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subexp_makespan_unit_jobs
A Subexponential Time Algorithm for Makespan Scheduling of Unit Jobs with Precedence Constraints
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Subexponential Time Algorithm for Makespan Scheduling of Unit Jobs with Precedence Constraints", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Subexponential Time Algorithm for Makespan Scheduling", "summary": "The paper presents the first subexponential time algorithm ...
21
28
subgraph_counting_dichotomy
A Dichotomy Hierarchy Characterizing Linear Time Subgraph Counting in Bounded Degeneracy Graphs
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Dichotomy Hierarchy Characterizing Linear Time Subgraph Counting in Bounded Degeneracy Graphs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Dichotomy Hierarchy for Subgraph Counting", "summary": "This paper establishes an infinite hierarchy of dichotom...
27
56
submodular_santa_claus
The Submodular Santa Claus Problem
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "The Submodular Santa Claus Problem", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Generalizing from Additive to Submodular Valuations", "summary": "Previous work achieved $O(n^\\epsilon)$ and polylogarithmic approximations for additive valuations, but the best known fo...
21
31
sumsets_real
Sumsets, 3SUM, Subset Sum: Now for Real!
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Sumsets, 3SUM, Subset Sum: Now for Real!", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Real Sumsets and Additive Problems", "summary": "This paper provides near-linear time algorithms for computing sumsets of real numbers, closing a long-standing gap between integer and...
27
30
topological_hell_nesetril
A topological proof of the Hell–Nešetřil dichotomy
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A topological proof of the Hell–Nešetřil dichotomy", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview", "summary": "This paper provides a new, conceptually simpler proof of the Hell-Nešetřil dichotomy theorem for the graph homomorphism problem. The proof combines to...
31
52
tree_indep_evenholefree
Tree Independence Number IV. Even-hole-free Graphs
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Tree Independence Number IV. Even-hole-free Graphs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Algorithmic Complexity on Even-Hole-Free Graphs", "summary": "Even-hole-free graphs share structural similarities with perfect graphs, but the complexity of MAXIMUM WEIGHT...
25
29
triply_efficient_shadow
Triply efficient shadow tomography
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Triply efficient shadow tomography", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Triply Efficient Shadow Tomography", "summary": "This paper introduces 'triply efficient' shadow tomography protocols—methods that are sample-efficient, time-efficient, and require joint me...
27
38
tsp_bridge_lemma
Approximating Traveling Salesman Problems Using a Bridge Lemma
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Approximating Traveling Salesman Problems Using a Bridge Lemma", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Paper Overview", "summary": "The paper presents improved approximation algorithms for two metric Traveling Salesman Problem variants: Ordered TSP (OTSP) and k-Pe...
21
30
tutte_barycentric_surfaces
A Discrete Analog of Tutte’s Barycentric Embeddings on Surfaces
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Discrete Analog of Tutte’s Barycentric Embeddings on Surfaces", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Discrete Tutte Embeddings", "summary": "This paper introduces a purely discrete analog of Tutte's barycentric embedding theorem for surfaces of nonp...
17
26
unique_neighbor_expanders
Unique-neighbor Expanders with Better Expansion for Polynomial-sized Sets
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Unique-neighbor Expanders with Better Expansion for Polynomial-sized Sets", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Unique-neighbor Expanders for Polynomial-sized Sets", "summary": "This paper provides three strongly explicit constructions of unique-neig...
18
29
universal_perfect_samplers
Universal Perfect Samplers for Incremental Streams
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Universal Perfect Samplers for Incremental Streams", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Universal Perfect Samplers for Incremental Streams", "summary": "This paper introduces truly perfect $G$-samplers for incremental data streams. It shows that for a broad cla...
19
25
unrelated_machine_completion
Approximating Unrelated Machine Weighted Completion Time Using Iterative Rounding and Computer Assisted Proofs
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Approximating Unrelated Machine Weighted Completion Time Using Iterative Rounding and Computer Assisted Proofs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation and Prior Work", "summary": "The unrelated machine weighted completion time problem is a classic sch...
12
14
vc_dim_clustering
A Tight VC-Dimension Analysis of Clustering Coresets with Applications
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Tight VC-Dimension Analysis of Clustering Coresets with Applications", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Tight VC-Dimension Analysis of Clustering Coresets", "summary": "This paper provides a sharp, VC-dimension-based analysis for constructing coresets for k...
23
26
weak_coloring_minor
WEAK COLORING NUMBERS OF MINOR-CLOSED GRAPH CLASSES
null
2,025
SODA 2025
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "WEAK COLORING NUMBERS OF MINOR-CLOSED GRAPH CLASSES", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Weak Coloring Numbers in Minor-Closed Classes", "summary": "The paper determines the growth rate of the $r$-th weak coloring number of graphs excluding a fixed ...
22
35
-approximation_algorithm_general
A $(2 + \epsilon)$-approximation algorithm for the general scheduling problem in quasipolynomial time
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A $(2 + \\epsilon)$-approximation algorithm for the general scheduling problem in quasipolynomial time", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of $(2+\\epsilon)$-approximation for GSP", "summary": "The paper presents a quasi-polynomial time $(2+\\epsilon)...
15
33
algebraic_closure_matrix
Algebraic Closure of Matrix Sets Recognized by 1-VASS
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Algebraic Closure of Matrix Sets Recognized by 1-VASS", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Algebraic Closure of Matrix Sets Recognized by 1-VASS", "summary": "This paper investigates the computability of the Zariski closure of matrix sets defined by formal lang...
21
26
algorithmic_improvements_list
Algorithmic Improvements to List Decoding of Folded Reed-Solomon Codes
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Algorithmic Improvements to List Decoding of Folded Reed-Solomon Codes", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Algorithmic Improvements for FRS Codes", "summary": "This paper presents improved deterministic and randomized algorithms for list decoding F...
26
35
algorithms_lower_bounds
Algorithms and Lower Bounds for the Maximum Overlap of Two Polygons Under Translation
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Algorithms and Lower Bounds for the Maximum Overlap of Two Polygons Under Translation", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Polygon Overlap Algorithms and Lower Bounds", "summary": "This paper presents an $O((nm)^{3/2} \\log(nm))$-time algorithm for ...
30
63
almost_perfect_discrete
(Almost) Perfect Discrete Iterative Load Balancing
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "(Almost) Perfect Discrete Iterative Load Balancing", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "(Almost) Perfect Discrete Iterative Load Balancing", "summary": "The paper proves that discrete iterative load balancing on arbitrary graphs achieves a discrepancy of 3 in a...
19
38
approaching_optimality_solving
Approaching Optimality for Solving Dense Linear Systems with Low-Rank Structure
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Approaching Optimality for Solving Dense Linear Systems with Low-Rank Structure", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "This paper presents new randomized algorithms for solving linear systems and regression problems that are we...
16
21
approximate_counting_permutation
Approximate Counting of Permutation Patterns
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Approximate Counting of Permutation Patterns", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Approximate Counting of Permutation Patterns", "summary": "This paper presents a deterministic, near-linear time algorithm for approximating the number of copies of any permutatio...
19
26
approximate_light_spanners
Approximate Light Spanners in Planar Graphs
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Approximate Light Spanners in Planar Graphs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Approximate Light Spanners in Planar Graphs", "summary": "This paper presents a polynomial-time bicriteria approximation algorithm for constructing light spanners in we...
21
25
approximately_dominating_sets
Approximately Dominating Sets in Elections
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Approximately Dominating Sets in Elections", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation: Relaxing Condorcet Winners", "summary": "Condorcet winners do not always exist, and exact dominating sets can require logarithmic size. While Condorcet winning sets (w...
14
23
approximating_matroid_basis
Approximating Matroid Basis Testing for Partition Matroids using Budget-In-Expectation
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Approximating Matroid Basis Testing for Partition Matroids using Budget-In-Expectation", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Difficulty of MBT on Partition Matroids", "summary": "While MBT on uniform matroids is well-understood and has an optimal adaptive stra...
15
19
balls_bins_infinite
Balls and Bins and the Infinite Process with Random Deletions
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Balls and Bins and the Infinite Process with Random Deletions", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Balls and Bins with Random Deletions", "summary": "This paper analyzes an infinite balls-into-bins process where balls are inserted using the GREEDY[2] strategy a...
18
30
better-than-2_approximation_directed
A Better-Than-2 Approximation for the Directed Tree Augmentation Problem
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Better-Than-2 Approximation for the Directed Tree Augmentation Problem", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation and Related Work", "summary": "While the undirected Tree Augmentation Problem (TAP) has seen significant progress breaking the approximati...
18
30
block_size_matter
Does block size matter in randomized block Krylov low-rank approximation?
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Does block size matter in randomized block Krylov low-rank approximation?", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "The paper proves that randomized block Krylov iteration (RBKI) achieves a near-optimal $(1+\\varepsilon)$-factor l...
31
63
braiding_vineyards
Braiding Vineyards
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Braiding Vineyards", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Braiding Vineyards Overview", "summary": "This paper establishes a novel connection between topological data analysis (TDA) and knot theory by demonstrating that any knot or link can be realized as a close...
18
21
broader_view_clustering
A Broader View on Clustering under Cluster-Aware Norm Objectives
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Broader View on Clustering under Cluster-Aware Norm Objectives", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of (f, g)-Clustering Approximations", "summary": "The paper studies the (f, g)-Clustering problem, where cluster costs are measured by an inner norm f...
17
24
burling_graphs_graphs
BURLING GRAPHS IN GRAPHS WITH LARGE CHROMATIC NUMBER
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "BURLING GRAPHS IN GRAPHS WITH LARGE CHROMATIC NUMBER", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Burling-controlled graph classes", "summary": "The paper proves that in several broad classes of graphs that are not $\\chi$-bounded (such as string graphs, re...
19
46
catching_rats_h-minor-free
Catching Rats in $H$-minor-free Graphs
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Catching Rats in $H$-minor-free Graphs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "This paper proves that any graph excluding a fixed graph $H$ and a $(k \\times k)$-grid as minors has its treewidth and branchwidth bounded by a func...
12
25
cell-probe_lower_bounds
Cell-Probe Lower Bounds via Semi-Random CSP Refutation: Simplified and the Odd-Locality Case
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Cell-Probe Lower Bounds via Semi-Random CSP Refutation: Simplified and the Odd-Locality Case", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "This paper improves static data structure lower bounds and range avoidance algorithms for simpl...
23
35
centered_colorings_minor-closed
CENTERED COLORINGS IN MINOR-CLOSED GRAPH CLASSES
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "CENTERED COLORINGS IN MINOR-CLOSED GRAPH CLASSES", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation and Prior Work", "summary": "Centered colorings are a key tool for designing parameterized algorithms in sparse graph classes, as they encapsulate bounded expansi...
15
25
cfg_dnnf_admit
#CFG and #DNNF admit FPRAS
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "#CFG and #DNNF admit FPRAS", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "FPRAS for #CFG and #DNNF", "summary": "This paper presents the first fully polynomial-time randomized approximation scheme (FPRAS) for two fundamental counting problems: counting the number of word...
21
48
classification_long-refinement_graphs
A Classification of Long-Refinement Graphs for Colour Refinement
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Classification of Long-Refinement Graphs for Colour Refinement", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Long-Refinement Graph Classification", "summary": "This paper provides a complete characterization of long-refinement graphs (graphs that take the ...
20
26
coloring_3-colorable_graphs
Coloring 3-Colorable Graphs with Low Threshold Rank
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Coloring 3-Colorable Graphs with Low Threshold Rank", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "The paper presents a new algorithm for finding large independent sets and proper 3-colorings in 3-colorable graphs with small 1-sided th...
16
23
combinatorial_philosopher_inequalities
Combinatorial Philosopher Inequalities
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Combinatorial Philosopher Inequalities", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Combinatorial Philosopher Inequalities", "summary": "This paper studies the online combinatorial allocation problem, comparing algorithm performance against the optimal online algorithm...
24
31
communication_complexity_combinatorial
The Communication Complexity of Combinatorial Auctions with Additional Succinct Bidders
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "The Communication Complexity of Combinatorial Auctions with Additional Succinct Bidders", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Combinatorial Auctions with Succinct Bidders", "summary": "This paper investigates the communication complexity of welfare m...
27
46
comparison_theorems_mixing
Comparison Theorems for the Mixing Times of Systematic and Random Scan Dynamics
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Comparison Theorems for the Mixing Times of Systematic and Random Scan Dynamics", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Comparison Theorems for Gibbs Samplers", "summary": "This paper establishes tight worst-case comparisons between the mixing times of...
18
22
compatibility_fairness_nash
Compatibility of Fairness and Nash Welfare under Subadditive Valuations
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Compatibility of Fairness and Nash Welfare under Subadditive Valuations", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Compatibility of Fairness and Nash Welfare under Subadditive Valuations", "summary": "This paper establishes that for subadditive valuations, fairness (...
25
35
complexity_skolem_problem
On the Complexity of the Skolem Problem at Low Orders
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "On the Complexity of the Skolem Problem at Low Orders", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation for the Bounded Skolem Problem", "summary": "The Skolem Problem is a famous open problem in theoretical computer science. While decidable for order up to 4, ...
20
30
computation_schrijver_kernels
On the Computation of Schrijver’s Kernels
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "On the Computation of Schrijver’s Kernels", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation for Computing Minor Kernels", "summary": "Kernels were introduced by Schrijver to study the $\\mu$-spectrum of embedded graphs. Computing minor kernels efficiently is de...
19
33
computational_complexity_property
Computational Complexity in Property Testing
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Computational Complexity in Property Testing", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Computational Complexity in Property Testing", "summary": "This paper systematically studies the relationship between query and time complexity in property testing. It...
19
30
contract_design_sequential
Contract Design for Sequential Actions
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Contract Design for Sequential Actions", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Sequential Contract Design", "summary": "This paper introduces a novel principal-agent contract design model where the agent takes combinatorial actions sequentially and ada...
20
21
covering_euclidean_plane
Covering the Euclidean Plane by a Pair of Trees
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Covering the Euclidean Plane by a Pair of Trees", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Covering the Euclidean Plane by a Pair of Trees", "summary": "The paper presents a constant-stretch tree cover using only two trees for any set of points in the Euclidean plane...
24
30
csp_approach_graph
A CSP approach to Graph Sandwich Problems
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A CSP approach to Graph Sandwich Problems", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview and Motivation of the CSP Approach to Graph Sandwich Problems", "summary": "This paper establishes a formal connection between Graph Sandwich Problems (SPs) and infinite-dom...
19
25
derandomizing_pseudopolynomial_algorithms
Derandomizing Pseudopolynomial Algorithms for Subset Sum
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Derandomizing Pseudopolynomial Algorithms for Subset Sum", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Derandomizing Subset Sum Algorithms", "summary": "The paper presents the first deterministic algorithm for the subset sum problem that runs in $\\tilde{O}(t)$ time, ma...
22
34
deterministic_dynamic_edge
Deterministic Dynamic Edge Colouring
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Deterministic Dynamic Edge Colouring", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Deterministic Dynamic Edge Colouring", "summary": "This paper presents a deterministic, fully dynamic algorithm for maintaining a $(1 + \\epsilon)\\Delta$-edge-colouring of a graph in sub...
24
35
deterministic_polylogarithmic_competitive
A Deterministic Polylogarithmic Competitive Algorithm for Matching with Delays
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Deterministic Polylogarithmic Competitive Algorithm for Matching with Delays", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "overview", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "The paper presents a deterministic online algorithm for the Min-cost Perfect Matching with Delays (MPMD) pro...
23
27
deterministically_finding_element
ON DETERMINISTICALLY FINDING AN ELEMENT OF HIGH ORDER MODULO A COMPOSITE
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "ON DETERMINISTICALLY FINDING AN ELEMENT OF HIGH ORDER MODULO A COMPOSITE", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation: Deterministic Integer Factorization", "summary": "Finding an element of large multiplicative order modulo $N$ is a crucial subroutine in ...
21
32
dichotomy_orderings
Dichotomy for orderings?
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Dichotomy for orderings?", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "The paper investigates the computational complexity of ordering and coloring problems defined by forbidden subgraphs. It proves that ordering problems defined by f...
17
25
differentially_private_algorithms
Differentially Private Algorithms for Graph Cuts: A Shifting Mechanism Approach and More
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Differentially Private Algorithms for Graph Cuts: A Shifting Mechanism Approach and More", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Private Graph Cuts", "summary": "This paper introduces edge-differentially private algorithms for several classical graph c...
25
37
differentially_private_quasi-concave
Differentially Private Quasi-Concave Optimization: Bypassing the Lower Bound and Application to Geometric Problems
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Differentially Private Quasi-Concave Optimization: Bypassing the Lower Bound and Application to Geometric Problems", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Differentially Private Quasi-Concave Optimization", "summary": "This paper studies the sample com...
21
26
directed_disjoint_paths
The Directed Disjoint Paths Problem with Congestion
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "The Directed Disjoint Paths Problem with Congestion", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Directed Disjoint Paths with Congestion", "summary": "The paper investigates the directed disjoint paths problem with congestion. It proves that the problem is ...
25
34
disjoint_paths_expanders
Disjoint Paths in Expanders in Deterministic Almost-Linear Time via Hypergraph Perfect Matching
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Disjoint Paths in Expanders in Deterministic Almost-Linear Time via Hypergraph Perfect Matching", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Disjoint Paths in Expanders via Hypergraph Matching", "summary": "This paper presents deterministic algorithms for finding short...
22
32
distributed_interactive_proofs
Distributed Interactive Proofs for Planarity with Log-Star Communication
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Distributed Interactive Proofs for Planarity with Log-Star Communication", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Distributed Interactive Proofs for Planarity", "summary": "This paper presents highly efficient Distributed Interactive Proofs (DIPs) for verifying gra...
18
23
downward_self-reducibility_total
Downward self-reducibility in the total function polynomial hierarchy
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Downward self-reducibility in the total function polynomial hierarchy", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Downward self-reducibility in the total function polynomial hierarchy", "summary": "This paper generalizes the concept of downward self-reducibility to se...
23
27
dynamic_3d_convex
Dynamic 3D Convex Hulls Revisited and Applications
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Dynamic 3D Convex Hulls Revisited and Applications", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Dynamic 3D Convex Hulls Revisited", "summary": "The paper proposes a modification to Chan's dynamic data structure for 3D convex hulls and lower envelopes, aimin...
16
20
dynamic_connectivity_expected
Dynamic Connectivity with Expected Polylogarithmic Worst-Case Update Time
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Dynamic Connectivity with Expected Polylogarithmic Worst-Case Update Time", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation and Prior Work", "summary": "While amortized polylogarithmic update time algorithms for dynamic connectivity have been known since the 90...
25
37
edge_expansion_random
ON THE EDGE EXPANSION OF RANDOM POLYTOPES
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "ON THE EDGE EXPANSION OF RANDOM POLYTOPES", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Edge Expansion of Random Polytopes", "summary": "This paper studies the edge expansion of the graph of random 0/1-polytopes generated by selecting vertices of the hypercube independe...
24
26
efficient_online_random
Efficient Online Random Sampling via Randomness Recycling
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Efficient Online Random Sampling via Randomness Recycling", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Efficient Online Random Sampling via Randomness Recycling", "summary": "The paper presents a novel online random sampling algorithm that generates discrete random var...
20
30
efficiently_constructing_sparse
Efficiently Constructing Sparse Navigable Graphs
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Efficiently Constructing Sparse Navigable Graphs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Sparse Navigable Graph Construction", "summary": "This paper presents a nearly-quadratic time algorithm for constructing an optimally sparse navigable graph for a ...
21
28
erd_s-p_sa
The Erdős-Pósa property for circle graphs as vertex-minors
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "The Erdős-Pósa property for circle graphs as vertex-minors", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_03", "type": "definition", "title": "Vertex-minors and Local Complementation", "summary": "A graph $H$ is a vertex-minor of $G$ if it can be obtained by a sequence of local complementations and vertex...
23
30
evasive_sets_twisted
Evasive sets, twisted varieties, and container-clique trees
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Evasive sets, twisted varieties, and container-clique trees", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Evasive sets, twisted varieties, and container-clique trees", "summary": "This paper studies evasive sets over finite fields and twisted varieties in projective spa...
24
45
excluding_line_minor
Excluding a Line Minor via Design Matrices and Column Number Bounds for the Circuit Imbalance Measure
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Excluding a Line Minor via Design Matrices and Column Number Bounds for the Circuit Imbalance Measure", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Generalizing Modularity Bounds to Real Matrices", "summary": "While integer matrices with bounded subdeterminants ($\\De...
22
28
existence_fair_efficient
Existence of Fair and Efficient Allocation of Indivisible Chores
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Existence of Fair and Efficient Allocation of Indivisible Chores", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Fair and Efficient Allocation of Indivisible Chores", "summary": "This paper resolves a major open question in fair division by proving that there ...
29
57
expander_pruning_polylogarithmic
Expander Pruning with Polylogarithmic Worst-Case Recourse and Update Time
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Expander Pruning with Polylogarithmic Worst-Case Recourse and Update Time", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Need for Worst-Case Recourse and Update Time", "summary": "Previous expander pruning algorithms achieved either low amortized recourse or subpolynom...
16
18
explicit_min-wise_hash
Explicit Min-wise Hash Families with Optimal Size
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Explicit Min-wise Hash Families with Optimal Size", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Explicit Min-wise Hash Families", "summary": "This paper presents the first explicit constructions of min-wise and $k$-min-wise hash families that achieve both an...
23
28
extended_vc-dimension_radon
Extended VC-dimension, and Radon and Tverberg type theorems for unions of convex sets
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Extended VC-dimension, and Radon and Tverberg type theorems for unions of convex sets", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Extended VC-dimension and Radon/Tverberg Theorems for Unions of Convex Sets", "summary": "This paper resolves a long-standing open problem...
16
41
faster_algorithms_packing
Faster algorithms for packing forests in graphs and related problems
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Faster algorithms for packing forests in graphs and related problems", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "This paper presents a near-linear time algorithm for the Bounded Indegree k-Forest problem, which asks for k edge-disjo...
32
56
faster_estimation_average
Faster Estimation of the Average Degree of a Graph Using Random Edges and Structural Queries
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Faster Estimation of the Average Degree of a Graph Using Random Edges and Structural Queries", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Average Degree Estimation", "summary": "This paper investigates sublinear algorithms for estimating the average degree ...
25
38
faster_negative-weight_shortest
Faster Negative-Weight Shortest Paths and Directed Low-Diameter Decompositions
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Faster Negative-Weight Shortest Paths and Directed Low-Diameter Decompositions", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Faster LDD and Negative-Weight SSSP", "summary": "This paper presents a faster algorithm for directed low-diameter decomposition (LDD...
23
25
faster_negative_length
Faster negative length shortest paths by bootstrapping hop reducers
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Faster negative length shortest paths by bootstrapping hop reducers", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Historical Context of Real-Weighted SSSP", "summary": "The textbook dynamic programming algorithm for real-weighted SSSP takes O(mn) time. Recent breakthr...
26
39
feature_selection_junta
Feature Selection and Junta Testing are Statistically Equivalent
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Feature Selection and Junta Testing are Statistically Equivalent", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Testing vs. Learning and the Obvious Algorithm", "summary": "In standard PAC learning, the obvious algorithm (outputting any consistent hypothesis) is sample...
17
17
few_good_choices
A FEW GOOD CHOICES
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A FEW GOOD CHOICES", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation for generalized Condorcet sets", "summary": "Traditional Condorcet winning sets and $\\alpha$-undominated sets require an outside candidate to be compared against a single member of the select...
25
32
finding_sparse_induced
Finding sparse induced subgraphs on graphs of bounded induced matching treewidth
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Finding sparse induced subgraphs on graphs of bounded induced matching treewidth", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation and Prior Work", "summary": "While treewidth is a standard parameter, induced matching treewidth (tree-mu) is a powerful generaliz...
20
21
finite_pinwheel_scheduling
Finite Pinwheel Scheduling: the k-Visits Problem
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Finite Pinwheel Scheduling: the k-Visits Problem", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Finite Pinwheel Scheduling", "summary": "This paper introduces the k-VISITS problem, a finite variant of the classic PINWHEEL SCHEDULING problem. The authors prove...
29
50
generating_pivot_gray
Generating pivot Gray codes for spanning trees of complete graphs in constant amortized time
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Generating pivot Gray codes for spanning trees of complete graphs in constant amortized time", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Pivot Gray Codes for Spanning Trees", "summary": "The paper presents the first known algorithm to generate a pivot Gray...
22
28
halfspaces_hard_test
Halfspaces are hard to test with relative error
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Halfspaces are hard to test with relative error", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation for Relative-Error Testing and the Halfspace Gap", "summary": "The standard property testing model is ill-suited for sparse Boolean functions because they are triv...
19
31
hallucinating_flows_optimal
Hallucinating Flows for Optimal Mechanisms
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Hallucinating Flows for Optimal Mechanisms", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Hallucinating Flows for Optimal Mechanisms", "summary": "This paper extends the known closed-form optimal mechanisms for multi-item, multi-agent auctions in bi-valued se...
24
28
hardness_approximation_shortest
Hardness of Approximation for Shortest Path with Vector Costs
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Hardness of Approximation for Shortest Path with Vector Costs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Hardness of Approximation for $\\ell_p$-Shortest Path", "summary": "The paper establishes nearly tight hardness of approximation results for the $\\ell_p$-Shortes...
19
26
history-independent_load_balancing
History-Independent Load Balancing
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "History-Independent Load Balancing", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Motivation and Prior Work", "summary": "While the two-choice load-balancing problem is well-studied, existing solutions with low overload and low recourse are highly history-dependent. Pr...
16
18
improved_additive_approximation
Improved Additive Approximation Algorithms for APSP
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Improved Additive Approximation Algorithms for APSP", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Improved Additive APSP Algorithms", "summary": "This paper presents improved algorithms for computing additive approximations of All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP)...
21
28
improved_approximation_ranking
Improved Approximation for Ranking on General Graphs
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Improved Approximation for Ranking on General Graphs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Gap in Approximation Ratio for General Graphs", "summary": "While RANKING is well-understood for bipartite graphs (with an approximation ratio between 0.696 and 0.727), ...
16
21
improved_online_algorithms
Improved Online Algorithms for Inventory Management Problems with Holding and Delay Costs: Riding the Wave Makes Things Simpler, Stronger, & More General
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Improved Online Algorithms for Inventory Management Problems with Holding and Delay Costs: Riding the Wave Makes Things Simpler, Stronger, & More General", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "The paper presents improved online...
19
22
interaction_between_skew-representability
Interaction between skew-representability, tensor products, extension properties, and rank inequalities
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Interaction between skew-representability, tensor products, extension properties, and rank inequalities", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of the Paper", "summary": "The paper introduces a novel approach to studying skew-representability of matroids ...
27
52
k-sum_hardness_implies
k-SUM Hardness Implies Treewidth-SETH
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "k-SUM Hardness Implies Treewidth-SETH", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Connecting Orthogonal Fine-Grained Hypotheses", "summary": "The three main fine-grained complexity hypotheses (SETH, 3-SUM, APSP) are currently believed to be orthogonal. This paper ai...
35
61
language_generation_limit
Language Generation in the Limit: Noise, Loss, and Feedback
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Language Generation in the Limit: Noise, Loss, and Feedback", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Language Generation in the Limit: Noise, Loss, and Feedback", "summary": "This paper resolves several open questions regarding the formal framework of language gene...
27
37
learning_echo_chamber
Learning in an Echo Chamber: Online Learning with Replay Adversary
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Learning in an Echo Chamber: Online Learning with Replay Adversary", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Online Learning in the Replay Setting", "summary": "The paper introduces a learning-theoretic framework where an online learner receives feedback that may be...
22
28
likelihood_existence_average
Likelihood of the Existence of Average Justified Representation
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Likelihood of the Existence of Average Justified Representation", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Likelihood of Average Justified Representation", "summary": "The paper investigates the likelihood of the existence of a winning committee satisfying Average Ju...
18
22
lines_crossing_pairwise
On Lines Crossing Pairwise Intersecting Convex Sets in Three Dimensions
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "On Lines Crossing Pairwise Intersecting Convex Sets in Three Dimensions", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "Absence of Standard Helly Theorems for Lines", "summary": "While Helly's theorem and its fractional variants are well established for points and hyper...
20
28
listing_faces_polytopes
LISTING FACES OF POLYTOPES
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "LISTING FACES OF POLYTOPES", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Listing Faces of Polytopes", "summary": "This paper investigates the problem of listing all faces of combinatorial polytopes by finding Hamiltonian cycles in the cover graph of their face lattices....
20
27
local_gibbs_sampling
LOCAL GIBBS SAMPLING BEYOND LOCAL UNIFORMITY
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "LOCAL GIBBS SAMPLING BEYOND LOCAL UNIFORMITY", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Local Gibbs Sampling Beyond Local Uniformity", "summary": "This paper presents linear-time local samplers for Gibbs distributions of spin systems, specifically targeting models wi...
30
51
low-sensitivity_matching_sampling
Low-Sensitivity Matching via Sampling from Gibbs Distributions
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Low-Sensitivity Matching via Sampling from Gibbs Distributions", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Low-Sensitivity Matching", "summary": "This paper studies the maximum matching problem through the lens of sensitivity, which measures how much an al...
28
57
lower_bounds_csp
Lower Bounds for CSP Hierarchies Through Ideal Reduction
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Lower Bounds for CSP Hierarchies Through Ideal Reduction", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Lower Bounds for CSP Hierarchies Through Ideal Reduction", "summary": "The paper establishes a generic connection between degree lower bounds for algebraic proof syste...
22
26
lower_bounds_universal
LOWER BOUNDS FOR THE UNIVERSAL TSP ON THE PLANE
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "LOWER BOUNDS FOR THE UNIVERSAL TSP ON THE PLANE", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_02", "type": "motivation", "title": "History and Prior Bounds for Universal TSP", "summary": "The universal TSP heuristic was introduced by Bartholdi and Platzman, who conjectured an $O(1)$ competitive ratio. Be...
14
20
matroids_equitable
Matroids are Equitable*
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Matroids are Equitable*", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Matroids are Equitable", "summary": "The paper proves the matroid equitability conjecture, showing that if a matroid's ground set can be partitioned into $k$ bases, any subset can be distributed almos...
24
36
max_bisection_harder
MAX BISECTION might be harder to approximate than MAX CUT
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "MAX BISECTION might be harder to approximate than MAX CUT", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of MAX BISECTION Inapproximability", "summary": "The paper demonstrates that MAX BISECTION might be strictly harder to approximate than MAX CUT. It construct...
23
35
near-complete_resolution_exponential-time
A Near-Complete Resolution of the Exponential-Time Complexity of $k$-opt for the Traveling Salesman Problem
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "A Near-Complete Resolution of the Exponential-Time Complexity of $k$-opt for the Traveling Salesman Problem", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Near-Complete Resolution of $k$-opt Exponential-Time Complexity", "summary": "This paper resolves the open question ...
23
23
near-linear_time_subhypergraph
Near-linear time subhypergraph counting in bounded degeneracy hypergraphs
null
2,026
SODA 2026
null
null
null
null
{"paper_title": "Near-linear time subhypergraph counting in bounded degeneracy hypergraphs", "paper_url": null, "nodes": [{"id": "node_01", "type": "overview", "title": "Overview of Near-linear Time Subhypergraph Counting", "summary": "This paper provides a complete dichotomy for the problem of counting small pattern h...
29
54