List of Publications

Publications in Scientific Journals

All Superlinear Inverse Schemes Are coNP-hard.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra and H. Hempel.
Theoretical Computer Science A, 345, 324-358, 2005.

Extending Downward Collapse from 1-versus-2 Queries to m-versus-m+1 Queries.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
SIAM Journal on Computing, 34, 1352-1369, 2005.

Algebraic Properties for Selector Functions.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and A. Nickelsen.
SIAM Journal on Computing, 33, 1309-1337, 2004.

P-Immune Sets with Holes Lack Self-Reducibility Properties.
L. Hemaspaandra and H. Hempel.
Theoretical Computer Science A, 302, 457-466, 2003.

On Claw-free Asteroidal Triple-free graphs.
H. Hempel and D. Kratsch.
Discrete Applied Mathematics, 121, 155-180, 2002.

Optimal Series-Parallel Tradeoffs for Reducing a Function to Its Own Graph.
R. Beigel, L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel and J. Vogel.
Information and Computation, 173, 123-131, 2002.

The operators min and max on the Polynomial Hierarchy.
H. Hempel and G. Wechsung.
International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 11 (2), 315-342, 2000.

Self-Specifying Machines.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and G. Wechsung.
International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 10 (3), 263-276, 1999.

Query Order.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and G. Wechsung.
SIAM Journal on Computing, 28, 637-651, 1999.

A Downward Collapse within the Polynomial Hierarchy.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
SIAM Journal on Computing, 28, 383-393, 1999.

RSN1-tt(NP) Distinguishes Robust Many-One and Turing Completeness.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Theory of Computing Systems, 31, 307-325, 1998.

Query Order and the Polynomial Hierarchy.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Journal of Universal Computer Science, 4, 574-588, 1998.

Publications in Conference Proceedings

Inverse Problems Have Inverse Complexity.
T. Berg and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 5th IFIP International Conference on Theoretical Computer Science (TCS 2008), Springer-Verlag Science and Business Media, September 2008, to appear.

Persistent Computations.
H. Hempel and M. Kimmritz.
In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2008), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5148, 171-180, July 2008.

Approximating Alternative Solutions.
M. Krüger and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON 2008), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5092, 203-214, June 2008.

Inverse HAMILTONIAN CYCLE and Inverse 3-D MATCHING are coNP-Complete.
M. Krüger and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2006), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4288, 243-252, December 2006 .

All Superlinear Inverse Schemes are coNP-Hard.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS'04), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3153, 368-379, August 2004.

All Superlinear Inverse Schemes are coNP-Hard.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS'04), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3153, 368-379, August 2004.

On Functions and Relations.
A. Große and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the Forth International Conference "Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science" (DMTCS'03), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2731, 181-192, July 2003.

P-Immune Sets with Holes Lack Self-Reducibility Properties.
L. Hemaspaandra and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the Third International Conference "Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science" (DMTCS'01), Springer-Verlag DMTCS Series, 115-124, July 2001.

Algebraic Properties for P-Selectivity.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and A.Nickelsen.
In Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON '01), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 2108, 49-58, August 2001.

On Claw-free Asteroidal Triple-free graphs.
H. Hempel and D. Kratsch.
In Proceedings of the 25th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG'99), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 1665, 377-390, June 1999.

Extending Downward Collapse from 1-versus-2 Queries to j-versus-j+1 Queries.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS'99), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 1563, 270-280, March 1999.

Downward Collapse from a Weaker Hypothesis.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 6th Italian Conference on Theoretical Computer Science (ICTCS'98), 253-264, World Scientific Press, November 1998.

Query Order in the Polynomial Hierarchy.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory (FCT'97). Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 1279, 222-232, September 1997.

RSN1-tt(NP) Distinguishes Robust Many-One and Turing Completeness.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the Third Italian Conference on Algorithms and Complexity (CIAC'97). Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 1203, 49-60, March 1997.

The Operators min and max on the Polynomial Hierarchy.
H. Hempel and G. Wechsung .
In Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS'97). Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 1200, 93-104, February 1997.

A Downward Translation in the Polynomial Hierarchy.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
In Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS'97). Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences 1200, 319-328, February 1997.

Other Publications

Randomized Algorithms and Complexity Theory.
H. Hempel.
Journal of Universal Computer Science, 12, 746-761, August 2006.

Wechsung in Jena.
H. Hempel.
Ein Sammelband mit Erinnerungen an das Wirken von Gerd Wechsung an der alma mater jenensis, Jena, February 2004.

On Functions in Complexity Theory. (Full Version)
H. Hempel.
Habilitation Thesis, Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, July 2003.

Boolean Hierarchies -
On Collapse Properties and Query Order. (Extended Abstract in German)
H. Hempel.
In Ausgezeichnete Informatikdissertationen 1998. Teubner, 62-71, 1999.

Boolean Hierarchies -
On Collapse Properties and Query Order. (Full Version)
H. Hempel.
PhD Thesis, Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, August 1998.

What's Up with Downward Collapse:
Using the Easy-Hard Technique to Link Boolean and Polynomial Hierarchy Collapses.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
SIGACT News, 29, 10-22, September 1998.

An Introduction to Query Order.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Bulletin of the EATCS, 63, 93-107, October 1997.

Technical Reports

All Superlinear Inverse Schemes are coNP-Hard.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 841, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, July 2004.

On Functions and Relations.
A. Große and H. Hempel.
Technical Report Math/Inf/01/03, Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, January 2003.

Algebraic Properties for Deterministic and Nondeterministic Selectivity.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and A. Nickelsen.
Technical Report TR 778, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, May 2002.

Using the No-Search Easy-Hard Technique for Downward Collapse.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 752, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, June 2001.

Algebraic Properties for Deterministic Selectivity.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and A. Nickelsen.
Technical Report TR 746, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, April 2001.

P-Immune Sets with Holes Lack Self-Reducibility Properties.
L. Hemaspaandra and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 742, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, February 2001.

Algebraic Properties for P-Selectivity.
L. Hemaspaandra and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 730, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, April 2000.

A Note on Query Order: Solving the Missing Case.
H. Hempel.
Technical Report Math/Inf/99/15, Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, April 1999.

On Claw-free Asteroidal Triple-free Graphs.
H. Hempel and D. Kratsch.
Technical Report Math/Inf/99/09, Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, March 1999.

Optimal Separations for Parallel versus Sequential Self-Checking:
Parallelism Can Exponentially Increase Self-Checking Cost.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and Jörg Vogel.
Technical Report TR 691, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, May 1998.

What's Up with Downward Collapse:
Using the Easy-Hard Technique to Link Boolean and Polynomial Hierarchy Collapses.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 682, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, February 1998.

Downward Collapse from a Weaker Hypothesis.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 681, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, February 1998.

An Introduction to Query Order.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 665, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, August 1997.

Translating Equality Downwards.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 657, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, April 1997.

Self-Specifying Machines.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and G. Wechsung.
Technical Report TR 654, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, April 1997.

On the Power of #P Reductions.
H. Hempel and G. Wechsung.
Technical Report Math/Inf/97/02, Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, January 1997.

RSN1-tt(NP) Distinguishes Robust Many-One and Turing Completeness.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 635, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, September 1996.

Query Order in the Polynomial Hierarchy.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report TR 634, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, September 1996 (revised August 1997).

A Downward Translation in the Polynomial Hierarchy.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report Math/Inf/96/18, Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, July 1996.

An Upward Separation in the Polynomial Hierarchy.
E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, and H. Hempel.
Technical Report Math/Inf/96/15, Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, June 1996.

The Operators min and max on the Polynomial Time Hierarchy.
H. Hempel and G. Wechsung.
Technical Report Math/Inf/96/8, Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, April 1996 (revised December 1997).

Query Order and Self-Specifying Machines.
L. Hemaspaandra, H. Hempel, and G. Wechsung.
Technical Report Math/Inf/95/13, Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, October 1995.


Harald Hempel, email to: hempel at informatik.uni-jena.de