# Causal Inference with Srikar Katta - #19

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Podcast: [The Aspiring STEM Geek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899)
Published: 2026-01-19T16:29:31+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode I talk with Srikar Katta. Srikar is a PhD researcher focused on Computer Science at Duke University. During the discussion we review methods from Causal Inference, a field closely related to statistics, Srikar goes over his papers where he studies data from wearable devices and political polarization using methods from Causal Inference, we discuss how social media affects our perceptions and we talk about board games and books Srikar has been getting into. I hope you enjoy! PAPERS DISCUSSED: Interpretable Causal Inference for Analyzing Wearable,Sensor, and Distributional Data: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.10569 A Design-based Solution for Causal Inference with Text: Cana Language Model Be Too Large?: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08758 Political Polarization Dataset on GitHub: https://github.com/kattasa/text_as_treatment_repository ARTICLES: Neuroeconomics Laboratory: https://sites.temple.edu/neuroeconlab/ Automated Recognition of Robotic Manipulation Failures inHigh-throughput Biodosimetry Tool (blood centrifuge): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3339769/ The principled control of false positives in neuroimaging(dead salmon paper): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2799957/ What is Causal Inference? Why Do We Care? Can We Do It? fromPurdue University: https://www.stat.purdue.edu/~sabbaghi/teaching/DTSS/Causal%20Epiphanies.html “A calculated risk”: the Salk polio vaccine field trials of1954: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1114166/ Bag-of-words models: https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6670/2009fa/lectures/lec16_bag_of_words.pdf Facebook says it dismantles disinformation network tied toIran's state media: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN22H2DJ BOOKS: The Most Human Human by Brian Christian: https://www.amazon.com/dp/03855330…

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