Computing up – David Jensen: Because causality

by Computing Up

01 May 2019

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In this episode of Computing Up, David Jensen, Professor and Director of the Knowledge Discovery Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, talks with Michael Littman and Dave Ackley – because causality.

Computing Up Conversations about computation writ large, with Michael Littman and Dave Ackley.

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