LAFI 2024

The Languages for Inference (LAFI) workshop aims to bring programming-language and machine-learning researchers together to advance all aspects of languages for inference.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Design of programming languages for statistical inference and/or differentiable programming
• Inference algorithms for probabilistic programming languages, including ones that incorporate automatic differentiation
• Automatic differentiation algorithms for differentiable programming languages
• Probabilistic generative modelling and inference
• Variational and differential modeling and inference
• Semantics (axiomatic, operational, denotational, games, etc) and types for inference and/or differentiable programming
• Efficient and correct implementation
• Applications of inference and/or differentiable programming

Call for Papers

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             Call for Extended Abstracts

                      LAFI 2024
     Tenth Workshop on Languages for Inference at POPL 2024

                    January 14, 2024
      https://popl24.sigplan.org/home/lafi-2024

       Submission Deadline: October 27, 2023 

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Invited Speaker

Hong Ge, Principal Investigator, Machine Learning Group, University of Cambridge

Submission Summary

• Deadline: October 27, 2023 (AoE)
• Submission page: https://lafi24.hotcrp.com/
• Format: extended abstract (2 pages + references + optional appendices)
• Call for Extended Abstracts

Workshop Goals

LAFI aims to bring programming-language and machine-learning researchers together to advance all aspects of languages for inference. Topics include but are not limited to:

• The design of programming languages for inference and/or differentiable programming;
• Inference algorithms for probabilistic programming languages, including ones that incorporate automatic differentiation;
• Automatic differentiation algorithms for differentiable programming languages;
• Probabilistic generative modeling and inference;
• Semantics (axiomatic, operational, denotational, games, etc) and types for inference and/or differentiable programming;
• Formal verification and correctness for differentiable and probabilistic programs;
• Applications of inference and/or differentiable programming.

The workshop is informal, and our goal is to foster collaboration and establish a shared foundation for research on languages for inference. The proceedings will not be a formal or archival publication, and we expect to spend only a portion of the workshop day on traditional research talks.

Submission guidelines

• Submission deadline on October 27, 2023 (AoE)
• Submission link: https://lafi24.hotcrp.com/
• Any format is permitted, uploads must be in PDF.
• Page limit: 2 pages of main content, unlimited number of references and appendices. Reviewers are not required or expected to read appendices.
• Anonymity: submissions should be anonymized for peer review.
• In line with the SIGPLAN Republication Policy, inclusion of extended abstracts in the program should not preclude later formal publication.

Remote participation policy

Coordination with the POPL conference is underway to enable remote participation. We strive to create an inclusive environment that does not demand traveling for presenters or participants.