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category theory, probabilistic programming, Bayesian nonparametrics, programming language theory, logic, semantics, computational neuroscience
France, United Kingdom

Biography

My name is Younesse Kaddar. I'm a DPhil computer science student at the University of Oxford, formerly a theoretical computer science student at the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. My interests mainly lie in category theory, mathematical logic, programming language theory, categorical semantics, probabilistic programming, computational neuroscience, and cognitive science.

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Employment (5)

Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute: Montreal, Quebec, CA

2023-08-01 to present | Research Intern
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2019-09 to 2020-08 | Research intern (Computer Science)
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Macquarie University: Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2019-04 to 2019-08 | Research intern (Mathematics)
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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2018-06 to 2018-08 | Research intern (Computer Science)
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University of Nottingham: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB

2017-06 to 2017-08 | Research intern (Computer Science)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

(Christ Church; Department of Computer Science)
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ORCID Integration at the University of Oxford

École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay: Cachan, Île-de-France, FR

2016-09-03 to 2020-09-30 | Bachelor's degree (Computer Science), Master's degree (Parisian Master of Research in Computer Science), ENS Paris-Saclay Diploma (Computer Science)
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Works (7)

Can a Bayesian Oracle Prevent Harm from an Agent?

SuperIntelligence - Robotics - Safety & Alignment
2025-03-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Yoshua Bengio; Matt McDermott; Michael K. Cohen; Nikolay Malkin; Damiano Fornasiere; Pietro Greiner; Younesse Kaddar
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Probabilistic Programming Interfaces for Random Graphs: Markov Categories, Graphons, and Nominal Sets

Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages
2024-01-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Nate Ackerman; Cameron E. Freer; Younesse Kaddar; Jacek Karwowski; Sean Moss; Daniel Roy; Sam Staton; Hongseok Yang
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Affine Monads and Lazy Structures for Bayesian Programming

Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages
2023-01-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Swaraj Dash; Younesse Kaddar; Hugo Paquet; Sam Staton
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Ideal Distributors

ENS Paris-Saclay & University of Cambridge
2020-08 | Report
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Tricocycloids, Effect Monoids and Effectuses

ENS Paris-Saclay & Macquarie University
2019-08 | Report
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Event Structures as Presheaves

ENS Paris-Saclay & University of Oxford
2018-08 | Report
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Types are Brunerie globular weak ω-groupoids

ENS Paris-Saclay & University of Nottingham
2017-08 | Report
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