We aim to train the next generation of researchers and practitioners in pandemic science through tutorials, summer programs, a certificate program, and other professional development. We also build on our existing partnerships with a variety of organizations, creating new opportunities, like our APPEX Fellows program. Furthermore, we have several public outreach activities planned, including a science-comedy podcast, YouTube webinars, and K-12 educational resources designed in collaboration with Easy as Play.
We will offer tutorials (1-3 day programs) and summer programs (1-2 week programs) to teach specific skills, such as using software or technical methods. These programs will primarily target graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, though undergraduates and faculty are also welcome. Recordings of these tutorials will be made freely available online.
Join us Monday, August 4, 8-11:00am for the 2025 ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining for "CausalBench: Streamlining Causal Learning Research", the second-ever NSF APPEX Tutorial!
Recent advances in causal machine learning have introduced a wide array of models for causal discovery and inference, but performance often varies across datasets, metrics, and computing environments. This makes it difficult to identify the right setup for your specific problem. CausalBench is an open-source benchmarking framework designed to address this challenge. It offers a platform to evaluate causal models across key tasks and deployment context, helping researchers make informed, reproducible comparisons.
This tutorial is intended to familiarize attendees from diverse backgrounds, who are interested in causal learning models and with the capabilities of CausalBench.
In this 3-hour tutorial, you will:
While no prior experience with causal inference required, experience with machine learning as well as Python language are desired.
We’re excited to continue the NSF APPEX Tutorial series with this tutorial.
Info and dates: https://tutorial.causalbench.org
Host conference: https://kdd2025.kdd.org/tutorials/
*A virtual tutorial will be made available at a later TBD date*
*Closed for Summer ’25*
We are launching a Graduate Certificate in Pandemic Science, offered through UT's One Health and Comparative and Experimental Medicine (CEM) programs, in the Fall of 2025. This certificate will be available to students across the UT system and remotely, allowing nationwide enrollment.
