[Pl-seminar] 12/14 Seminar: Molham Aref: Solver-Aided Declarative Programming

[Daniel Patterson]

NUPRL Seminar Presents

Molham Aref
Relational AI

10AM
Thursday, December 14 2017
Room 366 WVH (http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/wand/directions.html)

Solver-Aided Declarative Programming

Abstract:

I will summarize our work on a declarative programming language that
offers native language support for model (or instance) finding. This
capability can be used to express predictive (e.g. machine learning) and
prescriptive (e.g. combinatorial optimization) analytics. The
presentation gives an overview of the platform and the language. In
particular, it focuses on the important role of integrity constraints,
which are used not only for maintaining data integrity, but also, for
the formal specification of complex optimization problems and
probabilistic programming.


Bio:

Mr. Molham Aref is the Chief Executive Officer of Relational AI. Mr.
Aref has more than 25 years of experience in developing and implementing
enterprise-grade analytic, predictive, optimization and simulation
solutions for the demand chain, supply chain, and revenue management
across various industries. Relational AI combines the latest advances in
Artificial Intelligence with a understanding of business processes to
develop solutions that shape better decisions, improve agility, and
reduce risk. Prior to Relational AI, he was co-founder and CEO of
LogicBlox where he led the company from inception through a successful
sale to Infor. Previously, he was CEO of Optimi (acquired by Ericsson),
a leader in wireless network simulation and optimization, and co-founder
of Brickstream (renamed Nomi and then acquired by FLIR), a leading
provider of computer-vision-based behavior intelligence solutions.