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NSH 3305
23 February, 2012 4:30pm

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24 February, 2012 6:00pm

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29 February, 2012 4:30pm

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Richard Scheines
Professor, Head of Philosophy Dept.
Philosophy
BH 135
(412) 268-8571

My research is on causal discovery, in particular the problem of learning about causation from statistical evidence. The theoretical and computational dimensions of this work have come to be called the TETRAD project, which represents nearly 25 years of collaboration with Clark Glymour, Peter Spirtes and many, many others. Building efficient and practically useful algorithms for causal discovery is as much computer science as philosophy, and thus I have a courtesy appointment in the Machine Learning Department. I have also put a lot of effort into building and researching the effectiveness of educational software, ranging from intelligent proof tutors to virtual causality labs to a full semester course on Causal and Statistical Reasoning. Because of this work I also have an appointment in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute.

Research Areas
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Research Interests
Online education, intelligent computer tutors
Projects
CSR: Online Courseware in Causal and Statistical Reasoning