Damian Machlanski
@dmachlanski.bsky.social
Research Associate in Causal AI at The University of Edinburgh (https://www.chai.ac.uk/). Causal AI for healthcare/medicine. CS PhD at the University of Essex. Former Software Developer.
Join us for tomorrow's CHAI Hub seminar series!
"Ambiguous Interventions and Causal Abstractions"
by Dr Sander Beckers (UCL)
Date: Wednesday, November 12th 2025
Time: 13:00 (UK time)
Location: Online
Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/1964320581...
@chaihubuk.bsky.social #CausalSky
"Ambiguous Interventions and Causal Abstractions"
by Dr Sander Beckers (UCL)
Date: Wednesday, November 12th 2025
Time: 13:00 (UK time)
Location: Online
Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/1964320581...
@chaihubuk.bsky.social #CausalSky
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join us for tomorrow's CHAI Hub seminar series!
"Ambiguous Interventions and Causal Abstractions"
by Dr Sander Beckers (UCL)
Date: Wednesday, November 12th 2025
Time: 13:00 (UK time)
Location: Online
Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/1964320581...
@chaihubuk.bsky.social #CausalSky
"Ambiguous Interventions and Causal Abstractions"
by Dr Sander Beckers (UCL)
Date: Wednesday, November 12th 2025
Time: 13:00 (UK time)
Location: Online
Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/1964320581...
@chaihubuk.bsky.social #CausalSky
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
New course “EMBO Causality in Biomedicine”: We have organised the first EMBO course in *causal* stats/ML methods for quantitative biomedicine. @sjoerdvbeentjes.bsky.social @nimahejazi.org @pablormier.bsky.social @DariaSokolova @CarolineUhler
Very much looking forward to teaching and discussing!
Very much looking forward to teaching and discussing!
New course announced!
We're thrilled to be hosting the @embo.org Practical Course 'Causality in biomedicine: going beyond associations' from 4 – 9 October 2026.
Register your interest and be the first to hear when the course opens for applications: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
We're thrilled to be hosting the @embo.org Practical Course 'Causality in biomedicine: going beyond associations' from 4 – 9 October 2026.
Register your interest and be the first to hear when the course opens for applications: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New course “EMBO Causality in Biomedicine”: We have organised the first EMBO course in *causal* stats/ML methods for quantitative biomedicine. @sjoerdvbeentjes.bsky.social @nimahejazi.org @pablormier.bsky.social @DariaSokolova @CarolineUhler
Very much looking forward to teaching and discussing!
Very much looking forward to teaching and discussing!
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
📢Join Us for a workshop funded by our Events and Workshop Fund on Monday 6th of October!
📍St Lukes Chapel, University of Oxford
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causal-ai-...
Funding information: www.chai.ac.uk/eventsfund
#CHAIHub #AIInnovation #CausalAI #Healthcare #EventSuccess #Collaboration
📍St Lukes Chapel, University of Oxford
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causal-ai-...
Funding information: www.chai.ac.uk/eventsfund
#CHAIHub #AIInnovation #CausalAI #Healthcare #EventSuccess #Collaboration
Causal AI for Policy and Practice in Primary Care Workshop
Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring how causal AI can be applied to improve primary care practices!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📢Join Us for a workshop funded by our Events and Workshop Fund on Monday 6th of October!
📍St Lukes Chapel, University of Oxford
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causal-ai-...
Funding information: www.chai.ac.uk/eventsfund
#CHAIHub #AIInnovation #CausalAI #Healthcare #EventSuccess #Collaboration
📍St Lukes Chapel, University of Oxford
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causal-ai-...
Funding information: www.chai.ac.uk/eventsfund
#CHAIHub #AIInnovation #CausalAI #Healthcare #EventSuccess #Collaboration
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
📢 Exciting news! We are featured in huge new ME/CFS study, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine:
“Replicated blood-based biomarkers for myalgic encephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity”.
📖 edin.ac/4ed6W7A
👏We're proud of our Co-Investigator's contribution. Huge congrats to all involved!
“Replicated blood-based biomarkers for myalgic encephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity”.
📖 edin.ac/4ed6W7A
👏We're proud of our Co-Investigator's contribution. Huge congrats to all involved!
Replicated blood-based biomarkers for myalgic encephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity | EMBO Molecular Medicine
imageimageThere are no cellular or molecular biomarkers diagnostic of myalgic encephalomyelitis
(also known as chronic fatigue syndrome [ME/CFS]). We find hundreds of blood-based
traits are different,...
edin.ac
June 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📢 Exciting news! We are featured in huge new ME/CFS study, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine:
“Replicated blood-based biomarkers for myalgic encephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity”.
📖 edin.ac/4ed6W7A
👏We're proud of our Co-Investigator's contribution. Huge congrats to all involved!
“Replicated blood-based biomarkers for myalgic encephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity”.
📖 edin.ac/4ed6W7A
👏We're proud of our Co-Investigator's contribution. Huge congrats to all involved!
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
DEADLINE APPROACHING! Register soon for Session 1 (July 7-18) at #EssexSummerSchool2025!
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
The Essex Summer School's First Session runs July 7-18, both online and in person.
Social science research methods courses in text analysis, mixed methods, survey design, panel data, discourse analysis, and more!
Learn more here:
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
#polisky #academicsky
Social science research methods courses in text analysis, mixed methods, survey design, panel data, discourse analysis, and more!
Learn more here:
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
#polisky #academicsky
June 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
DEADLINE APPROACHING! Register soon for Session 1 (July 7-18) at #EssexSummerSchool2025!
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
🚨 Call for Papers: Causal Data Science Meeting 2025
📅 November 12–13, 2025 (Virtual)
📥 Submit by Sept 30: submission@causalscience.org
🎙️ Keynote: Stefan Feuerriegel (LMU Munich)
🌐 More Info and registration: causalscience.org
#CausalML #AI #DataScience #CDSM2025 #CanIPetThatDAG
📅 November 12–13, 2025 (Virtual)
📥 Submit by Sept 30: submission@causalscience.org
🎙️ Keynote: Stefan Feuerriegel (LMU Munich)
🌐 More Info and registration: causalscience.org
#CausalML #AI #DataScience #CDSM2025 #CanIPetThatDAG
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨 Call for Papers: Causal Data Science Meeting 2025
📅 November 12–13, 2025 (Virtual)
📥 Submit by Sept 30: submission@causalscience.org
🎙️ Keynote: Stefan Feuerriegel (LMU Munich)
🌐 More Info and registration: causalscience.org
#CausalML #AI #DataScience #CDSM2025 #CanIPetThatDAG
📅 November 12–13, 2025 (Virtual)
📥 Submit by Sept 30: submission@causalscience.org
🎙️ Keynote: Stefan Feuerriegel (LMU Munich)
🌐 More Info and registration: causalscience.org
#CausalML #AI #DataScience #CDSM2025 #CanIPetThatDAG
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
📢Lecture by Professor Mark van der Laan and you are invited!
This in-person lecture addressing #MachineLearning, #CausalInference and #TargetedLearning takes place in Edinburgh and promises an insightful and thought-provoking discussion.
Get your tickets now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/targeted-l...
This in-person lecture addressing #MachineLearning, #CausalInference and #TargetedLearning takes place in Edinburgh and promises an insightful and thought-provoking discussion.
Get your tickets now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/targeted-l...
Targeted Learning & Causal Inference for Generating Actionable Information
Talks Full Title: Targeted Machine Learning, Highly Adaptive Lasso, and Causal Inference for Generating Actionable Information
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢Lecture by Professor Mark van der Laan and you are invited!
This in-person lecture addressing #MachineLearning, #CausalInference and #TargetedLearning takes place in Edinburgh and promises an insightful and thought-provoking discussion.
Get your tickets now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/targeted-l...
This in-person lecture addressing #MachineLearning, #CausalInference and #TargetedLearning takes place in Edinburgh and promises an insightful and thought-provoking discussion.
Get your tickets now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/targeted-l...
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
The Essex Summer School's Second Session runs July 21-August 1, online and in person.
Courses include Python, machine learning, spatial econometrics, IRT, causal inference, Bayesian analysis, ethnographic methods, and more!
Learn more:
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
#polisky #academicsky
Courses include Python, machine learning, spatial econometrics, IRT, causal inference, Bayesian analysis, ethnographic methods, and more!
Learn more:
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
#polisky #academicsky
May 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The Essex Summer School's Second Session runs July 21-August 1, online and in person.
Courses include Python, machine learning, spatial econometrics, IRT, causal inference, Bayesian analysis, ethnographic methods, and more!
Learn more:
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
#polisky #academicsky
Courses include Python, machine learning, spatial econometrics, IRT, causal inference, Bayesian analysis, ethnographic methods, and more!
Learn more:
essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
#polisky #academicsky
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
New causal prediction feasibility study preprint with I Lam Leong, @dmachlanski.bsky.social @benjaminperry.bsky.social @stsaftaris.bsky.social Fani Deligianni, Stephen M Lawrie and @rajkd.bsky.social
Check out our new preprint: Antipsychotic-induced weight gain in psychosis – a causal mediation analysis and feasibility study of casual actionable prediction model development using counterfactuals to target obesity osf.io/preprints/ps... #CausalSky
OSF
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May 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New causal prediction feasibility study preprint with I Lam Leong, @dmachlanski.bsky.social @benjaminperry.bsky.social @stsaftaris.bsky.social Fani Deligianni, Stephen M Lawrie and @rajkd.bsky.social
CHAI seminar series this month! Join us!
Title: "Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects"
Speaker: Dr James Lowe (CHAI)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:00 - 14:00 BST
Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regulating...
#CausalSky #MedTech #HealthAI @chaihubuk.bsky.social
Title: "Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects"
Speaker: Dr James Lowe (CHAI)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:00 - 14:00 BST
Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regulating...
#CausalSky #MedTech #HealthAI @chaihubuk.bsky.social
Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects
Join us for a deep dive into the Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
CHAI seminar series this month! Join us!
Title: "Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects"
Speaker: Dr James Lowe (CHAI)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:00 - 14:00 BST
Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regulating...
#CausalSky #MedTech #HealthAI @chaihubuk.bsky.social
Title: "Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects"
Speaker: Dr James Lowe (CHAI)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:00 - 14:00 BST
Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regulating...
#CausalSky #MedTech #HealthAI @chaihubuk.bsky.social
Seminar alert!
"Causality and Compositionality" by Ricardo Silva (UCL; CHAI Hub Research Lead)
Wed, 19 Mar 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 GMT (online)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causality-...
#CausalSky
"Causality and Compositionality" by Ricardo Silva (UCL; CHAI Hub Research Lead)
Wed, 19 Mar 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 GMT (online)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causality-...
#CausalSky
Causality and Compositionality
Join us for a deep dive into the interconnected worlds of causality and compositionality online!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Seminar alert!
"Causality and Compositionality" by Ricardo Silva (UCL; CHAI Hub Research Lead)
Wed, 19 Mar 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 GMT (online)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causality-...
#CausalSky
"Causality and Compositionality" by Ricardo Silva (UCL; CHAI Hub Research Lead)
Wed, 19 Mar 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 GMT (online)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causality-...
#CausalSky
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
📢 We’re hiring! Join CHAI Hub as an Engagement Officer.
We’re looking for someone to help bring our AI research community together, leading events, outreach, & comms. If you have strong engagement & organisational skills, apply now!
📍 Edinburgh (Hybrid)
📅 Deadline: 21/02/2025
#AI #Engagement #Hiring
We’re looking for someone to help bring our AI research community together, leading events, outreach, & comms. If you have strong engagement & organisational skills, apply now!
📍 Edinburgh (Hybrid)
📅 Deadline: 21/02/2025
#AI #Engagement #Hiring
Engagement Officer
The School of Engineering seeks to appoint a Hub Engagement Officer for the CHAI UKRI AI Hub. This position will report to the Hub Manager within the School of Engineering.
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February 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📢 We’re hiring! Join CHAI Hub as an Engagement Officer.
We’re looking for someone to help bring our AI research community together, leading events, outreach, & comms. If you have strong engagement & organisational skills, apply now!
📍 Edinburgh (Hybrid)
📅 Deadline: 21/02/2025
#AI #Engagement #Hiring
We’re looking for someone to help bring our AI research community together, leading events, outreach, & comms. If you have strong engagement & organisational skills, apply now!
📍 Edinburgh (Hybrid)
📅 Deadline: 21/02/2025
#AI #Engagement #Hiring
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
We’ve arrived on Blue Sky! 🚀
CHAI shares breakthroughs in causal AI research & connects with the wider community. From tackling healthcare challenges to building fair, explainable AI systems, we’re focused on real-world impact. Stay tuned for updates, insights & collaborations! #CausalAI #AIResearch
CHAI shares breakthroughs in causal AI research & connects with the wider community. From tackling healthcare challenges to building fair, explainable AI systems, we’re focused on real-world impact. Stay tuned for updates, insights & collaborations! #CausalAI #AIResearch
January 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We’ve arrived on Blue Sky! 🚀
CHAI shares breakthroughs in causal AI research & connects with the wider community. From tackling healthcare challenges to building fair, explainable AI systems, we’re focused on real-world impact. Stay tuned for updates, insights & collaborations! #CausalAI #AIResearch
CHAI shares breakthroughs in causal AI research & connects with the wider community. From tackling healthcare challenges to building fair, explainable AI systems, we’re focused on real-world impact. Stay tuned for updates, insights & collaborations! #CausalAI #AIResearch
Reposted by Damian Machlanski
🚨 PhD Opportunity in AI for Healthcare-Deadline Approaching!
Join CHAI Hub, Canon Medical & Edinburgh Uni to develop causal AI for medical imaging.
🔍 Revolutionising imaging (CT, MRI, X-ray) with robust AI
📍 Edinburgh+Canon Medical R&D visits
⏳ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
#PhDOpportunity #AIForHealthcare
Join CHAI Hub, Canon Medical & Edinburgh Uni to develop causal AI for medical imaging.
🔍 Revolutionising imaging (CT, MRI, X-ray) with robust AI
📍 Edinburgh+Canon Medical R&D visits
⏳ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
#PhDOpportunity #AIForHealthcare
January 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🚨 PhD Opportunity in AI for Healthcare-Deadline Approaching!
Join CHAI Hub, Canon Medical & Edinburgh Uni to develop causal AI for medical imaging.
🔍 Revolutionising imaging (CT, MRI, X-ray) with robust AI
📍 Edinburgh+Canon Medical R&D visits
⏳ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
#PhDOpportunity #AIForHealthcare
Join CHAI Hub, Canon Medical & Edinburgh Uni to develop causal AI for medical imaging.
🔍 Revolutionising imaging (CT, MRI, X-ray) with robust AI
📍 Edinburgh+Canon Medical R&D visits
⏳ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
#PhDOpportunity #AIForHealthcare
PhD positions in Causal AI in understanding medical images
Two positions available. Work at the intersection of academia and industry (Canon Medical Research Europe, EPSRC-funded CHAI Hub in Edinburgh UK)
Apply by 31st January 2025!
More info: eng.ed.ac.uk/studying/deg...
#CausalSky
Two positions available. Work at the intersection of academia and industry (Canon Medical Research Europe, EPSRC-funded CHAI Hub in Edinburgh UK)
Apply by 31st January 2025!
More info: eng.ed.ac.uk/studying/deg...
#CausalSky
Causal AI in understanding medical images
eng.ed.ac.uk
January 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
PhD positions in Causal AI in understanding medical images
Two positions available. Work at the intersection of academia and industry (Canon Medical Research Europe, EPSRC-funded CHAI Hub in Edinburgh UK)
Apply by 31st January 2025!
More info: eng.ed.ac.uk/studying/deg...
#CausalSky
Two positions available. Work at the intersection of academia and industry (Canon Medical Research Europe, EPSRC-funded CHAI Hub in Edinburgh UK)
Apply by 31st January 2025!
More info: eng.ed.ac.uk/studying/deg...
#CausalSky
This is really exciting to see and I'm all for it!
Without good benchmarks, how do we distinguish signal from noise?
Without good benchmarks, how do we distinguish signal from noise?
🚨 NeurIPS 2024 Spotlight
Did you know we lack standards for AI benchmarks, despite their role in tracking progress, comparing models, and shaping policy? 🤯 Enter BetterBench–our framework with 46 criteria to assess benchmark quality: betterbench.stanford.edu 1/x
Did you know we lack standards for AI benchmarks, despite their role in tracking progress, comparing models, and shaping policy? 🤯 Enter BetterBench–our framework with 46 criteria to assess benchmark quality: betterbench.stanford.edu 1/x
November 26, 2024 at 10:40 AM
This is really exciting to see and I'm all for it!
Without good benchmarks, how do we distinguish signal from noise?
Without good benchmarks, how do we distinguish signal from noise?