Alistair Sinclair

Affiliations:
  • University of California, Berkeley, USA


According to our database1, Alistair Sinclair authored at least 72 papers between 1988 and 2023.

Collaborative distances:
  • Dijkstra number2 of three.
  • Erdős number3 of two.

Awards

ACM Fellow

ACM Fellow 2012, "For contributions to randomized algorithms and their applications to statistical physics.".

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Bibliography

2023
Spatial mixing and the random-cluster dynamics on lattices.
Proceedings of the 2023 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2023

2022
Efficiently list-edge coloring multigraphs asymptotically optimally.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2022

The critical mean-field Chayes-Machta dynamics.
Comb. Probab. Comput., 2022

Low-temperature Ising dynamics with random initializations.
Proceedings of the STOC '22: 54th Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing, Rome, Italy, June 20, 2022

2021
Entropy decay in the Swendsen-Wang dynamics on ℤ<sup><i>d</i></sup>.
Proceedings of the STOC '21: 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2021

2019
Spatial mixing and nonlocal Markov chains.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2019

A deterministic algorithm for counting colorings with 2Δ colors.
CoRR, 2019

Fisher Zeros and Correlation Decay in the Ising Model.
Proceedings of the 10th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference, 2019

Beyond the Lovász Local Lemma: Point to Set Correlations and Their Algorithmic Applications.
Proceedings of the 60th IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2019

A Deterministic Algorithm for Counting Colorings with 2-Delta Colors.
Proceedings of the 60th IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2019

2018
A New Perspective on Stochastic Local Search and the Lovasz Local Lemma.
CoRR, 2018

Spatial Mixing and Non-local Markov chains.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2018

2017
Analysis of a Classical Matrix Preconditioning Algorithm.
J. ACM, 2017

The Ising Partition Function: Zeros and Deterministic Approximation.
Proceedings of the 58th IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2017

2016
Random-Cluster Dynamics in ℤ<sup>2</sup>.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2016

2015
Dynamics of Lattice Triangulations on Thin Rectangles.
CoRR, 2015

Spatial mixing and the connective constant: Optimal bounds.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2015

Symbolic Integration and the Complexity of Computing Averages.
Proceedings of the IEEE 56th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2015

Dynamics for the Mean-field Random-cluster Model.
Proceedings of the Approximation, 2015

2013
Delaying satisfiability for random 2SAT.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2013

Lee-Yang theorems and the complexity of computing averages.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Theory of Computing Conference, 2013

Random lattice triangulations: structure and algorithms.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Theory of Computing Conference, 2013

Spatial Mixing and Approximation Algorithms for Graphs with Bounded Connective Constant.
Proceedings of the 54th Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2013

2012
The Extended k-tree Algorithm.
J. Cryptol., 2012

Negative Examples for Sequential Importance Sampling of Binary Contingency Tables.
Algorithmica, 2012

Approximation algorithms for two-state anti-ferromagnetic spin systems on bounded degree graphs.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2012

2011
Convergence to approximate Nash equilibria in congestion games.
Games Econ. Behav., 2011

Almost settling the hardness of noncommutative determinant.
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2011

Mobile Geometric Graphs: Detection, Coverage and Percolation.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2011

2010
Mobile Geometric Graphs, and Detection and Communication Problems in Mobile Wireless Networks
CoRR, 2010

Liftings of Tree-Structured Markov Chains - (Extended Abstract).
Proceedings of the Approximation, 2010

2009
Low Distortion Maps Between Point Sets.
SIAM J. Comput., 2009

Sherali-adams relaxations of the matching polytope.
Proceedings of the 41st Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2009

Mixing time for the solid-on-solid model.
Proceedings of the 41st Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2009

The extended <i>k</i>-tree algorithm.
Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2009

Strong and Pareto Price of Anarchy in Congestion Games.
Proceedings of the Automata, Languages and Programming, 36th International Colloquium, 2009

2008
On the satisfiability threshold and clustering of solutions of random 3-SAT formulas.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2008

2007
Algebras with Polynomial Identities and Computing the Determinant.
SIAM J. Comput., 2007

Fast mixing for independent sets, colorings, and other models on trees.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2007

2006
Embedding <i>k</i>-Outerplanar Graphs into <i>l</i> <sub>1</sub>.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 2006

2005
A general lower bound for mixing of single-site dynamics on graphs.
Proceedings of the 46th Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2005), 2005

2004
Random Walks on Truncated Cubes and Sampling 0-1 Knapsack Solutions.
SIAM J. Comput., 2004

Mixing in time and space for lattice spin systems: A combinatorial view.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2004

A polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the permanent of a matrix with nonnegative entries.
J. ACM, 2004

Cuts, Trees and l<sub>1</sub>-Embeddings of Graphs.
Comb., 2004

Shuffling by Semi-Random Transpositions.
Proceedings of the 45th Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2004), 2004

2003
Finding Points on Curves over Finite Fields.
SIAM J. Comput., 2003

Clifford algebras and approximating the permanent.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2003

Embedding k-outerplanar graphs into l1.
Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2003

The Ising Model on Trees: Boundary Conditions and Mixing Time.
Proceedings of the 44th Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2003), 2003

2001
Markov Chain Algorithms for Planar Lattice Structures.
SIAM J. Comput., 2001

A polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the permanent of a matrix with non-negative entries.
Proceedings of the Proceedings on 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2001

1999
Spatial Codes and the Hardness of String Folding Problems.
J. Comput. Biol., 1999

1998
A computational view of population genetics.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 1998

Biased Random Walks, Lyapunov Functions, and Stochastic Analysis of Best Fit Bin Packing.
J. Algorithms, 1998

Spatial Codes and the Hardness of String Folding Problems (Extended Abstract).
Proceedings of the Ninth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 1998

Local Divergence of Markov Chains and the Analysis of Iterative Load Balancing Schemes.
Proceedings of the 39th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1998

1996
Biased Random Walks, Lyapunov Functions, and Stochastic Analysis of Best Fit Bin Packing (Preliminary Version).
Proceedings of the Seventh Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 1996

1995
Markov Chain Algorithms for Planar Lattice Structures (Extended Abstract).
Proceedings of the 36th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1995

1994
Testable Algorithms for Self-Avoiding Walks.
Proceedings of the Fifth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 23-25 January 1994, 1994

1993
Polynomial-Time Approximation Algorithms for the Ising Model.
SIAM J. Comput., 1993

Optimal Speedup of Las Vegas Algorithms.
Inf. Process. Lett., 1993

Matchings in lattice graphs.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 1993

Algorithms for random generation and counting - a Markov chain approach.
Progress in theoretical computer science, Birkhäuser, ISBN: 978-0-8176-3658-6, 1993

1992
Improved Bounds for Mixing Rates of Marcov Chains and Multicommodity Flow.
Comb. Probab. Comput., 1992

Improved Bounds for Mixing Rates of Marked Chains and Multicommodity Flow.
Proceedings of the LATIN '92, 1992

Quadratic Dynamical Systems (Preliminary Version)
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1992

1990
Fast Uniform Generation of Regular Graphs.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 1990

Polynomial-Time Approximation Algorithms for Ising Model (Extended Abstract).
Proceedings of the Automata, Languages and Programming, 17th International Colloquium, 1990

1989
Approximate Counting, Uniform Generation and Rapidly Mixing Markov Chains
Inf. Comput., July, 1989

Approximating the Permanent.
SIAM J. Comput., 1989

1988
Conductance and the Rapid Mixing Property for Markov Chains: the Approximation of the Permanent Resolved (Preliminary Version)
Proceedings of the 20th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 1988


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