Topics in Causal Inference

The seminar meets biweekly on Fridays at 11:30 in MCHL 242.1

The speaker for January 19 and February 2 was Eric Neufeld from the Department of Computer Science who spoke on

Deducing causality from observational data

The speaker for February 16 was Mik Bickis from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics who spoke on

Mathematical, statistical, and philosophical criticisms of causal inference

On March 2 Mik Bickis gave an introduction to

Glenn Shafer's theory of causality

On March 16 Mik Bickis talked about

Lord's Paradox

On March 30 Jonathan Fugelsang of the Department of Psychology spoke on

Belief-based causal reasoning

On April 27 Jonathan Fugelsang of the Department of Psychology spoke on

What introspection and functional brain imaging can tell us about belief-based causal reasoning