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PLDI 2021
Sun 20 - Sat 26 June 2021 PLDI
Wed 23 Jun 2021 13:40 - 13:45 at PLDI-A - Talks 2A: Machine Learning
Thu 24 Jun 2021 01:40 - 01:45 at PLDI-A - Talks 2A: Machine Learning

In this paper, we propose a new technique based on program synthesis for extracting information from webpages. Given a natural language query and a few labeled webpages, our method synthesizes a program that can be used to extract similar types of information from other unlabeled webpages. To handle websites with diverse structure, our approach employs a neurosymbolic DSL that incorporates both neural NLP models as well as standard language constructs for tree navigation and string manipulation. We also propose an optimal synthesis algorithm that generates all DSL programs that achieve optimal $F_1$ score on the training examples. Our synthesis technique is compositional, prunes the search space by exploiting a monotonicity property of the DSL, and uses transductive learning to select programs with good generalization power. We have implemented these ideas in a new tool called WebQA and evaluate it on 25 different tasks across multiple domains. Our experiments show that WebQA significantly outperforms existing tools such as state-of-the-art question answering models and wrapper induction systems.

Wed 23 Jun

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13:30 - 14:05
Talks 2A: Machine LearningPLDI at PLDI-A +12h
13:30
5m
Talk
Learning to Find Naming Issues with Big Code and Small Supervision
PLDI
Jingxuan He ETH Zurich, Cheng-Chun Lee EPFL, Veselin Raychev DeepCode, Martin Vechev ETH Zurich
DOI
13:35
5m
Talk
Fast and Precise Certification of Transformers
PLDI
Gregory Bonaert ETH Zurich, Dimitar I. Dimitrov ETH Zurich, Maximilian Baader ETH Zurich, Martin Vechev ETH Zurich
DOI
13:40
5m
Talk
Web Question Answering with Neurosymbolic Program Synthesis
PLDI
Jocelyn (Qiaochu) Chen University of Texas at Austin, USA, Aaron Lamoreaux University of Texas at Austin, Xinyu Wang University of Michigan, Greg Durrett University of Texas at Austin, USA, Osbert Bastani University of Pennsylvania, Işıl Dillig University of Texas at Austin
DOI
13:45
5m
Talk
Robustness Certification with Generative Models
PLDI
Matthew Mirman ETH Zurich, Alexander Hägele ETH Zurich, Timon Gehr ETH Zurich, Pavol Bielik ETH Zurich, Martin Vechev ETH Zurich
Link to publication DOI
13:50
5m
Talk
DNNFusion: Accelerating Deep Neural Networks Execution with Advanced Operator Fusion
PLDI
Wei Niu College of William & Mary, Jiexiong Guan College of William & Mary, Yanzhi Wang Northeastern University, Gagan Agrawal Augusta University, Bin Ren College of William & Mary
DOI
13:55
5m
Talk
Vectorized Secure Evaluation of Decision Forests
PLDI
Raghav Malik Purdue University, Vidush Singhal Purdue University, Benjamin Gottfried Purdue University, Milind Kulkarni Purdue University
DOI Pre-print
14:00
5m
Talk
AKG: Automatic Kernel Generation for Neural Processing Units using Polyhedral Transformations
PLDI
Jie Zhao Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, Bojie Li Huawei Technologies, Wang Nie Huawei Technologies, Zhen Geng Huawei Technologies, Renwei Zhang Huawei Technologies, Xiong Gao Huawei Technologies, Bin Cheng Huawei Technologies, Chen Wu Huawei, Yun Cheng Huawei Technologies, Zheng Li Huawei Technologies, Peng Di Huawei Technologies, Kun Zhang Huawei Technologies, Xuefeng Jin Huawei Technologies
DOI

Thu 24 Jun

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01:30 - 02:05
Talks 2A: Machine LearningPLDI at PLDI-A
01:30
5m
Talk
Learning to Find Naming Issues with Big Code and Small Supervision
PLDI
Jingxuan He ETH Zurich, Cheng-Chun Lee EPFL, Veselin Raychev DeepCode, Martin Vechev ETH Zurich
DOI
01:35
5m
Talk
Fast and Precise Certification of Transformers
PLDI
Gregory Bonaert ETH Zurich, Dimitar I. Dimitrov ETH Zurich, Maximilian Baader ETH Zurich, Martin Vechev ETH Zurich
DOI
01:40
5m
Talk
Web Question Answering with Neurosymbolic Program Synthesis
PLDI
Jocelyn (Qiaochu) Chen University of Texas at Austin, USA, Aaron Lamoreaux University of Texas at Austin, Xinyu Wang University of Michigan, Greg Durrett University of Texas at Austin, USA, Osbert Bastani University of Pennsylvania, Işıl Dillig University of Texas at Austin
DOI
01:45
5m
Talk
Robustness Certification with Generative Models
PLDI
Matthew Mirman ETH Zurich, Alexander Hägele ETH Zurich, Timon Gehr ETH Zurich, Pavol Bielik ETH Zurich, Martin Vechev ETH Zurich
Link to publication DOI
01:50
5m
Talk
DNNFusion: Accelerating Deep Neural Networks Execution with Advanced Operator Fusion
PLDI
Wei Niu College of William & Mary, Jiexiong Guan College of William & Mary, Yanzhi Wang Northeastern University, Gagan Agrawal Augusta University, Bin Ren College of William & Mary
DOI
01:55
5m
Talk
Vectorized Secure Evaluation of Decision Forests
PLDI
Raghav Malik Purdue University, Vidush Singhal Purdue University, Benjamin Gottfried Purdue University, Milind Kulkarni Purdue University
DOI Pre-print
02:00
5m
Talk
AKG: Automatic Kernel Generation for Neural Processing Units using Polyhedral Transformations
PLDI
Jie Zhao Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, Bojie Li Huawei Technologies, Wang Nie Huawei Technologies, Zhen Geng Huawei Technologies, Renwei Zhang Huawei Technologies, Xiong Gao Huawei Technologies, Bin Cheng Huawei Technologies, Chen Wu Huawei, Yun Cheng Huawei Technologies, Zheng Li Huawei Technologies, Peng Di Huawei Technologies, Kun Zhang Huawei Technologies, Xuefeng Jin Huawei Technologies
DOI