Dr Jonni Virtema
School of Computer Science
Visiting Lecturer
Study Abroad / International Student Exchange Officer
Member of the Foundations of Computation research group
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School of Computer Science
Regent Court (CS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Profile
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Jonni is a Senior Lecturer in Foundational AI at the University of Glasgow, but prior to that he was a Lecturer in Verification in the School of Computer Science here in Sheffield. Before joining, in September 2021, he held research positions as a PI or a hired postdoc in a series of projects funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), and the Academy of Finland (AKA).
Jonni received his MSc (2008) and PhD (2014) in mathematics from the University of Tampere, Finland. In 2020, he received the title of a Docent in Mathematical Logic from the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests originate from the general fields of finite model theory and logic in computer science. His research themes revolve around the interplay between expressivity and complexity of different logical formalisms, and in logical characterisations of complexity classes.
- Research interests
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Dr Jonni Virtema's research interests include: finite model theory, logic in computer science, logics for dependence and independence, modal logics, logics for verification, logical foundations of neural networks, logical foundations of quantum information theory, computational complexity, and logics with team semantics.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Proceedings of the ACM on Management of Data, 3(2), 1-26.
- . Information and Computation, 304.
- . Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 173(10).
- . Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 119, 145-163.
Conference proceedings
- Graph neural networks and arithmetic circuits. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024), Vol. 37. Vancouver, Canada, 10 December 2024 - 10 December 2024.
- Complexity of Neural Network Training and ETR: Extensions with Effectively Continuous Functions. THIRTY-EIGHTH AAAI CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, VOL 38 NO 11 (pp 12278-12285)
- . Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, KR 2023 (pp 75-85). Rhodes, Greece, 2 September 2023 - 2 September 2023.
- . LICS '22: Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science. Haifa Israel, 2 August 2022 - 2 August 2022.
- . Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (pp 550-563)
- . Proceedings of the 2012 ACM symposium on Principles of distributed computing (pp 185-194)
- . 2011 IEEE 26th Annual Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (pp 289-298), 21 June 2011 - 24 June 2011.
All publications
Journal articles
- . Proceedings of the ACM on Management of Data, 3(2), 1-26.
- . Journal of Logic and Computation, 35(3).
- . Information and Computation, 304.
- . Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 173(10).
- . Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 119, 145-163.
- . Journal of Logic and Computation, 30(8), 1541-1566.
- . Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 170(9), 1100-1127.
- . Journal of Logic and Computation, 29(5), 605-630.
- . Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 83(3-4), 297-320.
- . ACM Transactions on Computational Logic, 19(1), 1-14.
- . Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 88, 103-125.
- . Information and Computation, 253, 224-236.
- . Distributed Computing, 28(1), 31-53.
- . Information and Computation, 239, 237-253.
- . Logical Methods in Computer Science, Volume 9, Issue 4.
Conference proceedings
- . Proceedings of the TwentySecond International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (pp 175-184), 11 November 2025 - 11 November 2025.
- Graph neural networks and arithmetic circuits. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024), Vol. 37. Vancouver, Canada, 10 December 2024 - 10 December 2024.
- . Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems: 13th International Symposium, FoIKS 2024, Sheffield, UK, April 8–11, 2024, Proceedings, Vol. LNCS 14589 (pp 275-286). Sheffield, UK, 8 April 2024 - 8 April 2024.
- . Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems: 13th International Symposium, FoIKS 2024, Sheffield, UK, April 8–11, 2024, Proceedings, Vol. LNCS 14589 (pp 23-42). Sheffield, UK, 8 April 2024 - 8 April 2024.
- Complexity of Neural Network Training and ETR: Extensions with Effectively Continuous Functions. THIRTY-EIGHTH AAAI CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, VOL 38 NO 11 (pp 12278-12285)
- . 32nd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic, CSL 2024, Vol. 288 (pp 15:1-15:19). Naples, Italy, 19 February 2024 - 19 February 2024.
- . Logics in Artificial Intelligence: 18th European Conference, JELIA 2023, Dresden, Germany, September 20–22, 2023, Proceedings(LNAI 14281) (pp 649-664). Dresden, Germany, 20 September 2023 - 20 September 2023.
- . Logics in Artificial Intelligence: 18th European Conference, JELIA 2023, Dresden, Germany, September 20–22, 2023, Proceedings(LNAI 14281) (pp 665-680). Dresden, Germany, 20 September 2023 - 20 September 2023.
- . Logic, Language, Information, and Computation: 29th International Workshop, WoLLIC 2023, Halifax, NS, Canada, July 11–14, 2023, Proceedings, Vol. LNCS 13923 (pp 274-291). Halifax, NS, Canada
- . 48th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2023), Vol. 272 (pp 60:1-60:14). Bordeaux, France, 28 August 2023 - 28 August 2023.
- . Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, KR 2023 (pp 75-85). Rhodes, Greece, 2 September 2023 - 2 September 2023.
- . LICS '22: Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science. Haifa Israel, 2 August 2022 - 2 August 2022.
- . 41st IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2021), Vol. 213 (pp 52:1-52:17). Virtual Conference, 15 December 2021 - 15 December 2021.
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- . Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics, Vol. 183
- . Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (pp 550-563)
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- . Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics, Vol. 117
- . Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics, Vol. 119
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- . Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics, Vol. 83
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- . Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics, Vol. 58
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- . 2015 22nd International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME) (pp 140-149), 23 September 2015 - 25 September 2015.
- . Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics, Vol. 41 (pp 292-307)
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- The expressive power of modal dependence logic. Advances in Modal Logic, Vol. 10 (pp 294-312)
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- . Proceedings of the 2012 ACM symposium on Principles of distributed computing (pp 185-194)
- . Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Lipics, Vol. 16 (pp 470-484)
- . 2011 IEEE 26th Annual Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (pp 289-298), 21 June 2011 - 24 June 2011.
- A Logic-Based Framework for Database Repairs. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, KR 2025
- . Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 226 (pp 198-212)
- . Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 161 (pp 18-31)
Preprints
- Local consistency and axioms of functional dependence.
- Halting Recurrent GNNs and the Graded $μ$-Calculus.
- Rewriting Consistent Answers on Annotated Data.
- Graph Neural Networks and Arithmetic Circuits.
- Computing Repairs Under Functional and Inclusion Dependencies via Argumentation.
- , arXiv.
- Logics with probabilistic team semantics and the Boolean negation.
- Complexity of Neural Network Training and ETR: Extensions with Effectively Continuous Functions.
- Set Semantics for Asynchronous TeamLTL: Expressivity and Complexity.
- Strongly complete axiomatization for a logic with probabilistic interventionist counterfactuals.
- Expressivity Landscape for Logics with Probabilistic Interventionist Counterfactuals.
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- Temporal Team Semantics Revisited.
- Tractability frontiers in probabilistic team semantics and existential second-order logic over the reals.
- Linear-time Temporal Logic with Team Semantics: Expressivity and Complexity.
- On the Complexity of Horn and Krom Fragments of Second-Order Boolean Logic.
- Descriptive complexity of real computation and probabilistic independence logic.
- Descriptive Complexity of Deterministic Polylogarithmic Time and Space.
- Facets of Distribution Identities in Probabilistic Team Semantics.
- Expressivity within second-order transitive-closure logic.
- Probabilistic team semantics.
- Team Semantics for the Specification and Verification of Hyperproperties.
- Polyteam Semantics.
- Model Checking and Validity in Propositional and Modal Inclusion Logics.
- Characterizing Relative Frame Definability in Team Semantics via the Universal Modality.
- Approximation and Dependence via Multiteam Semantics.
- A Team Based Variant of CTL.
- Complexity of Propositional Logics in Team Semantics.
- Characterising Modal Definability of Team-Based Logics via the Universal Modality.
- Decidability of predicate logics with team semantics.
- Axiomatizing Propositional Dependence Logics.
- Boolean Dependence Logic and Partially-Ordered Connectives.
- Complexity of validity for propositional dependence logics.
- The Expressive Power of Modal Dependence Logic.
- Undecidable First-Order Theories of Affine Geometries.
- Undecidable First-Order Theories of Affine Geometries.
- Weak Models of Distributed Computing, with Connections to Modal Logic.
- Complexity of two-variable Dependence Logic and IF-Logic.
- Grants
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- Logical approach to quantum mechanics and contextuality, DFG, 09/2021 - 10/2024, £160,711, as PI
- LMS Travel (Computer Science Small Grants), London Mathematical Society, 10/2025, £1,000, as PI