Distributed Systems

This paper introduces Epistemic Byzantine Fault Tolerance (EBFT), a fault-tolerance model for agentic infrastructure and post-deterministic distributed systems, addressing the Honest Quorum Problem an…

This paper proposes a reconfiguration framework called Beware to improve Byzantine fault-tolerant state-machine replication in blockchain systems.

The paper proposes a bottom-up, system-oriented approach to formally verify authorization algorithms for large-scale, Byzantine fault-tolerant local-first systems, using Rust and the Verus framework.

This paper proposes TRM-Raft, a Byzantine-resistant enhancement for Raft consensus that integrates a Blockchain-based Trust and Reputation Model to prevent election forgery and log tampering.

The paper demonstrates that for edge-native SLMs used in decentralized governance, simpler, intuitive reasoning (System 1) is significantly more robust and efficient than complex, iterative deliberati…

BFTide is a protocol adaptation architecture that enables a BFT system to switch between different protocols based on network conditions.

This paper proposes a new signature-free BFT consensus protocol called Simple-IT, which achieves competitive throughput and latency with state-of-the-art quantum-vulnerable protocols.

This paper presents Melda, a non-intrusive delta-state CRDT for JSON documents that achieves Byzantine tolerance through deterministic state reconstruction.

ORCHID introduces a novel, bio-inspired consensus protocol that uses quantum-noisy phase oscillators and a binding threshold derived from neuroscience to achieve scalable, high-fidelity consensus in d…

TrustANN provides query-level trust for distributed approximate nearest-neighbor retrieval without modifying the underlying algorithm.

OrbitBFT introduces a novel two-stage hierarchical BFT consensus protocol that enables scalable and robust Byzantine Fault-Tolerant coordination for large-scale Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation…

This paper introduces Distributed Quorum Signature (DQS), a new primitive built from ordinary digital signatures and approval broadcasts, enabling constant-size quorum signatures in distributed system…

This paper introduces the Organizational Consensus Algorithm (OCA) for internal negotiation and decision coordination in organizational structures, modeling inter-departmental conflict as a dynamic ga…

This paper proposes FairWave, a DAG BFT protocol that balances Sybil resistance, reward distribution fairness, and protection against persistent plutocracy.

A new algorithm is developed for distributed optimization in networked nonlinear systems with input delays and consensus constraints.

Develops an equational theory for Detector Error Models (DEMs) in quantum circuits and provides a sound decision procedure for DEM equivalence.

The paper proposes SwarmSense-DNN, a decentralized neural framework for secure, cooperative anomaly detection in IoT environments.

An autonomous research agent is developed to automate end-to-end LLM in high-stakes scientific domains, specifically condensed matter physics, by mapping the corpus, calibrating methodology, conductin…

GapFuzz is a stateful concurrency fuzzer for distributed SDN clusters that detects divergences in the global cross-plane state.

This paper proposes a framework for functional stability in edge computing systems, focusing on individual functions and their quality thresholds.