Dr. Wayne Lam - Postdoctoral
supervisor Dr. Nina de Lacy
Background
Dr. Lam received his B.A. (2010) and M.Phil. (2012) in Philosophy from Lingnan University (Hong Kong), and his M.S. (2019) and PhD (2023) in Logic, Computation, and Methodology from Carnegie Mellon University. His PhD dissertation, titled “Causal Razors and Causal Search Algorithms”, was supervised by Prof. Peter Spirtes and Prof. Joseph Ramsey. The dissertation engages in an exploration of various theoretical assumptions essential to causal discovery. Additionally, it introduced a permutation-based causal search algorithm, which demonstrated superior performance compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Current Responsibilities
Develop and apply methods in predictive and causal modeling of complex biomedical and social processes.Research Interests
- Causal Modeling
- Deep Learning
- Probability and Statistics
- Game and Decision Theory
- Philosophy of Science