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Symmetric Difference Automata
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M2 AD 2015 Symmetric Difference Automata

Dates

5-6 months in 2015

Research field

Automata Theory

Related project

Vaucanson

Advisor

Akim Demaille

General presentation of the field

The classical theory of automata, of transducers and of rational expressions, admits a very elegant and extremely useful extension (eg, in natural language processing) taking into account the concept of weighting. The weights are then taken in a semi-ring, which can be classical (⟨𝔹, ∨, ∧⟩, ⟨ℤ, +, ×⟩, ⟨ℚ, +, ×⟩, etc..), tropical (⟨ℤ, min, +⟩, etc..), or yet of another type (e.g. rational expressions).

The field 𝔽₂ is a particular interest, and shows quite a few unique properties, as demonstrated by the current active research under various names (e.g., "Symmetric Difference Automata").

Vcsn is a project led by Alexandre Duret-Lutz and Akim Demaille (LRDE). It is a platform for the manipulation of automata, transducers and weighted rational expressions. It is written in C++11 avoiding the classical object-oriented programming in favor of generic programming (template) for more performance. Vcsn is an heir of the Vaucanson 2 project which was developed in partnership with Jacques Sakarovitch (Telecom ParisTech) and Sylvain Lombardy (LaBRI).

Prerequisites
  • good programmer in some language
  • acquaintance with C++
  • facilities with theoretical matters
Objectives

The objective of this internship is to exploit the existing features of Vcsn to apply them to 𝔽₂ in a first step, and then, in a second step, to use Vcsn as a tool to explore novel results.

Benefit for the candidate
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Compensation

1000 € gross/month

Future work opportunities

If you have performed the internship satisfactorily, we would like it to be followed by a PhD thesis.

Contact

<akim at lrde . epita . fr> <akim at lrde . epita . fr>