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Benedikt Peterseim

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1as first author
1since 2021 · last 2026
0009-0004-3510-4325ORCID · verified

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Theory of computation · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021

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Artificial intelligence
1 paper
Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning · 100%
Theoretical computer science
1 paper
Computational complexity · 50% Graph algorithms and graph theory · 50%
Databases, data mining, and information retrieval
1 paper
Query processing and optimization · 100%

Topics — the 5 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Machine learning › Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning
probabilistic programming
1.012026
Fixed-Parameter Tractable Inference for Discrete Probabilistic Programs, via String Diagram Algebraisation · LICS 2026
Machine learning › Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning
statistical inference
1.012026
Fixed-Parameter Tractable Inference for Discrete Probabilistic Programs, via String Diagram Algebraisation · LICS 2026
Computational complexity
parameterized complexity
1.012026
Fixed-Parameter Tractable Inference for Discrete Probabilistic Programs, via String Diagram Algebraisation · LICS 2026
Graph algorithms and graph theory › graph theory › graph parameters › graph width parameters
treewidth
1.012026
Fixed-Parameter Tractable Inference for Discrete Probabilistic Programs, via String Diagram Algebraisation · LICS 2026
Query processing and optimization
probabilistic query processing
0.312026
Fixed-Parameter Tractable Inference for Discrete Probabilistic Programs, via String Diagram Algebraisation · LICS 2026

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

tree decomposition · 3.0string diagram algebraisation · 3.0
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2026 Fixed-Parameter Tractable Inference for Discrete Probabilistic Programs, via String Diagram Algebraisation
abstract
Discrete probabilistic programs (DPPs) provide a highly expressive formalism for compactly defining arbitrary finite probabilistic models. This expressivity comes at a price: DPP inference is PSPACE-hard. In this work, we show that DPP inference only takes polynomial time for programs that are "structurally simple". More precisely, inference can be performed in polynomial time when the primal graph of each function appearing in the probabilistic program has bounded treewidth, and the inverse acceptance probability is at most exponential in the size of the probabilistic program. Existing algorithms do not achieve this performance guarantee. Our method relies on finding suitable decompositions, algebraisations, of the string diagrams underlying DPPs, employing existing algorithms for tree decompositions. This is independent of the probabilistic setting of DPPs and has direct applications to many problems, such as evaluating queries on relational databases and cybersecurity risk assessment via attack trees.
Benedikt Peterseim, Milan Lopuhaä-Zwakenberg
LICS1