ESOP 2015
Tue 14 - Thu 16 April 2015 London, United Kingdom
Tue 14 Apr 2015 10:30 - 11:00 at Skeel - Session 1 Chair(s): Jan Vitek

We describe the design, semantics, and implementation of a probabilistic programming language where programs are spreadsheet queries. Given an input database consisting of tables held in a spreadsheet, a query constructs a probabilistic model conditioned by the spreadsheet data, and returns an output database determined by inference. This work extends probabilistic programming systems in three novel aspects: embedding in spreadsheets, dependently-typed functions, and typed distinction between random- and query-variables. It empowers users with knowledge of statistical modelling to do inference simply by editing textual annotations within their spreadsheets, with no other coding.

Tue 14 Apr

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10:30 - 12:30
Session 1ESOP at Skeel
Chair(s): Jan Vitek Northeastern University
10:30
30m
Talk
Probabilistic Programs as Spreadsheet Queries
ESOP
Andrew D. Gordon Microsoft Research and University of Edinburgh, Claudio Russo Microsoft Research, Marcin Szymczak University of Edinburgh, Johannes Borgström Uppsala University, Nicolas Rolland Microsoft Research, Thore Graepel Microsoft Research, Daniel Tarlow Microsoft Research
11:00
30m
Talk
Static Analysis of Spreadsheet Applications for Type-Unsafe Operations Detection
ESOP
Tie Cheng CNRS, ENS, INRIA, Paris, France, Xavier Rival INRIA/CNRS/ENS Paris
11:30
30m
Talk
Running Probabilistic Programs Backwards
ESOP
Neil Toronto Brigham Young University, Jay McCarthy , David Van Horn
12:00
30m
Talk
A Verified Compiler for Probability Density Functions
ESOP
Manuel Eberl Technische Universität München, Johannes Hölzl Technische Universität München, Tobias Nipkow Technische Universität München