CAUSAL ANALYSIS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: A new blog on Causality ---------------------------------------------------------------
The UCLA Cognitive Systems Laboratory, in partnership with the Medical Imaging Informatics Group at the University of California, Los Angeles, invites you to participate in a new forum to discuss causality, its principles, recent results, applications, and related philosophical controversies. We feel that developments in this area, over the past two decades, carry the potential of revolutionizing many disciplines in the empirical sciences but, because they stand contrary to established traditions, have not yet captured the imagination of practitioners and educators. We have constructed a blog devoted specifically to the topic of causation to be driven by visitors with interest in the field. We welcome participants from all backgrounds and views to post questions, opinions, or results for other visitors to chew on and respond to. Specific topics of interest include: - Questions regarding the basic principles of causal analysis including its meaning and historical development. - Views on the controversial status of causation (if any). - Reviews of current books and papers related to causal inference and its application. - Discussion and comparison of various approaches and representations. - Development of practical applications in economics, social science, health sciences, political science, law, and other disciplines based on understanding of cause-effect relationships. - Typical postings may be found at http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/BOOK-2K/discussion.html. Our intent is to promote the advancement of and collaboration within the field by providing a shared forum for interested parties to freely discuss all things related to causality. Being a new effort, we welcome your comments and suggestions on how we can improve this service. To participate, please visit http://www.mii.ucla.edu/causality/. We appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing from you! Alex Bui, PhD William Hsu Medical Imaging Informatics Group University of California, Los Angeles http://www.mii.ucla.edu Judea Pearl, Director Ilya Shpitser Cognitive Systems Laboratory University of California, Los Angeles http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu _______________________________________________ uai mailing list [email protected] https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
