# Talks (Archive)

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• Date

Title
• 14/10/2021
15:00 - 16:00
MSc
Master-Kolloquium Zeno Bitter
Title: Weisfeiler–Leman Invariant Induced Subgraph Counts Speaker: Zeno Bitter Time and Place: Thursday, October 14, 15:00, seminar room of chair computer science 7 and on Zoom Please make sure you observe the current RWTH rules for tackling the Covid-19 pandemic when attending the talk in person. You may only participate if you are vaccinated against, tested negative for or recovered from Covid-19. https://rwth.zoom.us/j/98409488429?pwd=YkkycFR5S0N6TGRWeHBiR3FQVDNHUT09 Meeting ID: 984 0948 8429 Passcode: 396495 Abstract: The $k$-dimensional Weisfeiler–Leman ($k$-WL) algorithm is a strong graph invariant which sees wide use in both theoretical and practical algorithms for the Graph Isomorphism Problem (textbf{GI}), and in machine learning applications as a graph kernel. As $k$-WL falls short deciding textbf{GI} for all $k$, it gives rise to a coarser equivalence relation on the class of all graphs based on indistinguishability. In this work we study invariant functions under these equivalence relations, with a focus on induced subgraph counts and small $kin{1,2}$. For the case of $k=1$ we obtain a complete description of the induced subgraphs whose counts are invariant, while for $k=2$ we obtain results for path, cycle and matching graphs. In both cases we match known results for non-induced subgraphs.
• 12/10/2021
11:15 - 12:00
BSc
The Complexity of Homomorphism Indistinguishability
Duc Khuat
The foundation of Homomorphism Indistinguishability was laid by Lovász’ Theorem in 1966, stating that a graph is defined up to isomorphism by the number of homomorphism from all graphs to the studied graph and from the studied graphs to all other graphs, respectively. Collecting these numbers in an infinite vector, motivates the notion of homomorphism vectors. Now, as an infinite dimensional vector we define projections onto entries corresponding to a fixed subset of the set of all graphs. We call two graphs homomorphism indistinguishability over this subset if the projection image of the graphs are equal. Strong recent results characterize homomorphism indistinguishability over some natural classes such as the class of planar graphs, class of bounded tree depth and tree width, respectively with well studied notions, combining results of the past forty years with this single framework. In my thesis I provide an overview and a list of references, combining the ideas and the machineries used to establish the recent results but also well known results from the fields of logic, graph theory, combinatorics and quantum and game theory. A proper focus lies on the analysis of complexity of homomorphism indistinguishability. From the characterisations emerging complexity results will be explicated and extended by an algorithm deciding homomorphism in- distinguishability over graphs of bounded tree depth in polynomial time and the fpt-intractability of first order logic of bounded quantifier rank equiva- lence.
• 12/10/2021
12:00 - 12:45
BSc
Lower Bounds for Learning Logical Concepts
Constantin Rettig
We study the complexity of learning concepts definable in first-order or monadic second-order logic for relational structures. We introduce a uniform notation for the framework, with which we will remove irregularities among related work. The main focus here lies on the lower bound on the running time for logic learning algorithms. We go over results for string structures, showing that for unary and binary FO formulas there is no consistent learning algorithm running in sublinear time in the size of the structure. For tree structures we show the same results and in addition see that the sublinear bound on logic learning holds for quantifier free formulas. It is shown that for structures with small degree the sublinear time bound holds for logic learning algorithms given local access. After that, we present a section over parameter learning, showing that parameter learning is not possible in sublinear time for structures of small degree. In addition, we show that the parameter learning problem on structures with no degree restrictions is as hard as solving the q-CLIQUE problem on graphs. In the last section we show that concept learning (also in the Probably Approximately Correct (PAC) setting) is as hard as the first-order model-checking problem in the parametrised setting. In the conclusion we sum up the presented results and give a outlook on possible future work.
• 07/10/2021
10:00 - 11:00
BSc
Graph Neural Networks for MAX-SAT
Mert Basaran

[bachelor]

We present RUN-SAT, a novelrecurrent message passing neural network. RUN-SAT learns to approximate MAX-SATin an unsupervised manner. The architecture can be applied to arbitrary CNFformulas. We experimentally evaluate our approach on the SAT and MAX-SATproblems and compare the performance to conventional solvers, heuristics andother neural architectures.

• 23/09/2021
14:00 - 15:00

Learning on graphs with logic and neural networks
Martin Ritzert
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/95250295111?pwd=cjhFMGk0bStZcGNvcmYrYURPWnQ0dz09 In the domain of graphs we show strong connections between logic and machine learning in both theory and practice. In a purely theoretical framework we develop sublinear machine learning algorithms for supervised learning of logical formulas on various graph classes. Further we show that learning first-order logic on arbitrary graphs is intractable unless P=NP. At the intersection of theory and practice, we prove an equivalence between graph neural networks and the 1-dimensional Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm. As a practical application, we approximate combinatorial problems with recurrent graph neural networks. The proposed architecture is unsupervised and can be applied to all maximum constraint satisfaction problems.
• 09/09/2021
11:00 - 11:30
MSc
Nondeterministic Deep Weisfeiler Leman
Louis Härtel
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/5419503919?pwd=enlnbm1mclNBNkVQZTgvVXR4RTRHZz09
• 06/09/2021
14:00 - 15:00
BSc
Bachelor-Kolloquium Matthäus Micun
Counting and Sampling based on Nondeterministic Logspace Transducers Abstract: Transducers are Turing machines that, instead of deciding problems, compute witnesses. Additionally, non-deterministic Transducers compute relations of witnesses. In this paper, we discuss non-deterministic logspace transducers (NL transducers), as well as their unambiguous version (UL transducers). More specifically, we prove that for any relation computed by an NL transducer, we can enumerate the witnesses of a given word w with polynomial delay, count the number of all witnesses using a fully polynomial randomized approximation scheme (FPRAS), and uniformly generate a witness using a pre-processing polynomial time Las Vegas uniform generator (PPLVUG). Additionally, we connect these properties to non-deterministic finite automata, and prove that the #NFA problem admits an FPRAS.
• 02/09/2021
15:00 - 16:00

Parameterized Subexponential Algorithms for Generalized Cycle Hitting Problems on Planar Graphs, Daniel Neuen
Abstract: Subexponential parameterized algorithms are known for a wide range of natural problems on planar graphs, but the techniques are usually highly problem specific. In this talk I discuss a framework for obtaining n^{O(sqrt{k})} time algorithms for a family of graph modification problems that includes problems that can be seen as generalized cycle hitting problems. Our starting point is the Node Unique Label Cover problem (that is, given a CSP instance where each constraint is a permutation of values on two variables, the task is to delete k variables to make the instance satisfiable). We introduce a variant of the problem where k vertices have to be deleted such that every 2-connected component of the remaining instance is satisfiable. Then we extend the problem with cardinality constraints that restrict the number of times a certain value can be used (globally or within a 2-connected component of the solution). We show that there is an n^{O(sqrt{k})} time algorithm on planar graphs for any problem that can be formulated this way, which includes a large number of well-studied problems, for example, Odd Cycle Transversal, Subset Feedback Vertex Set, Group Feedback Vertex Set, Subset Group Feedback Vertex Set, Vertex Multiway Cut, and Component Order Connectivity. For those problems that admit appropriate (quasi)polynomial kernels (that increase the parameter only linearly and preserve planarity), our results immediately imply 2^{O(sqrt{k} polylog(k))}n^{O(1)} time parameterized algorithms on planar graphs. In particular, we use or adapt known kernelization results to obtain such (randomized) algorithms for Vertex Multiway Cut, Group Feedback Vertex Set, and Subset Feedback Vertex Set.
• 02/09/2021
15:00 - 16:00

Parameterized Subexponential Algorithms for Generalized Cycle Hitting Problems on Planar Graphs, Daniel Neuen
Abstract: Subexponential parameterized algorithms are known for a wide range of natural problems on planar graphs, but the techniques are usually highly problem specific. In this talk I discuss a framework for obtaining n^{O(sqrt{k})} time algorithms for a family of graph modification problems that includes problems that can be seen as generalized cycle hitting problems. Our starting point is the Node Unique Label Cover problem (that is, given a CSP instance where each constraint is a permutation of values on two variables, the task is to delete k variables to make the instance satisfiable). We introduce a variant of the problem where k vertices have to be deleted such that every 2-connected component of the remaining instance is satisfiable. Then we extend the problem with cardinality constraints that restrict the number of times a certain value can be used (globally or within a 2-connected component of the solution). We show that there is an n^{O(sqrt{k})} time algorithm on planar graphs for any problem that can be formulated this way, which includes a large number of well-studied problems, for example, Odd Cycle Transversal, Subset Feedback Vertex Set, Group Feedback Vertex Set, Subset Group Feedback Vertex Set, Vertex Multiway Cut, and Component Order Connectivity. For those problems that admit appropriate (quasi)polynomial kernels (that increase the parameter only linearly and preserve planarity), our results immediately imply 2^{O(sqrt{k} polylog(k))}n^{O(1)} time parameterized algorithms on planar graphs. In particular, we use or adapt known kernelization results to obtain such (randomized) algorithms for Vertex Multiway Cut, Group Feedback Vertex Set, and Subset Feedback Vertex Set.
• 11/08/2021
15:00 - 15:30

Facility Location and Clustering on Planar and Almost Planar Graphs
Sebastian Schaub
Masterkolloquium

Zoom-Meeting beitreten
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/99375584947?pwd=UVNSaTBNRm1qL2ZneDExWVVZUUxKZz09
Meeting-ID: 993 7558 4947
Kenncode: 600407

Abstract: In this thesis we will reflect the current state of research for the uniform facility location problem and k-Clustering in terms of approximability. We will focus our attention on the special case of the planar graph metric, because for the problems with general metric no polynomial-time approximation scheme exist.
To illustrate this we will depict and explain four recent results which use different techniques for the analysis of the algorithms, including Voronoi Diagrams, r-divisions and coresets. The first result is an algorithm accuracy analysis for the uniform facility location, where we show that a commonly known local search algorithm is a polynomial-time approximation scheme. The second result is an efficient polynomial-time randomised approximation scheme, where we use an algorithm for the k-Median problem as a subroutine to derive a solution. For the third result we have another polynomial-time approximation scheme with a local search algorithm for the k-Clustering problems k-Median and k-Means. And the fourth result is a fully polynomial-time randomised approximation scheme for the k-Median problem, where the algorithm is based on constructing coresets.
• 29/07/2021
11:00 - 12:00

Simulation Relations for Symbolic Automata, Rober Funk, Masterkolloquium
• 29/07/2021
11:00 - 12:00

Simulation Relations for Symbolic Automata, Rober Funk, Masterkolloquium
• 21/07/2021
10:00 - 11:00

Learning and Minimization of omega-Automata in the Presence of Don’t CareWords, Max Stachon
Masterkollquium

https://rwth.zoom.us/j/93883134873?pwd=Y1lKYXpEZHBlaHlmUWtHSG9VQ1M5Zz09

• 14/07/2021
10:00 - 12:00

Tree Automata with Constraints on Infinite Trees
Patrick Landwehr
• 06/07/2021
10:30 - 11:15

Comparing Algorithms for Weak Parity Games, Jonas Förster

Bachelorkolloquium

https://rwth.zoom.us/j/94010226440?pwd=VnNFZzczR0p1ZUxNY2lLQnU2SmUxdz09

• 28/06/2021
12:30 - 13:30
BSc
The Logical Expressiveness of Graph Neural Networks
Attila Lischka
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/95314638975?pwd=bForQjRoZXN1YlhRd29IQlFVQkNuQT09
• 28/06/2021
12:30 - 13:30
BSc
The Logical Expressiveness of Graph Neural Networks
Attila Lischka
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/95314638975?pwd=bForQjRoZXN1YlhRd29IQlFVQkNuQT09
• 14/06/2021
16:00 - 16:30

A Decomposition-Compatible Canonization Framework for the Graph Isomorphism Problem
Daniel Wiebking
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/94470149252?pwd=ZnYwVXQrbStveVdDNDk1V1BlN1lJUT09
• 11/05/2021
15:00 - 15:30

Bachelorkolloquium Martin Krüßel
• 16/04/2021
14:00 - 14:30

Bachelorkolloquium Jonas Groven
• 22/03/2021
10:30 - 11:15

Bachelorkolloquium Jonathan Schneider
• 01/03/2021
10:00 - 10:45

Bachelorvortrag Alexander Cushicondor
Title: "Homomorphism Indistinguishability over Structures of Bounded Tree Depth" Abstract: It will be proved that two structures G, G' satisfy the same sentences of quantier rank at most k of first order logic with counting, if and only if they are homomorphism-indistinguishable over the class of structures of tree depth at most k.
• 22/02/2021
10:00 - 10:30

Nondeterministic Automata with XOR-acceptance
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/94253016445?pwd=VVdScGUzOFNJamZ5MCtRclYwK2xDdz09
• 18/02/2021
10:15 - 11:15

Oberseminar Anton Pirogov: Determinization and Ambiguity of Classical and Probabilistic Büchi Automata
Anton Pirogov

Büchi automata can be seen as a straight-forward generalization of
ordinary NFA,
adapted to handle infinite words. While they were originally introduced for
applications in decidability of logics, they became a popular tool for
practical
applications, e.g. in automata-based approaches to model checking and
synthesis
problems. Being arguably both the simplest and most well-known variant
in the
zoo of so-called omega-automata that are considered in this setting, they
serve as an intermediate representation of omega-regular specifications of
verification or synthesis requirements that are usually expressed in a more
declarative fashion, e.g. using linear temporal logic.

Unfortunately, nondeterministic automata are not directly suitable for
certain
applications, whereas deterministic Büchi automata are less expressive. This
problem is usually solved by either constructing deterministic automata of a
different kind, or by restricting their ambiguity, i.e., the maximal
number of
accepting runs on some word. In both cases, the transformation is expensive,
yielding an exponential blow-up of the state space in the worst case.
Therefore,
optimized constructions and heuristics for common special cases are
useful and
in demand for actual practical applications.

In this talk we present a new general construction for determinization from
nondeterministic Büchi to deterministic parity automata that unifies the
dominant branches of previous approaches based on the Safra construction
and the
Muller-Schupp construction. Additionally, we sketch a number of new
heuristics
for determinization, some of which exploit properties of our unified
construction.

Apart from the classical nondeterministic and deterministic variants of
automata, it is natural to consider probabilistic automata, i.e.,
automata that
use a probability distribution on the states instead of nondeterminism
to decide
which state to go to next. It is known that in general, such automata
are more
expressive than classical automata and many decision problems are
undecidable.
We present subclasses of probabilistic automata that correspond to certain
ambiguity classes and are not more expressive than classical automata.
• 08/01/2021
10:00 - 11:00
ATI
Deep Weisfeiler Leman
Daniel Wiebking
We introduce the framework of Deep Weisfeiler Leman algorithms (DeepWL), which allows the design of purely combinatorial graph isomorphism tests that are more powerful than the well-known Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm.

We prove that, as an abstract computational model, polynomial-time DeepWL-algorithms have exactly the same expressiveness as the logic Choiceless Polynomial Time (with counting) introduced by Blass, Gurevich, and Shelah (Ann. Pure Appl. Logic., 1999).

It is a well-known open question whether the existence of a polynomial-time graph isomorphism test implies the existence of a polynomial-time canonisation algorithm. Our main technical result states that for each class of graphs (satisfying some mild closure condition), if there is a polynomial-time DeepWL isomorphism test, then there is a polynomial-time canonisation algorithm for this class. This implies that there is also a logic capturing polynomial time on this class.
• 18/12/2020
10:30 - 11:00

Bachelor-Vortrag: The Logical Structure of Probabilistic Databases
Jonas Lindner
As probabilistic databases (PDBs) may be very large, compact representation systems for these frameworks have been studied. But because complete representation systems (like pc-tables) can lead to very complex probability spaces, considering simpler and more intuitive non-complete representation systems, e.g. TI-tables or BID-tables, is of interest. These fundamental ’building blocks’ are especially interesting as they can be extended with views from the relational calculus to be more expressive. Similar to work done by Das Sarma et al. on representation systems for incomplete databases, this thesis introduces logical properties in order to separate the classes of PDBs that are representable with non-complete representation systems. The properties studied take a PDB’s underlying incomplete database as well as its probability distribu- tion into account and therefore help to grasp its logical structure. Having conducted this examination, convex combinations of probabilistic databases are studied, as they offer some advantages over the commonly considered representation systems regarding expressiveness.
• 12/11/2020
11:00 - 11:30

Connectivity and Routing using Graph Neural Networks
Frorian Frantzen
Graph Neural Networks form a deep learning architecture for machine learning tasks on graphs. Recently, they have been used to obtain heuristics for hard combinatorial problems such as TSP, SAT, or constraint satisfaction problems. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how such approaches perform on computationally much easier shortest path problems. We will present lower bounds regarding the depth and width of a message passing neural network, which must be fulfilled for such a model to learn the shortest path problem. Then we will evaluate an existing neural network -- originally designed for the traveling salesperson problem -- for its applicability to the shortest path problem. While this network will fail with insignificant accuracies, these tests will allow us to derive unique challenges of the shortest path problem and which weaknesses in the architecture we need to fix to achieve better results. Based on these results, we will built our own neural network architecture and train it both supervised and unsupervised. We will evaluate this network in terms accuracy, scalability to larger graphs and how well the network generalizes the shortest path problem.
• 30/10/2020
10:00 - 11:00
ATI
Flag Algebras in Graph Theory
Tim Seppelt
Flag algebras as introduced by Razborov represent a powerful tool in extremal combinatorics. This talk will provide a gentle introduction to the framework highlighting applications graph theory. Moreover, limitations of flag algebraic techniques are discussed following the work of Hatami and Norine.
• 30/10/2020
10:00 - 11:00
ATI
Flag Algebras in Graph Theory
Tim Seppelt
Flag algebras as introduced by Razborov represent a powerful tool in extremal combinatorics. This talk will provide a gentle introduction to the framework highlighting applications graph theory. Moreover, limitations of flag algebraic techniques are discussed following the work of Hatami and Norine.
• 27/10/2020
14:00 - 14:30
BSc
The Fine-Grained Complexity of Longest Common Subsequence
Benjamin Stutte
[bachelor]We will examine approaches to fine-grained analyses of the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) problem with special attention to recent results that have proven lower bounds for solving LCS under the Strong Exponential Time Hypothesis. We will first showcase two results, one by Abboud et al. (FOCS’15) and the other by Bringmann et al. (FOCS’15), where sub-quadratic lower bounds have been proven for the general LCS problem. Later, we turn to Bringmann et al.’s (SODA’18) which examined the optimal running time of multivariate LCS which proved lower bounds that coincide with the running times of the fastest known algorithms.
• 27/10/2020
14:45 - 15:15
BSc
Stable and Efficient Algorithms for Logarithmically Counting Homomorphisms from Selected Graph Classes
Anton Florey
Graph homomorphisms are mappings between two graphs H and G that preserve all edge relationsof the left-hand side graph. The graph homomorphism counting problem #Hom(H, G) asks for
the number of homomorphisms from one graph H ∈ H to another graph G ∈ G. It is polynomial
time solvable for certain left-hand graph classes H. As part of his recent master thesis, Maximilian
Merz already provided implementations of various homomorphism counting algorithms. Unfor-
tunately, they quickly get impracticable for large problem instances, as homomorphism numbers
grow extremely fast. This work revisits most of these algorithms with the novel idea of counting
the logarithm of these numbers. One main contribution is the implementation and evaluation of
these adapted algorithms. For most of the newly implemented functions, a significant improve-
ment in efficiency over the exact counting implementations can be measured. Further experiments
also show that errors of this logarithmic approximation stay sufficiently close to the unavoidable

accuracy loss induced by finite machine precision.
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/95988725888?pwd=NUlaM05VdU5Kdkp0NXVTZHplWlFSQT09
• 27/10/2020
14:00 - 14:30
BSc
The Fine-Grained Complexity of Longest Common Subsequence
Benjamin Stutte
[bachelor]We will examine approaches to fine-grained analyses of the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) problem with special attention to recent results that have proven lower bounds for solving LCS under the Strong Exponential Time Hypothesis. We will first showcase two results, one by Abboud et al. (FOCS’15) and the other by Bringmann et al. (FOCS’15), where sub-quadratic lower bounds have been proven for the general LCS problem. Later, we turn to Bringmann et al.’s (SODA’18) which examined the optimal running time of multivariate LCS which proved lower bounds that coincide with the running times of the fastest known algorithms.
• 27/10/2020
14:45 - 15:15
BSc
Stable and Efficient Algorithms for Logarithmically Counting Homomorphisms from Selected Graph Classes
Anton Florey
Graph homomorphisms are mappings between two graphs H and G that preserve all edge relationsof the left-hand side graph. The graph homomorphism counting problem #Hom(H, G) asks for
the number of homomorphisms from one graph H ∈ H to another graph G ∈ G. It is polynomial
time solvable for certain left-hand graph classes H. As part of his recent master thesis, Maximilian
Merz already provided implementations of various homomorphism counting algorithms. Unfor-
tunately, they quickly get impracticable for large problem instances, as homomorphism numbers
grow extremely fast. This work revisits most of these algorithms with the novel idea of counting
the logarithm of these numbers. One main contribution is the implementation and evaluation of
these adapted algorithms. For most of the newly implemented functions, a significant improve-
ment in efficiency over the exact counting implementations can be measured. Further experiments
also show that errors of this logarithmic approximation stay sufficiently close to the unavoidable

accuracy loss induced by finite machine precision.
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/95988725888?pwd=NUlaM05VdU5Kdkp0NXVTZHplWlFSQT09
• 23/10/2020
10:30 - 11:00
MSc
Detecting Substructures with Graph Neural Networks
Michael Scholkemper
[master]We present theoretical results relating the computational expressiveness of graph neural networks (GNNs) to the color refinement algorithm for graph isomorphism (Morris et al., X et al.). These yield that given the wrong initialisation, graph neural networks are not able to detect triangles on regular graphs. We introduce a refinement algorithm for graph isomorphism that outperforms color refinement on regular graphs and propose a GNN-architecture motivated by this new algorithm. We experimentally investigate the effect of different initialisations on  the detection of triangles and extend this to k-cycles and k-cliques.
• 16/10/2020
10:00 - 11:00
ATI
Learning Concepts Described by Weight Aggregation Logic
Steffen van Bergerem
We consider weighted structures, which extend ordinary relational structures by assigning weights, i.e. elements from a particular group or ring, to tuples present in the structure. We introduce an extension of first-order logic that allows to aggregate weights of tuples, compare such aggregates, and use them to build more complex formulas. We provide locality properties of fragments of this logic including Feferman-Vaught decompositions and a Gaifman normal form for a fragment called FOW1, as well as a localisation theorem for a larger fragment called FOWA1. This fragment can express concepts from various machine learning scenarios. Using the locality properties, we show that concepts definable in FOWA1 over a weighted background structure of at most polylogarithmic degree are agnostically PAC-learnable in polylogarithmic time after pseudo-linear time preprocessing. This is joint work with Nicole Schweikardt.
• 13/10/2020
10:00 - 10:30
BSc
A comparison of translation from LTL to Büchi automata
Anna Maiworm
• 01/10/2020
10:00 - 10:45

Bachelor Vortrag Jan-Christoph Kassing
Vortrag zur Bachelorarbeit: The Recursive Algorithm for Parity Games
• 01/10/2020
10:00 - 10:45

Bachelor Vortrag Jan-Christoph Kassing
Vortrag zur Bachelorarbeit: The Recursive Algorithm for Parity Games
• 29/09/2020
10:00 - 10:45

Bachelor-Vortrag Johannes Lehmann
Vortrag zur Bachelorarbeit "Exact Minimization of omega-Automata"
• 29/09/2020
10:00 - 10:45

Bachelor-Vortrag Johannes Lehmann
Vortrag zur Bachelorarbeit "Exact Minimization of omega-Automata"
• 25/09/2020
10:30 - 11:00
MSc
Master-Vortrag: Graph Autoencoder for Chemical Compounds
Stefanie Winkler
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/91919735145?pwd=OWFJMDZ5aTErUjhLWEN0T1AwY0lIdz09 A challenging task in fuel design is to find suitable molecules that optimise desired properties like cetane and octane numbers. Our goal is to automate the generation of molecular graphs whose corresponding molecules serve as components for fuels with a high auto-ignition quality. We use three different neural network models built on variational autoencoders and a generative adversarial network: JT-VAE by Jin et al., MHG-VAE by Kajino and MolGAN by De Cao and Kipf [1–3]. Using a subset of QM9 for training, we adapt the models to optimise different combinations of the cetane and octane numbers of new molecules through Bayesian optimisation. Our results show that all models are able to produce valid molecules with high cetane and octane numbers. MHG-VAE is able to generate most of the highest scoring molecules in the different experiments. Moreover, it creates a lot more unique molecules than the other two models, many of which are easy to synthesise.
• 25/09/2020
11:15 - 12:00
BSc
Lower Bounds for the Weisfeiler-Leman Dimension of Graphs of Bounded Tree Width
Lea Schirp
The Weisfeiler-Leman (WL) algorithm is an iterative approach used to classify graphs and other relational structures. For every natural number k, there is a k-dimensional version, which colors k-tuples of vertices, running in polynomial time but there are also non-isomorphic graphs, which the k-dim version cannot distinguish. This makes it useful to know the WL-dimension of a graph, which is the least natural number k such that the k-dim WL distinguishes the graph from all other non-isomorphic graphs. It is known that bounds on the WL dimension of a graph can be determined if its tree width is known. In this talk, we present tools for computing the tree width of a graph with a focus on Tamaki's implementation. We finally discuss the results of an experimental evaluation of the tree width of these graphs with the goal of finding out if the currently best known bounds on the WL dimension of graphs parametrized by their tree width are tight.
• 25/09/2020
12:30 - 13:00
BSc
Counting Homomorphisms via Model Counting and Knowledge Compilation
Patrick Bögel
The homomorphism counting problem #HOM asks how many homomorphisms there are from a graph H to a graph G. The model counting problem #SAT asks how many satisfying assignments a propositional formula has. Both problems are #P-complete, but #HOM becomes tractable if the left-hand side graphs are restricted to a class of bounded tree-width. In this talk we consider reductions from #HOM to #SAT with special attention to whether the tractable subproblems of #HOM are mapped to tractable subproblems of #SAT. Specifically we find reductions that map homomorphism counting instances where the left-hand side graph is a tree, to formulas which adhere to structural restrictions under which #SAT becomes tractable. We also utilize the approach of knowledge compilation to create formulas in a representation that allows for the model count to be calculated in linear time of its size. We evaluate the reductions practically with multiple state-of-the-art model counters and find the reduction to be inferior to the direct approach.
• 18/09/2020
10:00 - 11:00
ATI
Tuple-Independent Representations of Probabilistic Databases
Christoph Standke
https://rwth.zoom.us/j/96525649453?pwd=bHRma0lmV2xuRTNhWUdQbi9ockdNZz09
• 03/08/2020
12:00 - 12:30
BSc
Bachelor Kolloquium Meder
• 28/07/2020
16:00 - 17:00

Vortrag Wolfgang Gatterbauer
• 28/07/2020
16:00 - 17:00

Vortrag Wolfgang Gatterbauer
• 26/06/2020
10:00 - 11:00
ATI
ATI Seminar Jan Böker
Jan Böker
• 19/06/2020
10:00 - 10:45
ATI
ATI Seminar Vortrag Steffen van Bergerem
Steffen van Bergerem
• 05/06/2020
10:00 - 11:00
ATI
omega-Word Automata with Global Constraints
Patrick Landwehr