Uncertain<T> reduces GPS road-snapping code from thousands of lines to two
Kathryn McKinley · Kathryn McKinley · Jul 28, 2017 · at 12:55
Kathryn McKinley, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, presents Uncertain<T>, a programming model designed to simplify probabilistic data handling and sensor processing.
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“But what used to take thousands of lines of code now takes two.”
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