Search Results for author: Chris Heunen

Found 4 papers, 1 papers with code

Bennett and Stinespring, Together at Last

no code implementations17 Feb 2021 Chris Heunen, Robin Kaarsgaard

We present a universal construction that relates reversible dynamics on open systems to arbitrary dynamics on closed systems: the restriction affine completion of a monoidal restriction category quotiented by well-pointedness.

Quantum Physics Logic in Computer Science Category Theory

Automated distribution of quantum circuits

1 code implementation27 Nov 2018 Pablo Andrés-Martínez, Chris Heunen

Quantum algorithms are usually monolithic circuits, becoming large at modest input size.

Quantum Physics

A Convenient Category for Higher-Order Probability Theory

no code implementations10 Jan 2017 Chris Heunen, Ohad Kammar, Sam Staton, Hongseok Yang

Higher-order probabilistic programming languages allow programmers to write sophisticated models in machine learning and statistics in a succinct and structured way, but step outside the standard measure-theoretic formalization of probability theory.

Probabilistic Programming

Semantics for probabilistic programming: higher-order functions, continuous distributions, and soft constraints

no code implementations19 Jan 2016 Sam Staton, Hongseok Yang, Chris Heunen, Ohad Kammar, Frank Wood

We study the semantic foundation of expressive probabilistic programming languages, that support higher-order functions, continuous distributions, and soft constraints (such as Anglican, Church, and Venture).

Probabilistic Programming

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