Causal Inference
Current Trends and the Future of Research

The workshop "Causal Inference: Current Trends and the Future of Research" will be held on the 4th-5th of May 2023, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. The workshop is being organized by Marcelo C. Medeiros, Ji Hyung Lee, Eun Yi Chung, and Joshua Shea.  

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Eric Auerbach (Department of Economics, Northwestern University)

Elias Bareinboim (Department of Computer Science, Columbia University)

Marinho Bertanha (Department of Economics, Notre Dame)

Jelena Bradic (Department of Mathematical Sciences, U. of California at San Diego)

Matias Cattaneo (ORFE, Princeton University)

Joshua Shea (UIUC)

Samantha Kleinberg (Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology)

Xinran Li (UIUC)

Yuehao Bai (Department of Economics, University of Michigan)

Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen (Department of Statistics, Wharton, U. of Pennsylvania)

Alexander Torgovitsky (Department of Economics, University of Chicago)

Christopher Gregory Weaver (Department of Philosophy, UIUC) 

Program

Day 1 (05/04 - Thursday):

09:00 - 09:50 Samantha Kleinberg 

Title: What Makes Causal Models Useful and Usable?

09:50 - 10:40 Eric Auerbach

                        Title: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects for Networks, Panels, and  Other Outcome Matrices Break

11:00 - 11:50 Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen - (Talk will be via Zoom)

Tile: Single Proxy Control 

11:50 - 12:40 Yuehao Bai

Title: Inference for Matched Tuples and Fully Blocked Factorial Designs

Lunch Break

02:40 - 03:30 Marinho Bertanha
Title: Causal Effects in Matching Mechanisms with Strategically Reported Preferences

03:30 - 04:20 Xinran Li

Title: Randomization Inference and Sensitivity Analysis for Quantiles of Individual Treatment Effects

Break

04:40 - 05:30 Elias Bareinboim (Talk will be via Zoom)

Title: Causal Data Science

05:30 - 06:20 Christopher Gregory Weaver

Title:  Who's Afraid of Causation in Fundamental Science?

Day 2 (05/05 - Friday):

09:00 - 09:50 Alexander Torgovitsky

Title: The Interpretation of Instrumental Variable Estimators

09:50 - 10:40 Matias Cattaneo

Title: On the Pointwise Behavior of Recursive Partitioning and Its Implications for Heterogeneous Causal Effect Estimation

Break

11:00 - 11:50 Joshua Shea

Title: Identifying Treatment Effects on Preferences in Binary Response Models

11:50 - 12:40 Jelena Bradic

Title: Dynamic Double Robustness: An Excursion to Robust Treatment Effect Estimation with Multiple Exposures

Lunch

Registration and Venue

Registration is free but mandatory. Anyone interested in attending should register by clicking here. 

The workshop will take place at David Kinley Hall 114 located at David Kinley Hall Building, 1407 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801.