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Nikhil Mande

Dr Nikhil Mande
PhD

Lecturer
Algorithms and Computing Systems

Research outputs

Selected research outputs

  1. A SHORT LIST OF EQUALITIES INDUCES LARGE SIGN-RANK (Journal article - 2022)
  2. Randomized versus Deterministic Decision Tree Size (Conference Paper - 2023)
  3. The Log-Approximate-Rank Conjecture Is False (Journal article - 2020)
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2026

2025

Hardness of Finding Kings and Strong Kings

Alaoui, Z. I., & Mande, N. (2025). Hardness of Finding Kings and Strong Kings. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics Vol. 360. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.36

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.36
Conference Paper

2024

Quantum Sabotage Complexity

Cornelissen, A., Mande, N. S., & Patro, S. (2024). Quantum Sabotage Complexity. In 44TH IARCS ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON FOUNDATIONS OF SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY AND THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, FSTTCS 2024 Vol. 323 (pp. 20 pages). doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2024.19

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2024.19
Conference Paper

Lower bounds for quantum-inspired classical algorithms via communication complexity

Mande, N. S., & Shao, C. (2024). Lower bounds for quantum-inspired classical algorithms via communication complexity. Quantum, 9.

Journal article

2023

Lifting to Parity Decision Trees via Stifling

Chattopadhyay, A., Mande, N. S., Sanyal, S., & Sherif, S. (2023). Lifting to Parity Decision Trees via Stifling. In 14TH INNOVATIONS IN THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE CONFERENCE, ITCS 2023 Vol. 251. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2023.33

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2023.33
Conference Paper

2022

Improved Quantum Query Upper Bounds Based on Classical Decision Trees

Cornelissen, A., Mande, N. S., & Patro, S. (2022). Improved Quantum Query Upper Bounds Based on Classical Decision Trees. In 42ND IARCS ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON FOUNDATIONS OF SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY AND THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, FSTTCS 2022 Vol. 250 (pp. 22 pages). doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.15

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2022.15
Conference Paper

One-Way Communication Complexity and Non-Adaptive Decision Trees

Mande, N. S., Sanyal, S., & Sherif, S. (2022). One-Way Communication Complexity and Non-Adaptive Decision Trees. In 39TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, STACS 2022 Vol. 219. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2022.49

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2022.49
Conference Paper

Symmetry and Quantum Query-To-Communication Simulation

Chakraborty, S., Chattopadhyay, A., Hoyer, P., Mande, N. S., Paraashar, M., & de Wolf, R. (2022). Symmetry and Quantum Query-To-Communication Simulation. In 39TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, STACS 2022 Vol. 219. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2022.20

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2022.20
Conference Paper

A SHORT LIST OF EQUALITIES INDUCES LARGE SIGN-RANK

Chattopadhyay, A., & Mande, N. S. (2022). A SHORT LIST OF EQUALITIES INDUCES LARGE SIGN-RANK. SIAM JOURNAL ON COMPUTING, 51(3), 820-848. doi:10.1137/19M1271348

DOI
10.1137/19M1271348
Journal article

2021

Exact quantum query complexity of computing Hamming weight modulo powers of two and three

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2112.14682
Preprint

Sign-rank Can Increase under Intersection

Bun, M., Mande, N. S., & Thaler, J. (2021). Sign-rank Can Increase under Intersection. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATION THEORY, 13(4). doi:10.1145/3470863

DOI
10.1145/3470863
Journal article

Tight Chang’s-Lemma-Type Bounds for Boolean Functions

Chakraborty, S., Mande, N. S., Mittal, R., Molli, T., Paraashar, M., & Sanyal, S. (2021). Tight Chang’s-Lemma-Type Bounds for Boolean Functions. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics Vol. 213. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.10

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2021.10
Conference Paper

2020

On parity decision trees for fourier-sparse boolean functions

Mande, N. S., & Sanyal, S. (2020). On parity decision trees for fourier-sparse boolean functions. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics Vol. 182. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2020.29

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2020.29
Conference Paper

The Log-Approximate-Rank Conjecture Is False

Chattopadhyay, A., Mande, N. S., & Sherif, S. (2020). The Log-Approximate-Rank Conjecture Is False. JOURNAL OF THE ACM, 67(4). doi:10.1145/3396695

DOI
10.1145/3396695
Journal article

Quantum query-to-communication simulation needs a logarithmic overhead

Chakraborty, S., Chattopadhyay, A., Mande, N. S., & Paraashar, M. (2020). Quantum query-to-communication simulation needs a logarithmic overhead. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics Vol. 169. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2020.32

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2020.32
Conference Paper

Improved approximate degree bounds for k-distinctness

Mande, N. S., Thaler, J., & Zhu, S. (2020). Improved approximate degree bounds for k-distinctness. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics Vol. 158. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2020.2

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2020.2
Conference Paper

2019

Approximate degree, secret sharing, and concentration phenomena

Bogdanov, A., Mande, N. S., Thaler, J., & Williamson, C. (2019). Approximate degree, secret sharing, and concentration phenomena. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics Vol. 145. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2019.71

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2019.71
Conference Paper

Sign-rank can increase under intersection

Bun, M., Mande, N. S., & Thaler, J. (2019). Sign-rank can increase under intersection. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics Vol. 132. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2019.30

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2019.30
Conference Paper

The Log-Approximate-Rank Conjecture Is False

Chattopadhyay, A., Mande, N. S., & Sherif, S. (2019). The Log-Approximate-Rank Conjecture Is False. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE 51ST ANNUAL ACM SIGACT SYMPOSIUM ON THEORY OF COMPUTING (STOC '19) (pp. 42-53). doi:10.1145/3313276.3316353

DOI
10.1145/3313276.3316353
Conference Paper

2018

A Short List of Equalities Induces Large Sign Rank

Chattopadhyay, A., & Mande, N. S. (2018). A Short List of Equalities Induces Large Sign Rank. In 2018 IEEE 59TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (FOCS) (pp. 47-58). doi:10.1109/FOCS.2018.00014

DOI
10.1109/FOCS.2018.00014
Conference Paper

A lifting theorem with applications to symmetric functions

Chattopadhyay, A., & Mande, N. S. (2018). A lifting theorem with applications to symmetric functions. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics Vol. 93. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2017.23

DOI
10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2017.23
Conference Paper

Separation of Unbounded-Error Models in Multi-Party Communication Complexity

Chattopadhyay, A., & Mande, N. S. (2018). Separation of Unbounded-Error Models in Multi-Party Communication Complexity. THEORY OF COMPUTING, 14. doi:10.4086/toc.2018.v014a021

DOI
10.4086/toc.2018.v014a021
Journal article

2017