Aloïs Rosset

PhD in Theoretical Computer Science,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
contact: alois.rosset [at] gmail

Research interests

  • Category Theory: universal (co)algebra, monads, distributive laws, (quasi)toposes, presheaves, simplicial sets
  • Formal methods: term & graph rewriting, algebraic theories, program semantics
  • Functional programming
  • Interactive Theorem Prover
  • Logic

Publications

Thesis
  1. Uniform Monad Presentations and Graph Quasitoposes (PhD Thesis, April 2025) [doi]
Conferences
  1. Characterisation of LT-topologies on simplicial sets, bicolored graphs, and fuzzy sets (TbiLLC'23 Post-proceedings) [arxiv] with H.H. Hansen and J. Endrullis.
  2. Correspondence between Composite Theories and Distributive Laws (CMCS’24) [doi] [arxivwith M. Zwart, H.H. Hansen, and J. Endrullis.
  3. Partially simple graphs are Quasitoposes (TbiLLC’23 abstracts[pdf]
  4. Fuzzy Presheaves are Quasitoposes (ICGT’23) [doi] [arxiv] with R. Overbeek and J. Endrullis.
  5. Algebraic presentation of Semifree monads (CMCS’22) [doi] [arxiv] with H.H. Hansen and J. Endrullis.
  6. Graph rewriting and Relabeling with PBPO+ (ICGT’21) [doi] [arxivwith R. Overbeek and J. Endrullis.
Journals
  1. Graph rewriting and Relabeling with PBPO+ : A unifying theory for Quasitoposes (Journal JLAMP) [doi] [arxiv] with R. Overbeek and J. Endrullis.

Projects during my studies
(Bachelor, Master):
  • Blakers-Massey Connectivity Theorem from the perspective of Homotopy Type Theory, Master's thesis, supervised by Jérôme Scherer and Kathryn Hess Bellwald [pdf] [poster]
  • Further topics in Logic & Vaught Theorem, Master project, supervised by Jacques Duparc, Gianluca Basso, and Louis Vuilleumier [pdf]
  • Gödel’s Incompleteness, Bachelor's thesis, supervised by Kentaro Fujimoto [pdf]

Talks

  • 2025 October 02 Quasitoposes in Graph RewritingEPFL Topology seminar, [slides], [youtube]
  • 2025 April 28 Uniform Monad Presentations and Graph Quasitoposes, PhD Defence, [slides], [youtube]
  • 2024 April 15 Correspondence between Composite Theories and Distributive Laws, SYCO12, [slides] [youtube] 🏆 Best presentation award
  • 2024 April 07 Correspondence between Composite Theories and Distributive LawsCMCS'24 [slides]
  • 2023 October 26 Obtaining new quasitoposes: Fuzzy presheaves and partially simple graphsNetTCS [slides]
  • 2023 September 21 Partially Simple Graphs are QuasitoposesTbiLLC'23, [slides]
  • 2023 July 19  Fuzzy Presheaves are Quasitoposes, ICGT'23, [slides] [youtube]
  • 2023 May 12 Fuzzy Presheaves are QuasitoposesVU TCS [slides]
  • 2022 April 02 Algebraic Presentation of Semifree MonadsCMCS'22 [slides]
  • 2021 November 29 Algebraic Presentation of Semifree Monads, NetTCS (online) [slides]
  • 2020 February 13 , Blakers-Massey Connectivity Theorem from the perspective of Homotopy Type Theory, VU TCS (blackboard presentation)
Search