Welcome to the 10th event of the PyMCon Web Series! As part of this series, most events will have both an asynchronous component and a live Q&A.
Speaker: Thomas Wiecki, CEO & founder of PyMC Labs.
Event type: Recorded Talk with Live Q&A
Q&A Date/Time: 2023-09-28T13:00:00Z (subscribe here for email updates)
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Abstract of the talk:
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.
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Dr. 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: http://www.pymc-labs.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/twiecki
GitHub: twiecki (Thomas Wiecki) · GitHub
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