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Causal Safety Engine
An industrial-grade engine for causal discovery and safety certification.
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Causal Safety Engine enables the extraction of reliable insights through advanced causal discovery techniques. Designed for industrial applications, it ensures safety and performance through rigorous certifications and thorough testing methodologies, making it a robust solution for organizations seeking dependable causal analysis.

Description

Causal Safety Engine provides an industrial-grade framework for causal discovery and certification of reliable insights, tailored for enterprise environments, regulated AI systems, and deep-tech startups requiring:

  • Causality Over Correlation: Focus on genuine causal relationships rather than mere correlations.
  • Robustness and Stability: Ensure consistent performance through rigorous testing.
  • Auditability and Compliance: Maintain a traceable record of all operations.
  • API-based Integration: Seamlessly incorporate within existing AI/ML pipelines.

The engine functions as a causal safety layer, facilitating safe and certified insights while minimizing risks associated with automated decision-making processes.

Design Principle: Causal Silence

In instances where causal identifiability is deficient, the engine is designed to produce no insights. This purposeful silence is considered a safe and acceptable outcome, avoiding erroneous conclusions.

Intervention Safety & Action Blocking

The Causal Safety Engine emphasizes rigorous safety protocols:

  • Interventions are blocked by default, ensuring that causal discovery and action recommendations are distinctly separated.
  • Actions are only allowed when:
    • Causal identifiability is confirmed
    • Robustness and stability tests are successfully passed
    • Safety or silence conditions are met
    • The run is designated as intervention-enabled

This approach protects against unsafe automation, decision leakage, and hasty implementations in environments where risk is a concern.

Key Capabilities

  • True Causal Discovery: Identifies and validates genuine causal relationships while dismissing spurious correlations.
  • Causal Safety & Guardrails: Safeguards against common biases such as Simpson’s paradox, data leakage, and other pitfalls.
  • Robustness & Stability: Perform automated tests to ensure the system is reliable even under stress conditions and data variations.
  • Audit & Certification Ready: Facilitates compliance through isolation and traceability of every run.
  • API-First Architecture: Designed as a service for easy integration into existing systems, optimized for industrial deployment.

Repository Structure

The project contains:

IMPLEMENTATION/
  pcb_one_click/
    demo.py              # core causal engine
    data.csv             # example dataset
    stress_test/         # safety & stability tests

api/
  causal_api_main.py     # production-grade API

runs/
  <run_id>/
    data.csv
    out/
      edges.csv
      insights_*.csv

Safety & Certification Pipeline

Features a comprehensive CI pipeline that includes functional engine testing, causal safety stress tests, multi-run stability assessments, and API integration tests.

Project Status

  • Engine: Production-ready reference implementation
  • API: Production-grade architecture
  • CI/CD: Fully automated
  • Safety & stability: Certified through an extensive suite of tests

Partnerships & Licensing

The Causal Safety Engine is open to opportunities for industrial partnerships, OEM integration, and collaborations with startup studios.

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