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A Live, Multiple-Representation Probabilistic Programming Environment for Novices

on YouTube 12m
Talkat CHI 2016 · 2016-05-07..05-12· [developer-experience]

speakers

name:Maria I. Gorinova
links:none on file
name:Advait Sarkar
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name:Alan F. Blackwell
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name:Don Syme
bluesky:dsyme.bsky.social

resources

video:https://youtu.be/bmNlM0RnyVg
slides:none on file

summary

A live IDE for probabilistic programming built around Infer.NET and F# shows code, a graphical model view and probability-distribution visualizations that update immediately when evidence changes. A controlled study with 16 participants finds a significant reduction in keystrokes and faster task times and fewer deletions versus a text-only editor. The system compiles models slowly (Infer.NET bottleneck), doesn’t yet allow editing-by-manipulating the graph, and the prototype and code are available on GitHub.

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chapters (6)

  1. 0:00Introduction to talk
  2. 0:50What is probabilistic programming
  3. 2:24Differences from conventional programming
  4. 4:52Live IDE with visualizations
  5. 6:40User study results
  6. 8:49Q&A session

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