Academic Research - Publications

Until 2013 I was a researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Below are my publications.

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PhD Thesis

1. Learning directed probabilistic logical models from relational data. D. Fierens. PhD thesis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. July 2008.

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Journal Papers

1. Instance-level accuracy versus bag-level accuracy in multi-instance learning. G. Vanwinckelen, V. Tragante do O, D. Fierens and H. Blockeel. Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, vol. 30(2), pp. 313-341, Springer, 2016.

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2. Inference and learning in probabilistic logic programs using weighted Boolean formulas. D. Fierens, G. Van den Broeck, J. Renkens, D. Shterionov, B. Gutmann, I. Thon, G. Janssens and L. De Raedt. Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, vol. 15(3), pp. 358-401, Cambridge University Press, 2015.

   • PDF abstract DOI: 10.1017/S1471068414000076 arXiv

3. Lifted Variable Elimination: Decoupling the Operators from the Constraint Language. N. Taghipour, D. Fierens, J. Davis and H. Blockeel. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, vol. 47, pp. 393-439, 2013.

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4. A comparison of pruning criteria for probability trees. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. Machine Learning, vol. 78(1-2), pp. 251-285, Springer, 2010.

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5. Generalized ordering-search for learning directed probabilistic logical models. J. Ramon, T. Croonenborghs, D. Fierens, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. Machine learning, vol. 70(2-3), pp. 169-188, Springer, 2008.

   • PDF abstract DOI: 10.1007/s10994-007-5033-7

6. Learning directed probabilistic logical models: Ordering-search versus structure-search. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, M. Bruynooghe and H. Blockeel. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, vol. 54(1-3), pp. 99-133, Springer, 2008.

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7. Learning directed probabilistic logical models from relational data. D. Fierens. AI Communications, vol. 21(4), pp. 269-270, IOS Press, 2008.

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8. Mining data from intensive care patients. J. Ramon, D. Fierens, F. Guiza Grandas, G. Meyfroidt, H. Blockeel, M. Bruynooghe and G. Van den Berghe. Advanced engineering informatics, vol. 21(3), pp. 243-256, Elsevier, 2007.

   • PDF abstract DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2006.12.002

9. Machine learning methods for prediction in intensive care. F. Guiza Grandas, J. Ramon, D. Fierens, G. Meyfroidt, H. Blockeel, M. Bruynooghe and G. Van den Berghe. Journal of Critical Care, vol. 21 (4), pp. 353-354, Elsevier, 2006.

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Conference papers, published in proceedings

1. Completeness results for lifted variable elimination. N. Taghipour, D. Fierens, G. Van den Broeck, J. Davis and H. Blockeel. In: Journal of Machine Learning Research - Proceedings Track vol.31, 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), pp. 572-580, April/May 2013.

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2. Pairwise Markov logic. D. Fierens, K. Kersting, J. Davis, J. Chen and M. Mladenov. Revised Selected Papers of the 22nd International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), pp. 58-73, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (vol.7842), 2013.

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3. Lifted variable elimination with arbitrary constraints. N. Taghipour, D. Fierens, J. Davis and H. Blockeel. In: Journal of Machine Learning Research - Proceedings Track vol.22, 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), pp. 1194-1202, April 2012.

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4. Instance-level accuracy versus bag-level accuracy in multi-instance learning. V. Tragante do O, D. Fierens and H. Blockeel. In: Proceedings of the 23rd Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), November 2011.

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5. Inference in probabilistic logic programs using weighted CNFs. D. Fierens, G. Van den Broeck, I. Thon, B. Gutmann and L. De Raedt. In: Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), July 2011.

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6. Context-specific independence in directed relational probabilistic models and its influence on the efficiency of Gibbs sampling. D. Fierens. In: Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), pp. 243-248, IOS Press, August 2010.

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7. On the relationship between logical Bayesian networks and probabilistic logic programming based on the distribution semantics. D. Fierens. In: Postproceedings of the 19th International conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), pp. 17-24, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (vol.5989), July 2010.

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8. Improving the efficiency of Gibbs sampling for probabilistic logical models by means of program specialization. D. Fierens. In: Technical Communications of 26th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP), pp. 74-83, Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik - Schloss Dagstuhl, July 2010.

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9. On the use of combining rules in relational probability trees. D. Fierens. In: Proceedings of the 10th SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM), pp. 397-408, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, April/May 2010.

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10. On the relationship between logical Bayesian networks and probabilistic logic programming based on the distribution semantics. D. Fierens. In: Online proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), July 2009.

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11. Learning directed probabilistic logical models using ordering-search. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, M. Bruynooghe and H. Blockeel. In: Postproceedings of the 17th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), pp. 24-24, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (vol.4894), June 2008.

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12. Learning directed probabilistic logical models: Ordering-search versus structure-search. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, M. Bruynooghe and H. Blockeel. In: Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML), pp. 567-574, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (vol.4701), September 2007.

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13. Generalized ordering-search for learning directed probabilistic logical models. J. Ramon, T. Croonenborghs, D. Fierens, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. In: Postproceedings of the 17th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), pp. 40-42, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (vol.4455), August 2007.

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14. Generalizing ordering-search for learning directed probabilistic logical models. J. Ramon, T. Croonenborghs, D. Fierens, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. In: Short Papers of the 16th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), pp. 173-175, August 2006.

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15. Predictive data mining in intensive care. F. Guiza Grandas, D. Fierens, J. Ramon, H. Blockeel, G. Meyfroidt, M. Bruynooghe and G. Van den Berghe. In: Proceedings of the 15th Annual Machine Learning Conference of Belgium and the Netherlands (BENELEARN), pp. 81-88, May 2006.

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16. A comparison of approaches for learning probability trees. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. In: Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML), pp. 556-563, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (vol.3720), October 2005.

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17. A comparison of approaches for learning first-order logical probability estimation trees. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. In: Late-breaking papers of the 15th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), pp. 11-16, August 2005.

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18. Logical Bayesian networks and their relation to other probabilistic logical models. D. Fierens, H. Blockeel, M. Bruynooghe and J. Ramon. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP), pp. 121-135, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (vol.3625), August 2005.

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Workshop papers

1. On the completeness of lifted variable elimination. N. Taghipour, D. Fierens, G. Van den Broeck, J. Davis and H. Blockeel. In: Online proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Statistical Relational AI (StaRAI), July 2013.

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2. ProbLog2: From probabilistic programming to statistical relational learning. J. Renkens, D. Shterionov, G. Van den Broeck, J. Vlasselaer, D. Fierens, W. Meert, G. Janssens and L. De Raedt. In: NIPS 2012 Workshop on Probabilistic Programming: Foundations and Applications, December 2012.

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3. Lifted inference for probabilistic programming. W. Meert, G. Van den Broeck, N. Taghipour, D. Fierens, H. Blockeel, J. Davis and L. De Raedt. In: NIPS 2012 Workshop on Probabilistic Programming: Foundations and Applications, December 2012.

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4. Constraints for probabilistic logic programming. D. Fierens, G. Van den Broeck, M. Bruynooghe and L. De Raedt. In: NIPS 2012 Workshop on Probabilistic Programming: Foundations and Applications, December 2012.

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5. From lifted inference to lifted models. D. Fierens and K. Kersting. In: Online proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Statistical Relational AI (StaRAI), August 2012.

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6. Three complementary approaches to context aware movie recommendation. H. Blockeel, B. Piccart, H. Rahmani and D. Fierens. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Context-Aware Movie Recommendation (CAMRa), pp. 57-60, ACM, September 2010.

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7. An exercise with statistical relational learning systems. M. Bruynooghe, B. De Cat, J. Drijkoningen, D. Fierens et. al. In: Online proceedings of International Workshop on Statistical Relational Learning (SRL), July 2009.

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8. Logical Bayesian networks. D. Fierens, H. Blockeel, J. Ramon and M. Bruynooghe. In: Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Multi-Relational Data Mining (MRDM), pp. 19-30, August 2004.

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Abstracts

1. Lifted variable elimination with arbitrary constraints. N. Taghipour, D. Fierens, J. Davis and H. Blockeel. The 24th Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), October 2012.

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2. Biclustering of gene expression data using probabilistic logic learning. N. Taghipour, D. Fierens and H. Blockeel. Benelux Bioinformatics Conference (BBC), December 2009.

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3. Towards digesting the alphabet-soup of statistical relational learning. L. De Raedt, B. Demoen, D. Fierens et. al. NIPS 2008 Workshop on Probabilistic Programming, December 2008.

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4. Generalized ordering-search for learning directed probabilistic logical models. J. Ramon, T. Croonenborghs, D. Fierens, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. The 31st Annual Conference of the German Classification Society on Data Analysis, Machine Learning, and Applications (GfKl), March 2007.

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5. Data mining for the prediction of intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS). G. Meyfroidt, F. Guiza Grandas, D. Fierens, J. Ramon and G. Van den Berghe. European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Meeting (ESICM), September 2006.

6. A comparison of pruning criteria for probability trees. D. Fierens, H. Blockeel, J. Ramon and M. Bruynooghe. The 15th Annual Machine Learning Conference of Belgium and The Netherlands (BENELEARN), May 2006.

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7. Logical Bayesian networks and their relation to other probabilistic logical models. D. Fierens, H. Blockeel, M. Bruynooghe and J. Ramon. The 17th Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), October 2005.

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Technical reports (and other archived articles)

1. Lifted variable elimination: A novel operator and completeness results. N. Taghipour, D. Fierens, G. Van den Broeck, J. Davis and H. Blockeel. arXiv:1208.3809v2 [cs.AI]. 2012.

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2. Improving the efficiency of approximate inference for probabilistic logical models by means of program specialization. D. Fierens. arXiv:1112.5381v1 [cs.AI]. 2011.

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3. Inference in probabilistic logic programs using weighted CNFs. D. Fierens, G. Van den Broeck, I. Thon, B. Gutmann and L. De Raedt. Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Report CW607. 2011.

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4. Probabilistic logical learning for biclustering: A case study with surprising results. N. Taghipour, D. Fierens and H. Blockeel. Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Report CW597. 2010.

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5. Improving the efficiency of Gibbs sampling for probabilistic logical models by means of program specialization. D. Fierens. Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Report CW581. 2010.

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6. Mapping logical Bayesian networks to probabilistic logic programs with distribution semantics. D. Fierens. Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Report CW563. 2009.

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7. Learning directed probabilistic logical models: Ordering-search versus structure-search. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, M. Bruynooghe and H. Blockeel. Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Report CW490. 2007.

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8. A comparison of pruning criteria for probability trees. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Report CW488. 2007.

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9. A comparison of approaches for learning probability trees. D. Fierens, J. Ramon, H. Blockeel and M. Bruynooghe. Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Report CW418. 2005.

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