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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ZH-CN link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Check this out please.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kenny<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <<a href="mailto:probabilistic-programming-request@lists.csail.mit.edu">probabilistic-programming-request@lists.csail.mit.edu</a>><br>Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:00 AM<br>Subject: probabilistic-programming Digest, Vol 14, Issue 5<br>To: <a href="mailto:probabilistic-programming@lists.csail.mit.edu">probabilistic-programming@lists.csail.mit.edu</a><br><br><br>Send probabilistic-programming mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:probabilistic-programming@lists.csail.mit.edu">probabilistic-programming@lists.csail.mit.edu</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/probabilistic-programming" target="_blank">https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/probabilistic-programming</a><br><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:probabilistic-programming-request@lists.csail.mit.edu">probabilistic-programming-request@lists.csail.mit.edu</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:probabilistic-programming-owner@lists.csail.mit.edu">probabilistic-programming-owner@lists.csail.mit.edu</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of probabilistic-programming digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Announcing: The Design and Implementation of Probabilistic<br> Programming Languages (<a href="http://dippl.org" target="_blank">dippl.org</a>) (Noah Goodman)<br> 2. Reminder: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS --- 3rd NIPS Workshop on<br> Probabilistic Programming (Daniel Roy)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:37:53 -0700<br>From: Noah Goodman <<a href="mailto:ngoodman@stanford.edu">ngoodman@stanford.edu</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:probabilistic-programming@lists.csail.mit.edu">probabilistic-programming@lists.csail.mit.edu</a><br>Cc: Andreas Stuhlm?ller <<a href="mailto:andreas@stuhlmueller.org">andreas@stuhlmueller.org</a>><br>Subject: [Probabilistic-programming] Announcing: The Design and<br> Implementation of Probabilistic Programming Languages (<a href="http://dippl.org" target="_blank">dippl.org</a>)<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:CAPLvLdA8uNw5R6sE9wEQpkgVojXQGC%2BV8KQ_qny9mKf2-FY96w@mail.gmail.com">CAPLvLdA8uNw5R6sE9wEQpkgVojXQGC+V8KQ_qny9mKf2-FY96w@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Hello friends and colleagues,<br><br>We have written a set of online notes on The Design and Implementation of<br>Probabilistic Programming Languages <<a href="http://dippl.org/" target="_blank">http://dippl.org/</a>> (it's up at<br><a href="http://dippl.org/" target="_blank">http://dippl.org/</a>).<br><br>We attempt to give easy-to-follow description of lightweight<br>implementations for enumeration, particle filtering, and Metropolis<br>Hastings. The result is a fun little PPL based on javascript: WebPPL,<br>available on github and linked from the notes.<br><br>These notes are still preliminary and rough in places; we'd welcome your<br>comments and input (and especially pull-requests).<br><br>Best,<br><br>-Noah and Andreas<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/private/probabilistic-programming/attachments/20141029/b9316150/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/private/probabilistic-programming/attachments/20141029/b9316150/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:12:56 -0400<br>From: Daniel Roy <<a href="mailto:droy@utstat.toronto.edu">droy@utstat.toronto.edu</a>><br>To: probabilistic-programming<br> <<a href="mailto:probabilistic-programming@lists.csail.mit.edu">probabilistic-programming@lists.csail.mit.edu</a>><br>Subject: [Probabilistic-programming] Reminder: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS<br> --- 3rd NIPS Workshop on Probabilistic Programming<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:CAAgJ5Oq1qB3MC-KKavZZ9UGt849ga_Er-zML%2BB4MFcGBb0Hb1g@mail.gmail.com">CAAgJ5Oq1qB3MC-KKavZZ9UGt849ga_Er-zML+B4MFcGBb0Hb1g@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Hello PPL community:<br><br>We are now accepting early submissions to the Probabilistic Programming<br>Workshop for those needing early decisions. Note that NIPS has a November<br>7 early registration deadline. We've also simplified the submission<br>requirements for languages/systems and problem descriptions, so please have<br>a look over those.<br><br>Finally, please consider pre-registering<br><br><br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16hqntXslx9perNHKOYM-1av3iP8CON-eSmoAIDgcTyU/viewform" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16hqntXslx9perNHKOYM-1av3iP8CON-eSmoAIDgcTyU/viewform</a><br><br><br>================================================<br><br>CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS --- 3rd NIPS Workshop on Probabilistic Programming<br><br>ORGANIZERS:<br><br>Vikash Mansinghka, Dan Roy, Stuart Russell, Tom Dietterich, Josh Tenenbaum<br><br><br>IMPORTANT DATES:<br><br>----- OCT 24 : Accepting submissions (for early decisions see ^^ below)<br>----- NOV 07 : Extended abstracts due (and NIPS early registration<br>deadline!)<br>----- NOV 10 : Notification of acceptance<br>----- DEC 13 : Workshop<br><br>^^ On request, decisions for submissions received between October 24 and<br>November 3 will be made within 72 hours, to facilitate travel planning and<br>early registration.<br><br><br>WORKSHOP WEBSITE:<br><br><a href="http://probabilistic-programming.org/wiki/NIPS*2014_Workshop" target="_blank">http://probabilistic-programming.org/wiki/NIPS*2014_Workshop</a><br><br><br>OVERVIEW:<br><br>Probabilistic models and approximate inference algorithms have become<br>widely-used tools, central to fields ranging from cosmology to robotics to<br>genetics. However, even simple variations on models and algorithms from the<br>standard machine learning and statistics toolkits can be difficult and<br>time-consuming to design, specify, analyze, implement, optimize and debug.<br>Due to these challenges, integrated, fully probabilistic approaches to<br>fundamental AI problems can be impractical. Probabilistic programming aims<br>to address these challenges by developing formal languages and software<br>systems that integrate key ideas from probabilistic modeling and inference<br>with programming languages and Turing-universal computation.<br><br>The field of probabilistic programming has seen rapid growth and progress<br>over the last two years. Several languages and open-source implementations<br>are now mature enough to support real-world applications, especially in<br>data analysis. Many new probabilistic programming languages have been<br>developed; most of these are domain-specific, but some aim to be<br>general-purpose. Formal connections to computable analysis, measure theory,<br>and computational complexity are emerging, along with new AI architectures<br>that make use of the representational flexibility that probabilistic<br>programs and probabilistic programming systems provide. New problems have<br>also emerged. There is a widespread need for software tools that implement<br>mathematically rigorous approaches to profiling, testing, verifying and<br>debugging probabilistic programs, and for high-quality libraries of models<br>and inference techniques.<br><br>The 3rd NIPS Workshop on Probabilistic Programming will survey recent<br>progress, including results from the ongoing DARPA PPAML program. A key<br>theme will be articulating formal connections between probabilistic<br>programming and other fields central to the NIPS community.<br><br><br>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:<br><br>We are seeking three types of extended abstract submissions:<br><br>1. RESEARCH ABSTRACTS --- Original research in probabilistic programming<br>methodology and/or its applications. All aspects of probabilistic<br>programming are appropriate, including theory, language design, inference,<br>systems considerations, and applications.<br><br>2. LANGUAGE/SYSTEM DESCRIPTIONS --- Descriptions of languages and systems<br>under active research and development. Abstracts should explain the<br>intended coverage in terms of the models, datasets, queries, inference<br>strategies and representative applications that are supported by the<br>language. Distinctive features of the language design and system<br>architecture are also of interest. All abstracts must include code and<br>example outputs for at least two probabilistic programs.<br><br>3. CHALLENGE PROBLEMS --- Suggestions for challenge problems that the<br>probabilistic programming community should consider. Application<br>suggestions should introduce the problem, link to publicly available domain<br>knowledge and/or data, suggest relevant modeling idioms and inference<br>strategies, describe the current state-of-the-art, and characterize the<br>potential impact if the problem is solved (ideally given multiple<br>quantitatively specified levels of computational and inferential<br>performance). Descriptions of fundamental research challenges that have<br>arisen or are likely to arise are also of interest, especially if the<br>challenge and/or the likely solutions involve connections to other fields.<br><br>Submissions should sent by email to<br><br> <a href="mailto:probprog2014@gmail.REMOVE.com">probprog2014@gmail.REMOVE.com</a><br><br>In order to aid processing, the email subject line should contain the word<br>"submission", as well as the following keywords:<br><br>-- "research", "description", or "challenge" based on the type of<br>submission;<br>-- "talk", if and only if the authors would like the abstract<br> considered for a contributed talk in addition to a poster; and<br>-- ?early decision?, if and only if the authors need to hear back<br> within 72 hours concerning acceptance for registration/planning<br>purposes.<br><br>The body of the email should include<br><br>-- a title,<br>-- a list of authors and emails, and<br>-- a PDF attachment in the NIPS LaTeX style.<br><br>Submissions should be ~3 pages + references, and they will be reviewed for<br>correctness, clarity, relevance, and, in the case of research submissions,<br>novelty. An optional questionnaire URL will be released in November for<br>Language/System and Challenge Problem submissions. Accepted contributions<br>will be made available shortly before the workshop, and will be linked<br>online with the authors? permission.<br><br><br><br><br><br>--<br>Daniel Roy<br><br> Department of Statistical Sciences<br> University of Toronto<br><br> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences<br> University of Toronto Scarborough<br><br> <a href="http://danroy.org" target="_blank">http://danroy.org</a><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/private/probabilistic-programming/attachments/20141029/12d50a78/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/private/probabilistic-programming/attachments/20141029/12d50a78/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="http://probabilistic-programming.org" target="_blank">http://probabilistic-programming.org</a><br><br>To change list subscription, visit<br><a href="https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/probabilistic-programming" target="_blank">https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/probabilistic-programming</a><br><br><br>End of probabilistic-programming Digest, Vol 14, Issue 5<br>********************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>