Turning Probabilistic Reasoning into Programming - 2003

Explore a comprehensive lecture on probabilistic reasoning and programming presented by Avi Pfeffer from Harvard University in 2003 at the Center for Language & Speech Processing (CLSP), JHU. Delve into the world of uncertainty and probability, examining various probabilistic representation languages such as Bayesian networks, hidden Markov models, and stochastic context-free grammars. Discover newly developed probabilistic languages that reason at the object level, including object-oriented Bayesian networks and probabilistic relational models. Learn about IBAL, a general-purpose probabilistic modeling language designed to encompass multiple probabilistic representations. Gain insights into the motivations behind IBAL's inference algorithm and understand its mechanism for inference. This 1-hour and 10-minute talk provides a thorough exploration of turning probabilistic reasoning into programming, offering valuable knowledge for those interested in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and probabilistic modeling.