Foundations of Probabilistic Programming

Gilles Barthe, Joost-Pieter Katoen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Alexandra Silva (University College London)

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Cambridge University Press
03 December 2020

Programming & scripting languages: general; Machine learning

What does a probabilistic program actually compute? How can one formally reason about such probabilistic programs? This valuable guide covers such elementary questions and more. It provides a state-of-the-art overview of the theoretical underpinnings of modern probabilistic programming and their applications in machine learning, security, and other domains, at a level suitable for graduate students and non-experts in the field. In addition, the book treats the connection between probabilistic programs and mathematical logic, security (what is the probability that software leaks confidential information?), and presents three programming languages for different applications: Excel tables, program testing, and approximate computing. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Edited by: Gilles Barthe, Joost-Pieter Katoen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Alexandra Silva (University College London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 1.230kg
ISBN: 9781108488518
ISBN 10: 110848851X
Pages: 582
Publication Date: 03 December 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gilles Barthe is Scientific Director at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy and Research Professor at the IMDEA Software Institute, Madrid. His recent research develops programming language techniques and verification methods for probabilistic languages, with a focus on cryptographic and differentially private computations. Joost-Pieter Katoen is Professor at RWTH Aachen University and University of Twente. His research interests include formal verification, formal semantics, concurrency theory, and probabilistic computation. He co-authored the book Principles of Model Checking (2008). He received an honorary doctorate from Aalborg University, is member of the Academia Europaea, and is an ERC Advanced Grant holder. Alexandra Silva is Professor of Algebra, Semantics, and Computation at University College London. A theoretical computer scientist with contributions in the areas of semantics of programming languages, concurrency theory, and probabilistic network verification, her work has been recognized by multiple awards, including the Needham Award 2018, the Presburger Award 2017, the Leverhulme Prize 2016, and an ERC Starting Grant in 2015.

Reviews for Foundations of Probabilistic Programming

'In our data-rich world, probabilistic programming is what allows programmers to perform statistical inference in a principled way for use in automated decision making. This rapidly growing field, which has emerged at the intersection of machine learning, statistics and programming languages, has the potential to become the driving force behind AI. But probabilistic programs can be counterintuitive and difficult to understand. This edited volume gives a comprehensive overview of the foundations of probabilistic programming, clearly elucidating the basic principles of how to design and reason about probabilistic programs, while at the same time highlighting pertinent applications and existing languages. With its breadth of topic coverage, the book will serve as an important and timely reference for researchers and practitioners.' Marta Kwiatkowska, University of Oxford