We are pleased to announce that the Theory Award has been granted to the following submission, primarily due to its development of two novel ideas: timeline encoding and hydra decomposition. The implementation of timeline encoding introduces an innovative data structure that enables the efficient computation of the width of a contraction sequence, resulting in enhanced local search capabilities. Furthermore, the submission incorporates hydra decompositions, a divide-and-conquer strategy that features compact vertex separators.
Team
Member
Hydra Prime
Yosuke Mizutani, David Dursteler, and Blair D. Sullivan
Awards for Student Submissions
We recognizing outstanding achievements from student submission, by awarding the top three student submissions of each track. By honoring their achievements, we aim to inspire and motivate young researchers to participate in PACE.
Rank
Team
Member
Exact 1
UAIC Twin Width
Andrei Arhire, Matei Chiriac and Radu Timofte
Exact 2
trex-ufmg
Alan Cabral Trindade Prado, Emanuel Juliano Morais Silva, Guilherme de Castro Mendes Gomes, Kaio Henrique Masse Vieira and Laila Melo Vaz Lopes
Exact 2
HeiTwin
Thomas Möller, Nikita-Nick Funk, Dennis Jakob and Ernestine Großmann
Heuristic 1
GUTHM
Alexander Leonhardt, Holger Dell, Anselm Haak, Frank Kammer, Johannes Meintrup, Ulrich Meyer and Manuel Penschuck
Heuristic 2
HATTER
Aman Jain, Sachin Agarwal, Talika Gupta and Srinibas Swain
Heuristic 3
HeiTwin
Thomas Möller, Nikita-Nick Funk, Dennis Jakob and Ernestine Großmann