Sameer Deshpande
@skdeshpande91.bsky.social
Assistant professor in Statistics at UW–Madison.
Interested in #Bayesian statistics, sports analytics, causal inference. Also cocktails and Dallas sports. #mffl
Interested in #Bayesian statistics, sports analytics, causal inference. Also cocktails and Dallas sports. #mffl
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Be authentic.
1/Articulated, coherent explanation of why you're interested in that lab's particular focus: extra points. This is rare.
2/Statement that you're just interested in the general area: no extra points but plenty get hired with just this.
3/Word salad that looks like BS: negative points
1/Articulated, coherent explanation of why you're interested in that lab's particular focus: extra points. This is rare.
2/Statement that you're just interested in the general area: no extra points but plenty get hired with just this.
3/Word salad that looks like BS: negative points
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Be authentic.
1/Articulated, coherent explanation of why you're interested in that lab's particular focus: extra points. This is rare.
2/Statement that you're just interested in the general area: no extra points but plenty get hired with just this.
3/Word salad that looks like BS: negative points
1/Articulated, coherent explanation of why you're interested in that lab's particular focus: extra points. This is rare.
2/Statement that you're just interested in the general area: no extra points but plenty get hired with just this.
3/Word salad that looks like BS: negative points
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Btw, it does not matter if he’s smart or a good economist (if you think that). There are lots of people good at their jobs who do not harass and abuse other people!
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Btw, it does not matter if he’s smart or a good economist (if you think that). There are lots of people good at their jobs who do not harass and abuse other people!
It’s centered around what is formally a posterior mean wrt a symmetric Beta prior. I think if you use the mean +/- 2 sd heuristic you’ll back out the Beta(2,2) prior. But i don’t think it is the highest density credible interval or necessarily corresponds to nicely-rounded posterior quantiles.
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s centered around what is formally a posterior mean wrt a symmetric Beta prior. I think if you use the mean +/- 2 sd heuristic you’ll back out the Beta(2,2) prior. But i don’t think it is the highest density credible interval or necessarily corresponds to nicely-rounded posterior quantiles.
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uhhh this actually reminds me a lot of how LLMs function at a basic level too - predicting tokens based on proximity & context, etc 😬 ...so we're teaching kids to read like AI & saying AI level is good enough
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
uhhh this actually reminds me a lot of how LLMs function at a basic level too - predicting tokens based on proximity & context, etc 😬 ...so we're teaching kids to read like AI & saying AI level is good enough
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
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"There's not enough upward mobility in society"
Yes. Fund. The. Damn. Public. Universities. Like. We. Used. To.
Yes. Fund. The. Damn. Public. Universities. Like. We. Used. To.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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/5….for the nation and the culture where economic and political corruption flourish. It’s not a good thing that so few good convictions came out of the 2008 crash. And if some tech fuckers don’t go to prison after AI collapses I am going to have to punch something.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
/5….for the nation and the culture where economic and political corruption flourish. It’s not a good thing that so few good convictions came out of the 2008 crash. And if some tech fuckers don’t go to prison after AI collapses I am going to have to punch something.