[PyMCon Webseries] Bayesian Causal Modeling - Q&A

🎙️ Speaker: Thomas Wiecki | ⏰ Time: 1 pm UTC / 6 am PT / 9 am ET / 3 pm Berlin

Causal analysis is rapidly gaining popularity, but why? Machine learning methods might help us predict what's going to happen with great accuracy, but what's the value of that if it doesn't tell us what to do to achieve a desirable outcome? Without a causal understanding of the world, it's often impossible to identify which actions lead to a desired outcome.

Causal analysis is often embedded in a frequentist framework, which comes with some well-documented baggage. In this talk, Thomas will present how we can super-charge PyMC for Bayesian Causal Analysis by using a powerful new feature: the do operator.

Content:
🎥 Async Recorded Talk: https://youtu.be/b47wmTdcICE
📖 Slides: Bayesian Causal Inference
📝 Code: Causal analysis with PyMC: Answering "What If?" with the new do operator
👉 Discourse Post for more details and discussion: https://discourse.pymc.io/t/12912

📢 Note: This session is exclusively for Q&A. We kindly request you to watch the recording before joining the event. For additional information and further discussion, please refer to this Discourse post.

💼 About the Speaker:

• Thomas Wiecki
  Dr. Thomas Wiecki is an author of PyMC, the leading platform for statistical data science. To help businesses solve some of their trickiest data science problems, he assembled a world-class team of Bayesian modelers and founded PyMC Labs -- the Bayesian consultancy. He did his PhD at Brown University, studying cognitive neuroscience.

🔗 Connect with Thomas:
👉 Website: www.pymc-labs.com
👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/twiecki
👉 GitHub: https://github.com/twiecki

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