Steven Holtzen

Assistant Professor
Khoury College of Computer Science, Northeastern University.

PhD. Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles.

Email: s.holtzen@northeastern.edu

Office: West Village H Room 310D

Address:
Northeastern University
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
310D West Village H
440 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

overview

My research focuses on programming languages, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. My goal is to design systems that make probabilistic modeling fast, accessible, and useful for solving every day reasoning tasks. Broadly my research focuses on:

• The design, implementation, and applications of probabilistic programming languages. I am currently the lead developer for dice; see this blog post for more information.
• Foundations of probabilistic inference and tractable probabilistic modeling. Check out this paper on exploiting symmetry and this paper on unifying probabilistic circuits with determinantal point processes.
• Automated reasoning and probabilistic verification.

I am currently recruiting students at all levels. Please email me if you are interested in working with me.