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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 28/10/2025

Excited to share my 1st paper as a PhD student at @uwmadphysics.bsky.social working with @uwdsi.bsky.social! Our paper introduces a novel way to benchmark self-supervised ML models and evaluate mutual information estimators on realistic data. Glad to have worked with this group. More to come!

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

From my friend: "I opted out of Dominos selling of my info. Not only did it take 4 different screens, 1 email, 1 SMS, and 6 business days, they got back to me with this message." How can that even be legal. We will continue to sell your data if you clear your cookies? @dominos-pizza.bsky.social

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 17/02/2025

Yesterday, we also had the @uwmadphysics.bsky.social Physics Fair. Great job @scientistsarah.bsky.social organizing it all! Here we can see @garrettmerz.bsky.social, who works with me at @uwdsi.bsky.social, manning the Cloud Chamber exhibit!

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 16/02/2025

Finally wrapped up the Wonders of Physics show at @uwmadphysics.bsky.social!

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 12/12/2024

Was able to get a photo with Dr. Hayden. Dr. Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress and the first woman and African American to hold the position! She’s a trailblazer in making knowledge and history accessible to everyone. @librarycongress.bsky.social

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 12/12/2024

Whoops, looks like this is Santa!

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 12/12/2024

Looks like Santa is here at the @librarycongress.bsky.social Holiday Celebration.

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 07/12/2024

Looks like the Madison lakes have frozen over.

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 05/12/2024

Big USB Hub lobbies hard against this.

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 05/12/2024

Oh for real? I’m surprised you didn’t know! Will definitely let you know if we’re headed East side next time!

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 05/12/2024

The second one is the Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT). A vacuum tube where electrons are accelerated and deflected to create images on a fluorescent screen. Once central to TVs and monitors, it was originally key to J. J. Thomson’s experiments that helped discover the electron!

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 05/12/2024

The first one is the Photoelectric Effect! Einstein proposed that photons come in packets with a specific energy. If the energy is large enough, it can knock an electron loose. This discovery helped him win a Nobel prize and is now easily replicated across the globe.

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 05/12/2024

On to the next event for today! As a @uwmadphysics.bsky.social Outreach Fellow, I’m at Madison East High School performing a couple modern physics experiments with other Fellows.

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UW–Madison Data Science Institute @uwdsi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Excited to host the UW–Madison NSF HDR ML Challenge kickoff meeting today with the WI IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center. The challenge: develop algorithms that can identify subtle differences and anomalies across three datasets. Thanks to all who participated! @uwmadscience.bsky.social

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 04/12/2024

That’s Josh from A3D3 explaining the 3 challenges! I can peep @kylecranmer.bsky.social there too. 👀 @garrettmerz.bsky.social is here hiding just outside the photo. A lot of people from UW Computer Science, Statistics, and @uwmadphysics.bsky.social! @uwdsi.bsky.social @uwmadscience.bsky.social

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 04/12/2024

I'll be cohosting the NSF HDR Machine Learning Challenge UW-Madison kickoff event later today with Josh Peterson from A3D3 at the UW Data Science Institute. nsfhdr.org/mlchallenge

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 17/11/2024

Sounds good! Sent you a PM.

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Raheem Hashmani @rkhashmani.me · 15/11/2024

New to the app, as many are I'm guessing. Who are the best people to follow for #geeky stuff, #gaming, #tech, and #science?

Bluesky having a "Signature Look of Superiority"

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