Causal Inference
Causal inference aims to determine cause-and-effect relationships from data, going beyond mere correlations to understand how interventions impact outcomes. Current research heavily focuses on addressing challenges like confounding (the influence of unobserved variables), particularly in high-dimensional data and complex treatments (e.g., text, sequences of actions), employing methods such as structural causal models, Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART), and various neural network architectures including Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). These advancements are crucial for improving the reliability of causal conclusions across diverse fields, from medicine and economics to personalized interventions and policy-making.
Papers
Causal Inference Through the Structural Causal Marginal Problem
Luigi Gresele, Julius von Kügelgen, Jonas M. Kübler, Elke Kirschbaum, Bernhard Schölkopf, Dominik Janzing
Some Reflections on Drawing Causal Inference using Textual Data: Parallels Between Human Subjects and Organized Texts
Bo Zhang, Jiayao Zhang