Rakesh Vohra

65 papers A* 14B 5C 1Misc 1Journal 36Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
J. Econ. Theory
Daniel Kornbluth, Alexey Kushnir, Thanh Nguyen, Rakesh Vohra
2025 A* conf
EC
Thanh Nguyen, Rakesh Vohra
2024 J jnl
Math. Oper. Res.
Can Kizilkale, Rakesh Vohra
2024 J jnl
J. Econ. Theory
Victor Amelkin, Santosh Venkatesh, Rakesh Vohra
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Krishna Dasaratha, Santosh Venkatesh, Rakesh Vohra
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Shriya Karam, Lauren Shanos, Jessica Ford, Lorenzo Castaneda, Megan S. Ryerson, Rakesh Vohra
2024 J jnl
Networks
Victor Amelkin, Rakesh Vohra
2022 conf
FAccT
Mingzi Niu, Sampath Kannan, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2022 J jnl
J. Econ. Theory
Selman Erol, Rakesh Vohra
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Sampath Kannan, Mingzi Niu, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2021 A* conf
COLT
Christopher Jung, Changhwa Lee, Mallesh M. Pai, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2021 conf
DySPAN
Melina Muthuswamy, Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Thành Nguyen, Vijay G. Subramanian, Rakesh Vohra
2021 A* conf
EC
Thành Nguyen, Rakesh Vohra
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Can Kizilkale, Rakesh Vohra
2020 A* conf
EC
Christopher Jung, Sampath Kannan, Changhwa Lee, Mallesh M. Pai, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Christopher Jung, Sampath Kannan, Changhwa Lee, Mallesh M. Pai, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2020 J jnl
Games Econ. Behav.
Eduard Talamàs, Rakesh Vohra
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Christopher Jung, Changhwa Lee, Mallesh M. Pai, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2020 A* conf
EC
Victor Amelkin, Rakesh Vohra
2020 J jnl
Manag. Sci.
Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Thành Nguyen, Vijay G. Subramanian, Rakesh Vohra
2019 B conf
SAGT
Markos Epitropou, Rakesh Vohra
2019 J jnl
Oper. Res.
Thành Nguyen, Rakesh Vohra
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Victor Amelkin, Rakesh Vohra
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Victor Amelkin, Rakesh Vohra
2018 A* ed.
EC
Éva Tardos, Edith Elkind, Rakesh Vohra
2017 J jnl
ACM Trans. Economics and Comput.
Sepehr Assadi, Sanjeev Khanna, Yang Li, Rakesh Vohra
2017 A* conf
EC
Thành Nguyen, Rakesh Vohra
2016 J jnl
J. Econ. Theory
Thành Nguyen, Ahmad Peivandi, Rakesh Vohra
2016 A* conf
STOC
Justin Hsu, Jamie Morgenstern, Ryan M. Rogers, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2016 J jnl
SIGecom Exch.
Justin Hsu, Jamie Morgenstern, Ryan M. Rogers, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2016 J jnl
Discret. Appl. Math.
Wojciech Olszewski, Rakesh Vohra
2016 J jnl
Oper. Res.
Thành Nguyen, Hang Zhou, Randall A. Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Justin Hsu, Jamie Morgenstern, Ryan M. Rogers, Aaron Roth, Rakesh Vohra
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Sepehr Assadi, Sanjeev Khanna, Yang Li, Rakesh Vohra
2015 A* conf
EC
Thanh Nguyen, Rakesh Vohra
2014 J jnl
J. Econ. Theory
Mallesh M. Pai, Rakesh Vohra
2014 conf
INFOCOM Workshops
Hang Zhou, Randall A. Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2013 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun.
Hang Zhou, Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2013 J jnl
Oper. Res.
Hamid Nazerzadeh, Amin Saberi, Rakesh Vohra
2013 conf
Allerton
Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Vijay G. Subramanian, Thành Nguyen, Rakesh Vohra
2013 A* conf
INFOCOM
Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Thành Nguyen, Vijay G. Subramanian, Hang Zhou, Rakesh Vohra
2013 J jnl
Math. Oper. Res.
Mallesh M. Pai, Rakesh Vohra
2012 Misc conf
CISS
Hang Zhou, Randall A. Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2012 J jnl
SIGMETRICS Perform. Evaluation Rev.
Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Thành Nguyen, Vijay G. Subramanian, Hang Zhou, Rakesh Vohra
2011 B conf
WiOpt
Hang Zhou, Randall A. Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2010 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2009 conf
Allerton
Hang Zhou, Randall A. Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2009 conf
GAMENETS
Junjik Bae, Eyal Beigman, Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2008 A* conf
WWW
Hamid Nazerzadeh, Amin Saberi, Rakesh Vohra
2008 A* conf
EC
Lance Fortnow, Rakesh Vohra
2007 conf
CrownCom
Junjik Bae, Eyal Beigman, Randall Berry, Michael L. Honig, Rakesh Vohra
2007 conf
Computational Social Systems and the Internet
Birgit Heydenreich, Rudolf Müller, Marc Uetz, Rakesh Vohra
2007 C conf
CTW
Birgit Heydenreich, Rudolf Müller, Marc Uetz, Rakesh Vohra
2006 A* conf
EC
Eyal Beigman, Rakesh Vohra
2006 J jnl
Electron. Colloquium Comput. Complex.
Lance Fortnow, Rakesh Vohra
2002 B conf
IPCO
Jay Sethuraman, Chung-Piaw Teo, Rakesh Vohra
1999 J jnl
Networks
Dimitris Bertsimas, Chung-Piaw Teo, Rakesh Vohra
1999 J jnl
Oper. Res. Lett.
Dimitris Bertsimas, Chung-Piaw Teo, Rakesh Vohra
1996 B conf
IPCO
Dimitris Bertsimas, Chung-Piaw Teo, Rakesh Vohra
1995 J jnl
J. Comput. Syst. Sci.
Yair Bartal, Amos Fiat, Howard J. Karloff, Rakesh Vohra
1995 B conf
IPCO
Dimitris Bertsimas, Chung-Piaw Teo, Rakesh Vohra
1993 J jnl
Discret. Appl. Math.
Rakesh Vohra, Nicholas G. Hall
1992 A* conf
STOC
Yair Bartal, Amos Fiat, Howard J. Karloff, Rakesh Vohra
1990 J jnl
SIAM J. Discret. Math.
Daniel J. Kleitman, Rakesh Vohra
1989 J jnl
Inf. Process. Lett.
Dean P. Foster, Rakesh Vohra
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg_features.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg_features.py python
import struct
from collections import deque
from typing import Optional

import blake3
import mmh3


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.1: Core Graph Utilities
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def bfs_order(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> list[int]:
    """
    BFS traversal from node 0 (entry block), returns node indices in visit order.
    Unreachable nodes appended at the end.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return []

    visited = set()
    order = []
    queue = deque([0])
    visited.add(0)

    while queue:
        idx = queue.popleft()
        order.append(idx)
        for target in successors[idx]:
            if target not in visited:
                visited.add(target)
                queue.append(target)

    # Append unreachable blocks (dead code)
    for i in range(n):
        if i not in visited:
            order.append(i)

    return order


def bfs_max_depth(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> int:
    """
    Maximum BFS depth from entry block (node 0).
    Replaces the per-block depth column with a single scalar.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    depth = {0: 0}
    max_d = 0
    queue = deque([0])

    while queue:
        node = queue.popleft()
        for s in successors[node]:
            if s not in depth:
                depth[s] = depth[node] + 1
                if depth[s] > max_d:
                    max_d = depth[s]
                queue.append(s)

    return max_d


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.2: Back-Edge Detection (Iterative DFS)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def count_back_edges(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> int:
    """
    Count natural loops via iterative DFS back-edge detection.
    A back edge is an edge to a GRAY (in-stack) node.

    Iterative to avoid stack overflow on functions with 1000+ blocks
    (common in obfuscated malware, VM dispatchers, unrolled loops).
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    WHITE, GRAY, BLACK = 0, 1, 2
    color = [WHITE] * n
    back_edges = 0

    stack = [(0, iter(successors[0]))]
    color[0] = GRAY

    while stack:
        u, children = stack[-1]
        try:
            v = next(children)
            if color[v] == GRAY:
                back_edges += 1
            elif color[v] == WHITE:
                color[v] = GRAY
                stack.append((v, iter(successors[v])))
        except StopIteration:
            color[u] = BLACK
            stack.pop()

    return back_edges


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.3: Topology Hash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_topology_hash(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
    n: int,
) -> bytes:
    """
    BLAKE3 hash of BFS-ordered canonical adjacency.
    Pure graph shape — ignores all block content.
    Two functions with identical control flow structure produce identical hashes.

    Returns 16 bytes (128-bit).
    """
    if n == 0:
        return b'\x00' * 16

    # Remap: original index -> BFS position
    remap = {original: position for position, original in enumerate(bfs)}

    canonical = bytearray()
    for position in range(n):
        original_idx = bfs[position]
        remapped_succs = sorted(
            remap[s] for s in successors[original_idx] if s in remap
        )
        # Pack: node_index (2 bytes) + num_successors (1 byte) + successor indices (2 bytes each)
        canonical.extend(struct.pack('<HB', position, len(remapped_succs)))
        for s in remapped_succs:
            canonical.extend(struct.pack('<H', s))

    return blake3.blake3(bytes(canonical)).digest(length=16)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.4: MD-Index (Top-Down and Bottom-Up)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_md_index_topdown(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
) -> int:
    """
    BinDiff-style top-down MD-index.
    Hash of (in_degree, out_degree) sequence in BFS order from entry.
    Returns UInt64.
    """
    if not bfs:
        return 0

    degree_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in bfs:
        in_deg = min(len(predecessors[idx]), 255)
        out_deg = min(len(successors[idx]), 255)
        degree_bytes.extend(struct.pack('<BB', in_deg, out_deg))

    h = blake3.blake3(bytes(degree_bytes)).digest(length=8)
    return struct.unpack('<Q', h)[0]


def compute_md_index_bottomup(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
) -> int:
    """
    Bottom-up MD-index: BFS from exit blocks (no successors),
    traversing edges in reverse.
    Returns UInt64.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    exits = [i for i in range(n) if len(successors[i]) == 0]
    if not exits:
        exits = [n - 1]  # Fallback: use last block

    visited = set(exits)
    order = []
    queue = deque(exits)

    while queue:
        idx = queue.popleft()
        order.append(idx)
        for pred in predecessors[idx]:
            if pred not in visited:
                visited.add(pred)
                queue.append(pred)

    # Append unreachable blocks
    for i in range(n):
        if i not in visited:
            order.append(i)

    degree_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in order:
        in_deg = min(len(predecessors[idx]), 255)
        out_deg = min(len(successors[idx]), 255)
        degree_bytes.extend(struct.pack('<BB', in_deg, out_deg))

    h = blake3.blake3(bytes(degree_bytes)).digest(length=8)
    return struct.unpack('<Q', h)[0]


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.5: Prime Product
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Small primes assigned to LLIL opcode categories.
# Keys are the integer values of binaryninja.LowLevelILOperation enum members.
# We use integer keys so this module doesn't import binaryninja.
#
# Mapping rationale: same operation class -> same prime.
# Using LLIL (not native asm) makes this architecture-independent.
#
# Populated at import time by cfg.py using the real LowLevelILOperation enum values.
# Unknown ops map to prime 1 (identity element) in compute_prime_product().
LLIL_OP_PRIMES: dict[int, int] = {}


def compute_prime_product(llil_operations: list[int]) -> int:
    """
    Product of small primes assigned to each LLIL opcode.
    Position-independent: block reordering doesn't change the result.
    Mod 2^64 for fixed-size storage.

    Args:
        llil_operations: flat list of LLIL operation enum integer values
                         for all instructions in the function.
    Returns:
        UInt64 prime product, or 0 if no instructions.
    """
    if not llil_operations:
        return 0

    product = 1
    for op in llil_operations:
        prime = LLIL_OP_PRIMES.get(op, 1)
        product = (product * prime) % (2**64)

    return product


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.6: ACFG Block Features
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Instruction category indices for ACFG feature vectors
CAT_ARITHMETIC = 0
CAT_LOGIC = 1
CAT_TRANSFER = 2
CAT_CALL = 3
CAT_COMPARISON = 4
CAT_MEMORY = 5
CAT_OTHER = 6

# Maps LLIL operation integer values to category indices.
# Populated at import time by cfg.py using the real LowLevelILOperation enum.
LLIL_OP_CATEGORIES: dict[int, int] = {}


def build_block_features(
    block_llil_ops: list[list[int]],
    successors: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
) -> list[list[int]]:
    """
    Extract Gemini-style ACFG features per block.

    Args:
        block_llil_ops: per-block list of LLIL operation integer values.
                        block_llil_ops[i] is the list of ops for block i.
                        Empty list if LLIL unavailable for that block.
        successors: index-based adjacency list.
        n: number of blocks.

    Returns:
        List of [instr_count, arithmetic, logic, transfer, call, comparison,
                 memory, successor_count] per block. All values capped at 65535.
    """
    features = []
    for i in range(n):
        cats = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
        ops = block_llil_ops[i] if i < len(block_llil_ops) else []
        for op in ops:
            cat = LLIL_OP_CATEGORIES.get(op, CAT_OTHER)
            cats[cat] += 1

        instr_count = len(ops)
        features.append([
            min(instr_count, 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_ARITHMETIC], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_LOGIC], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_TRANSFER], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_CALL], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_COMPARISON], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_MEMORY], 65535),
            min(len(successors[i]), 65535),
        ])

    return features


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.7: CFG Feature TLSH
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_cfg_feature_tlsh(
    bb_features: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
) -> Optional[str]:
    """
    TLSH hash of BFS-ordered per-block feature vectors.
    Captures both structure (BFS ordering) and instruction distribution.

    Returns TLSH hex string or None if too few bytes for TLSH (< 50).
    """
    import tlsh as _tlsh

    feature_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in bfs:
        feats = bb_features[idx]
        feature_bytes.extend(struct.pack(
            '<HBBBBBBB',
            min(feats[0], 65535),
            min(feats[1], 255),
            min(feats[2], 255),
            min(feats[3], 255),
            min(feats[4], 255),
            min(feats[5], 255),
            min(feats[6], 255),
            min(feats[7], 255),
        ))

    if len(feature_bytes) < 50:
        return None

    try:
        h = _tlsh.hash(bytes(feature_bytes))
        return h if h and h != 'TNULL' else None
    except Exception:
        return None


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.8: WL-MinHash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Pre-computed seeds for MinHash permutations.
NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS = 128
_WL_MINHASH_SEEDS = list(range(NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS))  # Seeds 0..127


def compute_wl_minhash(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    bb_features: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
    iterations: int = 3,
) -> list[int]:
    """
    Weisfeiler-Leman MinHash for fuzzy topology similarity.

    Initial labels: mmh3 hash of per-block ACFG feature tuple (content-aware).
    WL refinement: incorporate sorted neighbor labels at each iteration.
    MinHash: 128-permutation signature over shingle set.

    Returns list of 128 uint8 values, or [255]*128 sentinel for empty functions.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return [255] * NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS

    # Initial labels: hash of instruction category tuple per block
    labels = []
    for i in range(n):
        feats = bb_features[i] if i < len(bb_features) else [0] * 8
        # mmh3 with seed=0 for initial labels
        label = mmh3.hash(str(tuple(feats)), 0) & 0xFFFFFFFF
        labels.append(label)

    # Collect shingles: (iteration, label) pairs as strings for mmh3
    shingles: set[str] = set()

    # Iteration 0: individual block labels
    for label in labels:
        shingles.add(f"0:{label}")

    # WL iterations: refine labels by neighborhood aggregation
    for iteration in range(1, iterations + 1):
        new_labels = []
        for i in range(n):
            succ_labels = tuple(sorted(labels[s] for s in successors[i]))
            pred_labels = tuple(sorted(labels[p] for p in predecessors[i]))
            composite = f"{labels[i]}|{succ_labels}|{pred_labels}"
            new_label = mmh3.hash(composite, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFF
            new_labels.append(new_label)
            shingles.add(f"{iteration}:{new_label}")
        labels = new_labels

    if not shingles:
        return [255] * NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS

    # Compute MinHash signature using mmh3 with different seeds
    shingle_list = list(shingles)
    signature = []
    for seed in _WL_MINHASH_SEEDS:
        min_val = 0xFFFFFFFF
        for s in shingle_list:
            h = mmh3.hash(s, seed) & 0xFFFFFFFF
            if h < min_val:
                min_val = h
        # Compress to uint8 for storage
        signature.append(min_val & 0xFF)

    return signature


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.9: Packed Adjacency
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def pack_adjacency(successors: list[list[int]]) -> list[int]:
    """
    Pack CFG edges as Array(UInt32).
    Each UInt32 = (source_index << 16) | target_index.
    Supports up to 65,535 blocks per function.
    """
    edges = []
    for src, targets in enumerate(successors):
        for tgt in targets:
            if src < 65536 and tgt < 65536:
                edges.append((src << 16) | tgt)
    return edges