Vaishak Belle

Tutorial on unifying logic, probability and dynamics

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:06:54 -0400

Tutorial on unifying logic, probability and dynamics:

I gave the tutorial at the 16th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning / KR 2018. Slides here.

Probabilistic Planning by Probabilistic Programming: Semantics, Inference and Learning

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:12:59 -0400

Probabilistic Planning by Probabilistic Programming: Semantics, Inference and Learning:

I gave a talk at the Cognitive Robotics Workshop at KR-18. Thanks to Alex and Gerald for the invitation! Slides here.

Towards Intepretable & Responsible AI

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:57:32 -0400

Towards Intepretable & Responsible AI:

I gave a talk at the London Machine Learning Meetup. Thanks to the organizers for the invitation! Slides here.

ACAI 2018: Summer school on statistical relational AI

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:45:11 -0400

I gave at a tutorial on effective inference and learning with probabilistic logical models in continuous domains, at ACAI 2018. Slides here.

IJCAI-ECAI 2018 Workshop on Learning & Reasoning

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:45:35 -0400

IJCAI-ECAI 2018 Workshop on Learning & Reasoning:

We are organising a workshop on integrating learning and reasoning at IJCAI-ECAI in Sweden.

RSE YAS member

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:21:32 -0400

RSE YAS member :

I’m thrilled to become a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Young Academy of Scotland.

New AIJ article accepted

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:07:22 -0400

New AIJ article accepted:

The article introduces a general logical framework for reasoning about discrete and continuous probabilistic models in dynamical domains.

The End of Privacy 1.0: Data Portability and Information Rights

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 13:33:32 -0400

The End of Privacy 1.0: Data Portability and Information Rights:

I gave a talk, entitled “Explainability as a service”, at the above event that discussed expectations regarding explainable AI and how could be enabled in applications.

Paper accepted at IJCAI-18

Tue, 01 May 2018 06:09:07 -0400

Paper accepted at IJCAI-18:

In the paper, we exploit the XADD data structure to perform probabilistic inference in mixed discrete-continuous spaces efficiently.

Presentation at ICAPS-18 Journal Track

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 06:07:07 -0400

Presentation at ICAPS-18 Journal Track:

Our MLJ (2017) article on planning with hybrid MDPs was accepted for presentation at the journal track.

Seminar at Ben-Gurion University

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 02:18:06 -0400

Seminar at Ben-Gurion University :

I gave a seminar on decision-theoretic planning via probabilistic programming, based on our recent MLJ (2017) article.

EPSRC: Towards Explainable and Robust Statistical AI

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:18:27 -0400

EPSRC: Towards Explainable and Robust Statistical AI:

I’m thrilled to soon get started on a EPSRC first grant on XAI.

Deloitte Datathon

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 03:41:38 -0400

Deloitte Datathon:

Through the Alan Turing Institute, we (Stefanie, Andreas and I) mentored at the Deloitte Datathon, on the theme of financial services for social good.

IPAB Seminar

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 08:11:48 -0400

IPAB Seminar :

Last week, I gave an IPAB (Edinburgh) seminar on decision-theoretic planning via probabilistic programming, based on our recent MLJ (2017) article.

SMiLe 2018

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:15:15 -0400

SMiLe 2018:

I attended the SML workshop in the Black Forest, and talked about the connections between explainable AI and statistical relational learning. The talk was an extension of a recent Perspectives on XAI summary.

Building Trust in AI Workshop

Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:42:57 -0500

Building Trust in AI Workshop :

I gave a talk entitled “Perspectives on Explainable AI,” at an interdisciplinary workshop focusing on building trust in AI. Slides here.

Probabilistic Planning by Probabilistic Programming

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:43:02 -0500

Probabilistic Planning by Probabilistic Programming:

An article at the planning and inference workshop at AAAI-18 compares two distinct approaches for probabilistic planning by means of probabilistic programming.

Paper accepted at AAMAS-18

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:12:42 -0500

Paper accepted at AAMAS-18:

The paper discusses the epistemic formalisation of generalised planning in the presence of noisy acting and sensing.

Interpretability of Algorithmic Systems Workshop

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 03:48:11 -0500

Interpretability of Algorithmic Systems Workshop :

I gave a talk at the workshop on how the synthesis of logic and machine learning, especially areas such as statistical relational learning, can enable interpretability.

Talk at the University of Oxford

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 17:48:45 -0500

Talk at the University of Oxford:

I gave a talk on decision-theoretic planning via probabilistic programming at Oxford. Slides are here.