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Sara Magliacane

@smaglia.bsky.social

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Assistant prof in the Amsterdam Machine Learning Lab at the University of Amsterdam | ELLIS scholar | #causality #causalML anything #causal | 🇮🇹🇸🇮 in 🇳🇱 | #UAI2025 program chair and #UAI2026 general chair https://saramagliacane.github.io/

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Sara Magliacane @smaglia.bsky.social · Jul 21

#UAI2025 is about to start in Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 in Copacabana ⛱️🌊🩴

If you're curious about the program, you can check it out here: auai.org/uai2025/

@auai.org

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Jermain Kaminski @jermainkaminski.bsky.social · Aug 30

Interesting new paper on “A Dozen Challenges in Causality and Causal Inference.” After 30+ years of progress in causal inference, the authors lay out the biggest challenges in current research. Good teaching resource!

@guidoimbens.bsky.social @smaglia.bsky.social

arxiv.org/pdf/2508.170...

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Nan van Geloven @gelovennan.bsky.social · Aug 11

New paper in @annalsofim.bsky.social

"50 ways to misinterpret clinical prediction models for treatment decisions”

--> Published version: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

--> Open access version: arxiv.org/pdf/2402.17366

The Risks of Risk Assessment: Causal Blind Spots When Using Prediction Models for Treatment Decisions | Annals of Internal Medicine

Clinicians increasingly rely on prediction models to guide treatment choices. Most prediction models, however, are developed using observational data that include some patients who have already receiv...

www.acpjournals.org

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uai2025 @auai.org · Aug 2

and finally on The 1st Workshop on Safe AI

sites.google.com/view/safeai2...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Aug 2

then on The Workshop on Causal Abstractions and Representations #CAR25

sites.google.com/view/car-25/

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uai2025 @auai.org · Aug 2

memories from the last day of #UAI2025:

the 8th Workshop on Tractable Probabilistic Modeling #TPM2025

tractable-probabilistic-modeling.github.io/tpm2025/

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Stratis Tsirtsis @stratiss.bsky.social · Aug 1

Grateful to the tutorial chairs @urish.bsky.social and @sineadwilliamson.bsky.social for the opportunity, and big thanks to the PC chairs @smaglia.bsky.social and @csilviavr.bsky.social for being on the ground and making UAI 2025 such a unique experience!

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antonio vergari ⚔️ short-circuiting @nolovedeeplearning.bsky.social · Jul 28

a huge thanks to @rmassidda.it who not only flawlessly managed to update the #UAI2025 website, but also wrote an amazing pipeline (with docker!) from scratch to do so.

All future publicity chairs will own Riccardo!

Sara Magliacane @smaglia.bsky.social · Jul 28

The faces behind the @auai.org PR machine and cameras:
@nolovedeeplearning.bsky.social @rmassidda.it

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Sara Magliacane @smaglia.bsky.social · Jul 28

The faces behind the @auai.org PR machine and cameras:
@nolovedeeplearning.bsky.social @rmassidda.it

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 28

and to @leanderk.bsky.social @paolomorettin.bsky.social Roberto Sebastiani, @andreapasserini.bsky.social @nolovedeeplearning.bsky.social
for the ✨Best Student Paper Runner Up Award✨ for

"A Probabilistic Neurosymbolic Layer for Algebraic Constraint Satisfaction"

👉 openreview.net/forum?id=9Uk...

A Probabilistic Neuro-symbolic Layer for Algebraic Constraint...

In safety-critical applications, guaranteeing the satisfaction of constraints over continuous environments is crucial, e.g., an autonomous agent should never crash over obstacles or go off-road....

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 28

congratulations to Paula Cordero Encinar, Francesca Romana Crucinio and O. Deniz Akyildiz (@odakyildiz.bsky.social‬) for winning the 🏆 Best Student Paper Award 🏆 at #UAI2025 with

"Proximal Interacting Particle Langevin Algorithms"

👉 openreview.net/forum?id=rTq...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 28

congratulations to Frédéric Koriche, Jean-Marie Lagniez and Chi Tran for winning the 🏆 Best Paper Award 🏆 at #UAI2025 for

"Probabilistic Explanations for Regression Models"

👉 openreview.net/forum?id=ipn...

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John Leland @jsleland.bsky.social · Jul 25

Last talk of the day for TPM!

@auai.org #TPM2025

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 24

let's start day 4 with the oral session on optimization!

👉 www.auai.org/uai2025/sche...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 24

last two orals on robustness (now posters!)

👉 www.auai.org/uai2025/sche...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 23

we almost end the day (banquet incoming) with an extremely lively poster session!

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 23

last session of orals of the day, this time on safety!

👉 www.auai.org/uai2025/sche...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 23

Day 3 continues with the oral presentations about Causality!

👉 www.auai.org/uai2025/sche...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 23

we open day 3 with Elias Bareinboim (causalai.net) giving a keynote on

"Towards Causal Artificial Intelligence"

reprising some of the themes of his upcoming book (causalai-book.net)

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 22

poster session going strong 💪

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 22

oral presentations from session 2, on uncertainty

www.auai.org/uai2025/sche...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 22

presentations from the oral session #1 on learning

www.auai.org/uai2025/sche...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 22

oral sessions are on! 🎉

get the schedule of all talks and posters sessions at www.auai.org/uai2025/sche...

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 22

First #UAI2025 keynote by Francesca Dominici (hsph.harvard.edu/profile/fran...) on

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Uncertainty in AI: Solution or Obstacle for Climate Action?
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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 22

✨ our General chair Negar Kiyavash and Program chairs @csilviavr.bsky.social and @smaglia.bsky.social kicking off Day 2 ✨

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uai2025 @auai.org · Jul 22

a big thanks to our sponsors!

Huawei, Google, AI journal, DE Shaw & co and ‪@cnpq-oficial.bsky.social‬

and to our chairs @smaglia.bsky.social @csilviavr.bsky.social and Daniel Ratton Figueiredo

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