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We present a generic compiler that converts any $\mathsf{MIP}^{*}$ protocol into a succinct interactive argument where the communication and the verifier are classical, and where post-quantum soundness relies on the post-quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Andrew Huang , Yael Tauman Kalai

We consider a discrete optimization formulation for learning sparse classifiers, where the outcome depends upon a linear combination of a small subset of features. Recent work has shown that mixed integer programming (MIP) can be used to…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-06-08 Antoine Dedieu , Hussein Hazimeh , Rahul Mazumder

The class $\MIP^*$ of promise problems that can be decided through an interactive proof system with multiple entangled provers provides a complexity-theoretic framework for the exploration of the nonlocal properties of entanglement. Little…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-02 Matthew Coudron , Thomas Vidick

The concrete efficiency of secure computation has been the focus of many recent works. In this work, we present concretely-efficient protocols for secure $3$-party computation (3PC) over a ring of integers modulo $2^{\ell}$ tolerating one…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-12-06 Harsh Chaudhari , Ashish Choudhury , Arpita Patra , Ajith Suresh

We study the class of languages, denoted by $\MIP[k, 1-\epsilon, s]$, which have $k$-prover games where each prover just sends a \emph{single} bit, with completeness $1-\epsilon$ and soundness error $s$. For the case that $k=1$ (i.e., for…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-01-15 Per Austrin , Johan Håstad , Rafael Pass

We initiate the study of two-party cryptographic primitives with unconditional security, assuming that the adversary's quantum memory is of bounded size. We show that oblivious transfer and bit commitment can be implemented in this model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ivan Damgaard , Serge Fehr , Louis Salvail , Christian Schaffner

We propose a machine learning approach for quickly solving Mixed Integer Programs (MIP) by learning to prioritize a set of decision variables, which we call pseudo-backdoors, for branching that results in faster solution times.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Aaron Ferber , Jialin Song , Bistra Dilkina , Yisong Yue

Probabilistic error cancellation (PEC) is a leading quantum error mitigation method that provides an unbiased estimate, although it is known to have a large sampling overhead. In this work, we propose a new method to perform PEC, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-06 Yi-Hsiang Chen

Counterfactual regret minimization (CFR) is the most popular algorithm on solving two-player zero-sum extensive games with imperfect information and achieves state-of-the-art performance in practice. However, the performance of CFR is not…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-27 Yichi Zhou , Tongzheng Ren , Jialian Li , Dong Yan , Jun Zhu

In this paper, we establish a subgame perfect equilibrium reinforcement learning (SPERL) framework for time-inconsistent (TIC) problems. In the context of RL, TIC problems are known to face two main challenges: the non-existence of natural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Nixie S. Lesmana , Chi Seng Pun

The \emph{rational fair consensus problem} can be informally defined as follows. Consider a network of $n$ (selfish) \emph{rational agents}, each of them initially supporting a \emph{color} chosen from a finite set $ \Sigma$. The goal is to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-29 Andrea Clementi , Luciano Gualà , Guido Proietti , Giacomo Scornavacca

A zero-sum two person Perfect Information Stochastic game (PISG) under limiting average payoff has a value and both the maximiser and the minimiser have optimal pure stationary strategies. Firstly we form the matrix of undiscounted payoffs…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-15 K. G. Bakshi , S. Sinha

Counterfactual regret minimization (CFR) is a popular method to deal with decision-making problems of two-player zero-sum games with imperfect information. Unlike existing studies that mostly explore for solving larger scale problems or…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Huale Li , Xuan Wang , Fengwei Jia , Yifan Li , Yulin Wu , Jiajia Zhang , Shuhan Qi

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems employing one-bit digital-to-analog converters offer a hardware-efficient solution for wireless communications. However, the one-bit constraint poses significant challenges for precoding…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Zheyu Wu , Junjie Ma , Ya-Feng Liu , Bruno Clerckx

We present Self-Play Preference Optimization (SPO), an algorithm for reinforcement learning from human feedback. Our approach is minimalist in that it does not require training a reward model nor unstable adversarial training and is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Gokul Swamy , Christoph Dann , Rahul Kidambi , Zhiwei Steven Wu , Alekh Agarwal

Oblivious transfer is a fundamental cryptographic primitive which is useful for secure multiparty computation. There are several variants of oblivious transfer. We consider 1 out of 2 oblivious transfer, where a sender sends two bits of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 David Reichmuth , Ittoop Vergheese Puthoor , Petros Wallden , Erika Andersson

We present three voting protocols with unconditional privacy and correctness, without assuming any bound on the number of corrupt participants. All protocols have polynomial complexity and require private channels and a simultaneous…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2010-11-25 Anne Broadbent , Stacey Jeffery , Alain Tapp

Reverse Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence-based regularization with respect to a fixed reference policy is widely used in modern reinforcement learning to preserve the desired traits of the reference policy and sometimes to promote…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Anupam Nayak , Tong Yang , Osman Yagan , Gauri Joshi , Yuejie Chi

A powerful feature in mechanism design is the ability to irrevocably commit to the rules of a mechanism. Commitment is achieved by public declaration, which enables players to verify incentive properties in advance and the outcome in…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-07-08 Ran Canetti , Amos Fiat , Yannai A. Gonczarowski

Model-based reinforcement learning has shown promise for improving sample efficiency and decision-making in complex environments. However, existing methods face challenges in training stability, robustness to noise, and computational…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Yutaka Shimizu , Masayoshi Tomizuka