Judea Pearl hopes the 2nd edition of his causal inference book inspires more PhD students
yudapearl · x · 2026-10-22
Causal inference pioneer Judea Pearl responded to his former PhD student Sebastian Mueller, who credited the first edition of the book with sparking his love of causal inference and leading him to become Pearl's student. Pearl said he hopes the upcoming second edition provokes more PhD students to explore the potential of causal analysis.
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