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Probabilistic Programming

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Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer
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Hongseok begins by talking about a program of Strachey’s that wrote “love letters” using the Manchester University computer. He then uses this as a lead in for discussing probabilistic methods of generating algorithms and programs.

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Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer
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Hongseok Yang
Keywords
Probabilistic programming
generative algorithms
procedural modelling
Department: Department of Computer Science
Date Added: 26/06/2017
Duration: 00:34:14

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