EPISODE · Jul 22, 2024 · 52 MIN
Causal AI & Individual Treatment Effects | Scott Mueller Ep. 20 | CausalBanditsPodcast.com
from Causal Bandits Podcast · host Alex Molak
Send us Fan MailCan we say something about YOUR personal treatment effect?The estimation of individual treatment effects is the Holy Grail of personalized medicine.It's also extremely difficult.Yet, Scott is not discouraged from studying this topic.In fact, he quit a pretty successful business to study it.In a series of papers, Scott describes how combining experimental and observational data can help us understand individual causal effects.Although this sounds enigmatic to many, the intuition behind this mechanism is simpler than you might think.In the episode we discuss:🔹 What made Scott quit a successful business he founded and study causal inference?🔹 How a false conviction about his own skills helped him learn? 🔹 What are individual treatment effects?🔹 Can we really say something about individual treatment effects?Ready to dive in?About The GuestScott Mueller is a researcher and a PhD candidate in causal modeling at UCLA, supervised by Prof. Judea Pearl. He's a serial entrepreneur and the founder of UCode, a coding school for kids. His current research focuses on the estimation of individual treatment effects and their bounds. He works under the supervision of professor Judea Pearl.Connect with Scott:- Scott on Twitter/X - Scott's webpageAbout The HostAleksander (Alex) Molak is an independent machine learning researcher, educator, entrepreneur and a best-selling author in the area of causality.Connect with Alex:- Alex on the InternetSupport the showCausal Bandits PodcastCausal AI || Causal Machine Learning || Causal Inference & DiscoveryWeb: https://causalbanditspodcast.comConnect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandermolak/Join Causal Python Weekly: https://causalpython.io The Causal Book: https://amzn.to/3QhsRz4
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Send us Fan Mail Can we say something about YOUR personal treatment effect? The estimation of individual treatment effects is the Holy Grail of personalized medicine. It's also extremely difficult. Yet, Scott is not discouraged from studying this topic. In fact, he quit a pretty successful business to study it. In a series of papers, Scott describes how combining experimental and observational data can help us understand individual causal effects. Although this sounds enigmatic to many,...
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