Djordje Zikelic
Graduate School
Chatterjee Group
31 Publications
2025 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 19667 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady E, Karrabi M, Motwani HJ, Seeliger M, Zikelic D. 2025. Quantified linear and polynomial arithmetic satisfiability via template-based skolemization. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 39, 11158–11166.
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2025 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 19668 |

Yu E, Zikelic D, Henzinger TA. 2025. Neural control and certificate repair via runtime monitoring. Proceedings of the 39th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 39, 26409–26417.
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2024 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 18159 |

Akshay S, Chatterjee K, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2024. Certified policy verification and synthesis for MDPs under distributional reach-avoidance properties. Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. IJCAI: International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 3–12.
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2024 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 18160 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady E, Karrabi M, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2024. Solving long-run average reward robust MDPs via stochastic games. 33rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. IJCAI: International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 6707–6715.
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2024 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 17328 |

Chatterjee K, Ebrahimzadeh A, Karrabi M, Pietrzak KZ, Yeo MX, Zikelic D. 2024. Fully automated selfish mining analysis in efficient proof systems blockchains. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing. PODC: Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, 268–278.
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2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 17162 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2024. Quantitative bounds on resource usage of probabilistic programs. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages. 8(OOPSLA1), 107.
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Chatterjee K, Goharshady E, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2024. Equivalence and similarity refutation for probabilistic programs. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages. 8, 232.
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2024 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 18155 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Goharshady E, Karrabi M, Zikelic D. 2024. Sound and complete witnesses for template-based verification of LTL properties on polynomial programs. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). FM: Formal Methods, LNCS, vol. 14933, 600–619.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 15023 |

Zikelic D, Lechner M, Verma A, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. 2023. Compositional policy learning in stochastic control systems with formal guarantees. 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. NeurIPS: Neural Information Processing Systems, NeurIPS, .
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 13142 |

Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Lechner M, Zikelic D. 2023. A learner-verifier framework for neural network controllers and certificates of stochastic systems. Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems . TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, LNCS, vol. 13993, 3–25.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 14778 |

Chatterjee K, Kafshdar Goharshady E, Novotný P, Zárevúcky J, Zikelic D. 2023. On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination. Formal Aspects of Computing. 35(2), 11.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14242 |

Lechner M, Zikelic D, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Rus D. 2023. Quantization-aware interval bound propagation for training certifiably robust quantized neural networks. Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 37, 14964–14973.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14559 |

Ansaripour M, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Lechner M, Zikelic D. 2023. Learning provably stabilizing neural controllers for discrete-time stochastic systems. 21st International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis. ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, LNCS, vol. 14215, 357–379.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14518 |

Avni G, Meggendorfer T, Sadhukhan S, Tkadlec J, Zikelic D. 2023. Reachability poorman discrete-bidding games. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications. ECAI: European Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 372, 141–148.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14317 |

Akshay S, Chatterjee K, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2023. MDPs as distribution transformers: Affine invariant synthesis for safety objectives. International Conference on Computer Aided Verification. CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 13966, 86–112.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14243 |

Avni G, Jecker IR, Zikelic D. 2023. Bidding graph games with partially-observable budgets. Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 37, 5464–5471.
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Zikelic D, Lechner M, Henzinger TA, Chatterjee K. 2023. Learning control policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 37, 11926–11935.
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Zikelic, Dorde, Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems. 2023
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Zikelic D, Chang B-YE, Bolignano P, Raimondi F. 2022. Differential cost analysis with simultaneous potentials and anti-potentials. Proceedings of the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation, 442–457.
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2022 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 12102 |

Ahmadi, Ali, Algorithms and hardness results for computing cores of Markov chains. 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science 250. 2022
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Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2022. Sound and complete certificates for auantitative termination analysis of probabilistic programs. Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification. CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 13371, 55–78.
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2022 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12511 |

Lechner M, Zikelic D, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. 2022. Stability verification in stochastic control systems via neural network supermartingales. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 36(7), 7326–7336.
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Zikelic D, Lechner M, Henzinger TA, Chatterjee K. Learning control policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. arXiv, 2210.05308.
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Zikelic D, Lechner M, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. Learning stabilizing policies in stochastic control systems. arXiv, 2205.11991.
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Chatterjee K, Svoboda J, Zikelic D, Pavlogiannis A, Tkadlec J. 2022. Social balance on networks: Local minima and best-edge dynamics. Physical Review E. 106(3), 034321.
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2021 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 15284 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady EK, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2021. RevTerm, Association for Computing Machinery, 10.1145/3410304.
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Chatterjee K, Goharshady E, Novotný P, Zárevúcky J, Zikelic D. 2021. On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination. 24th International Symposium on Formal Methods. FM: Formal Methods, LNCS, vol. 13047, 619–639.
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2021 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 9644 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady EK, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2021. Proving non-termination by program reversal. Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation, 1033–1048.
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2021 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 10665 |

Henzinger TA, Lechner M, Zikelic D. 2021. Scalable verification of quantized neural networks. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Technical Tracks, vol. 35, 3787–3795.
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2021 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 10694 |

Avni G, Jecker IR, Zikelic D. 2021. Infinite-duration all-pay bidding games. Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. SODA: Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 617–636.
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2019 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 6884 |

Avni, Guy, Bidding mechanisms in graph games. 138. 2019
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2025 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 19667 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady E, Karrabi M, Motwani HJ, Seeliger M, Zikelic D. 2025. Quantified linear and polynomial arithmetic satisfiability via template-based skolemization. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 39, 11158–11166.
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2025 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 19668 |

Yu E, Zikelic D, Henzinger TA. 2025. Neural control and certificate repair via runtime monitoring. Proceedings of the 39th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 39, 26409–26417.
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2024 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 18159 |

Akshay S, Chatterjee K, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2024. Certified policy verification and synthesis for MDPs under distributional reach-avoidance properties. Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. IJCAI: International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 3–12.
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2024 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 18160 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady E, Karrabi M, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2024. Solving long-run average reward robust MDPs via stochastic games. 33rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. IJCAI: International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 6707–6715.
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2024 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 17328 |

Chatterjee K, Ebrahimzadeh A, Karrabi M, Pietrzak KZ, Yeo MX, Zikelic D. 2024. Fully automated selfish mining analysis in efficient proof systems blockchains. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing. PODC: Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, 268–278.
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2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 17162 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2024. Quantitative bounds on resource usage of probabilistic programs. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages. 8(OOPSLA1), 107.
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2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 17283 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady E, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2024. Equivalence and similarity refutation for probabilistic programs. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages. 8, 232.
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2024 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 18155 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Goharshady E, Karrabi M, Zikelic D. 2024. Sound and complete witnesses for template-based verification of LTL properties on polynomial programs. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). FM: Formal Methods, LNCS, vol. 14933, 600–619.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 15023 |

Zikelic D, Lechner M, Verma A, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. 2023. Compositional policy learning in stochastic control systems with formal guarantees. 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. NeurIPS: Neural Information Processing Systems, NeurIPS, .
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 13142 |

Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Lechner M, Zikelic D. 2023. A learner-verifier framework for neural network controllers and certificates of stochastic systems. Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems . TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, LNCS, vol. 13993, 3–25.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 14778 |

Chatterjee K, Kafshdar Goharshady E, Novotný P, Zárevúcky J, Zikelic D. 2023. On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination. Formal Aspects of Computing. 35(2), 11.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14242 |

Lechner M, Zikelic D, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Rus D. 2023. Quantization-aware interval bound propagation for training certifiably robust quantized neural networks. Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 37, 14964–14973.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14559 |

Ansaripour M, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA, Lechner M, Zikelic D. 2023. Learning provably stabilizing neural controllers for discrete-time stochastic systems. 21st International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis. ATVA: Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, LNCS, vol. 14215, 357–379.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14518 |

Avni G, Meggendorfer T, Sadhukhan S, Tkadlec J, Zikelic D. 2023. Reachability poorman discrete-bidding games. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications. ECAI: European Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 372, 141–148.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14317 |

Akshay S, Chatterjee K, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2023. MDPs as distribution transformers: Affine invariant synthesis for safety objectives. International Conference on Computer Aided Verification. CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 13966, 86–112.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14243 |

Avni G, Jecker IR, Zikelic D. 2023. Bidding graph games with partially-observable budgets. Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 37, 5464–5471.
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2023 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 14830
Zikelic D, Lechner M, Henzinger TA, Chatterjee K. 2023. Learning control policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Conference on Artificial Intelligence vol. 37, 11926–11935.
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2023 | Published | Thesis | IST-REx-ID: 14539 |

Zikelic, Dorde, Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems. 2023
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2022 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 11459 |

Zikelic D, Chang B-YE, Bolignano P, Raimondi F. 2022. Differential cost analysis with simultaneous potentials and anti-potentials. Proceedings of the 43rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation, 442–457.
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2022 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 12102 |

Ahmadi, Ali, Algorithms and hardness results for computing cores of Markov chains. 42nd IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science 250. 2022
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2022 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 12000 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady AK, Meggendorfer T, Zikelic D. 2022. Sound and complete certificates for auantitative termination analysis of probabilistic programs. Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification. CAV: Computer Aided Verification, LNCS, vol. 13371, 55–78.
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2022 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12511 |

Lechner M, Zikelic D, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. 2022. Stability verification in stochastic control systems via neural network supermartingales. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 36(7), 7326–7336.
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Zikelic D, Lechner M, Henzinger TA, Chatterjee K. Learning control policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees. arXiv, 2210.05308.
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Zikelic D, Lechner M, Chatterjee K, Henzinger TA. Learning stabilizing policies in stochastic control systems. arXiv, 2205.11991.
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2022 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 12257 |

Chatterjee K, Svoboda J, Zikelic D, Pavlogiannis A, Tkadlec J. 2022. Social balance on networks: Local minima and best-edge dynamics. Physical Review E. 106(3), 034321.
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2021 | Research Data Reference | IST-REx-ID: 15284 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady EK, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2021. RevTerm, Association for Computing Machinery, 10.1145/3410304.
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Chatterjee K, Goharshady E, Novotný P, Zárevúcky J, Zikelic D. 2021. On lexicographic proof rules for probabilistic termination. 24th International Symposium on Formal Methods. FM: Formal Methods, LNCS, vol. 13047, 619–639.
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2021 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 9644 |

Chatterjee K, Goharshady EK, Novotný P, Zikelic D. 2021. Proving non-termination by program reversal. Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation, 1033–1048.
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2021 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 10665 |

Henzinger TA, Lechner M, Zikelic D. 2021. Scalable verification of quantized neural networks. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Technical Tracks, vol. 35, 3787–3795.
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2021 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 10694 |

Avni G, Jecker IR, Zikelic D. 2021. Infinite-duration all-pay bidding games. Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. SODA: Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 617–636.
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2019 | Published | Conference Paper | IST-REx-ID: 6884 |

Avni, Guy, Bidding mechanisms in graph games. 138. 2019
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