EDBT 2026 Demo / reviewers in the wild / expert
Christian Blumenthal
dblp:352/2595
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2024
0009-0003-6427-0229ORCID · reported
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Software engineering, systems software and programming languages · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Software engineering, system software, and programming languages
1 paper |
Programming languages and type systems · 87% Program verification · 13% | |
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning · 100% |
Topics — the 5 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning › statistical inference
bayesian inference |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | Exact Bayesian Inference for Loopy Probabilistic Programs using Generating Functions · Proc. ACM Program. Lang. 2024 |
Machine learning › Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning › statistical inference › bayesian inference › posterior inference
exact bayesian inference |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | Exact Bayesian Inference for Loopy Probabilistic Programs using Generating Functions · Proc. ACM Program. Lang. 2024 |
Programming languages and type systems
probabilistic programming |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | Exact Bayesian Inference for Loopy Probabilistic Programs using Generating Functions · Proc. ACM Program. Lang. 2024 |
Programming languages and type systems › probabilistic programming
probabilistic program semantics |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | Exact Bayesian Inference for Loopy Probabilistic Programs using Generating Functions · Proc. ACM Program. Lang. 2024 |
Program verification
quantitative verification |
0.2 | 1 | 2024 | Exact Bayesian Inference for Loopy Probabilistic Programs using Generating Functions · Proc. ACM Program. Lang. 2024 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
generating functions · 1.5denotational semantics · 1.5computer algebra · 1.5
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Exact Bayesian Inference for Loopy Probabilistic Programs using Generating FunctionsabstractWe present an exact Bayesian inference method for inferring posterior distributions encoded by probabilistic programs featuring possibly unbounded loops . Our method is built on a denotational semantics represented by probability generating functions , which resolves semantic intricacies induced by intertwining discrete probabilistic loops with conditioning (for encoding posterior observations). We implement our method in a tool called Prodigy; it augments existing computer algebra systems with the theory of generating functions for the (semi-)automatic inference and quantitative verification of conditioned probabilistic programs. Experimental results show that Prodigy can handle various infinite-state loopy programs and exhibits comparable performance to state-of-the-art exact inference tools over loop-free benchmarks. Lutz Klinkenberg, Christian Blumenthal, Mingshuai Chen, Darion Haase, Joost-Pieter Katoen |
Proc. ACM Program. Lang. | 2 |