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Professor Stasys Jukna is an Affiliated Scientist at Vilnius University's Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, specifically within the Cybersocial Systems Engineering Group. Originally from Lithuania and identifying as a Samogitian, he maintains strong academic ties with Vilnius University while also having historical connections with Goethe University of Frankfurt and the University of Trier.
His research focuses on theoretical computer science, particularly circuit complexity and combinatorics. Jukna has made significant contributions to understanding lower bounds in computational complexity, Boolean function analysis, and dynamic programming limitations. His work bridges mathematical theory with practical computational applications.
Jukna has authored several influential books including Extremal Combinatorics with Applications in Computer Science (2001, 2nd ed. 2011), Boolean Function Complexity: Advances and Frontiers (2012), and Tropical Circuit Complexity: Limits of Pure Dynamic Programming (2023). His recent publications consistently explore the boundaries of computational complexity, particularly in circuit design and dynamic programming approaches.
His research demonstrates a consistent trajectory examining fundamental limits in computation, with recent work focusing on tropical circuits, hazard-free implementations, and the relationship between different computational paradigms. The pattern shows increasing specialization in understanding the theoretical boundaries of dynamic programming approaches and circuit complexity.
Professor Jukna has served on editorial boards including the Lithuanian Mathematical Journal and the Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity. His work has been supported by organizations including the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
His teaching career spans multiple institutions, having taught Mathematical Logic and Discrete Mathematics at Vilnius University (1976-79/81), Combinatorics for Computer Science at the University of Trier (1996-99), and various theoretical computer science courses at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2000.
