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Infer.NET
Original author(s)Microsoft Research
Developer(s)Microsoft,
.NET Foundation
Initial release2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Stable release
v0.3.1912.0403[1] / December 4, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-12-04)
Repositorygithub.com/dotnet/infer
Written inC#
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
Platform.NET Framework, .NET Core, Mono
TypeMachine learning software library
LicenseMIT License
Websitedotnet.github.io/infer/

Infer.NET is a free and open source .NET software library for machine learning.[2] It supports running Bayesian inference in graphical models and can also be used for probabilistic programming.

Overview

Infer.NET follows a model-based approach and is used to solve different kinds of machine learning problems including standard problems like classification, recommendation or clustering, customized solutions and domain-specific problems. The framework is used in various different domains such as bioinformatics, epidemiology, computer vision, and information retrieval.[3][4]

Development of the framework was started by a team at Microsoft’s research centre in Cambridge, UK in 2004. It was first released for academic use in 2008 and later open sourced in 2018.[4] In 2013, Microsoft was awarded the USPTO’s Patents for Humanity Award in Information Technology category for Infer.NET and the work in advanced machine learning techniques.[5][6]

Infer.NET is used internally at Microsoft as the machine learning engine in some of their products such as Office, Azure, and Xbox.[7]

The source code is licensed under MIT License and available on GitHub.[8] It is also available as NuGet package.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://github.com/dotnet/infer/tags
  2. ^ Microsoft's popular machine learning framework Infer.NET goes open source - MSPoweruser
  3. ^ Microsoft Open Sources Infer.NET AI Framework For Humanity
  4. ^ a b Microsoft open-sources Infer.NET AI code just in time for the weekend • The Register
  5. ^ 2013 Award Recipients | USPTO
  6. ^ Microsoft Wins "Patents for Humanity" Award For Infer.NET From USPTO - MSPoweruser
  7. ^ Microsoft open-sources Infer.Net model-based machine learning | InfoWorld
  8. ^ https://github.com/dotnet/infer
  9. ^ NuGet Gallery | Infer.Net 2.4.0

Further reading

  • Knowles, D.; Parts, L.; Glass, D.; Winn, John (2010). "Modeling skin and ageing phenotypes using latent variable models in Infer.NET" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Winn, John; Minka, Tom (2009). "Probabilistic Programming with Infer.NET". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Winn, John; Simpson, Angela; Custovic, Adnan; Y. F. Tan, Vincent (2008). "Immune System Modeling with Infer.NET" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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