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2026

12026SWAT

Near-Linear and Parameterized Approximations for Maximum Cliques in Disk Graphs

Gao, J., Gawrychowski, P., Giannopoulos, P., Singh, S., Staals, F., Wolfgang, M., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 20st Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT’26), pp. 20:1–20:17.

22026STOC

Fine-Grained Bounds for Courcelle’s Theorem

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Xue, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 58th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC’26), pp. 2254–2265.

32026ITCS

FPT Approximations for Connected Maximum Coverage

Inamdar, T., Jana, S., Kundu, D., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS’25), pp. 80:1-80:24.

42026SODA

Tight Parameterized (In)tractability of Layered Crossing Minimization: Subexponential Algorithms and Kernelization

Fomin F.V., Golovach, P., Inamdar, T., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 36th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’26), pp. 4628–4643.

2025

52025IPEC

A Simple Algorithm for Combinatorial n-fold ILPs Using the Steinitz Lemma

Gupta, Su., Jain, P., Seetharaman, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’25), pp. 14:1-14:17.

62025LAGOS

A Parameterized Perspective on Uniquely Restricted Matchings

Chaudhary, J., Sau, I., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 8th Latin American Algorithms, Graphs, and Optimization Symposium (LAGOS’25), pp. 509-516.

72025MFCS

Quasipolynomial-Time Deterministic Kernelization and Gammoid Representation

Gurjar, R., Lokshtanov, L., Misra, P., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 49th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS’25), pp. 54:1-54:17.

82025EC

Tournament Robustness via Redundancy

Efremenko, K., Molter, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 26th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC’25), pp. 66-85.

92025ICML

What Makes an Ensemble Hard to Interpret? A Theoretical Approach

Bassan, S., Amir, G., Zehavi, M., Katz, G.

Proc. of the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML’25).

102025ICALP

Treewidth Parameterized by Feedback Vertex Number

Molter, H., Zehavi, M., Zivan, A.

Proc. of the 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’25), pp. 120:1-120:20.

112025ICALP

(Almost-)Optimal FPT Algorithm and Kernel for T-Cycle on Planar Graphs

Gahlawat, H., Rathod, A., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’25), pp. 82:1-82:18.

122025STOC

Subexponential Parameterized Algorithms for Hitting Subgraphs

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Xue, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC’25), pp. 1975-1984.

132025STOC

Efficiently Finding and Counting Patterns with Distance Constraints in Sparse Graphs

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Xue, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC’25), pp. 1965-1974.

142025AAAI

Adaptive Manipulation for Coalitions in Knockout Tournaments

Chaudhary, J., Molter, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 39th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI’25), pp. 13700-13708.

152025WALCOM

Min-Sum Disjoint Paths on Subclasses of Chordal Graphs

Menashe, B., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 19th International Conference and Workshops on Algorithms and Computation (WALCOM’25), pp. 281-295. Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), no. 1064: 115723, 2026.

162025ITCS

Parameterized Geometric Graph Modification with Disk Scaling

Fomin, F.V., Golovach, P., Saurabh, S., Inamdar, T., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS’25), pp. 51:1-51:17.

172025SODA

Crossing Number in Slightly Superexponential Time

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Sharma, R., Xue, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 35th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’25), pp. 1412-1424.

2024

182024ISAAC

A Polynomial Kernel for Deletion to the Scattered Class of Cliques and Trees

Jacob, A., Majumdar, D., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 35th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC’24), pp. 41:1-41:17. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 161, no. 103815, 2026.

192024ISAAC

Exact Algorithms for Clustered Planarity with Linear Saturators

Da Lozzo, G., Ganian, R., Gupta, S., Mohar, B., Ordyniak, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 35th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC’24), pp. 24:1-24:16.

202024APPROX

Bipartizing (Pseudo-)Disk Graphs: Approximation with a Ratio Better than 3

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Xue, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 27th International Conference on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (APPROX’24), pp. 6:1-6:14.

212024APPROX

Hybrid k-Clustering: Blending k-Median and k-Center

Fomin, F.V., Golovach, P., Saurabh, S., Inamdar, T., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 27th International Conference on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (APPROX’24), pp. 4:1-4:19. ACM Transactions on Computation Theory (ToCT), vol. 17(4), pp. 23:1-23:19, 2025.

222024IJCAI

Parameterized Analysis of Bribery in Challenge the Champ Tournaments

Chaudhary, J., Molter, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 33rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’24), pp. 2704-2712. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), vol 83, 2025.

232024SoCG

A 1.9999-Approximation Algorithm for Vertex Cover on String Graphs

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Xue, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 40th Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG’24), pp. 72:1-72:11.

242024AAAI

Learning Small Decision Trees with Few Outliers: A Parameterized Perspective

Gahlawat, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 38th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI’24), pp. 12100-12108.

252024AAAI

How to Make Knockout Tournaments More Popular? Proc

Chaudhary, J., Molter, H., Zehavi, M.

of the 38th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI’24), pp. 9582-9589.

262024SODA

Meta-theorems for Parameterized Streaming Algorithms

Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Panolan, F., Ramanujan, M.S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 34th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’24), pp. 712-739.

272024ITCS

Kernelization of Counting Problems

Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 15th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS’24), pp. 77:1-77:23.

282024IPL

Long Directed Detours: Reduction to 2-Disjoint Paths

Jacob, A., Wlodarczyk, M., Zehavi, M.

Information Processing Letters (IPL), vol. 186: 106491.

2023

292023FSTTCS

Parameterized Complexity of Incomplete Connected Fair Division

Gahlawat, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 43rd Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS’23), pp. 14:1-14:18.

302023IPEC

Drawn Tree Decomposition: New Approach for Graph Drawing Problems

Gupta, Si., Sa’ar, G., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’23), pp. 23:1-23:22. Invited to Algorithmica (the 5 best papers were invited).

312023IPEC

Collective Graph Exploration Parameterized by Vertex Cover

Gupta, Si., Sa’ar, G., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’23), pp. 22:1-22:18.

322023IPEC

Kernels for the Disjoint Paths Problem on Subclasses of Chordal Graphs

Chaudhary, J., Gahlawat, H., Wlodarczyk, M., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’23), pp. 10:1-10:22. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol 156, no. 103715, 2026.

332023IPEC

Sidestepping Barriers for Dominating Set in Parameterized Complexity

Koutis, I., Wlodarczyk, M., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’23), pp. 31:1-31:17.

342023FOCS

Planar Disjoint Paths, Treewidth, and Kernels

Wlodarczyk, M., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 64th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS’23), pp. 649-662.

352023MFCS

Parameterized Analysis of the Cops and Robber Game

Gahlawat, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 47th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS’23), pp. 49:1-49:17. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 161, no. 103815, 2026.

362023ESA

Finding Long Directed Cycles Is Hard Even When DFVS Is Small Or Girth Is Large

Jacob, A., Wlodarczyk, M., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 31st European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA’23), pp. 65:1-65:17.

372023ESA

Kernelization for Spreading Points

Fomin, F.V., Golovach, P., Saurabh, S., Inamdar, T., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 31st European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA’23), pp. 48:1-48:16.

382023ESA

Lossy Kernelization for (Implicit) Hitting Set Problems

Le, T., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Thomasse, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 31st European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA’23), pp. 49:1-49:14.

392023WG

Parameterized Results on Acyclic Matchings with Implications for Related Problems

Chaudhary, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 49th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG’23), pp. 201-216. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 148, pp. 103599, 2025.

402023WG

P-matchings Parameterized by Treewidth

Chaudhary, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 49th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG’23), pp. 217-231. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 1280-1311, 2025.

412023IJCAI

In Which Graph Structures Can We Efficiently Find Temporally Disjoint Paths and Walks? Proc

Kunz, P.S., Molter, H., Zehavi, M.

of the 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’23), pp. 180-188.

422023WADS

An ETH-Tight Algorithm for Bidirected Steiner Connectivity

Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 20th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS’23), pp. 588-604.

432023AAAI

Tournament Fixing Parameterized by Feedback Vertex Set Number Is FPT

Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI’23), pp. 5876-5883.

442023ITCS

On Computing Homological Hitting Sets

Baur, U., Rathod, A., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 14th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS’23), pp. 13:1-13:21.

452023SODA

A Framework for Approximation Schemes on Disk Graphs

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Xue, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 33rd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’23), pp. 2228-2241.

462023SOFSEM

Parameterized Approaches to Orthogonal Compaction

Didimo, W., Gupta, S., Kindermann, P., Liotta, G., Wolff, A., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 49th Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics (SOFSEM’23), pp. 11-125. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), SOFSEM’23 invited issue, vol. 155, no. 103692, 2026.

2022

472022IPEC

A Finite Algorithm for the Realizabilty of a Delaunay Triangulation

Agrawal, A., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’22), pp. 1:1-1:16.

482022WABI

Algorithms for Structure Informed Structure Rearrangement

Ozery, E., Zehavi, M., Ziv-Ukelson, M.

Proc. of the 22nd Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI’22), pp. 11:1-11:19. Algorithms for Molecular Biology (AMC), vol. 18(1) (WABI’22 invited issue), 17, 2023.

492022ICALP

(Re)packing Equal Disks into Rectangle

Fomin, F.V., Golovach, P., Inamdar, T., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’22), pp. 60:1-60:17. Discrete Computational Geometry (DCG), vol. 72(4), pp. 1596-1629, 2024.

502022SODA

Subexponential Parameterized Algorithms on Disk Graphs

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Xue, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 33rd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’22), pp. 2005-2031.

512022SODA

Deleting, Eliminating and Decomposing to Hereditary Classes Are All FPT-Equivalent

Agrawal, A., Kanesh, L., Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Ramanujan, M.S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 33rd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’22), pp. 1976-2004

522022SIDMA

On Treewidth and Stable Marriage: Parameterized Algorithms and Hardness Results (Complete Characterization)

Gupta, Su., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 36(1), pp. 596-681, 2022.

532022TCS

Resolute Control: Forbidding Candidates from Winning an Election is Hard

Gupta, Su., Rou, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), vol. 915, pp. 74-89, 2022.

2021

542021ISAAC

Grid Recognition: Classical and Parameterized Computational Perspectives

Gupta, Si., Sa’ar, G., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC’21), pp. 37:1-37:15. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 136, pp. 17-62, 2023.

552021EUMAS

Verification of Multi-Layered Assignment Problems

Steindl, B., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 18th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS’21), pp. 194-210. Best Paper Award. Invited to J. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (JAAMAS) (the best paper and runner-up were invited), vol. 36(1):15, 2022.

562021EUMAS

Parameterized Analysis of Assignment Under Multiple Preferences

Steindl, B., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 18th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS’21), pp. 160-177.

572021IJCAI

Participatory Budgeting with Project Groups

Jain, P., Sornat, K., Talmon, N., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’21), pp. 276-281. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 156, no. 103702, 2026.

582021STACS

Exploiting Dense Structures in Parameterized Complexity

Lochet, W., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 38th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS’21), pp. 50:1-50:17.

592021AAMAS

Multivariate Analysis of Scheduling Fair Competitions

Gupta, Si., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS’21), pp. 555-564.

602021SODA

Efficient Computation of Representative Weight Functions with Applications to Parameterized Counting

Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 32nd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’21), pp. 179-198.

612021SODA

FPT Approximation for FPT Problems

Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Ramanujan, M.S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 32nd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’21), pp. 199-218.

2020

622020FSTTCS

On the (Parameterized) Complexity of Almost Stable Marriage

Gupta, Su., Jain, P., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 40th Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS’20), pp. 24:1-24:17.

632020WABI

Approximate Search for Known Gene Clusters in New Genomes Using PQ-Trees

Zimerman, G.R., Svetlitsky, D., Zehavi, M., and Ziv-Ukelson, M.

Proc. of the 20th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI’20), pp. 1:1-1:24. Algorithms for Molecular Biology (AMB), vol. 16(1):16, 2021, WABI’20 invited issue.

642020ICALP

Tight Lower Bounds on the Computation of Hadwiger Number and Related Contraction-Based Problems

Fomin, F.V., Lokshtanov, D., Mihajlin, I., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 47th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’20), pp. 49:1-49:18. ACM Transactions on Computation Theory (ToCT), vol 13(2), pp. 10:1-10:25, 2021.

652020SWAT

Parameter Analysis for Guarding Terrains

Agrawal, A., Kolay, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 17th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT’20), pp. 4:1-4:18. Algorithmica, vol. 84(4), pp. 961-981, 2022.

662020SWAT

Parameterized Study of Steiner Tree on Unit Disk Graphs

Bhore, S., Carmi, P., Kolay, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 17th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT’20), pp. 13:1-13:18. Algorithmica, vol. 85(1), pp. 133-152, 2023.

672020LATIN

Graph Hamiltonicity Parameterized by Proper Interval Deletion Set

Golovach, P., Krithika, R., Sahu, A., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 15th Latin American Theoretical Informatics Symposium (LATIN’20), pp. 104-115.

682020SoCG

The Parameterized Complexity of Guarding Almost Convex Polygons

Agrawal, A., Knudsen, K.V.K., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 36th Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG’20), pp. 3:1-3:16. Discrete Computational Geometry (DCG), vol. 71(2), pp. 358-398, 2024. Also: Invited to Journal of Computational Geometry (special issue for selected SoCG’20 papers), we declined the invitation.

692020SoCG

ETH-Tight Algorithms for Long Path and Cycle on Unit Disk Graphs

Fomin, F.V., Lokshtanov, L., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 36th Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG’20), pp. 44:1-44:18. Invited to Journal of Computational Geometry (JCG), vol. 12(2), pp. 126-148, 2021. Invited SoCG’20 issue.

702020STOC

An Exponential Time Parameterized Algorithm for Planar Disjoint Paths

Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Pilipczuk, M., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 52nd Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC’20), pp. 1307-1316. SIAM Journal on Computing (SICOMP), vol. 54(2), pp. 321-418, 2025.

712020STOC

Hitting Topological Minors is FPT

Fomin, F.V., Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 52nd Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC’20), pp. 1317-1326.

722020ITCS

Parameterization Above a Multiplicative Guarantee

Fomin, F.V., Golovach, P., Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 11th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS’20), pp. 39:1-39:13. ACM Transactions on Computation Theory (TALG) vol. 13(3), pp. 18:1-18:16, 2021.

732020ITCS

Fault Tolerant Subgraphs with Applications in Kernelization

Lochet, W., Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Saurabh, S., Sharma, R., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 11th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS’20), pp. 47:1-47:22.

742020SODA

Approximation Schemes via Width/Weight Tradeoffs on Minor-free Graphs

Fomin, F.V., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 31st Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’20), pp. 2299-2318.

752020SODA

Parameterized Complexity and Approximability of Directed Odd Cycle Transversal

Ramanujan, M.S., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 31st Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’20), pp. 2181-2200.

762020TCBB

A Note on GRegNetSim: A Tool for the Discrete Simulation and Analysis of Genetic Regulatory Networks

Ganor, D., Pinter, R.Y., Zehavi, M.

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (TCBB), vol. 17(1), pp. 316-320.

772020Algorithmica

Quadratic Vertex Kernel for Rainbow Matching

Gupta, Su., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Algorithmica, vol. 82(4), pp. 881-897.

2019

782019ESA

Going Far From Degeneracy

Fomin, F.V., Golovach, P., Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 27th European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA’19), pp. 47:1-47:14. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 34(3), pp. 1587-1601, 2020.

792019WABI

A New Paradigm for Identifying Reconciliation-Scenario Altering Mutations Conferring Environmental Adaptation

Zehavi, M., Ziv-Ukelson, M., Zoller, R.

Proc. of the 19th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI’19), pp. 9:1-9:13. Journal of Computational Biology (JCB), vol. 27(11), pp. 1561-1580, 2020.

802019MFCS

A Sub-exponential FPT Algorithm and a Polynomial Kernel for Minimum Directed Bisection on Semicomplete Digraphs

Sharma, R., Madathi, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 44th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS’19), pp. 28:1-28:14. Algorithmica, vol. 83(6), pp. 1861-1884, 2021.

812019MFCS

Packing Arc-Disjoint Cycles in Tournaments

Bessy, S., Bougeret, M., Krithika, R., Sahu, A., Saurabh, S., Thiebaut, J., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 44th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS’19), pp. 27:1-27:14. Algorithmica, vol. 83(5), pp. 1393-1420, 2021.

822019IJCAI

The Parameterized Complexity of Motion Planning for Snake-Like Robots

Gupta, Si., Sa’ar, G., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’19), pp. 5670-5676. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), vol. 69, pp. 191-229, 2020. (Invited to AIJ/JAIR special issue, we declined the invitation.)

832019IJCAI

On Succinct Encodings for the Tournament Fixing Problem

Gupta, Su., Ramanujan, M.S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’19), pp. 322-328.

842019SIDMA

Rank Vertex Cover as a Natural Problem for Algebraic Compression

Meesum, S.M., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 33(3), pp. 1277-1296, 2019.

852019ICALP

Approximate Counting of k-Paths: Deterministic and in Polynomial Space

Bjorklund, A., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 46th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’19), pp. 24:1-24:15. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 17(3), pp. 26:1-26:44, 2021.

862019ICALP

Covering Vectors by Spaces in Perturbed Graphic Matroids and Their Duals

Fomin, F.V., Golovach, P., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 46th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’19), pp. 59:1-59:13.

872019ICALP

Decomposition of Map Graphs with Applications

Fomin, F.V., Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 46th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’19), pp. 60:1-60:15.

882019WADS

Balanced Stable Marriage: How Close is Close Enough? Abstract in Proc

Gupta, Su., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

of the 5th International Workshop on Matching Under Preferences (MATCH-UP’19). Proc. of the 16th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS’19), pp. 423-437. Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), vol. 883, pp. 19-43, 2021.

892019SoCG

Connecting the Dots (with Minimum Crossings)

Agrawal, A., Guspiel, G., Madathil, J., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 35th Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG’19), pp. 7:1-7:17.

902019AAMAS

Gehrlein Stability in Committee Selection: Parameterized Hardness and Algorithms

Gupta, Su., Jain, P., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS’19), pp. 511-519. J. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (JAAMAS), vol. 34(1), 27, 2020.

912019SODA

On r-Simple k-Path and Related Problems Parameterized by k/r

Gutin, G., Wahlstrom, M., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 30th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’19), pp. 1750-1769. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 17(1), pp. 10:1-10:64, 2021.

922019SODA

Contraction Decomposition in Unit Disk Graphs and Algorithmic Applications in Parameterized Complexity

Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 30th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’19), pp. 1035-1054. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 20(2), 15, 2024.

932019SODA

Interval Vertex Deletion Admits a Polynomial Kernel

Agrawal, A., Misra, P., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 30th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’19), pp. 1711-1730. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 19(2), pp. 11:1-11:68, 2023.

942019SODA

Popular Matching in Roommates Setting is NP-hard

Gupta, Su., Misra, P., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 30th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’19), pp. 2810-2822. Bulletin of the EATCS (summary), 130, 2020. ACM Transactions on Computation Theory (ToCT), vol. 13(2), pp. 9:1-9:20, 2021.

952019TCS

The Parametrized Complexity Landscape of Finding 2-Partitions of Digraphs

Bang-Jensen, J., Knudsen, K.V.K., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), vol. 795, pp. 108-114.

2018

962018FSTTCS

Sub-exponential Time Parameterized Algorithms for Graph Layout Problems on Digraphs with Bounded Independence Number

Misra, P., Saurabh, S., Sharma, R., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 38th Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS’18), pp. 35:1-35:19. Algorithmica, vol. 85(1), pp. 133-152, 2023.

972018IPEC

Parameterized Complexity of Multi-Node Hubs

Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 13th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’18), pp. 8:1-8:14. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 131, pp. 64-85, 2023.

982018APPROX

Polylogarithmic Approximation Algorithms for Weighted F-Deletion Problems

Agrawal, A., Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 21st International Conference on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (APPROX’18), pp. 1:1-1:15. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 16(4), pp. 51:1-51:38, 2020.

992018IJCAI

When Rigging a Tournament, Let Greediness Blind You

Gupta, Su., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’18), pp. 275-281.

1002018IJCAI

Winning a Tournament by Any Means Necessary

Gupta, Su., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’18), pp. 282-288.

1012018ICALP

Treewidth Modulator: Emergency Exit for DFVS

Lokshtanov, D., Ramanujan, M.S., Saurabh, S., Sharma, R., Zehavi, M.

Brief announcement in Proc. of the 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’18), pp. 110:1-110:4. Proc. of the 16th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS’19), pp. 523-537. Retitled: Wannabe Bounded Treewidth Graphs Admit a Polynomial Kernel for DFVS. ACM Transactions on Computation Theory (ToCT), vol. 17(1), pp. 2:1-2:28, 2025.

1022018ICALP

Reducing CMSO Model Checking to Highly Connected Graphs

Lokshtanov, D., Ramanujan, M.S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’18), pp. 135:1-135:14.

1032018IPL

Long Directed (s, t)-Path: FPT Algorithm

Fomin, F.V., Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Information Processing Letters (IPL), vol. 140, pp. 8-12, 2018.

1042018CSR

Max-Cut Above Spanning Tree is Fixed Parameter Tractable

Madathil, J., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 13th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia (CSR’18), pp. 244-256. Best Paper Award. Theory of Computing Systems (TOCS), vol. 64(1), pp. 62-100, 2020. Invited CSR’18 issue. Retitled: Fixed-Parameter Tractable Algorithm and Polynomial Kernel for Max-Cut Above Spanning Tree.

1052018AAMAS

Stability in Barter Exchange Markets

Gupta, Su., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS’18), pp. 1371-1379. Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent System (JAAMAS), vol. 33(5), pp. 518-539, 2019. Invited AAMAS’18 issue.

1062018STACS

Erdős-Pósa Property of Obstructions to Interval Graphs

Agrawal, A., Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 35th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS’18), pp. 7:1-7:15. Journal of Graph Theory (JGT), vol. 102(4), pp. 702-727, 2023.

1072018LATIN

The Parameterized Complexity of Cycle Packing: Indifference is Not an Issue

Krithika, R., Sahu, A., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 14th Latin American Theoretical Informatics Symposium (LATIN’18), pp. 712-726. Algorithmica, vol. 81(9), pp. 3803-3841, 2019.

1082018ITCS

Quasipolynomial Representation of Transversal Matroids with Applications in Parameterized Complexity

Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 9th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS’18), pp. 32:1-32:13.

1092018SODA

Covering Small Independent Sets and Separators with Applications to Parameterized Algorithms

Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Sharma, R., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 29th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’18), pp. 2785-2800. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 16(3), pp. 32:1-32:31, 2020.

1102018SODA

Subquadratic Kernels for Implicit 3-Hitting Set and 3-Set Packing Problems

Le, T., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Thomasse, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 29th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’18), pp. 331-342. With Fomin, F.V.: ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 15(1), pp. 13:1-13:44, 2019.

1112018SODA

Cliquewidth III: The Odd Case of Graph Coloring Parameterized by Cliquewidth

Golovach, P., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 29th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’18), pp. 262-273. With Fomin, F.V.: ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 15(1), pp. 9:1-9:27, 2019. Retitled: Clique-width III: Hamiltonian Cycle and the Odd Case of Graph Coloring Parameterized by Cliquewidth.

1122018SODA

Parameterized Algorithms for Survival Network Design with Uniform Demands

Bang-Jensen, J., Basavaraju, M., Knudsen, K.V.K., Misra, P., Ramanujan, M.S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 29th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’18), pp. 2838-2850.

1132018JCSS

Designing Deterministic Polynomial-Space Algorithms by Color-Coding Multivariate Polynomials

Gutin, G., Reidl, F., Wahlstrom, M., Zehavi, M.

Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 95, pp. 69-85, 2018.

1142018TCS

Parameterized Algorithms for Stable Matching with Ties and Incomplete Lists

Adil, D., Gupta, Su., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), vol. 723, pp. 1-10, 2018.

1152018TOCS

Parameterised Algorithms for Deletion to Classes of DAGs

Agrawal, A., Saurabh, S., Sharma, R., Zehavi, M.

Theory of Computing Systems (TOCS), vol. 62(8), pp. 1880-1909, 2018.

2017

1152017FSTTCS

Balanced Judicious Bipartition is Fixed-Parameter Tractable

Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Sharma, R., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 37th Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS’17), pp. 40:40-40:15. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 33(4), pp. 1878-1911, 2019.

1162017SAGT

Parameterized Analysis for the Group Activity Selection Problem

Gupta, Su., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 10th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT’17), pp. 106-118.

1172017MFCS

Parameterized Algorithms and Kernels for Rainbow Matching

Gupta, Su., Roy, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 42nd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS’17), pp. 71:1-71:13. Algorithmica, vol. 81(4), pp. 1684-1698, 2019.

1182017ICALP

Parameterized Algorithms for Finding, Hitting and Packing Cycles on Unit Disk Graphs

Fomin, F.V., Lokshtanov, D., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’17), pp. 65:1-65:14. Discrete and Computational Geometry, vol. 62(4), pp. 879-911, 2019.

1192017ICALP

Packing Cycles Faster Than Erdős-Pósa

Lokshtanov, D., Mouawad, A.E., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’17), pp. 71:1-71:15. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 33(3), pp. 1194-1215, 2019.

1202017CPM

The Maximum-Duo Preservation String Mapping Problem Revisited

Komusiewicz, C., de Oliveira Oliveira, M., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 28th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM’17), pp. 11:1-11:17. Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), vol. 847, pp. 27-38, 2020.

1212017SoCG

Exact Algorithms for Terrain Guarding

Ashok, P., Fomin, F.V., Kolay, S., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 33rd Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG’17), pp. 11:1-11:15. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 14(2), pp. 25:1-25:20, 2018.

1222017STACS

Split Contraction: The Untold Story

Agrawal, A., Lokshtanov, D., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 34th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS’17), pp. 5:1-5:14. ACM Transactions on Computation Theory (ToCT), vol. 11(3), pp. 18:1-18:22, 2019.

1232017STACS

Matrix Rigidity: Matrix Theory from the Viewpoint of Parameterized Complexity

Fomin, F.V., Lokshtanov, D., Meesum, S.M., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 34th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS’17), pp. 32:1-32:14. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 32(3), pp. 966-985, 2018.

1242017SODA

Feedback Vertex Set Inspired Kernel for Chordal Vertex Deletion

Agrawal, A., Lokshtanov, D., Misra, P., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 28th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA’17), pp. 1383-1398. ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG), vol. 15(1), pp. 11:1-11:28, 2019.

2016

1252016FSTTCS

Parameterized Algorithms for List K-Cycle

Panolan, F., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 36th Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS’16), pp. 22:1-22:15. With Saurabh, S.: Algorithmica, vol. 81(3), pp. 1267-1287.

1262016ISAAC

Kernels for Deletion to Classes of Acyclic Graphs

Agrawal, A., Saurabh, S., Sharma, R., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC’16), pp. 6:1-6:12. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 92, pp. 9-21, 2018.

1272016ISAAC

Simultaneous Feedback Edge Set

Agrawal, A., Panolan, F., Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC’16), pp. 5:1-5:12. Algorithmica, vol. 83(2), pp. 753-774, 2021.

1282016TCS

Parameterized Approximation Algorithms for Packing Problems

Zehavi, M.

Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), vol. 648, pp. 40-55, 2016.

1292016WABI

Copy-Number Evolution Problems: Complexity and Algorithms

El-Kebir, M., Raphael, B.J., Shamir, R., Sharan, R., Zaccaria, S., Zehavi, M., Zeira, R.

Proc. of the 16th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI’16), pp. 137-149. Algorithms for Molecular Biology (AMB), vol. 12(1), pp. 13:1-13:11, 2017. Invited WABI’16 issue.

1302016CPM

A Linear-Time Algorithm for the Copy Number Transformation Problem

Shamir, R., Zehavi, M., Zeira, R.

Proc. of the 27th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM’16), pp. 16:1-16:13. Journal of Computational Biology (JCB), vol. 24(12), pp. 1179-1194, 2017.

1312016

A Randomized Algorithm for Long Directed Cycle

Zehavi, M.

Information Processing Letters (IPL), vol. 116(6), pp. 419-422, 2016.

1322016LATIN

(k, n − k)-Max-Cut: An O∗ (2p )-Time Algorithm and a Polynomial Kernel

Saurabh, S., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 12th Latin American Theoretical Informatics Symposium (LATIN’16), pp. 686-699. Algorithmica, vol. 80(12), pp. 3844-3860, 2018.

2015

1332015IWOCA

The k-Leaf Spanning Tree Problem Admits a Klam Value of 39

Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 26th International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (IWOCA’15), pp. 346-357. Best Student Paper Award. European Journal of Combinatorics (EJC), vol. 68, pp. 175-203, 2018. Invited IWOCA’15 issue.

1342015ESA

A Multivariate Approach for Weighted FPT Algorithms

Shachnai, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 23rd European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA’15), pp. 965-976. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 89, pp. 157-189, 2017.

1352015ESA

Mixing Color Coding-Related Techniques

Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 23rd European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA’15), pp. 1037-1049. Best Student Paper Award.

1362015MFCS

Maximum Minimal Vertex Cover Parameterized by Vertex Cover

Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 39th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS’15), pp. 589-600. Best Student Paper Award. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 31(4), pp. 2440-2456, 2017.

1372015ICALP

Spotting Trees with Few Leaves

Bjorklund, A., Kamat, V., Kowalik, L., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 42nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP’15), pp. 243-255. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 31(2), pp. 687-713, 2017.

1382015SIDMA

Deterministic Algorithms for Matching and Packing Problems Based on Representative Sets

Goyal, P., Misra, N., Panolan, F., Zehavi, M.

SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (SIDMA), vol. 29(4), pp. 1815-1836, 2015.

2014

1392014IPEC

Improved Parameterized Algorithms for Network Query Problems

Pinter, R.Y., Shachnai, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 9th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’14), pp. 294-306. Algorithmica, vol. 81(6), pp. 2270-2316, 2019.

1402014IPEC

The k-Distinct Language: Parameterized Automata Constructions

Ben-Basat, R., Gabizon, A., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 9th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’14), pp. 85-96. Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), vol. 622, pp. 1-15, 2016.

1412014ESA

Representative Families: A Unified Tradeoff-Based Approach

Shachnai, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 22nd European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA’14), pp. 786-797. Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), vol. 82(3), pp. 488-502, 2016.

1422014MFCS

Deterministic Parameterized Algorithms for the Graph Motif Problem

Pinter, R.Y., Shachnai, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 39th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS’14), pp. 589-600. Discrete Applied Mathematics (DAM), vol. 213, pp. 162-178, 2016.

1432014JCP

An Improved k-Exclusion Algorithm

Zehavi, M.

Journal of Computers (JCP), vol. 9, pp. 529-536, 2014.

1442014WG

Parameterized Algorithms for Graph Partitioning Problems

Shachnai, H., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 40th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG’14), pp. 384-395. Theory of Computing Systems (TOCS), vol. 61(3), pp. 721-738, 2017.

1452014JDA

Algorithms for Topology-Free and Alignment Network Queries

Pinter, R.Y., Zehavi, M.

Journal of Discrete Algorithms (JDA), vol. 27, pp. 29-53, 2014.

2013 (MSc)

1462013 (MSc)IPEC

Algorithms for k-Internal Out-Branching

Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 8th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC’13), pp. 361-373. Algorithmica, vol. 78(1), pp. 319-341, 2017. Retitled: Algorithms for k-Internal Out-Branching and k-Tree in Bounded Degree Graphs.

1472013 (MSc)MFCS

Parameterized Algorithms for Module Motif

Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 38th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS’13), pp. 825-836. Information and Computation, vol. 251, pp. 179-193, 2016.

1482013 (MSc)IWOCA

Partial Information Network Queries

Pinter, R.Y., Zehavi, M.

Proc. of the 24th International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (IWOCA’13), pp. 362-375. With Shachnai, H.: Journal of Discrete Algorithms (JDA), vol. 31, pp. 129-145, 2015. Invited IWOCA’13 issue.