Alex Hertel's Academic Web Page
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I completed my Ph.D. in 2008 under the supervision of Dr. Alasdair Urquhart in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto .
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Department of Computer Science University of Toronto 10 King's College Rd, Sanford Fleming Building, Room 4306A Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G4 |
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Résumé:
My Résumé is located on LinkedIn here
Conference & Journal Publications:
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Algorithms & Complexity Results for Input & Unit Resolution, A. Hertel & A. Urquhart, Journal on Satisfiability, Boolean Modeling and Computation Volume 6, 2009, pages 141-164. |
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Game Characterizations and the PSPACE-Completeness of Tree Resolution Space, A. Hertel & A. Urquhart, Proceedings of CSL 2007: Springer LNCS 4646, pages 527-541. |
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| ● | Formalizing Dangerous SAT Encodings, A. Hertel, P. Hertel, & A. Urquhart, Proceedings of SAT 2007: Springer LNCS 4501, pages 159-172. |
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| ● | A Sound and Complete Proof Theory for Propositional Logical Contingencies, A. Hertel, P. Hertel, & C. Morgan, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic Vol. 48 No. 4, 2007, pages 521-530. |
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An O(pn+1.151p)-Algorithm for p-Profit Cover and its Practical Implications for Vertex Cover, U. Stege, I. van Rooij, A. Hertel, & P. Hertel, Proceedings ISAAC 2002: Springer LNCS 2518, pages 249-261. |
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Papers Submitted / in Progress:
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On The Computability of Detecting Machine Consciousness, A. Hertel |
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The Resolution Width Problem is EXPTIME-Complete, A. Hertel & A. Urquhart, Withdrawn from Theory of Computing due to a bug in a proof. |
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The Proof Complexity of Intuitionistic Propositional Logic, A. Hertel & A. Urquhart |
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A Non-Hamiltonicity Proof System, A. Hertel, In Preparation. |
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Unrefereed Papers:
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Prover / Delayer Game Upper Bounds For Tree Resolution, A. Hertel & A. Urquhart, 2006. |
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| ● | A Survey & Strengthening of Barnette's Conjecture, A. Hertel, 2005. |
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Ph.D. & M.Sc. Theses:
| ● | Ph.D. Thesis: Applications of Games to Propositional Proof Complexity. A. Hertel, University of Toronto, Defended May 2nd, 2008. |
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| ● | Thesis Proposal Paper: Thesis Proposal: An Application of Game Characterizations to Propositional Proof Complexity, A. Hertel, University of Toronto, 2007. |
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| ● | Research Proposal Paper: Research Proposal & Progress Report, A. Hertel, University of Toronto, 2006. |
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| ● | Depth Oral (Candidacy) Paper: Propositional Proof Complexity: A Depth Oral Survey, A. Hertel, University of Toronto, 2005. |
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Master's Thesis: Hamiltonian Cycles in Sparse Graphs, A. Hertel, University of Toronto, 2004.
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| An implementation of the Stone Carver Algorithm together with some test graphs is located here. This program also contains an implementation of a proof system for non-Hamiltonicity found in the paper "A Non-Hamiltonicity Proof System", above. |
Graduate Course Papers & Projects:
| ● | Genome Assembly Algorithms for New Sequencing Technologies, A. Hertel & P. Hertel, 2006 |
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| ● | Machine Learning & the Automatizability of Proof Systems, A. Hertel & P. Hertel, 2005. |
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| ● | Secure Electronic Elections, A. Hertel & P. Hertel, 2004. |
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| ● | Collaborative Motion Graphs, A. Hertel & P. Hertel, 2003. |
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| ● | Motion From Primitives Using Motion Graphs, A. Hertel & P. Hertel, 2002 |
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Other Stuff:
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Here is a fractal-viewing program which allows you to zoom in on the Mandelbrot Set and also view Julia sets. |
Read This Disclaimer!
Note that some of the programs above were programmed for Windows XP using C++ and MFC. Disclaimer: for all I know, running any or all of these programs on your computer will cause the world to end; I assume no liability. For that matter, reading any of the above papers may cause blindness and / or may cause your hard drive to to be erased, so don't come looking to sue me if you didn't heed this warning!