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Hugo Aaronson
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2ranked-venue papers
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2since 2021 · last 2026
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Theory of computation · 2 · 2 first-author · 2 since 2021
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pseudo-Deterministic Quantum AlgorithmsabstractWe initiate a systematic study of pseudo-deterministic quantum algorithms. These are quantum algorithms that, for any input, output a canonical solution with high probability. Focusing on the query complexity model, our main contributions include the following complexity separations, which require new lower bound techniques specifically tailored to pseudo-determinism: - We exhibit a problem, Avoid One Encrypted String (AOES), whose classical randomized query complexity is O(1) but is maximally hard for pseudo-deterministic quantum algorithms (Ω(N) query complexity). - We exhibit a problem, Quantum-Locked Estimation (QL-Estimation), for which pseudo-deterministic quantum algorithms admit an exponential speed-up over classical pseudo-deterministic algorithms (O(log(N)) vs. Θ(√N)), while the randomized query complexity is O(1). Complementing these separations, we show that for any total problem R, pseudo-deterministic quantum algorithms admit at most a quintic advantage over deterministic algorithms, i.e., 𝖣(R) = Õ(psQ(R)⁵). On the algorithmic side, we identify a class of quantum search problems that can be made pseudo-deterministic with small overhead, including Grover search, element distinctness, triangle finding, k-sum, and graph collision. Hugo Aaronson, Tom Gur, Jiawei Li 0014 |
ICALP | 1 |
| 2024 | Distribution-Free Proofs of Proximity
Hugo Aaronson, Tom Gur, Ninad Rajgopal, Ron Rothblum |
CCC | 1 |