential Equations in the Whole Space.” Mathematics of Computation, vol. 86, no. 307, American Mathematical Society, 2017, pp. 2373–97, doi:10.1090/mcom/3201. short: M. Gerencser, I. Gyöngy, Mathematics of Computation 86 (2017) 2373–2397. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:40Z date_published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:07:26Z day: '01' department: - _id: JaMa doi: 10.1090/mcom/3201 intvolume: ' 86' issue: '307' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05535 month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 2373 - 2397 publication: Mathematics of Computation publication_identifier: issn: - '00255718' publication_status: published publisher: American Mathematical Society publist_id: '7144' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Localization errors in solving stochastic partial differential equations in the whole space type: journal_article user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 86 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '645' abstract: - lang: eng text: Markov decision processes (MDPs) are standard models for probabilistic systems with non-deterministic behaviours. Long-run average rewards provide a mathematically elegant formalism for expressing long term performance. Value iteration (VI) is one of the simplest and most efficient algorithmic approaches to MDPs with other properties, such as reachability objectives. Unfortunately, a naive extension of VI does not work for MDPs with long-run average rewards, as there is no known stopping criterion. In this work our contributions are threefold. (1) We refute a conjecture related to stopping criteria for MDPs with long-run average rewards. (2) We present two practical algorithms for MDPs with long-run average rewards based on VI. First, we show that a combination of applying VI locally for each maximal end-component (MEC) and VI for reachability objectives can provide approximation guarantees. Second, extending the above approach with a simulation-guided on-demand variant of VI, we present an anytime algorithm that is able to deal with very large models. (3) Finally, we present experimental results showing that our methods significantly outperform the standard approaches on several benchmarks. alternative_title: - LNCS author: - first_name: Pranav full_name: Ashok, Pranav last_name: Ashok - first_name: Krishnendu full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Chatterjee orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X - first_name: Przemyslaw full_name: Daca, Przemyslaw id: 49351290-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Daca - first_name: Jan full_name: Kretinsky, Jan id: 44CEF464-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kretinsky orcid: 0000-0002-8122-2881 - first_name: Tobias full_name: Meggendorfer, Tobias last_name: Meggendorfer citation: ama: 'Ashok P, Chatterjee K, Daca P, Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T. Value iteration for long run average reward in markov decision processes. In: Majumdar R, Kunčak V, eds. Vol 10426. Springer; 2017:201-221. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63387-9_10' apa: 'Ashok, P., Chatterjee, K., Daca, P., Kretinsky, J., & Meggendorfer, T. (2017). Value iteration for long run average reward in markov decision processes. In R. Majumdar & V. Kunčak (Eds.) (Vol. 10426, pp. 201–221). Presented at the CAV: Computer Aided Verification, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63387-9_10' chicago: Ashok, Pranav, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Przemyslaw Daca, Jan Kretinsky, and Tobias Meggendorfer. “Value Iteration for Long Run Average Reward in Markov Decision Processes.” edited by Rupak Majumdar and Viktor Kunčak, 10426:201–21. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63387-9_10. ieee: 'P. Ashok, K. Chatterjee, P. Daca, J. Kretinsky, and T. Meggendorfer, “Value iteration for long run average reward in markov decision processes,” presented at the CAV: Computer Aided Verification, Heidelberg, Germany, 2017, vol. 10426, pp. 201–221.' ista: 'Ashok P, Chatterjee K, Daca P, Kretinsky J, Meggendorfer T. 2017. Value iteration for long run average reward in markov decision processes. CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 10426, 201–221.' mla: Ashok, Pranav, et al. Value Iteration for Long Run Average Reward in Markov Decision Processes. Edited by Rupak Majumdar and Viktor Kunčak, vol. 10426, Springer, 2017, pp. 201–21, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63387-9_10. short: P. Ashok, K. Chatterjee, P. Daca, J. Kretinsky, T. Meggendorfer, in:, R. Majumdar, V. Kunčak (Eds.), Springer, 2017, pp. 201–221. conference: end_date: 2017-07-28 location: Heidelberg, Germany name: 'CAV: Computer Aided Verification' start_date: 2017-07-24 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:41Z date_published: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:07:32Z day: '13' department: - _id: KrCh doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-63387-9_10 ec_funded: 1 editor: - first_name: Rupak full_name: Majumdar, Rupak last_name: Majumdar - first_name: Viktor full_name: Kunčak, Viktor last_name: Kunčak intvolume: ' 10426' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.02326 month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 201 - 221 project: - _id: 25892FC0-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: ICT15-003 name: Efficient Algorithms for Computer Aided Verification - _id: 25863FF4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: S11407 name: Game Theory - _id: 2581B60A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '279307' name: 'Quantitative Graph Games: Theory and Applications' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-331963386-2 publication_status: published publisher: Springer publist_id: '7135' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Value iteration for long run average reward in markov decision processes type: conference user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 10426 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '644' abstract: - lang: eng text: An instance of the valued constraint satisfaction problem (VCSP) is given by a finite set of variables, a finite domain of labels, and a sum of functions, each function depending on a subset of the variables. Each function can take finite values specifying costs of assignments of labels to its variables or the infinite value, which indicates an infeasible assignment. The goal is to find an assignment of labels to the variables that minimizes the sum. We study, assuming that P 6= NP, how the complexity of this very general problem depends on the set of functions allowed in the instances, the so-called constraint language. The case when all allowed functions take values in f0;1g corresponds to ordinary CSPs, where one deals only with the feasibility issue, and there is no optimization. This case is the subject of the algebraic CSP dichotomy conjecture predicting for which constraint languages CSPs are tractable (i.e., solvable in polynomial time) and for which they are NP-hard. The case when all allowed functions take only finite values corresponds to a finitevalued CSP, where the feasibility aspect is trivial and one deals only with the optimization issue. The complexity of finite-valued CSPs was fully classified by Thapper and Živný. An algebraic necessary condition for tractability of a general-valued CSP with a fixed constraint language was recently given by Kozik and Ochremiak. As our main result, we prove that if a constraint language satisfies this algebraic necessary condition, and the feasibility CSP (i.e., the problem of deciding whether a given instance has a feasible solution) corresponding to the VCSP with this language is tractable, then the VCSP is tractable. The algorithm is a simple combination of the assumed algorithm for the feasibility CSP and the standard LP relaxation. As a corollary, we obtain that a dichotomy for ordinary CSPs would imply a dichotomy for general-valued CSPs. author: - first_name: Vladimir full_name: Kolmogorov, Vladimir id: 3D50B0BA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kolmogorov - first_name: Andrei full_name: Krokhin, Andrei last_name: Krokhin - first_name: Michal full_name: Rolinek, Michal id: 3CB3BC06-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Rolinek citation: ama: Kolmogorov V, Krokhin A, Rolinek M. The complexity of general-valued CSPs. SIAM Journal on Computing. 2017;46(3):1087-1110. doi:10.1137/16M1091836 apa: Kolmogorov, V., Krokhin, A., & Rolinek, M. (2017). The complexity of general-valued CSPs. SIAM Journal on Computing. SIAM. https://doi.org/10.1137/16M1091836 chicago: Kolmogorov, Vladimir, Andrei Krokhin, and Michal Rolinek. “The Complexity of General-Valued CSPs.” SIAM Journal on Computing. SIAM, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1137/16M1091836. ieee: V. Kolmogorov, A. Krokhin, and M. Rolinek, “The complexity of general-valued CSPs,” SIAM Journal on Computing, vol. 46, no. 3. SIAM, pp. 1087–1110, 2017. ista: Kolmogorov V, Krokhin A, Rolinek M. 2017. The complexity of general-valued CSPs. SIAM Journal on Computing. 46(3), 1087–1110. mla: Kolmogorov, Vladimir, et al. “The Complexity of General-Valued CSPs.” SIAM Journal on Computing, vol. 46, no. 3, SIAM, 2017, pp. 1087–110, doi:10.1137/16M1091836. short: V. Kolmogorov, A. Krokhin, M. Rolinek, SIAM Journal on Computing 46 (2017) 1087–1110. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:40Z date_published: 2017-06-29T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T10:07:49Z day: '29' department: - _id: VlKo doi: 10.1137/16M1091836 ec_funded: 1 intvolume: ' 46' issue: '3' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.07327 month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint page: 1087 - 1110 project: - _id: 25FBA906-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '616160' name: 'Discrete Optimization in Computer Vision: Theory and Practice' publication: SIAM Journal on Computing publication_status: published publisher: SIAM publist_id: '7138' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '1637' relation: other status: public scopus_import: 1 status: public title: The complexity of general-valued CSPs type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 46 year: '2017' ...