ECO224-Causal Inference and Machine Learning

This is a repository for the course ECO224 Causal Inference and Machine Learning at PUCP.

The Lectures are on Thuersday 19:00 - 21:00 (https://pucp.zoom.us/j/2115360284).
The Tutorials are on Friday 08:00 - 10:00.

Lecturer:
Alexander Quispe Rojas

Teaching Assistant:
Roberto Mendoza Matos Sandra Martínez Gutiérrez
Jesús Soto Enríquez

Three Programming Languages:

R
Python
Julia.

Topics this course covers are:

Prediction/Inference with High Dimensional Linear Models
Prediction in Modern Nonlinear Regressions (Random Forest and Deep Neural Networks)
Randomized Control Trials
Causal DAGs
Double/debiased Machine Learning
Heterogeneous Treatment Effects using Causal Trees
Heterogeneous Treatment Effects using Causal Forest
Feature Engineering With Deep Learning for Causal and Predictive Inference

Weekly Reports

Every week students have to write a report about a scientific paper. The students will write a report of 1 or 1.5 pages maximum on an assigned article, and will be uploaded the markdown file on github the previous Wednesday of the lecture at 6:00 p.m. The report should address the following points:

What is the research question of the article?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the paper's approach to answering that question?
How does this document advance knowledge about the question, that is, what is the contribution? (If you can't find any contributions, ask yourself why the editor and referees decided to publish the article.)
What would be one or two valuable and specific next steps to move forward on this question?

Teamwork

The students will replicate scripts worked in labs and they will work in groups.

Second Cohort, 2022-1

Group_1	Group_2	Group_3	Group_4
TANG MAURICIO, JUAN JOSE	QUISPE MACAVILCA, LUIS CLAUDIO	ULLOA DEL CASTILLO, ANDREA ISABEL	ALVAREZ ZAMUDIO, LUCIANA CAROLINA
OLIVERA GARCIA, VICTORIA REGINA	ZAPATA ROJAS, ALVARO DANTE	ANGULO COLINA, ANA CRISTINA	MOSCOSO CAYO, KENIA PAOLA
COTRINA CCOLLANA, URSULA VICTORIA	ESTEBAN QUISPE, DIEGO ANDREÉ	COAPAZA OCOLA, ANGELA SOFIA	CHUQUILIN ROSALES, RICK ABRAHAN

First Cohort, 2021-2

Group_1	Group_2	Group_3	Group_4
SALAZAR CONTRERAS, SERGIO ERICK	HUGO CUNIBERTI, KIARA PAOLA	GONZALEZ AVILA, CARLOS ANTONIO	FERNANDEZ SANCHEZ, ROSEMERY
RIEGA ESCALANTE, STEPHY ROSARIO	GOMEZ PECHE, DIEGO ALONSO	BAZAN BURGOS, MANUELA THAIS CAROLINE	CABRERA FLOREZ, ALIRO MANUEL
SOTO ENRIQUEZ, JESUS ALEJANDRO	PACHECO LLACUA, ALEXANDER RAUL	SALINAS RODRIGUEZ, SEBASTIAN DIEGO	OLIVERA QUEVEDO, KATIUSKA
CACERES VASQUEZ, FRANCO ALEXIS	.	DE LA PEÑA BRITO, DANIEL ISRAEL	USCAMAYTA QUISPE, JOSE HEBERT