While automated research systems promise to accelerate empirical analysis, they are prone to silent failures: instances in which analysis code executes successfully yet relies on invalid causal assumptions. We present the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Epidemiology Research Assistant (ARA), a framework that makes these failures visible by explicitly encoding causal design principles, study-specific assumptions, and methodological constraints.
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By Eryn Libert-Scott, Emma A. M. Stanley, Vibujithan Vigneshwaran, Matthias Wilms, Erik Y. Ohara, Nils D. Forkert
arXiv:2607. 21173v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While automated research systems promise to accelerate empirical analysis, they are prone to silent failures: instances in which analysis code executes successfully yet relies on invalid causal assumptions.
By Irena Girshovitz, Dan Zeltzer, Ran Gilad-Bachrach
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By Amir Asiaee, Kavey Aryan, James P. Long
arXiv:2607. 02572v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In multi-source image fusion scenarios, heterogeneous inputs are typically driven by distinct generative mechanisms and can be viewed as a composition of multiple causal systems.
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