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Research, 2021 to 2026

Publications and preprints

11 papers on shortest paths, compact data structures and verified concurrency, newest first. Preprints are marked; every entry has a PDF link and BibTeX you can copy.

Publications per year, 2021 to 2026: one dot per paper202120222023202420252026
Figure 4. One dot per paper. Filled dots match the current filter; the yellow one won the best-paper award.

All publications

  1. [1]

    Shortest paths on k-compressed graphs in near-linear time

    Ilse Brede and Tomasz Ruel.

    Proceedings of the Symposium on Algorithmic Foundations (SAF 2026), pp. 112–131.

    • Best paper award
    • Graph algorithms
    2026
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    @inproceedings{brede2026compressed,
      author    = {Brede, Ilse and Ruel, Tomasz},
      title     = {Shortest paths on k-compressed graphs in near-linear time},
      booktitle = {Proc. Symposium on Algorithmic Foundations},
      pages     = {112--131},
      year      = {2026}
    }
  2. [2]

    A mechanised proof of a wait-free priority queue

    Ilse Brede, Mei Kawabata and Jonas Felber.

    Preprint, submitted September 2026.

    • Preprint
    • Verification
    • Concurrency
    2026
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    @misc{brede2026waitfree,
      author    = {Brede, Ilse and Kawabata, Mei and Felber, Jonas},
      title     = {A mechanised proof of a wait-free priority queue},
      note      = {Preprint},
      year      = {2026}
    }
  3. [3]

    Decrease-key is (almost) free: a lazy heap for sparse graphs

    Adaeze Okonkwo-Hale and Ilse Brede.

    Preprint, June 2026.

    • Preprint
    • Graph algorithms
    • Data structures
    2026
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    @misc{okonkwohale2026lazyheap,
      author    = {Okonkwo-Hale, Adaeze and Brede, Ilse},
      title     = {Decrease-key is (almost) free: a lazy heap for sparse graphs},
      note      = {Preprint},
      year      = {2026}
    }
  4. [4]

    Linearisability checking by bounded replay

    Jonas Felber and Ilse Brede.

    Proceedings of the Workshop on Verified Systems (WVS 2025), pp. 41–55.

    • Verification
    • Concurrency
    2025
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    @inproceedings{felber2025replay,
      author    = {Felber, Jonas and Brede, Ilse},
      title     = {Linearisability checking by bounded replay},
      booktitle = {Proc. Workshop on Verified Systems},
      pages     = {41--55},
      year      = {2025}
    }
  5. [5]

    Succinct adjacency for road networks

    Ilse Brede, Priya Ramaswamy-Lund and Ruth Ellacombe.

    Journal of Discrete Computation 14(2), pp. 201–236.

    • Graph algorithms
    • Data structures
    2025
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    @article{brede2025roads,
      author    = {Brede, Ilse and Ramaswamy-Lund, Priya and Ellacombe, Ruth},
      title     = {Succinct adjacency for road networks},
      journal   = {Journal of Discrete Computation},
      volume    = {14},
      number    = {2},
      pages     = {201--236},
      year      = {2025}
    }
  6. [6]

    Teaching loop invariants with stepwise visualisation

    Ilse Brede and Kofi Mensah-Bright.

    Proceedings of the Forum on Computing Education (FoCE 2025), pp. 9–16.

    • Education
    2025
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    @inproceedings{brede2025invariants,
      author    = {Brede, Ilse and Mensah-Bright, Kofi},
      title     = {Teaching loop invariants with stepwise visualisation},
      booktitle = {Proc. Forum on Computing Education},
      pages     = {9--16},
      year      = {2025}
    }
  7. [7]

    Lock-free queues under weak memory, revisited

    Mei Kawabata and Ilse Brede.

    Proceedings of the Conference on Concurrent Programs (CCP 2024), pp. 77–94.

    • Concurrency
    • Verification
    2024
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    @inproceedings{kawabata2024weakmem,
      author    = {Kawabata, Mei and Brede, Ilse},
      title     = {Lock-free queues under weak memory, revisited},
      booktitle = {Proc. Conference on Concurrent Programs},
      pages     = {77--94},
      year      = {2024}
    }
  8. [8]

    Bidirectional search with certified bounds

    Tomasz Ruel, Ilse Brede and Lior Benami.

    Proceedings of the Symposium on Algorithmic Foundations (SAF 2024), pp. 305–322.

    • Graph algorithms
    • Verification
    2024
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    @inproceedings{ruel2024bidir,
      author    = {Ruel, Tomasz and Brede, Ilse and Benami, Lior},
      title     = {Bidirectional search with certified bounds},
      booktitle = {Proc. Symposium on Algorithmic Foundations},
      pages     = {305--322},
      year      = {2024}
    }
  9. [9]

    Rank and select in two cache lines

    Ilse Brede and Ruth Ellacombe.

    Proceedings of the Colloquium on Data Structures (CoDS 2023), pp. 18–30.

    • Data structures
    2023
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    @inproceedings{brede2023rankselect,
      author    = {Brede, Ilse and Ellacombe, Ruth},
      title     = {Rank and select in two cache lines},
      booktitle = {Proc. Colloquium on Data Structures},
      pages     = {18--30},
      year      = {2023}
    }
  10. [10]

    Proof-carrying shortest path trees

    Ilse Brede.

    PhD thesis, Pellbrook University.

    • Graph algorithms
    • Verification
    2022
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    @phdthesis{brede2022thesis,
      author    = {Brede, Ilse},
      title     = {Proof-carrying shortest path trees},
      school    = {Pellbrook University},
      year      = {2022}
    }
  11. [11]

    Compact routing labels for planar graphs

    Ilse Brede and Lior Benami.

    Proceedings of the Colloquium on Data Structures (CoDS 2021), pp. 64–79.

    • Graph algorithms
    • Data structures
    2021
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    @inproceedings{brede2021routing,
      author    = {Brede, Ilse and Benami, Lior},
      title     = {Compact routing labels for planar graphs},
      booktitle = {Proc. Colloquium on Data Structures},
      pages     = {64--79},
      year      = {2021}
    }

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