[Forum SIS] RINVIATA: 2020 ABS Summer School on Bayesian Causal Inference (Firenze, Italy)

[Fabrizio Ruggeri]

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the school ABS20 on Bayesian Causal
Inference planned for June, 8-12, 2020 has been postponed to October,
5-9, 2020. Firenze is still the location of the school. See below the
updated announcement. We invite people to register but please avoid 
payments until further notice. 

Best regards, Fabrizio Ruggeri (on behalf of the organisers)

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        Applied Bayesian Statistics School

	     BAYESIAN CAUSAL INFERENCE

Florence Center for Data Science, University of Florence
                  Firenze, Italy

	           5-9 October, 2020

Lecturer:  Prof. Fan Li (Department of Statistical Science, 
           Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)
           https://stat.duke.edu/people/fan-li

The conference webpage is

>>http://www.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs20/index.html <<<

Please note that the conference room allows only for a very limited 
number of participants.

COURSE OUTLINE

The aim of this course is to introduce the fundamental concepts and 
state-of-art methods for causal inference under the potential outcome 
framework. The lectures will be organized by the treatment assignment 
mechanisms. Topics will cover randomized experiments, observational 
studies with ignorable assignment mechanisms, natural experiments, 
sequential ignorable longitudinal treatments. Recent advances related 
to machine learning and more complex situations such as spatial-temporal 
treatments and interference will also be discussed. All methods will 
be illustrated via real case studies in health studies, economics and 
biology. Though the causal framework and most of the methods are 
independent of the inferential paradigm, an emphasis will be put on the 
Bayesian paradigm for inference.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

See the daily program on the website. 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The school will replicate the successful format of the previous years, 
and will feature lectures and practical sessions (run by a junior researcher), 
as well as participants' talks. It will start on Monday after lunch and end 
on Friday before lunch; Wednesday afternoon is free. Info on accommodation 
will appear soon on the website. Firenze is easily accessible by train, 
airplane or car.

Guido Consonni and Fabrizio Ruggeri
ABS20 Directors
Raffaele Argiento and Antonio Pievatolo
ABS20 Executive Directors

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