Research Papers

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Papers are listed in reverse chronological order.

  1. Deterministic list decoding of Reed-Solomon codes
  2. Fast list-recovery of univariate multiplicity and folded Reed-Solomon codes
  3. Optimal Online Bipartite Matching in Degree-2 Graphs
    • Authors: Amey Bhangale, Arghya Chakraborty, and Prahladh Harsha
    • In Proc. 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC) (Tainan, Taiwan, 7–10 Dec), vol. 359 of LIPIcs, pages 13:1–13:19, 2025. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhangaleCH2025,
        author =          {Amey Bhangale and Arghya Chakraborty and Prahladh Harsha},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $36$th International Symposium on Algorithms
                         and Computation (ISAAC)},
        editor =        {Ho-Lin Chen and Wing-Kai Hon and Meng-Tsung Tsai},
        pages =         {13:1--13:19},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Optimal Online Bipartite Matching in Degree-2 Graphs},
        volume =        {359},
        year =          {2025},
        city =          {Tainan, Taiwan},
        date =          {7--10~Dec},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.13},
        eprint =        {2511.16025},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  4. Fast list-decoding of univariate multiplicity and folded Reed-Solomon codes
    • Authors: Rohan Goyal, Prahladh Harsha, Mrinal Kumar, and Ashutosh Shankar
    • In Proc. 65th IEEE Symp. on Foundations of Comp. Science (FOCS) (Chicago, IL, 27–30 Oct), pages 328–343, 2024. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{GoyalHKS2024,
        author =          {Rohan Goyal and Prahladh Harsha and Mrinal Kumar and
        Ashutosh Shankar},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $65$th IEEE Symp.\ on Foundations of Comp.\
                         Science (FOCS)},
        editor =        {Santosh Vempala},
        pages =         {328--343},
        title =         {Fast list-decoding of univariate multiplicity and
                         folded {R}eed-{S}olomon codes},
        year =          {2024},
        city =          {Chicago, IL},
        date =          {27--30~Oct},
        doi =           {10.1109/FOCS61266.2024.00028},
        eprint =        {2311.17841},
        eccc =          {2023/185},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  5. An Improved Line-Point Low-Degree Test
  6. Dot-Product Proofs and Their Applications
    • Authors: Nir Bitansky, Prahladh Harsha, Yuval Ishai, Ron D. Rothblum, and David J. Wu
    • In Proc. 65th IEEE Symp. on Foundations of Comp. Science (FOCS) (Chicago, IL, 27–30 Oct), pages 806–825, 2024. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BitanskyHIRW2024,
        author =          {Nir Bitansky and Prahladh Harsha and Yuval Ishai and Ron
        D. Rothblum and David J. Wu},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $65$th IEEE Symp.\ on Foundations of Comp.\
                         Science (FOCS)},
        editor =        {Santosh Vempala},
        pages =         {806--825},
        title =         {Dot-Product Proofs and Their Applications},
        year =          {2024},
        city =          {Chicago, IL},
        date =          {27--30~Oct},
        doi =           {10.1109/FOCS61266.2024.00057},
        eccc =          {2024/114},
        iacr =          {2024/1138},
      }
    • To appear in SIAM J. Comput., 2026.
    • Invited journal paper to special issue for FOCS 2024
    • [ eccc | iacr ]
  7. Fast Numerical Multivariate Multipoint Evaluation
    • Authors: Sumanta Ghosh, Prahladh Harsha, Simao Herdade, Mrinal Kumar, and Ramprasad Saptharishi
    • In Proc. 64th IEEE Symp. on Foundations of Comp. Science (FOCS) (Santa Cruz, CA, 6–9 Nov), pages 1426–1439, 2023. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{GhoshHHKS2023,
        author =          {Sumanta Ghosh and Prahladh Harsha and Simao Herdade and
        Mrinal Kumar and Ramprasad Saptharishi},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $64$th IEEE Symp.\ on Foundations of Comp.\
                         Science (FOCS)},
        editor =        {Amit Sahai and Shubhangi Saraf and Thomas Vidick},
        pages =         {1426--1439},
        title =         {Fast Numerical Multivariate Multipoint Evaluation},
        year =          {2023},
        city =          {Santa Cruz, CA},
        date =          {6--9~Nov},
        doi =           {10.1109/FOCS57990.2023.00088},
        eprint =        {2304.01191},
        eccc =          {2023/033},
      }
    • To appear in SIAM J. Comput., 2026.
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  8. Criticality of AC^0-Formulae
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha, Tulasimohan Molli, and Ashutosh Shankar
    • In Proc. 38th Comput. Complexity Conf. (Warwick, United Kingdom, 17–20 July), vol. 264 of LIPIcs, pages 19:1–19:24, 2023. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaMS2023,
        author =          {Prahladh Harsha and Tulasimohan Molli and Ashutosh
        Shankar},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $38$th Comput.\ Complexity Conf.},
        editor =        {Amnon TaShma},
        pages =         {19:1--19:24},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Criticality of ${AC}^{0}$-Formulae},
        volume =        {264},
        year =          {2023},
        city =          {Warwick, United Kingdom},
        date =          {17--20~July},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2023.19},
        eprint =        {2212.08397},
        eccc =          {2022/182},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  9. Downward Self-Reducibility in TFNP
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha, Daniel Mitropolsky, and Alon Rosen
    • In Proc. 14th Innovations in Theor. Comput. Sci. (ITCS) (Cambride, MA, 10–13 Jan), vol. 251 of LIPIcs, pages 67:1–67:17, 2023. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaMR2023,
        author =          {Prahladh Harsha and Daniel Mitropolsky and Alon Rosen},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $14$th Innovations in Theor.\ Comput.\ Sci.\
                         (ITCS)},
        editor =        {Yael Kalai},
        pages =         {67:1--67:17},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Downward Self-Reducibility in {TFNP}},
        volume =        {251},
        year =          {2023},
        city =          {Cambride, MA},
        date =          {10--13~Jan},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2023.67},
        eprint =        {2209.10509},
        eccc =          {2022/133},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  10. Algorithmizing the Multiplicity Schwartz-Zippel Lemma
    • Authors: Siddharth Bhandari, Prahladh Harsha, Mrinal Kumar, and Ashutosh Shankar
    • In Proc. 34th Annual ACM-SIAM Symp. on Discrete Algorithms (SODA) (Florence, Italy, 22–25 Jan), pages 2816–2835, 2023. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhandariHKS2023-msz,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Mrinal Kumar
        and Ashutosh Shankar},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $34$th Annual {ACM}-{SIAM} Symp.\ on Discrete
                         Algorithms (SODA)},
        editor =        {Nikhil Bansal and Viswanath Nagarajan},
        pages =         {2816--2835},
        title =         {Algorithmizing the {M}ultiplicity {S}chwartz-{Z}ippel
                         Lemma},
        year =          {2023},
        city =          {Florence, Italy},
        date =          {22--25~Jan},
        doi =           {10.1137/1.9781611977554.ch106},
        eprint =        {2111.11072},
        eccc =          {2021/163},
      }
    • TheoretiCS, 4(29), 2025. [BibTeX]
      @article{BhandariHKS2025,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Mrinal Kumar
        and Ashutosh Shankar},
        journal =       {Theoreti{CS}},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{34th SODA}, 2023)},
        number =        {29},
        title =         {Algorithmizing the {M}ultiplicity {S}chwartz-{Z}ippel
                         Lemma},
        volume =        {4},
        year =          {2025},
        doi =           {10.46298/theoretics.25.29},
        eprint =        {2111.11072},
        eccc =          {2021/163},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  11. Vanishing Spaces of Random Sets and Applications to Reed-Muller Codes
    • Authors: Siddharth Bhandari, Prahladh Harsha, Ramprasad Saptharishi, and Srikanth Srinivasan
    • In Proc. 37th Comput. Complexity Conf. (Philadelphia, PA, USA, 21–23 July), vol. 234 of LIPIcs, pages 32:1–32:14, 2022. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhandariHSS2022,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Ramprasad
        Saptharishi and Srikanth Srinivasan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $37$th Comput.\ Complexity Conf.},
        editor =        {Shachar Lovett},
        pages =         {32:1--32:14},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Vanishing Spaces of Random Sets and Applications to
                         {R}eed-{M}uller Codes},
        volume =        {234},
        year =          {2022},
        city =          {Philadelphia, PA, USA},
        date =          {21--23~July},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2022.32},
        eprint =        {2205.10749},
        eccc =          {2022/075},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  12. Mixing of 3-term progressions in Quasirandom Groups
    • Authors: Amey Bhangale, Prahladh Harsha, and Sourya Roy
    • In Proc. 13th Innovations in Theor. Comput. Sci. (ITCS) (Virtual Conference, 31 Jan–3 Feb), vol. 215 of LIPIcs, pages 20:1–20:9, 2022. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhangaleHR2022,
        author =        {Amey Bhangale and Prahladh Harsha and Sourya Roy},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $13$th Innovations in Theor.\ Comput.\ Sci.\
                         (ITCS)},
        editor =        {Mark Braverman},
        pages =         {20:1--20:9},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Mixing of 3-term progressions in Quasirandom Groups},
        volume =        {215},
        year =          {2022},
        city =          {Virtual Conference},
        date =          {31~Jan--3~Feb},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.20},
        eprint =        {2109.12627},
        eccc =          {2021/142},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  13. Ideal-theoretic Explanation of Capacity-achieving Decoding
    • Authors: Siddharth Bhandari, Prahladh Harsha, Mrinal Kumar, and Madhu Sudan
    • In Proc. 25th International Conf. on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM) (Virtual Conference, 16–18 Aug), vol. 207 of LIPIcs, pages 56:1–56:21, 2021. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhandariHKS2021-affineFRS,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Mrinal Kumar
        and Madhu Sudan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $25$th International Conf.\ on Randomization
                         and Computation (RANDOM)},
        editor =        {Wootters, Mary and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
        pages =         {56:1--56:21},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Ideal-theoretic Explanation of Capacity-achieving
                         Decoding},
        volume =        {207},
        year =          {2021},
        city =          {Virtual Conference},
        date =          {16--18~Aug},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.56},
        eprint =        {2103.07930},
        eccc =          {2021/036},
      }
    • IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, 70(2):1107–1123, 2024. [BibTeX]
      @article{BhandariHKS2024-affineFRS,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Mrinal Kumar
        and Madhu Sudan},
        journal =       {IEEE Trans.\ Inform.\ Theory},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{25th RANDOM}, 2021)},
        number =        {2},
        pages =         {1107--1123},
        title =         {Ideal-theoretic Explanation of Capacity-achieving
                         Decoding},
        volume =        {70},
        year =          {2024},
        doi =           {10.1109/TIT.2023.3345890},
        eprint =        {2103.07930},
        eccc =          {2021/036},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  14. Decoding Multivariate Multiplicity Codes over Product Sets
    • Authors: Siddharth Bhandari, Prahladh Harsha, Mrinal Kumar, and Madhu Sudan
    • In Proc. 53rd ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing (STOC) (Virtual Conference, 21–25 June), pages 1489–1501, 2021. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhandariHKS2021-mgrid,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Mrinal Kumar
        and Madhu Sudan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $53$rd ACM Symp.\ on Theory of Computing
                         (STOC)},
        editor =        {Samir Khuller and Virginia Vassilevska Williams},
        pages =         {1489--1501},
        title =         {Decoding Multivariate Multiplicity Codes over Product
                         Sets},
        year =          {2021},
        city =          {Virtual Conference},
        date =          {21--25~June},
        doi =           {10.1145/3406325.3451027},
        eprint =        {2012.01530},
        eccc =          {2020/179},
      }
    • IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, 70(1):154–169, 2024. [BibTeX]
      @article{BhandariHKS2024-mgrid,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Mrinal Kumar
        and Madhu Sudan},
        journal =       {IEEE Trans.\ Inform.\ Theory},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{53rd STOC}, 2021)},
        number =        {1},
        pages =         {154--169},
        title =         {Decoding Multivariate Multiplicity Codes over Product
                         Sets},
        volume =        {70},
        year =          {2024},
        doi =           {10.1109/TIT.2023.3306849},
        eprint =        {2012.01530},
        eccc =          {2020/179},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  15. City-Scale Agent-Based Simulators for the Study of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions in the Context of the COVID-19 Epidemic.
  16. COVID-19 Epidemic in Mumbai: Projections, full economic opening, and containment zones versus contact tracing and testing: An Update
  17. Explicit SoS lower bounds from high-dimensional expanders
    • Authors: Irit Dinur, Yuval Filmus, Prahladh Harsha, and Madhur Tulsiani
    • In Proc. 12th Innovations in Theor. Comput. Sci. (ITCS) (Virtual Conference, 6–8 Jan), vol. 185 of LIPIcs, pages 40:1–40:16, 2021. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurFHT2021,
        author =          {Irit Dinur and Yuval Filmus and Prahladh Harsha and Madhur
        Tulsiani},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $12$th Innovations in Theor.\ Comput.\ Sci.\
                         (ITCS)},
        editor =        {James R. Lee},
        pages =         {40:1--40:16},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Explicit {SoS} lower bounds from high-dimensional
                         expanders},
        volume =        {185},
        year =          {2021},
        city =          {Virtual Conference},
        date =          {6--8~Jan},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2021.38},
        eprint =        {2009.05218},
        eccc =          {2020/136},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  18. COVID-19 Epidemic Study II: Phased Emergence From the Lockdown in Mumbai
  19. Locally testable codes via high-dimensional expanders
  20. Rigid matrices from rectangular PCPs or Hard Claims have Complex Proofs
    • Authors: Amey Bhangale, Prahladh Harsha, Orr Paradise, and Avishay Tal
    • In Proc. 61st IEEE Symp. on Foundations of Comp. Science (FOCS) (Virtual Conference, 16–19 Nov), pages 858–869, 2020. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhangaleHPT2020,
        author =          {Amey Bhangale and Prahladh Harsha and Orr Paradise and
        Avishay Tal},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $61$st IEEE Symp.\ on Foundations of Comp.\
                         Science (FOCS)},
        editor =        {Sandy Irani},
        pages =         {858--869},
        title =         {Rigid matrices from rectangular {PCP}s or {H}ard
                         {C}laims have {C}omplex {P}roofs},
        year =          {2020},
        city =          {Virtual Conference},
        date =          {16--19~Nov},
        doi =           {10.1109/FOCS46700.2020.00084},
        eprint =        {2005.03123},
        eccc =          {2020/075},
      }
    • SIAM J. Comput., 53(2):480–523, 2024. [BibTeX]
      @article{BhangaleHPT2024,
        author =          {Amey Bhangale and Prahladh Harsha and Orr Paradise and
        Avishay Tal},
        journal =       {SIAM J. Comput.},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{61st FOCS},2020)},
        number =        {2},
        pages =         {480--523},
        title =         {Rigid matrices from rectangular {PCP}s or {H}ard
                         {C}laims have {C}omplex {P}roofs},
        volume =        {53},
        year =          {2024},
        doi =           {10.1137/22M1495597},
        eprint =        {2005.03123},
        eccc =          {2020/075},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  21. On the elementary construction of High-Dimensional Expanders of Kaufman and Oppenheim
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha and Ramprasad Saptharishi
    • Theory Comput., 20(5):1–22, 2024. [BibTeX]
      @article{HarshaS2024,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Ramprasad Saptharishi},
        journal =       {Theory Comput.},
        number =        {5},
        pages =         {1--22},
        title =         {On the elementary construction of High-Dimensional
                         Expanders of {K}aufman and {O}ppenheim},
        volume =        {20},
        year =          {2024},
        doi =           {10.4086/toc.2024.v020a005},
        eprint =        {1912.11225},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  22. Improved Hardness for 3LIN via Linear Label Cover
  23. From Local Testing to Robust Testing via Agreement Testing
    • Authors: Irit Dinur, Prahladh Harsha, Tali Kaufman, and Noga Ron-Zewi
    • In Proc. 10th Innovations in Theor. Comput. Sci. (ITCS) (San Diego, CA, 10–12 Jan), vol. 124 of LIPIcs, pages 29:1–29:18, 2019. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurHKR2019,
        author =          {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha and Tali Kaufman and Noga
        Ron-Zewi},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $10$th Innovations in Theor.\ Comput.\ Sci.\
                         (ITCS)},
        editor =        {Avrim Blum},
        pages =         {29:1--29:18},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {From Local Testing to Robust Testing via Agreement
                         Testing},
        volume =        {124},
        year =          {2019},
        city =          {San Diego, CA},
        date =          {10--12~Jan},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2019.29},
        eccc =          {2018/198},
      }
    • Theory Comput., 18(12):1–25, 2022. [BibTeX]
      @article{DinurHKR2022,
        author =          {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha and Tali Kaufman and Noga
        Ron-Zewi},
        journal =       {Theory Comput.},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{10th ITCS}, 2019)},
        number =        {12},
        pages =         {1--25},
        title =         {From Local Testing to Robust Testing via Agreement
                         Testing},
        volume =        {18},
        year =          {2022},
        doi =           {10.4086/toc.2022.v018a012},
        eccc =          {2018/198},
      }
    • [ eccc ]
  24. On the Probabilistic Degree of OR over the Reals
    • Authors: Siddharth Bhandari, Prahladh Harsha, Tulasimohan Molli, and Srikanth Srinivasan
    • In Proc. 38th IARCS Annual Conf. on Foundations of Software Tech. and Theoretical Comp. Science (FSTTCS) (Ahmedabad, India, 10–14 Dec), vol. 122 of LIPIcs, pages 5:1–5:12, 2018. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhandariHMS2018,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Tulasimohan
        Molli and Srikanth Srinivasan},
        booktitle =     {Proc. $38$th IARCS Annual Conf.\ on Foundations of
                         Software Tech.\ and Theoretical Comp.\ Science
                         (FSTTCS)},
        editor =        {Sumit Ganguly and Paritosh Pandya},
        pages =         {5:1--5:12},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {On the Probabilistic Degree of {OR} over the {R}eals},
        volume =        {122},
        year =          {2018},
        city =          {Ahmedabad, India},
        date =          {10--14~Dec},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2018.5},
        eprint =        {1812.01982},
        eccc =          {2018/207},
      }
    • Random Structures Algorithms, 59(1):53–67, 2021. [BibTeX]
      @article{BhandariHMS2021,
        author =          {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha and Tulasimohan
        Molli and Srikanth Srinivasan},
        journal =       {Random Structures Algorithms},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{38th FSTTCS}, 2018)},
        number =        {1},
        pages =         {53--67},
        title =         {On the Probabilistic Degree of {OR} over the {R}eals},
        volume =        {59},
        year =          {2021},
        doi =           {10.1002/rsa.20991},
        eprint =        {1812.01982},
        eccc =          {2018/207},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  25. List Decoding with Double Samplers
    • Authors: Irit Dinur, Prahladh Harsha, Tali Kaufman, Inbal Livni Navon, and Amnon TaShma
    • In Proc. 30th Annual ACM-SIAM Symp. on Discrete Algorithms (SODA) (San Diego, CA, 6–9 Jan), pages 2134–2153, 2019. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurHKNT2019,
        author =          {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha and Tali Kaufman and Inbal
        Livni Navon and Amnon {TaShma}},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $30$th Annual {ACM}-{SIAM} Symp.\ on Discrete
                         Algorithms (SODA)},
        editor =        {Timothy M. Chan},
        pages =         {2134--2153},
        title =         {List Decoding with Double Samplers},
        year =          {2019},
        city =          {San Diego, CA},
        date =          {6--9~Jan},
        doi =           {10.1137/1.9781611975482.129},
        eprint =        {1808.00425},
        eccc =          {2018/198},
      }
    • SIAM J. Comput., 50(2):301–349, 2021. [BibTeX]
      @article{DinurHKNT2021,
        author =          {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha and Tali Kaufman and Inbal
        Livni Navon and Amnon {TaShma}},
        journal =       {SIAM J. Comput.},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{30th SODA}, 2019)},
        number =        {2},
        pages =         {301--349},
        title =         {List Decoding with Double Samplers},
        volume =        {50},
        year =          {2021},
        doi =           {10.1137/19M1276650},
        eprint =        {1808.00425},
        eccc =          {2018/198},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  26. On Multilinear Forms: Bias, Correlation, and Tensor Rank
    • Authors: Abhishek Bhrushundi, Prahladh Harsha, Pooya Hatami, Swastik Kopparty, and Mrinal Kumar
    • In Proc. 24th International Conf. on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM) (Virtual Conference, 17–19 Aug), vol. 176 of LIPIcs, pages 29:1–29:23, 2020. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhrushundiHHKK2020,
        author =          {Abhishek Bhrushundi and Prahladh Harsha and Pooya Hatami
        and Swastik Kopparty and Mrinal Kumar},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $24$th International Conf.\ on Randomization
                         and Computation (RANDOM)},
        editor =        {Jaros\l{}aw Byrka and Raghu Meka},
        pages =         {29:1--29:23},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {On Multilinear Forms: Bias, Correlation, and Tensor
                         Rank},
        volume =        {176},
        year =          {2020},
        city =          {Virtual Conference},
        date =          {17--19~Aug},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2020.29},
        eprint =        {1804.09124},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  27. Boolean function analysis on high-dimensional expanders
    • Authors: Yotam Dikstein, Irit Dinur, Yuval Filmus, and Prahladh Harsha
    • In Proc. 22nd International Conf. on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM) (Princeton, NJ, 20–22 Aug), vol. 116 of LIPIcs, pages 38:1–38:20, 2018. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DiksteinDFH2018,
        author =          {Yotam Dikstein and Irit Dinur and Yuval Filmus and
        Prahladh Harsha},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $22$nd International Conf.\ on Randomization
                         and Computation (RANDOM)},
        editor =          {Eric Blais and Klaus Jansen and Jos\'{e} D. P. Rolim and
        David Steurer},
        pages =         {38:1--38:20},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Boolean function analysis on high-dimensional
                         expanders},
        volume =        {116},
        year =          {2018},
        city =          {Princeton, NJ},
        date =          {20--22~Aug},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2018.38},
        eprint =        {1804.08155},
        eccc =          {2018/075},
      }
    • Combinatorica, 44:563–620, 2024. [BibTeX]
      @article{DiksteinDFH2024,
        author =          {Yotam Dikstein and Irit Dinur and Yuval Filmus and
        Prahladh Harsha},
        journal =       {Combinatorica},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{22nd RANDOM}, 2018)},
        pages =         {563--620},
        title =         {Boolean function analysis on high-dimensional
                         expanders},
        volume =        {44},
        year =          {2024},
        doi =           {10.1007/s00493-024-00084-5},
        eprint =        {1804.08155},
        eccc =          {2018/075},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  28. Sparse juntas on the biased hypercube
    • Authors: Irit Dinur, Yuval Filmus, and Prahladh Harsha
    • In Proc. 30th Annual ACM-SIAM Symp. on Discrete Algorithms (SODA) (San Diego, CA, 6–9 Jan), pages 2124–2133, 2019. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurFH2019,
        author =        {Irit Dinur and Yuval Filmus and Prahladh Harsha},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $30$th Annual {ACM}-{SIAM} Symp.\ on Discrete
                         Algorithms (SODA)},
        editor =        {Timothy M. Chan},
        pages =         {2124--2133},
        title =         {Analyzing {B}oolean functions on the biased hypercube
                         via higher-dimensional agreement tests},
        year =          {2019},
        city =          {San Diego, CA},
        date =          {6--9~Jan},
        doi =           {10.1137/1.9781611975482.128},
        eprint =        {1711.09428,1711.09426},
        eccc =          {2017/180,2017/181},
      }
    • TheoretiCS, 3(18):1–44, 2024. [BibTeX]
      @article{DinurFH2024-ks,
        author =        {Irit Dinur and Yuval Filmus and Prahladh Harsha},
        journal =       {Theoreti{CS}},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{30th SODA}, 2019)},
        number =        {18},
        pages =         {1--44},
        title =         {Sparse juntas on the biased hypercube},
        volume =        {3},
        year =          {2024},
        doi =           {10.46298/theoretics.24.18},
        eprint =        {1711.09428},
        eccc =          {2017/180},
      }
    • A significant revision of the previous 2017 version [ arXiv | eccc ]
    • An extended abstract of the merged version of the earlier version and the hypergraph agreement theorem appeared as the conference version.
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  29. Agreement tests on graphs and hypergraphs
    • Authors: Irit Dinur, Yuval Filmus, and Prahladh Harsha
    • In Proc. 30th Annual ACM-SIAM Symp. on Discrete Algorithms (SODA) (San Diego, CA, 6–9 Jan), pages 2124–2133, 2019. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurFH2019,
        author =        {Irit Dinur and Yuval Filmus and Prahladh Harsha},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $30$th Annual {ACM}-{SIAM} Symp.\ on Discrete
                         Algorithms (SODA)},
        editor =        {Timothy M. Chan},
        pages =         {2124--2133},
        title =         {Analyzing {B}oolean functions on the biased hypercube
                         via higher-dimensional agreement tests},
        year =          {2019},
        city =          {San Diego, CA},
        date =          {6--9~Jan},
        doi =           {10.1137/1.9781611975482.128},
        eprint =        {1711.09428,1711.09426},
        eccc =          {2017/180,2017/181},
      }
    • SIAM J. Comput., 54(2):279–320, 2025. [BibTeX]
      @article{DinurFH2025-agree,
        author =        {Irit Dinur and Yuval Filmus and Prahladh Harsha},
        journal =       {SIAM J. Comput.},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{30th SODA}, 2019)},
        number =        {2},
        pages =         {279--320},
        title =         {Agreement tests on graphs and hypergraphs},
        volume =        {54},
        year =          {2025},
        doi =           {10.1137/21M1397684},
        eprint =        {1711.09426},
        eccc =          {2017/181},
      }
    • An extended abstract of the merged version of this paper and the previous version of the sparse junta paper appeared as the conference version.
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  30. On polynomial approximations over \mathbbZ/2^k \mathbbZ
    • Authors: Abhishek Bhrushundi, Prahladh Harsha, and Srikanth Srinivasan
    • In Proc. 34th Symp. on Theoretical Aspects of Comp. Science (STACS) (Hannover, Germany, 8–11 Mar), vol. 66 of LIPIcs, pages 12:1–12:12, 2017. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhrushundiHS2017,
        author =          {Abhishek Bhrushundi and Prahladh Harsha and Srikanth
        Srinivasan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $34$th Symp.\ on Theoretical Aspects of Comp.\
                         Science (STACS)},
        editor =        {Heribert Vollmer and Brigitte Vall\'{e}e},
        pages =         {12:1--12:12},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {On polynomial approximations over ${{\mathbb{Z}}/2^k
                         {\mathbb{Z}}}$},
        volume =        {66},
        year =          {2017},
        city =          {Hannover, Germany},
        date =          {8--11~Mar},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2017.12},
        eprint =        {1701.06268},
        eccc =          {2017/013},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  31. Multiplayer parallel repetition for expander games
    • Authors: Irit Dinur, Prahladh Harsha, Rakesh Venkat, and Henry Yuen
    • In Proc. 8th Innovations in Theor. Comput. Sci. (ITCS) (Berkeley, CA, 9–11 Jan), vol. 67 of LIPIcs, pages 37:1–37:16, 2017. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurHVY2017,
        author =          {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha and Rakesh Venkat and Henry
        Yuen},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $8$th Innovations in Theor.\ Comput.\ Sci.\
                         (ITCS)},
        editor =        {Christos Papadimitriou},
        pages =         {37:1--37:16},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Multiplayer parallel repetition for expander games},
        volume =        {67},
        year =          {2017},
        city =          {Berkeley, CA},
        date =          {9--11~Jan},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2017.37},
        eprint =        {1610.08349},
        eccc =          {2016/160},
      }
    • Invited paper for ITCS 2017
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  32. Robust Multiplication-based Tests for Reed-Muller Codes
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha and Srikanth Srinivasan
    • In Proc. 36th IARCS Annual Conf. on Foundations of Software Tech. and Theoretical Comp. Science (FSTTCS) (Chennai, India, 13–15 Dec), vol. 65 of LIPIcs, pages 17:1–17:14, 2016. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaS2016-rm,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Srikanth Srinivasan},
        booktitle =     {Proc. $36$th IARCS Annual Conf.\ on Foundations of
                         Software Tech.\ and Theoretical Comp.\ Science
                         (FSTTCS)},
        editor =          {Akash Lal and S. Akshay and Saket Saurabh and Sandeep
        Sen},
        pages =         {17:1--17:14},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Robust Multiplication-based Tests for {R}eed-{M}uller
                         Codes},
        volume =        {65},
        year =          {2016},
        city =          {Chennai, India},
        date =          {13--15~Dec},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2016.17},
        eprint =        {1612.03086},
      }
    • IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, 65(1):184–197, 2019. [BibTeX]
      @article{HarshaS2019-rm,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Srikanth Srinivasan},
        journal =       {IEEE Trans.\ Inform.\ Theory},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{36th FSTTCS}, 2016)},
        number =        {1},
        pages =         {184--197},
        title =         {Robust Multiplication-based Tests for {R}eed-{M}uller
                         Codes},
        volume =        {65},
        year =          {2019},
        doi =           {10.1109/TIT.2018.2863713},
        eprint =        {1612.03086},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  33. On Polynomial Approximations to AC^0
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha and Srikanth Srinivasan
    • In Proc. 20th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM) (Paris, France, 7–9 Sep), vol. 60 of LIPIcs, pages 32:1–32:14, 2016. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaS2016-ac0,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Srikanth Srinivasan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $20$th International Workshop on Randomization
                         and Computation (RANDOM)},
        editor =          {Klaus Jansen and Claire Mathieu and Jos{\'e} D. P. Rolim
        and Chris Umans},
        pages =         {32:1--32:14},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {On Polynomial Approximations to ${AC}^0$},
        volume =        {60},
        year =          {2016},
        city =          {Paris, France},
        date =          {7--9~Sep},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2016.32},
        eprint =        {1604.08121},
      }
    • Random Structures Algorithms, 54(2):289–303, 2019. [BibTeX]
      @article{HarshaS2019-ac0,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Srikanth Srinivasan},
        journal =       {Random Structures Algorithms},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{20th RANDOM}, 2016)},
        number =        {2},
        pages =         {289--303},
        title =         {On Polynomial Approximations to ${AC}^0$},
        volume =        {54},
        year =          {2019},
        doi =           {10.1002/rsa.20786},
        eprint =        {1604.08121},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  34. Embedding approximately low-dimensional \ell^2_2 metrics into \ell_1
    • Authors: Amit Deshpande, Prahladh Harsha, and Rakesh Venkat
    • In Proc. 36th IARCS Annual Conf. on Foundations of Software Tech. and Theoretical Comp. Science (FSTTCS) (Chennai, India, 13–15 Dec), vol. 65 of LIPIcs, pages 10:1–10:13, 2016. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DeshpandeHV2016,
        author =        {Amit Deshpande and Prahladh Harsha and Rakesh Venkat},
        booktitle =     {Proc. $36$th IARCS Annual Conf.\ on Foundations of
                         Software Tech.\ and Theoretical Comp.\ Science
                         (FSTTCS)},
        editor =          {Akash Lal and S. Akshay and Saket Saurabh and Sandeep
        Sen},
        pages =         {10:1--10:13},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Embedding approximately low-dimensional $\ell^2_2$
                         metrics into $\ell_1$},
        volume =        {65},
        year =          {2016},
        city =          {Chennai, India},
        date =          {13--15~Dec},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2016.10},
        eprint =        {1512.04170},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  35. Partition bound is quadratically tight for product distributions
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha, Rahul Jain, and Jaikumar Radhakrishnan
    • In Proc. 43rd International Colloq. of Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP) (Rome, Italy, 12–15July), vol. 55 of LIPIcs, pages 135:1–135:13, 2016. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaJR2016,
        author =          {Prahladh Harsha and Rahul Jain and Jaikumar
        Radhakrishnan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $43$rd International Colloq.\ of Automata,
                         Languages and Programming (ICALP)},
        editor =          {Ioannis Chatzigiannakis and Michael Mitzenmacher and Yuval
        Rabani and Davide Sangiorgi},
        pages =         {135:1--135:13},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {Partition bound is quadratically tight for product
                         distributions},
        volume =        {55},
        year =          {2016},
        city =          {Rome, Italy},
        date =          {12--15July},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.135},
        eprint =        {1512.01968},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  36. Polynomially low error PCPs with polyloglog n queries via modular composition
    • Authors: Irit Dinur, Prahladh Harsha, and Guy Kindler
    • In Proc. 47th ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing (STOC) (Portland, OR, 14–17 June), pages 267–276, 2015. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurHK2015,
        author =        {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha and Guy Kindler},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $47$th ACM Symp.\ on Theory of Computing
                         (STOC)},
        editor =        {Rocco A. Servedio and Ronitt Rubinfeld},
        pages =         {267--276},
        title =         {Polynomially low error {PCP}s with polyloglog $n$
                         queries via modular composition},
        year =          {2015},
        city =          {Portland, OR},
        date =          {14--17~June},
        doi =           {10.1145/2746539.2746630},
        eprint =        {1505.06362},
        eccc =          {2015/085},
      }
    • [ arXiv | eccc ]
  37. A Characterization of hard-to-cover CSPs
    • Authors: Amey Bhangale, Prahladh Harsha, and Girish Varma
    • In Proc. 30th Comput. Complexity Conf. (Portland, Oregon, 17–19 June), vol. 33 of LIPIcs, pages 280–303, 2015. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BhangaleHV2015,
        author =        {Amey Bhangale and Prahladh Harsha and Girish Varma},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $30$th Comput.\ Complexity Conf.},
        editor =        {David Zuckerman},
        pages =         {280--303},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {A Characterization of hard-to-cover {CSP}s},
        volume =        {33},
        year =          {2015},
        city =          {Portland, Oregon},
        date =          {17--19~June},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2015.280},
        eprint =        {1411.7747},
      }
    • Theory Comput., 16(16):1–29, 2020. [BibTeX]
      @article{BhangaleHV2020,
        author =        {Amey Bhangale and Prahladh Harsha and Girish Varma},
        journal =       {Theory Comput.},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{$30$th Computational
                         Complexity Conference}, 2015)},
        number =        {16},
        pages =         {1--29},
        title =         {A Characterization of hard-to-cover {CSP}s},
        volume =        {16},
        year =          {2020},
        doi =           {10.4086/toc.2020.v016a016},
        eprint =        {1411.7747},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  38. Derandomized Graph Product Results Using the Low Degree Long Code
    • Authors: Irit Dinur, Prahladh Harsha, Srikanth Srinivasan, and Girish Varma
    • In Proc. 32nd International Symp. on Theoretical Aspects of Comp. Science (STACS) (Munich, Germany, 4–7 Mar), vol. 30 of LIPIcs, pages 275–287, 2015. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurHSV2015,
        author =          {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha and Srikanth Srinivasan and
        Girish Varma},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $32$nd International Symp.\ on Theoretical
                         Aspects of Comp.\ Science (STACS)},
        editor =        {Ernst W. Mayr and Nicolas Ollinger},
        pages =         {275--287},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {{Derandomized Graph Product Results Using the Low
                         Degree Long Code}},
        volume =        {30},
        year =          {2015},
        city =          {Munich, Germany},
        date =          {4--7~Mar},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.275},
        eprint =        {1411.3517},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  39. Super-polylogarithmic hypergraph coloring hardness via low-degree long codes
    • Authors: Venkatesan Guruswami, Prahladh Harsha, Johan Håstad, Srikanth Srinivasan, and Girish Varma
    • In Proc. 46th ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing (STOC) (New York, NY, 31 May–3 June), pages 614–623, 2014. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{GuruswamiHHSV2014,
        author =          {Venkatesan Guruswami and Prahladh Harsha and Johan Håstad
        and Srikanth Srinivasan and Girish Varma},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $46$th ACM Symp.\ on Theory of Computing
                         (STOC)},
        editor =        {David B. Shmoys},
        pages =         {614--623},
        title =         {Super-polylogarithmic hypergraph coloring hardness
                         via low-degree long codes},
        year =          {2014},
        city =          {New York, NY},
        date =          {31~May--3~June},
        doi =           {10.1145/2591796.2591882},
        eprint =        {1311.7407},
      }
    • SIAM J. Comput., 46(1):132–159, 2017. [BibTeX]
      @article{GuruswamiHHSV2017,
        author =          {Venkatesan Guruswami and Prahladh Harsha and Johan Håstad
        and Srikanth Srinivasan and Girish Varma},
        journal =       {SIAM J. Comput.},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{46th STOC}, 2014)},
        number =        {1},
        pages =         {132--159},
        title =         {Super-polylogarithmic hypergraph coloring hardness
                         via low-degree long codes},
        volume =        {46},
        year =          {2017},
        doi =           {10.1137/140995520},
        eprint =        {1311.7407},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  40. A Strong Direct Product Theorem for the Tribes Function via the Smooth-Rectangle Bound
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha and Rahul Jain
    • In Proc. 33rd IARCS Annual Conf. on Foundations of Software Tech. and Theoretical Comp. Science (FSTTCS) (Guwahati, India, 12–14 Dec), vol. 24 of LIPIcs, pages 141–152, 2013. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaJ2013,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Rahul Jain},
        booktitle =     {Proc. $33$rd IARCS Annual Conf.\ on Foundations of
                         Software Tech.\ and Theoretical Comp.\ Science
                         (FSTTCS)},
        editor =        {Anil Seth and Nisheeth K. Vishnoi},
        pages =         {141--152},
        publisher =     {Schloss Dagstuhl},
        series =        {LIPIcs},
        title =         {A Strong Direct Product Theorem for the Tribes
                         Function via the Smooth-Rectangle Bound},
        volume =        {24},
        year =          {2013},
        city =          {Guwahati, India},
        date =          {12--14~Dec},
        doi =           {10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2013.141},
        eprint =        {1302.0275},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  41. Almost settling the hardness of noncommutative determinant
    • Authors: Steve Chien, Prahladh Harsha, Alistair Sinclair, and Srikanth Srinivasan
    • In Proc. 43rd ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing (STOC) (San Jose, CA, 6–8 June), pages 499–508, 2011. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{ChienHSS2011,
        author =          {Steve Chien and Prahladh Harsha and Alistair Sinclair and
        Srikanth Srinivasan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $43$rd ACM Symp.\ on Theory of Computing
                         (STOC)},
        editor =        {Lance Fortnow and Salil P. Vadhan},
        pages =         {499--508},
        title =         {Almost settling the hardness of noncommutative
                         determinant},
        year =          {2011},
        city =          {San Jose, CA},
        date =          {6--8~June},
        doi =           {10.1145/1993636.1993703},
        eprint =        {1101.1169},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  42. An invariance principle for polytopes
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha, Adam Klivans, and Raghu Meka
    • In Proc. 42nd ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing (STOC) (Cambridge, MA, 6–8 June), pages 543–552, 2010. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaKM2010,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Adam Klivans and Raghu Meka},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $42$nd ACM Symp.\ on Theory of Computing
                         (STOC)},
        editor =        {Leonard J. Schulman},
        pages =         {543--552},
        title =         {An invariance principle for polytopes},
        year =          {2010},
        city =          {Cambridge, MA},
        date =          {6--8~June},
        doi =           {10.1145/1806689.1806764},
        eprint =        {0912.4884},
      }
    • J. ACM, 59(6):29, 2012. [BibTeX]
      @article{HarshaKM2012,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Adam Klivans and Raghu Meka},
        journal =       {J. ACM},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{42nd STOC}, 2010)},
        number =        {6},
        pages =         {29},
        title =         {An invariance principle for polytopes},
        volume =        {59},
        year =          {2012},
        doi =           {10.1145/2395116.2395118},
        eprint =        {0912.4884},
      }
    • [ arXiv ]
  43. Bounding the Sensitivity of Polynomial Threshold Functions
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha, Adam Klivans, and Raghu Meka
    • In Proc. 42nd ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing (STOC) (Cambridge, MA, 6–8 June), pages 533–542, 2010. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DiakonikolasHKMRST2010,
        author =          {Ilias Diakonikolas and Prahladh Harsha and Adam Klivans
        and Raghu Meka and Prasad Raghavendra and Rocco Servedio and Li-Yang Tan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $42$nd ACM Symp.\ on Theory of Computing
                         (STOC)},
        editor =        {Leonard J. Schulman},
        pages =         {533--542},
        title =         {Bounding the average sensitivity and noise
                         sensitivity of polynomial threshold functions},
        year =          {2010},
        city =          {Cambridge, MA},
        date =          {6--8~June},
        doi =           {10.1145/1806689.1806763},
      }
    • Theory Comput., 10(1):1–24, 2014. [BibTeX]
      @article{HarshaKM2014,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Adam Klivans and Raghu Meka},
        journal =       {Theory Comput.},
        note =          {(special Issue on Analysis of {B}oolean Functions;
                         Preliminary version in \emph{42nd STOC}, 2010)},
        number =        {1},
        pages =         {1--24},
        title =         {Bounding the Sensitivity of Polynomial Threshold
                         Functions},
        volume =        {10},
        year =          {2014},
        doi =           {10.4086/toc.2014.v010a001},
        eprint =        {0909.5175},
      }
    • The conference version appeared in merged form along with; Diakonikolas, Raghavendra, Servedio and Tan, Average Sensitivity and Noise Sensitivity of Polynomial Threshold Functions.
    • Invited journal paper for special issue on `Analysis of Boolean Functions'
    • [ arXiv ]
  44. Composition of low-error 2-query PCPs using decodable PCPs
    • Authors: Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha
    • In Proc. 50th IEEE Symp. on Foundations of Comp. Science (FOCS) (Atlanta, GA, 24–27 Oct), pages 472–481, 2009. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{DinurH2009,
        author =        {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $50$th IEEE Symp.\ on Foundations of Comp.\
                         Science (FOCS)},
        editor =        {Daniel A. Spielman},
        pages =         {472--481},
        title =         {Composition of low-error 2-query {PCP}s using
                         decodable {PCP}s},
        year =          {2009},
        city =          {Atlanta, GA},
        date =          {24--27~Oct},
        doi =           {10.1109/FOCS.2009.8},
        eccc =          {2009/042},
      }
    • SIAM J. Comput., 42(6):2452–2486, 2013. [BibTeX]
      @article{DinurH2013-special,
        author =        {Irit Dinur and Prahladh Harsha},
        journal =       {SIAM J. Comput.},
        note =          {(special issue for FOCS 2009; Preliminary version in
                         \emph{51st FOCS}, 2009)},
        number =        {6},
        pages =         {2452--2486},
        title =         {Composition of low-error 2-query {PCP}s using
                         decodable {PCP}s},
        volume =        {42},
        year =          {2013},
        doi =           {10.1137/100788161},
        eccc =          {2009/042},
      }
    • Invited journal paper to special issue for FOCS 2009
    • [ eccc | pdf ]
  45. Complexity of Inference in Graphical Models
    • Authors: Venkat Chandrasekaran, Nathan Srebro, and Prahladh Harsha
    • In Proc. 24th Conf. on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) (Helsinki, Finland, 9–12 July), 2008. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{ChandrasekaranSH2008,
        author =          {Venkat Chandrasekaran and Nathan Srebro and Prahladh
        Harsha},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ 24th Conf.\ on Uncertainty in Artificial
                         Intelligence (UAI)},
        editor =        {David A. McAllester and Petri Myllym{\"{a}}ki},
        publisher =     {{AUAI} Press},
        title =         {Complexity of Inference in Graphical Models},
        year =          {2008},
        city =          {Helsinki, Finland},
        date =          {9--12~July},
        eprint =        {1206.3240},
        url =           {https://www.auai.org/uai2008/UAI_camera_ready/
                        chandrasekaran.pdf},
      }
    • [ url | arXiv | pdf ]
  46. Sound 2-query PCPPs are long
    • Authors: Eli Ben-Sasson, Prahladh Harsha, Oded Lachish, and Arie Matsliah
    • In Proc. 35th International Colloq. of Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP), Part I (Reykjavik, Iceland, 6–13 July), vol. 5125 of LNCS, pages 686–697, 2008. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BenSassonHLM2008,
        author =          {Eli {Ben-Sasson} and Prahladh Harsha and Oded Lachish and
        Arie Matsliah},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $35$th International Colloq.\ of Automata,
                         Languages and Programming (ICALP), Part I},
        editor =          {Luca Aceto and Ivan Damg\.{a}rd and Leslie Ann Goldberg
        and Magn\'{u}s M. Halld\'{o}rsson and Anna Ing\'{o}lfsd\'{o}ttir and Igor
        Walukiewicz},
        pages =         {686--697},
        publisher =     {Springer},
        series =        {LNCS},
        title =         {Sound 3-query {PCPP}s are long},
        volume =        {5125},
        year =          {2008},
        city =          {Reykjavik, Iceland},
        date =          {6--13~July},
        doi =           {10.1007/978-3-540-70575-8_56},
      }
    • ACM T. Comput. Theory, 1(2):1–49, 2009. [BibTeX]
      @article{BenSassonHLM2009,
        author =          {Eli {Ben-Sasson} and Prahladh Harsha and Oded Lachish and
        Arie Matsliah},
        journal =       {{ACM} T.\ Comput.\ Theory},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{35th ICALP}, 2008)},
        number =        {2},
        pages =         {1--49},
        title =         {Sound 2-query {PCPP}s are long},
        volume =        {1},
        year =          {2009},
        doi =           {10.1145/1595391.1595394},
      }
    • [ pdf ]
  47. Minimizing Average Latency in Oblivious Routing
  48. The Communication Complexity of Correlation
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha, Rahul Jain, David McAllester, and Jaikumar Radhakrishnan
    • In Proc. 22nd IEEE Conf. on Comput. Complexity (San Diego, CA, 13–16 June), pages 10–23, 2007. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaJMR2007,
        author =          {Prahladh Harsha and Rahul Jain and David McAllester and
        Jaikumar Radhakrishnan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $22$nd IEEE Conf.\ on Comput.\ Complexity},
        editor =        {Peter Bro Miltersen},
        pages =         {10--23},
        title =         {The Communication Complexity of Correlation},
        year =          {2007},
        city =          {San Diego, CA},
        date =          {13--16~June},
        doi =           {10.1109/CCC.2007.32},
      }
    • IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, 56(1):438–449, 2010. [BibTeX]
      @article{HarshaJMR2010,
        author =          {Prahladh Harsha and Rahul Jain and David McAllester and
        Jaikumar Radhakrishnan},
        journal =       {IEEE Trans.\ Inform.\ Theory},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{22nd {IEEE} Conference
                         on Computational Complexity}, 2007)},
        number =        {1},
        pages =         {438--449},
        title =         {The Communication Complexity of Correlation},
        volume =        {56},
        year =          {2010},
        doi =           {10.1109/TIT.2009.2034824},
      }
    • [ pdf ]
  49. Short PCPs verifiable in polylogarithmic time
    • Authors: Eli Ben-Sasson, Oded Goldreich, Prahladh Harsha, Madhu Sudan, and Salil Vadhan
    • In Proc. 20th IEEE Conf. on Comput. Complexity (San Jose, CA, 12–15 June), pages 120–134, 2005. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BenSassonGHSV2005,
        author =          {Eli {Ben-Sasson} and Oded Goldreich and Prahladh Harsha
        and Madhu Sudan and Salil Vadhan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $20$th IEEE Conf.\ on Comput.\ Complexity},
        editor =        {Luca Trevisan},
        note =          {Full version available at
        \url{http://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/~prahladh/papers/BGHSV2/BGHSV2005.pdf}},
        pages =         {120--134},
        title =         {Short {PCP}s verifiable in polylogarithmic time},
        year =          {2005},
        city =          {San Jose, CA},
        date =          {12--15~June},
        doi =           {10.1109/CCC.2005.27},
      }
    • [ pdf ]
  50. Communication vs. Computation
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha, Yuval Ishai, Joe Kilian, Kobbi Nissim, and Srinivasan Venkatesh
    • In Proc. 31st International Colloq. of Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP) (Turku, Finland, 12–16 July), vol. 3142 of LNCS, pages 745–756, 2004. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaIKNV2004,
        author =          {Prahladh Harsha and Yuval Ishai and Joe Kilian and Kobbi
        Nissim and Srinivasan Venkatesh},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $31$st International Colloq.\ of Automata,
                         Languages and Programming (ICALP)},
        editor =          {Josep D\'{i}az and Juhani Karhum\"{a}ki and Arto
        Lepist\"{o} and Donald Sannella},
        pages =         {745--756},
        publisher =     {Springer},
        series =        {LNCS},
        title =         {Communication vs. Computation},
        volume =        {3142},
        year =          {2004},
        city =          {Turku, Finland},
        date =          {12--16~July},
        bibsource =     {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de},
        doi =           {10.1007/978-3-540-27836-8_63},
        isbn =          {3-540-22849-7},
      }
    • Comput. Complexity, 16(1):1–33, 2007. [BibTeX]
      @article{HarshaIKNV2007,
        author =          {Prahladh Harsha and Yuval Ishai and Joe Kilian and Kobbi
        Nissim and Srinivasan Venkatesh},
        journal =       {Comput.\ Complexity},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{31st ICALP}, 2004)},
        number =        {1},
        pages =         {1--33},
        publisher =     {Birkh\"{a}user Basel},
        title =         {Communication vs. Computation},
        volume =        {16},
        year =          {2007},
        doi =           {10.1007/s00037-007-0224-y},
      }
    • [ pdf ]
  51. Robust PCPs of proximity, shorter PCPs and applications to coding
    • Authors: Eli Ben-Sasson, Oded Goldreich, Prahladh Harsha, Madhu Sudan, and Salil Vadhan
    • In Proc. 36th ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing (STOC) (Chicago, IL, 13–15 June), pages 1–10, 2004. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BenSassonGHSV2004,
        author =          {Eli {Ben-Sasson} and Oded Goldreich and Prahladh Harsha
        and Madhu Sudan and Salil Vadhan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $36$th ACM Symp.\ on Theory of Computing
                         (STOC)},
        editor =        {L{\'{a}}szl{\'{o}} Babai},
        pages =         {1--10},
        title =         {Robust {PCP}s of Proximity, Shorter {PCP}s and
                         Applications to Coding},
        year =          {2004},
        city =          {Chicago, IL},
        date =          {13--15~June},
        doi =           {10.1145/1007352.1007361},
      }
    • SIAM J. Comput., 36(4):889–974, 2006. [BibTeX]
      @article{BenSassonGHSV2006-special,
        author =          {Eli {Ben-Sasson} and Oded Goldreich and Prahladh Harsha
        and Madhu Sudan and Salil Vadhan},
        journal =       {SIAM J. Comput.},
        note =          {(special issue on Randomness and Computation;
                         Preliminary version in \emph{36th STOC}, 2004)},
        number =        {4},
        pages =         {889--974},
        title =         {Robust {PCP}s of proximity, shorter {PCP}s and
                         applications to coding},
        volume =        {36},
        year =          {2006},
        doi =           {10.1137/S0097539705446810},
        eccc =          {2004/021},
      }
    • Invited paper to special issue on `Randomness and Computation'
    • [ eccc | pdf ]
  52. Some 3CNF properties are hard to test
    • Authors: Eli Ben-Sasson, Prahladh Harsha, and Sofya Raskhodnikova
    • In Proc. 35th ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing (STOC) (San Diego, CA, 9–11 June), pages 345–354, 2003. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{BenSassonHR2003,
        author =          {Eli {Ben-Sasson} and Prahladh Harsha and Sofya
        Raskhodnikova},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $35$th ACM Symp.\ on Theory of Computing
                         (STOC)},
        editor =        {Lawrence L. Larmore and Michel X. Goemans},
        key =           {ACM},
        pages =         {345--354},
        title =         {Some {3CNF} properties are hard to test},
        year =          {2003},
        city =          {San Diego, CA},
        date =          {9--11~June},
        doi =           {10.1145/780542.780594},
      }
    • SIAM J. Comput., 35(1):1–21, 2005. [BibTeX]
      @article{BenSassonHR2005,
        author =          {Eli {Ben-Sasson} and Prahladh Harsha and Sofya
        Raskhodnikova},
        journal =       {SIAM J. Comput.},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{35th STOC}, 2003)},
        number =        {1},
        pages =         {1--21},
        title =         {Some {3CNF} properties are hard to test},
        volume =        {35},
        year =          {2005},
        doi =           {10.1137/S0097539704445445},
      }
    • [ pdf ]
  53. Lower Bounds for Bounded Depth Frege Proofs via Buss-Pudl\'ak Games
    • Authors: Eli Ben-Sasson and Prahladh Harsha
    • ACM T. Comput. Log., 11(3):1–17, 2010. [BibTeX]
      @article{BenSassonH2010,
        author =        {Eli {Ben-Sasson} and Prahladh Harsha},
        journal =       {{ACM} T.\ Comput.\ Log.},
        number =        {3},
        pages =         {1--17},
        title =         {Lower Bounds for Bounded Depth {F}rege Proofs via
                         {B}uss-{P}udl{\'a}k Games},
        volume =        {11},
        year =          {2010},
        doi =           {10.1145/1740582.1740587},
        eccc =          {2003/004},
      }
    • [ eccc | pdf ]
  54. Small PCPs with Low Query Complexity
    • Authors: Prahladh Harsha and Madhu Sudan
    • In Proc. 18th Annual Symp. on Theoretical Aspects of Comp. Science (STACS) (Dresden, Germany, 15–17 Feb), vol. 2010 of LNCS, pages 327–338, 2001. [BibTeX]
      @inproceedings{HarshaS2001,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Madhu Sudan},
        booktitle =     {Proc.\ $18$th Annual Symp.\ on Theoretical Aspects of
                         Comp.\ Science (STACS)},
        editor =        {Afonso Ferreira and Horst Reichel},
        pages =         {327--338},
        publisher =     {Springer},
        series =        {LNCS},
        title =         {Small {PCP}s with Low Query Complexity},
        volume =        {2010},
        year =          {2001},
        city =          {Dresden, Germany},
        date =          {15--17~Feb},
        bibsource =     {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de},
        doi =           {10.1007/3-540-44693-1_29},
        isbn =          {3-540-41695-1},
      }
    • Comput. Complexity, 9(3–4):157–201, 2000. [BibTeX]
      @article{HarshaS2000,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Madhu Sudan},
        journal =       {Comput.\ Complexity},
        month =         {Dec},
        note =          {(Preliminary version in \emph{18th STACS}, 2001)},
        number =        {3--4},
        pages =         {157--201},
        publisher =     {Birkh\"{a}user Verlag},
        title =         {Small {PCP}s with Low Query Complexity},
        volume =        {9},
        year =          {2000},
        doi =           {10.1007/PL00001606},
      }
    • [ pdf ]
  55. Distributed Processing in Automata

Theses

[ research papers | other writings ]

  1. Robust PCPs of Proximity and Shorter PCPs
    • Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004.
    • Advisor: Prof. Madhu Sudan
    • [ url | html | BibTeX ]
      @phdthesis{Harsha2004,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha},
        month =         {Sep},
        school =        {Massachusetts Institute of Technology},
        title =         {Robust {PCP}s of Proximity and Shorter {PCP}s},
        year =          {2004},
        advisor =       {Prof. Madhu Sudan},
        url =           {https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26720},
      }
  2. Small PCPs with Low Query Complexity
    • Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000.
    • Advisor: Prof. Madhu Sudan
    • [ url | pdf | BibTeX ]
      @mastersthesis{Harsha2000,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha},
        month =         {May},
        school =        {Massachusetts Institute of Technology},
        title =         {Small {PCP}s with Low Query Complexity},
        year =          {2000},
        advisor =       {Prof. Madhu Sudan},
        url =           {https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86448},
      }
  3. Distributed-Automata and Simple Test Tube Systems
    • Undergraduate Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai), 1998.
    • Advisor: Prof. Kamala Krithivasan
    • [ pdf | BibTeX ]
      @misc{Harsha1998,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha},
        month =         {Aug},
        note =          {Undergraduate thesis, Indian Institute of Technology,
                         Madras (Chennai), May 1998},
        school =        {Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai)},
        title =         {Distributed-Automata and Simple Test Tube Systems},
        year =          {1998},
        advisor =       {Prof. Kamala Krithivasan},
      }

Other Writings (Blogpost/Expositions/Notes)

[ research papers | theses ]

  1. An exposition of recent list-size bounds of FRS Codes
    • Authors: Abhibhav Garg, Prahladh Harsha, Mrinal Kumar, Ramprasad Saptharishi, and Ashutosh Shankar
    • An exposition of Srivastava and Chen-Zhang's result on optimal list-size bounds for list-decoding FRS and univariate multiplicity codes
    • [ arXiv | eccc | BibTeX ]
      @unpublished{GargHKSS-listsize,
        author =          {Abhibhav Garg and Prahladh Harsha and Mrinal Kumar and
        Ramprasad Saptharishi and Ashutosh Shankar},
        note =          {(survey)},
        title =         {An exposition of recent list-size bounds of {FRS}
                         Codes},
        year =          {2025},
        eprint =        {2502.14358},
        eccc =          {2025/015},
      }
  2. The Blooming of the c^3 LTC Flowers [Blogpost]
    • A post on the constant-query locally testable code construction due to Dinur, Evra, Livne, Lubotzky and Mozes; In Calvin Cafe: The Simons Institute Blog, September 2022.
    • [ url | BibTeX ]
      @misc{Harsha2022-ccube,
        author =        {Harsha, Prahladh},
        month =         {Sep},
        note =          {Calvin Café: The Simons Institute Blog},
        publisher =     {Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing},
        title =         {The Blooming of the $c^3$ {LTC} Flowers [Blogpost]},
        year =          {2022},
        url =           {https://blog.simons.berkeley.edu/2022/09/the-blooming-of-
                        the-c3-ltc-flowers/},
      }
  3. Sampling Spanning Trees using HDXs
    • An exposition of the Anari-Liu-OveisGharan-Vinzant result on sampling of bases of matroid via HDXs, December 2021.
    • Original paper: Nima Anari and Kuikui Liu and Shayan Oveis-Gharan and Cynthia Vinzant, Log-concave polynomials II: high-dimensional walks and an FPRAS for counting bases of a matroid, In STOC, pages 1-12. 2019.
    • [ pdf | BibTeX ]
      @misc{Harsha2021-alov,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha},
        note =          {An exposition of the Anari-Liu-OveisGharan-Vinzant
                         result on sampling of bases of matroid via HDXs,
                         December 2021. [Original paper: Nima Anari and Kuikui
                         Liu and Shayan Oveis-Gharan and Cynthia Vinzant,
                         Log-concave polynomials II: high-dimensional walks
                         and an FPRAS for counting bases of a matroid, In
                         STOC, pages 1-12. 2019.]. pdf:
        https://www.tifr.res.in/~prahladh/teaching/2021-22/pseudorandom/notes/mat_sampling.pdf},
        title =         {Sampling Spanning Trees using {HDX}s},
      }
  4. A note on the explicit constructions of tree codes over polylogarithmic-sized alphabet
    • Authors: Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha
    • An exposition of Pudlak's and Cohen-Haeupler-Schulman's construction of binary tree codes over polylogarithmic-sized output
    • [ arXiv | eccc | BibTeX ]
      @unpublished{BhandariH-treecode,
        author =        {Siddharth Bhandari and Prahladh Harsha},
        note =          {(manuscript)},
        title =         {A note on the explicit constructions of tree codes
                         over polylogarithmic-sized alphabet},
        year =          {2020},
        eprint =        {2002.08231},
        eccc =          {2020/019},
      }
  5. Research Vignette: The Many Dimensions of High-Dimensional Expanders [blogpost]
    • A post on the Simons Institute 2019 summer cluster on Error-Correcting Codes and High-Dimensional Expansion.; In Calvin Cafe: The Simons Institute Blog, June 2020.
    • [ url | BibTeX ]
      @misc{Harsha2020-hdx,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha},
        month =         {June},
        note =          {Calvin Café: The Simons Institute Blog},
        publisher =     {Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing},
        title =         {Research Vignette: The Many Dimensions of
                         High-Dimensional Expanders [blogpost]},
        year =          {2020},
        url =           {https://blog.simons.berkeley.edu/2020/06/research-vignette-
                        the-many-dimensions-of-high-dimensional-expanders/},
      }
  6. Locally Testable Codes [encyclopedia entry]
    • In Encyclopedia of Algorithms, pages 1-6. Springer, 2016.
    • [ BibTeX ]
      @incollection{Harsha2016-ltc,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha},
        booktitle =     {Encyclopedia of Algorithms},
        editor =        {Kao, Ming-Yang},
        pages =         {1--6},
        publisher =     {Springer},
        title =         {Locally Testable Codes [encyclopedia entry]},
        year =          {2016},
        doi =           {10.1007/978-3-642-27848-8_707-1},
        isbn =          {978-3-642-27848-8},
      }
  7. Limits of approximation algorithms: PCPs and unique games
    • Authors: Moses Charikar and Prahladh Harsha
    • Lecture notes of DIMACS tutorial at the DIMACS Center (July 20 - 21, 2009).
    • [ url | arXiv | BibTeX ]
      @misc{HarshaC2009-limits,
        author =        {Prahladh Harsha and Moses Charikar},
        note =          {(DIMACS Tutorial, July 20-21, 2009)},
        title =         {Limits of approximation algorithms: {PCP}s and unique
                         games},
        year =          {2009},
        eprint =        {1002.3864},
        url =           {https://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Limits/},
      }
  8. CS369E: Expanders in Computer Science (Stanford University, Spring 2005)
    • Authors: Cynthia Dwork and Prahladh Harsha
    • Lecture notes of course taught at Computer Science Department, Stanford University in Spring 2005.
    • [ url | pdf | BibTeX ]
      @misc{DworkH2005-expanders,
        author =        {Cynthia Dwork and Prahladh Harsha},
        note =          {A course on expanders at the {S}tandord {U}niversity,
                         Spring 2005},
        title =         {CS369E: Expanders in Computer Science},
        year =          {2005},
        url =           {https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/~prahladh/teaching/05spring/},
      }