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Department of Computer Science and Technology

  • Research Staff

I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Logics and Algorithms group led by Anuj Dawar. My research interests revolve around logic and complexity and lie mainly in the areas of finite model theory and propositional proof complexity. One topic I am specifically interested in at the moment are methods for studying the limitations of symmetric computation models and proof systems. This includes the logic Choiceless Polynomial Time as well as different kinds of symmetric circuits.  

Research

Descriptive Complexity

Finite Model Theory

Proof Complexity

Publications

Selected talks

Conference proceedings

  • Pago, B., Seppelt, T. and Lichter, M., 2024. Limitations of Game Comonads for Invertible-Map Equivalence via Homomorphism Indistinguishability 32nd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2024.36
  • Pago, B., 2023. Lower Bounds for Choiceless Polynomial Time via Symmetric XOR-Circuits Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, v. 272
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.73
  • Pago, B., 2023. Finite Model Theory and Proof Complexity Revisited: Distinguishing Graphs in Choiceless Polynomial Time and the Extended Polynomial Calculus Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, v. 252
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2023.31
  • Pago, B., 2021. Choiceless computation and symmetry: Limitations of definability Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, v. 183
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2021.33
  • Grädel, E., Pago, B. and Pakusa, W., 2017. The model-theoretic expressiveness of propositional proof systems Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, v. 82
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2017.27
  • Journal articles

  • Grädel, E., Grohe, M., Pago, B. and Pakusa, W., 2019. A Finite-Model-Theoretic view on propositional proof Complexity Logical Methods in Computer Science, v. 15
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.23638/LMCS-15(1:4)2019
  • Theses / dissertations

  • Pago, B., Limitations of Choiceless Computation
  • Contact Details

    Room: 
    FE21
    Office address: 
    William Gates Building, 15 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FD
    Email: 

    btp26@cam.ac.uk