September 25, 2017
9:00 am / 5:00 pm
Venue
NRB Auditorium
Causal Inference Symposium: From Computer Science to Neuroscience
08:55 AM ? 09:00 Alcino Silva (UCLA): Introduction
09:00 AM ? 09:18 Chris Hitchcock (Caltech): Causation in science and everyday life
09:18 AM ? 09:23 Q & A
09:23 AM ? 09:41 Frederick Eberhardt (Caltech): Large and small causes
09:41 AM ? 09:46 Q & A
09:46 AM ? 10:04 Ralph Adolphs (Caltech): What causes our thoughts and feelings?
10:04 AM ? 10:09 Q& A
10:09 AM ? 10:27 Pietro Perona (Caltech): Causality in vision
10:27 AM ? 10:32 Q & A
10:32 AM ?10:52 BREAK
10:52 AM ? 11:10 Alcino Silva (UCLA): Research maps: an approach to integrate and gauge causal information
11:10 AM ? 11:15 Q & A
11:15 AM ? 11:33 William Hsu (UCLA): Causal inference in experiment planning
11:33 AM ? 11:38 Q & A
11:38 AM ? 11:53 Onyebuchi Arah (UCLA): Regression diagrams in causal analysis
11:53 AM ? 11:58 Q & A
11:58 AM ? 12:16 Chad Hazlett (UCLA): Making sense of sensitivity: Extending omitted variable bias
12:16 PM ? 12:21 Q & A
n12:21 PM ? 1:21 LUNCH
1:21 PM ? 1:39 Sander Greenland (UCLA): Cognitive distortions of causal-inference statistics: Why
observational studies ofstatistical stupidity should inform analysis methodology
1:39 PM ? 1:44Q & A
1:44 PM ? 2:02 Maya Petersen (Berkeley): Integrating machine learning in causal effect estimation
2:02 PM ? 2:20 Q & A
2:20 PM ? 2:38 Patricia Cheng (UCLA): Is natural human learning rational?
2:38 PM ? 2:43 Q & A
2:43 PM ? 3:01 Aaron Blaisdell (UCLA): Causal reasoning in rodents
3:01 PM ? 3:06 Q & A
3:06 PM ? 3:26 BREAK
3:26 PM ? 3:44 MayankMehta (UCLA): Neuronal dynamics of predictive coding
3:44 PM ? 3:49 Q &A
3:49 PM ? 4:07 Huiying Li (UCLA): The human skin microbiome in healthand disease
4:07 PM ? 4:12 Q & A
4:12 PM ? 4:30 Jonathan Braun (UCLA): Illness as metaphor ? what the microbiome teaches us about the nature ofhealth
4:30 PM ? 4:35 Q & A
4:35 PM ? 4:53 Judea Pearl (UCLA): The Causal Revolution, the ladder of causation, machine learning, and strong AI.
4:53 PM ? 4:58 Q & A
4:58 PM DISCUSSION
5:15 PM RECEPTION