Probabilities as the foundation of Causal Quantities

Probabilities as the foundation of Causal Quantities

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Causal AI: A Theoretical Introduction

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Causality, Association & RCT's

  • Welcome
  • Slides
  • How to Use This Course
  • Course Guidelines
  • What is Causal AI?
  • Simpson's Paradox
  • The Need for Causality in Business
  • Causation and its relation to Association
  • RCT's: The Golden Standard for Causal Inference
  • Course Outline
  • Quiz Section 1

The Ladder of Causation

  • Introduction
  • Layer 1 Explained
  • Layer 1 Techniques
  • Layer 2 Explained
  • Layer 2 Techniques
  • Layer 3 Explained
  • Layer 3 Techniques
  • Do-operator in light of Structural Causal Models
  • Recap
  • Quiz Section 2

Causal Directed Acyclic Graphs

  • Introduction
  • What are Causal DAGs?
  • Do-operator in light of Causal DAGs
  • Graph Independence & Information Flows
  • Graph Patterns
  • Blocking Paths & D-separation
  • From Graph (In)dependence to Statistical (In)dependence
  • Recap
  • Quiz Section 3

Causal Inference Part 1: Identification

  • Introduction
  • Estimand & Conditional Ignorability
  • Probabilities as the foundation of Causal Quantities
  • Backdoor Adjustment
  • Frontdoor Adjustment
  • Do-calculus
  • Positivity/Unconfoundedness Trade-Off
  • Recap
  • Quiz Section 4

Causal Inference Part 2: Estimation

  • Introduction
  • Causal Quantities of Interest
  • S-Learner
  • T-Learner
  • X-Learner
  • Matching
  • Inverse Probability Weighting
  • Systematic vs. Random Errors
  • Recap
  • Quiz Section 5

Causal Discovery

  • Introduction
  • Domain Expertise
  • Causal Discovery Algorithms: Categories
  • Causal Discovery Algorithms: Assumptions
  • Constraint-based Causal Discovery
  • Score-based Causal Discovery
  • Function-based Causal Discovery
  • Continuous Optimization-based Causal Discovery
  • Causal Discovery in Practice: Hybrid & Iterative
  • Recap
  • Quiz Section 6

Closure

  • Introduction
  • Challenges with Causal AI
  • Considerations, Recommendations & Closure
  • Feedback and Reviews