[UAI] Winter-2023 Greeting from UCLA Causality Blog

2023-01-06 Thread Judea Pearl
I wish you all a happy and productive 2023. Judea Pearl UCLA Computer Science Department ju...@cs.ucla.edu, @yudapearl HOME: http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/jp_home.html "Book of Why" http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/WHY/ ___ uai mailing list uai

[UAI] Winter-2022 Greeting from UCLA Causality Blog

2022-02-09 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear colleagues in causality research, I am extremely proud and humble to have been selected a recipient of the 2020 BBVA Frontier of Science Award. https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/noticias/the-frontiers-of-knowledge-award-goes-to-judea-pearl-for-laying-the-foundations-of

[UAI] Winter-2021 Greeting from UCLA Causality Blog

2021-02-09 Thread Judea Pearl
) https://ucla.in/2LdEjZW Wishing you all a triumphant exit to a COVID-free world and a productive storm of new research. Judea Pearl UCLA Computer Science Department ju...@cs.ucla.edu, @yudapearl HOME: http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/jp_home.html "Book of Why" http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/WHY/

[UAI] Summer-20 Greeting from UCLA Causality Blog

2020-06-02 Thread Judea Pearl
--- Professor Judea Pearl Director, Cognitive Systems Laboratory Room 4514-4515 Boelter Hall University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, California 90095-1600 ju...@cs.ucla.edu Tel. (310) 825-3243

[UAI] Winter-20 Greeting from UCLA Causality Blog

2020-02-03 Thread Judea Pearl
mparison of Two Approaches to Empirical Economics https://ucla.in/36EoNzO === Lively discussions of these topics are taking place on Tweeter, where I go by the name @yudapearl You are welcome to join, Best wishes, Judea ---

[UAI] Winter Greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2018-12-13 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality research In the past 5 months, since the publication of The Book of Why http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/WHY/ I have been involved in conversations with many inquisitive readers on twitter @yudapearl and have not been able to update our blog as frequently as I should. I am glad

[UAI] Updates on The Book of Why

2018-06-04 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality research, Three months ago, I sent you a special greeting, announcing the forthcoming publication of The Book of Why (Basic Books, co-authored with Dana MacKenzie). Below please find an update. The Book came out on May 15, 2018, and has since been featured by the Wall

[UAI] Special Greeting from the UCLA Causality Blog

2018-03-01 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality research, This greeting is somewhat different from the those you have been receiving in the past 18 years (Yes, it has been that long, see http://causality.cs.ucla.edu/blog, January 1, 2000). Instead of new results, passionate discussions, breakthroughs, controversies, a

[UAI] Winter greeting from the UCLA Causality Blog

2018-01-11 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality research. Welcome to the 2018 Winter greeting from the UCLA Causality Blog. causality.cs.ucla.edu/blog This greeting discusses the following topics: 1. A report is posted, on the "What If" workshop at the NIPS conference. (see December 19, 2017 post below) It di

Re: [UAI] Lotfi A.Zadeh passed away

2017-09-08 Thread Judea Pearl
Prince Scientist. May he rest in peace and may his memory continue to inspire our paths, Judea Judea Pearl Professor UCLA Computer Science Department 4532 Boelter Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1596 310.825.3243 ju...@cs.ucla.edu - Original Message - From: "Rubin, Stuart H CIV SPAWARS

[UAI] Mid-summer greeting from UCLA Causality blog.

2017-08-03 Thread Judea Pearl
on to the External Validity problem. 5. Adam Glynn, on Front-door approaches to causal inference 6. Karthika Mohan, on Missing Data from a causal modeling perspective 7. Judea Pearl, on "The Eight Pillars of Causal Wisdom" 8. Adnan Darwiche, on Model-based vs. Model-Blind Approaches

[UAI] Winter-2017 greeting from UCLA Causality Blog.

2017-02-22 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality research, In this brief greeting I would like to first call attention to an approaching deadline and then discuss a couple of recent articles. 1. Causality in Education Award - March 1, 2017 We are informed that the deadline for submitting a nomination for the ASA Caus

[UAI] Summer-end Greeting from UCLA Causality Blog

2016-09-15 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality research, This greeting from UCLA Causality Blog (http://causality.cs.ucla.edu/blog/) contains news and discussions on the following topics: 1. Reflections on 2016 JSM meeting. 2. The question of equivalent representations. 3. Simpson's Paradox (Comments on four recent

[UAI] Late-Spring Greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2016-06-21 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality research, This Spring Greeting from UCLA Causality blog contains: A. News items concerning causality research, B. New postings, new problems and some solutions. A1. The American Statistical Associat

[UAI] Announcing a new book on Causal Inference

2016-02-15 Thread Judea Pearl
Announcing a new book on Causal Inference A new book "Causal Inference in Statistics - A Primer" by J. Pearl, M. Glymour and N. Jewell is now available on Kindle, and will be available in print Feb. 26, 2016 . http://www.amazon.com/Causality-A-Primer-Judea-Pearl/dp/1119186846

[UAI] Causality Award deadline extended to March 1, 2016

2016-02-11 Thread Judea Pearl
frills. A. Our publisher (Wiley) has informed us that the book "Causal Inference in Statistics - A Primer" by J. Pearl, M. Glymour and N. Jewell is already available on Kindle, and will be available in print Feb. 26, 2016. http://www.amazon.com/Causality-A-Primer-Judea-Pearl

[UAI] Winter Greeting from the UCLA Causality Blog.

2016-02-08 Thread Judea Pearl
Kindle, and will be available in print Feb. 26, 2016. http://www.amazon.com/Causality-A-Primer-Judea-Pearl/dp/1119186846 http://www.amazon.com/Causal-Inference-Statistics-Judea-Pearl-ebook/dp/B01B3P6NJM/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me= This book introduces core elements of causal inference into

[UAI] Subject: Mid-Summer Greeting from the UCLA Causality Blog

2015-08-19 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear Friends at UAI mailing center. Would it be possible to post the greeting below for the UAI list? Thanks in advance, Judea Pearl --- Dear Friends in causality research, This mid-summer greeting of UCLA Causality blog contains: A. News items

[UAI] Mid-Summer Greeting from the UCLA Causality Blog

2015-08-12 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear Friends in causality research, This mid-summer greeting of UCLA Causality blog contains: A. News items concerning causality research B. Interesting discussions and scientific results http://www.mii.ucla.edu/causality/ 1. The next issue of the Journal of Causal Inference is scheduled to appe

[UAI] Spring time greetings from UCLA Causality blog

2015-04-28 Thread Judea Pearl
Friends in causality research, - This Spring greeting from UCLA Causality blog contains: A. News items concerning causality research, B. New postings, new problems and new solutions. A1. Congratulations go to Tyler VanderWeele,

[UAI] Winter-Greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2015-01-28 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality research, - This Winter greeting from UCLA Causality blog contains: A. News items concerning causality research, B. New postings, new problems and some solutions. http://www.mii.ucla.edu/causality/. A

[UAI] Fall Greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2014-10-29 Thread Judea Pearl
and observational findings. It comes together with "A note on Causes of Effects" http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r439.pdf a rebuttal to recent attempts at mystification. end-- May all cretive thoughts attend to some good cause Judea

[UAI] Mid-Summer Greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2014-08-02 Thread Judea Pearl
s on this page, http://www.mii.ucla.edu/causality/. for example: 1. On Simpson's Paradox. Again? 2. Who Needs Causal Mediation? 3. On model-based vs. ad-hoc methods Wishing you a productive summer, Judea --- Professor Judea Pea

[UAI] Spring Greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2014-04-02 Thread Judea Pearl
s.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r421.pdf R-422 "Is Scientific Knowledge useful for Policy Analysis? A Peculiar Theorem says: No" We ask: Why is it that knowing the effect of smoking on cancer does not help us assess the merits of of banning cigarette advertisement. We speculate on the ramification of

[UAI] Winter-Greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2013-12-20 Thread Judea Pearl
of the 2010 version of this paper. http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r343w.pdf Wishing you a happy and productive new year, Judea --- Professor Judea Pearl Director, Cognitive Systems Laboratory Room 4514-4515 Boelter Hall

[UAI] Greeting from UCLA Causality blog

2013-07-12 Thread Judea Pearl
Dear friends in causality, - This greeting from the UCLA Causality blog contains: 1. News items concerning causality research 2. postings and publications 1.1 Journal of Causal Inference - Vol. 1, Issue 1 - The

[UAI] Journal of Causal Inference -- Issue 1

2013-06-07 Thread Judea Pearl
-TOC-June2013.pdf The second issue is planned for December 2013. the JCI welcomes submissions on all aspects of causal inference, preferably earth-shaking results. Regards, Judea --- Professor Judea Pearl Director, Cognitive Systems

Re: [UAI] new prize -- causality in statistics education

2012-11-05 Thread Judea Pearl
hear your suggestions on how to restore causal inference to econometrics education. Cheers, Judea Pearl, UCLA ps. Check our latest results on http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/csl_papers.html ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.orego

[UAI] new prize -- causality in statstistics education

2012-11-02 Thread Judea Pearl
ore causal inference to econometrics education. Cheers, Judea Pearl, UCLA ps. Check our latest results on http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/csl_papers.html ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai

[UAI] Tutorial slides available -- graphical models

2012-09-21 Thread Judea Pearl
obabilitic graphical models 2. Markov compatibility 3. d-separation 4. Interventions 5. Causal effects identification 6. do-Calculus 7. C-components 8. Counterfactuals 9. Markov Equivalence 10. MAGs 11. Confounding Equivalence 12. Instrumental Variables 13. Verma constraints Enjoy Judea P

[UAI] Summer greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2012-07-11 Thread Judea Pearl
ick on http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r395.pdf (And if you have ideas on reforming econometric education, please share.) Wishing you an insightful and productive summer Best, Judea Pearl --- Professor Judea Pearl Director, Cognitive Syst

[UAI] Winter Greetings from the Causality blog,

2012-02-12 Thread Judea Pearl
y bloggist-author Michael Nielsen, titled "If correlation doesn't imply causation, then what does?" It can be accessed here: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/if-correlation-doesnt-imply-causation-then-what-does/ My response, together with thoughts on the psychology of Simpson's

Re: [UAI] new Journal of Causal Inference

2011-09-01 Thread Judea Pearl
Hi Bruce, I tried to post a mesg on the uai list, but I must have used the wrong email. I hope I got it right now. Best Judea Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:33:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Judea Pearl To: CC: ju...@cs.ucla.edu Subject: new Journal of Causal Inference X-Loop

[UAI] Fall-Greetings from the Causality Blog

2011-08-31 Thread Judea Pearl
http://www.bepress.com/jci Papers can be submitted electronically at: http://www.bepress.com/cgi/submit.cgi?context=jci The first issue is planned for Fall 2011. Have a productive Fall quarter, See you on JCI ===Judea --- Professor Judea

[UAI] Spring-time Greetings from the Causality blog,

2011-03-25 Thread Judea Pearl
page. http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/jp_home.html 2nd line from the top. You are welcome to use them in any way you choose. But usage for a good cause is recommended. Looking forward to postings from you, and may clarity prevail. -Judea Pearl UCLA http://www.mii.ucla.edu/causality/.

Re: [UAI] Learning Parameters for the Noisy-OR model

2011-02-12 Thread Judea Pearl
Rich, Why would it be different from logistic regression, for which there is a volume of statistical literature.?. (If I take logP(x=0|pa(x)), I get a linear expression in the parameters, the rest should fall in place) ==Judea - Original Message - From: Rich Neapolitan To: uai@e

[UAI] Greeting from UCLA Causality-Blog

2010-10-31 Thread Judea Pearl
http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r363.pdf and the insecure, dismissive attitude that this deficiency engenders among its carriers (e.g., http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r348.pdf). As always, your thoughts are welcome and will surely be put into some good cause if conveyed to other blog read

[UAI] Greetings from UCLA Causality Blog

2010-06-18 Thread Judea Pearl
Y. Shoham and J. Pearl, can be viewed here: http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/TRIBUTE/tribute-videos.htm Videos of additional lectures will be posted in the near future. 3. Recent entries on our Causality-Blog include: 3.1 An open letter from Judea Pearl to Nancy Cartwright concerning "Causal Plur

[UAI] Greetings from Causality-blog

2009-12-07 Thread Judea Pearl
will send another announcement when the Wiki-Glossary site is up and running. Wishing you a happy holiday season, And may every bright thought be put to some good cause. Judea Pearl http://www.mii.ucla.edu/causality/. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai

[UAI] Greetins from Causality Weblog

2009-09-12 Thread Judea Pearl
/r343-short.pdf Confession: It is really a neat result. Wishing you a fruitful new school year and may clarity reign in causality land. ===Judea Pearl http://www.mii.ucla.edu/causality ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonst