Isaac Newton Institute Seminars

21
Jan

On common roots of Legendre polynomials

Speaker:

Dan Mangoubi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Time:

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00 to 12:00

Venue:

Seminar Room 2, Newton Institute

21
Jan

Lost in Aggregation: The Causal Interpretation of the IV Estimand

Speaker:

Frederick Eberhardt (CALTECH (California Institute of Technology))

Time:

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:30 to 12:15

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

21
Jan

Lower and upper bounds for the magnetic lowest Dirichlet-to-Neumann eigenvalue in the strong magnetic limit

Speaker:

Bernard Helffer (Université de Nantes)

Time:

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

Seminar Room 2, Newton Institute

21
Jan

Gene-environment equivalence: the fundamental principle of Mendelian randomization

Speaker:

George Davey Smith (University of Bristol)

Time:

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 14:00 to 14:45

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

21
Jan

Confounding, Dependence, and Causal Variables

Speaker:

Betsy Ogburn (Johns Hopkins University)

Time:

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 14:45 to 15:30

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

21
Jan

Panel Discussion: Gaps between theory/methods and scientific applications

Speaker:

James Robins (Harvard University), Erin Gabriel (Københavns Universitet (University of Copenhagen)), Linbo Wang (University of Toronto), Caleb Miles (Columbia University), Luke Keele (University of Pennsylvania)

Time:

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 16:00 to 17:00

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

22
Jan

Talk 1

Speaker:

Jonas Peters (ETH Zürich)

Time:

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 09:00 to 09:45

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

22
Jan

Scalable Causal Discovery for Statistically Efficient Causal Inference

Speaker:

Sara Magliacane (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Time:

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 09:45 to 10:30

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

22
Jan

Bipartite graphical causal models

Speaker:

Joris Mooij (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Time:

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 11:00 to 11:45

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

22
Jan

A quantum experiment with joint exogeneity violation

Speaker:

Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua University)

Time:

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 11:45 to 12:30

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

22
Jan

Talk 5

Speaker:

James Robins (Harvard University)

Time:

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 14:00 to 14:45

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

22
Jan

Poster Session and Refreshments

Speaker:

Time:

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 14:45 to 16:00

Venue:

Foyer

22
Jan

Free Discussion

Speaker:

Time:

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 16:00 to 17:00

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

23
Jan

Talk 1

Speaker:

Wang Miao (Peking University)

Time:

Friday, January 23, 2026 - 09:00 to 09:45

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

23
Jan

Markov categories and the inflation technique for latent-variable causal inference

Speaker:

Tobias Fritz (Leopold-Franzens Universtät Innsbruck)

Time:

Friday, January 23, 2026 - 09:45 to 10:30

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

23
Jan

Identification is easy, factorization is hard

Speaker:

Ilya Shpitser (Johns Hopkins University)

Time:

Friday, January 23, 2026 - 11:00 to 11:45

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

23
Jan

Critically revisiting causal mediation

Speaker:

Vanessa Didelez (Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology)

Time:

Friday, January 23, 2026 - 11:45 to 12:30

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

23
Jan

Panel discussion: Foundation of causal inference

Speaker:

Philip Dawid (University of Cambridge), Thomas Richardson (University of Washington), Niels Richard Hansen (University of Copenhagen), Emilija Perkovic (University of Washington), Betsy Ogburn (Johns Hopkins University)

Time:

Friday, January 23, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

23
Jan

Free Discussion and Refreshments

Speaker:

Time:

Friday, January 23, 2026 - 15:00 to 17:00

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

26
Jan

Director's Briefing

Speaker:

Milla Kibble (Isaac Newton Institute)

Time:

Monday, January 26, 2026 - 09:15 to 09:20

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

21
Jan

On common roots of Legendre polynomials

21
Jan

Lost in Aggregation: The Causal Interpretation of the IV Estimand

21
Jan

Lower and upper bounds for the magnetic lowest Dirichlet-to-Neumann eigenvalue in the strong magnetic limit

21
Jan

Gene-environment equivalence: the fundamental principle of Mendelian randomization

21
Jan

Confounding, Dependence, and Causal Variables

21
Jan

Panel Discussion: Gaps between theory/methods and scientific applications

22
Jan

Talk 1

22
Jan

Scalable Causal Discovery for Statistically Efficient Causal Inference

22
Jan

Bipartite graphical causal models

22
Jan

A quantum experiment with joint exogeneity violation

22
Jan

Talk 5

22
Jan

Poster Session and Refreshments

22
Jan

Free Discussion

23
Jan

Talk 1

23
Jan

Markov categories and the inflation technique for latent-variable causal inference

23
Jan

Identification is easy, factorization is hard

23
Jan

Critically revisiting causal mediation

23
Jan

Panel discussion: Foundation of causal inference

23
Jan

Free Discussion and Refreshments

26
Jan

Director's Briefing

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Isaac Newton Institute Seminars

21Jan On common roots of Legendre polynomials

21Jan Lost in Aggregation: The Causal Interpretation of the IV Estimand

21Jan Lower and upper bounds for the magnetic lowest Dirichlet-to-Neumann eigenvalue in the strong magnetic limit

21Jan Gene-environment equivalence: the fundamental principle of Mendelian randomization

21Jan Confounding, Dependence, and Causal Variables

21Jan Panel Discussion: Gaps between theory/methods and scientific applications

22Jan Talk 1

22Jan Scalable Causal Discovery for Statistically Efficient Causal Inference

22Jan Bipartite graphical causal models

22Jan A quantum experiment with joint exogeneity violation

22Jan Talk 5

22Jan Poster Session and Refreshments

22Jan Free Discussion

23Jan Talk 1

23Jan Markov categories and the inflation technique for latent-variable causal inference

23Jan Identification is easy, factorization is hard

23Jan Critically revisiting causal mediation

23Jan Panel discussion: Foundation of causal inference

23Jan Free Discussion and Refreshments

26Jan Director's Briefing

Forthcoming Seminars

News, Announcements and Events

Social media

Study at Cambridge

About the University

Research at Cambridge

21
Jan

On common roots of Legendre polynomials

21
Jan

Lost in Aggregation: The Causal Interpretation of the IV Estimand

21
Jan

Lower and upper bounds for the magnetic lowest Dirichlet-to-Neumann eigenvalue in the strong magnetic limit

21
Jan

Gene-environment equivalence: the fundamental principle of Mendelian randomization

21
Jan

Confounding, Dependence, and Causal Variables

21
Jan

Panel Discussion: Gaps between theory/methods and scientific applications

22
Jan

Talk 1

22
Jan

Scalable Causal Discovery for Statistically Efficient Causal Inference

22
Jan

Bipartite graphical causal models

22
Jan

A quantum experiment with joint exogeneity violation

22
Jan

Talk 5

22
Jan

Poster Session and Refreshments

22
Jan

Free Discussion

23
Jan

Talk 1

23
Jan

Markov categories and the inflation technique for latent-variable causal inference

23
Jan

Identification is easy, factorization is hard

23
Jan

Critically revisiting causal mediation

23
Jan

Panel discussion: Foundation of causal inference

23
Jan

Free Discussion and Refreshments

26
Jan

Director's Briefing