Ben Blum-Smith
Ben Blum-Smith
@benblumsmith.bsky.social
Math, democracy
Tomorrow 5:30pm ET in the NYU Center for Data Science Math & Democracy Seminar: Dr. Daphne Skipper on geographic access to polling. Sign up here (requires a [free] account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
new blog series about Survey Statistics
June 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a banger

"And when students find these things difficult, we should remember that they very much are" - @sbagley.bsky.social
For the past like two weeks I have been working on this three-post set about what I am calling pqr-groups.
Post #1 is a pair of results that feel "weird" in the Ben Blum-Smith sense, both of which I have discussed On Here before:
rhinopotamus.github.io/2025/05/20/w...
The things in these proofs are really weird
This post is part of a three-post set (1 2 3) about groups of order $pqr$, where $p<q<r$ are prime. In this post, I'm reflecting on Ben Blum-Smith's classic the things in proofs are weird. I encounter...
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June 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Tonight at the NYU Math & Democracy Seminar, Bailey Passmore of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group on "Public Data & Human Rights". 5:30pm ET! Sign up here (requires a [free] account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Math & Democracy Seminar at the NYU CDS in less than 90 minutes! Matthew Dahl, "Large Legal Fictions: Detecting Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models". You can watch here (make a free account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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March 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is today!
NYU CDS Math & Democracy Seminar is back in effect. First up: Lalitha Sankar, "Understanding Last Layer Retraining Methods for Fair Classification: Theory and Algorithms". This coming Monday, 5:30pm ET. Open to the public; sign up here (make a free account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Ben Blum-Smith
#MathSky the AMS survey is a good opportunity to point out the good things other societies are doing and ask for the same for math
February 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
NYU CDS Math & Democracy Seminar is back in effect. First up: Lalitha Sankar, "Understanding Last Layer Retraining Methods for Fair Classification: Theory and Algorithms". This coming Monday, 5:30pm ET. Open to the public; sign up here (make a free account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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February 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reposted by Ben Blum-Smith
Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n
February 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Getting a lot out of Chris Emdin and Sam Seidel's new podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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August 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Ben Blum-Smith
Oh, a major loss.

May her memory be for the revolution that brings us all to collective liberation. ❤️‍🔥
Bernice Johnson Reagon, a founder of The Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock, has died
The songleader, civil rights activist and scholar died at the age of 81.
www.npr.org
July 18, 2024 at 2:28 AM
TIL that when a topologist / Hopf algebra person says that "this algebra is finite type over k", they mean something completely different than what a commutative algebraist means when they say the exact same thing
June 18, 2024 at 7:31 PM
This is tomorrow! See you there??
New NYU CDS Math & Democracy Seminar this coming Monday (5/6) at 5:30pm ET: Abigail Hickok and Mason Porter on using topological data analysis to study equity in access to polling places. Sign up here (requires a [free] account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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May 12, 2024 at 11:24 PM
One more NYU CDS Math & Democracy Seminar this coming Monday (5/13) at 5:30pm ET: Cory McCartan, "Estimating Racial Disparities When Race is Not Observed". Sign up here (requires a [free] account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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May 8, 2024 at 5:17 PM
In one hour! See you there?
New NYU CDS Math & Democracy Seminar this coming Monday (5/6) at 5:30pm ET: Abigail Hickok and Mason Porter on using topological data analysis to study equity in access to polling places. Sign up here (requires a [free] account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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May 6, 2024 at 8:37 PM
This is tomorrow! Open to the public <- that means you!
New NYU CDS Math & Democracy Seminar this coming Monday (5/6) at 5:30pm ET: Abigail Hickok and Mason Porter on using topological data analysis to study equity in access to polling places. Sign up here (requires a [free] account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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May 5, 2024 at 8:09 PM
New NYU CDS Math & Democracy Seminar this coming Monday (5/6) at 5:30pm ET: Abigail Hickok and Mason Porter on using topological data analysis to study equity in access to polling places. Sign up here (requires a [free] account): researchseminars.org/talk/Mathand...
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May 2, 2024 at 11:15 PM
I am in a movie about math + democracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5a2...
April 17, 2024 at 7:33 AM
April 17, 2024 at 7:32 AM