2 papers
math.PR2026
The Conclave Process
Itai Benjamini, Zhenhao Cai, Guanyi Chen +2
We introduce a stochastic model for the papal conclave in which cardinals vote repeatedly among themselves until one cardinal receives all the votes. In each round, the probabi…
cs.DS2025
Detecting Correlation Efficiently in Stochastic Block Models: Breaking Otter's Threshold in the Entire Supercritical Regime
Guanyi Chen, Jian Ding, Shuyang Gong +1
Consider a pair of sparse correlated stochastic block models subsampled from a common parent stochastic block model with two symmetric communities,…