Workshop on probabilistic programming semantics
Probabilistic programming is the idea of expressing probabilistic models and inference methods as programs, to ease use and reuse. The recent rise of practical implementations as well as research activity in probabilistic programming has renewed the need for semantics to help us share insights and innovations.
This workshop aims to bring programming-language and machine-learning researchers together to advance the semantic foundations of probabilistic programming. Topics include but are not limited to:
- the denotational semantics of probabilistic functions, open universe, loops, and conditioning;
- the operational semantics of sampling, exact inference, and MCMC transitions;
- axiomatic and equational reasoning;
- types and polymorphism;
- and last but not least, how semantics informs any aspect of probabilistic programming, be it design, theory, implementation, or applications.
Accepted Presentations
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Call for extended abstracts
We expect this workshop to be informal, and our goal is to foster collaboration and establish common ground. Thus, the proceedings will not be a formal or archival publication, and we expect to spend only a portion of the workshop day on traditional research talks. Nevertheless, as a concrete basis for fruitful discussions, we call for extended abstracts describing specific and ideally ongoing work on probabilistic programming semantics.
Extended abstracts are up to 2 pages in PDF format. Please submit them by October 31 using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pps2017
Tue 17 Jan
09:00 - 10:00: PPS - Session 1 at Salle 105, Barre 44-54 Chair(s): Cameron FreerGamalon and Borelian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09:00 - 10:00 Talk |
10:30 - 10:50 Talk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10:50 - 11:00 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Talk | Michael MisloveTulane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 - 11:30 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:30 - 11:50 Talk | Adam ŚcibiorUniversity of Cambridge, Yufei CaiUniversity of Tübingen, Germany, Klaus OstermannUniversity of Tübingen, Germany, Zoubin GhahramaniUniversity of Cambridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:50 - 12:00 Meeting |
14:00 - 14:20 Talk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:20 - 14:30 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:30 - 14:50 Talk | Ilias GarnierUniversity of Edinburgh, Fredrik DahlqvistUniversity College London, Florence ClercMcGill University, Vincent DanosENS Paris/CNRS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:50 - 15:00 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:00 - 15:20 Talk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:20 - 15:30 Meeting |
15:30 - 16:30 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15:30 - 16:30 Meeting | Siddharth SrivastavaUTRC Berkeley, Nicholas HayVicarious, Yi WUUC Berkeley, Stuart RussellUniversity of California, Berkeley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:30 - 16:30 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:30 - 16:30 Meeting | Chandrakana NandiUniversity of Washington, USA, Adrian SampsonCornell University, Dan GrossmanUniversity of Washington, Todd Mytkowicz, Kathryn S McKinleyMicrosoft Research | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:30 - 16:30 Meeting | Nathanael L. AckermanHarvard University, Jeremy AvigadCarnegie Mellon University, Cameron FreerGamalon and Borelian, Daniel Roy, Jason M. RutePennsylvania State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:30 - 16:30 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15:30 - 16:30 Meeting | Long OuyangStanford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:30 - 16:30 Meeting | Robert CornishUniversity of Oxford, Frank WoodUniversity of Oxford, Hongseok YangUniversity of Oxford |
16:30 - 18:00: PPS - Session 5 at Salle 105, Barre 44-54 Chair(s): Chung-chieh ShanIndiana University, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:30 - 16:50 Talk | Chad ScherrerGalois, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:50 - 17:00 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:00 - 17:20 Talk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:20 - 17:30 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:30 - 17:50 Talk | Sam StatonUniversity of Oxford, Hongseok YangUniversity of Oxford, Nathanael L. AckermanHarvard University, Cameron FreerGamalon and Borelian, Daniel Roy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:50 - 18:00 Meeting |
18:15 - 19:15: PPS - Session 6 at Salle 105, Barre 44-54 Chair(s): Hongseok YangUniversity of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18:15 - 18:35 Talk | Ernie CohenAmazon Web Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18:35 - 18:45 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18:45 - 19:05 Talk | Edwin WestbrookGalois, Inc., Chad ScherrerGalois, Inc., Nathan CollinsGalois, Inc., Eric MertensGalois, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19:05 - 19:15 Meeting |