Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Directed Information and Pearl's Causal Calculus
STCS Student Seminar
Speaker:
Eeshan Modak
Organiser:
Shubhada Agrawal
Date:
Friday, 28 Aug 2020, 17:15 to 18:15
Venue:
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92834710011?pwd=WURSa3JsRVpJYWhONEExYTdDcENDQT09
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Abstract:
This will be a tweaked version of my Qualifier talk. I will mostly focus on:
1. The notion of interventional distributions (as defined by Judea Pearl) and how they can be used to identify causal linkages.
2. How directed information can serve as a measure of causality.
3. How conditional directed information can be used to develop an information-theoretic version of Pearl's backdoor criterion for identifying causality from passive observations.
Link to the paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6120270
| Speaker: | Eeshan Modak |
| Organiser: | Shubhada Agrawal |
| Date: | Friday, 28 Aug 2020, 17:15 to 18:15 |
| Venue: | Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92834710011?pwd=WURSa3JsRVpJYWhONEExYTdDcENDQT09 |
(Scan to add to calendar)
Abstract:
This will be a tweaked version of my Qualifier talk. I will mostly focus on:
1. The notion of interventional distributions (as defined by Judea Pearl) and how they can be used to identify causal linkages.
2. How directed information can serve as a measure of causality.
3. How conditional directed information can be used to develop an information-theoretic version of Pearl's backdoor criterion for identifying causality from passive observations.
Link to the paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6120270
1. The notion of interventional distributions (as defined by Judea Pearl) and how they can be used to identify causal linkages.
2. How directed information can serve as a measure of causality.
3. How conditional directed information can be used to develop an information-theoretic version of Pearl's backdoor criterion for identifying causality from passive observations.
Link to the paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6120270