Gradient estimation of probabilistic programs reduces soundly to probabilistic inference after programmable coupling and factorization, enabling new low-variance estimators that beat baselines.
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Extends logical relations to recursive session types for PSNI, proves soundness/completeness via biorthogonality with observation-index stratification, and gives an IFC refinement type system with secrecy polymorphism.
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GradInf: Gradient Estimation as Probabilistic Inference
Gradient estimation of probabilistic programs reduces soundly to probabilistic inference after programmable coupling and factorization, enabling new low-variance estimators that beat baselines.
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Logical Relations for Session-Typed Concurrency
Extends logical relations to recursive session types for PSNI, proves soundness/completeness via biorthogonality with observation-index stratification, and gives an IFC refinement type system with secrecy polymorphism.