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Fri 19 Jun 2026 13:40 - 14:00 at Flatirons 3 - Probabilistic Inference and Verification

Probabilistic extensions of logic programming languages, such as ProbLog, integrate logical reasoning with probabilistic inference to evaluate probabilities of output relations; however, prior work does not account for potential statistical correlations among input facts. This paper introduces Praline, a new extension to Datalog designed for precise probabilistic inference in the presence of (partially known) input correlations. We formulate the inference task as a constrained optimization problem, where the solution yields sound and precise probability bounds for output facts. However, due to the complexity of the resulting optimization problem, this approach alone often does not scale to large programs. To address scalability, we propose a more efficient δ-exact inference algorithm that leverages constraint solving, static analysis, and iterative refinement. Our empirical evaluation on challenging real-world benchmarks, including side-channel analysis, demonstrates that our method not only scales effectively but also delivers tight probability bounds.

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Fri 19 Jun

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13:40 - 15:20
Probabilistic Inference and VerificationPLDI Research Papers at Flatirons 3
13:40
20m
Talk
[SIGPLAN] Probabilistic Inference for Datalog with Correlated Inputs
PLDI Research Papers
Jingbo Wang Purdue University, Shashin Halalingaiah UT Austin, IIT Madras, Weiyi Chen Purdue University, Chao Wang University of Southern California, Işıl Dillig University of Texas at Austin
14:00
20m
Talk
A Hierarchy of Supermartingales for ω-Regular Verification
PLDI Research Papers
Satoshi Kura Waseda University, Hiroshi Unno Tohoku University
DOI
14:20
20m
Talk
Incremental Density Calculation for Efficient Programmable Inference in Probabilistic Programs
PLDI Research Papers
Fabian Zaiser Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jack Czenszak Yale University, Martin C. Rinard Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vikash K. Mansinghka Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alexander K. Lew Yale University
DOI
14:40
20m
Talk
GradInf: Gradient Estimation as Probabilistic Inference
PLDI Research Papers
Gaurav Arya Carnegie Mellon University, Mathieu Huot Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Moritz Schauer Chalmers University of Technology - University of Gothenburg, Alexander K. Lew Yale University, Feras A. Saad Carnegie Mellon University
DOI
15:00
20m
Talk
Categorical Semantics of Probabilistic Symbolic Execution
PLDI Research Papers
John Li Northeastern University, Jack Czenszak Yale University, Steven Holtzen Northeastern University
DOI