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Ian Mertz

@iwmertz.bsky.social

Complexity theory person. Postdoc in the Computer Science department at Charles University, occasional translator. Tea and breathing enthusiast. he/him

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Ian Mertz @iwmertz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We had a meeting the other day where unbounded-error probabilistic space came up and by our own naming conventions that would of course be PSPACE. Oops

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 21/02/2025

Adding full storage space can in principle make computers more powerful. This idea is at the very heart of catalytic computing, a burgeoning theoretical framework. buff.ly/4i6G7Tz

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Catalytic Computing Taps the Full Power of a Full Hard Drive | Quanta Magazine

Ten years ago, researchers proved that adding full memory can theoretically aid computation. They’re just now beginning to understand the implications.

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Ian Mertz @iwmertz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

oh joy, I love complexity. do it all the time.

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Ian Mertz @iwmertz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Ah finally, a way to substantiate my lavish postdoc lifestyle.

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Ian Mertz @iwmertz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Found out I lost access to my Twitter account, so seems like a good time to move over here. Anything interesting happen recently?

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