Call for Papers: Workshop on Causality and Causal Discovery
(http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~causal04)

May 16th, in Conjunction with the Seventeenth Canadian Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (AI'2004). (http://cs.uwindsor.ca/~ai04).
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.


Background and Goals
Is the relation between two events of a causal nature (one causes the
other) or an association? (they happen to be seen together, or have a
hidden common cause). Is it possible to answer this question in a reliable
manner? And if yes, what methods can be used?

Causality and discovering causal relations are of interest because they
allow us to explain and control systems and phenomena. There have been
many debates on causality and if it is possible to discover causal
relations. There have been different approaches to solving the problem of
mining causality, such as utilising conditional probability or temporal
approaches. Discussing, evaluating, and comparing these methods can add
perspective to the efforts of all the people involved in this research
area. The aim of this workshop is to bring researchers from different
backgrounds together and discuss the latest work being done in this
domain.


Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
Theoretical approaches for the discovery of causality
New algorithms and software for discovering causality
Adaptation of existing methods for causal discovery
Case studies and reports on practical applications
Philosophical considerations in the problem of discovering causality
Surveys of current approaches in the field of causal discovery


Submission of Papers
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics
listed above. The length of the papers is limited to 10 pages. The papers
will be in the same format as that of the Canadian AI conference (Springer
Verlag). Instructions for preparing the manuscript can be found at
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html

Please send papers in electronic form to causal04@...


Important Dates
Full paper submission deadline: Feb 9, 2004
Paper acceptance notification: Mar. 1, 2004
Final versions of accepted papers due: Mar. 31, 2004


Programme committee
Cory Butz, University of Regina
Eric Neufeld, University of Saskatchewan
Richard Scheines, Carnegie Melon University
Steven Sloman, Brown University


For more information please contact Kamran Karimi at karimi@...