In anticipation of Pi Day, I used Claude Code to create fun math visualizations for my kid (and myself!). Here’s Buffon’s Needle for estimating \pi. Enjoy!
Siwei Cheng
@siweicheng.bsky.social
Sociologist at New York University. Personal Website: https://siwei-cheng.github.io/
We can’t wait to welcome everyone to next year’s RC28 Summer Meeting at NYU in August! @mikehoutnyu.bsky.social
Call for Papers: the ISA RC28 Summer Meeting at New York University, New York, USA on August 5-7, 2026 Abstracts must be submitted by February 15, 2026 (11:59 pm EST). Authors will be informed of the committee’s decision by April 2026. as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
With the Fall 2026 NYC Kindergarten Application now open, I'm reposting a web app we developed a year ago to simulate a child’s admission probability at a target school based on the DOE hexadecimal random number, # of applicants, and the # of non-sibling seats: siwei-cheng.github.io/NYC_kinderga...
NYC K Admission Simulator
siwei-cheng.github.io
My 5-yo kid crosses out every hypothesis that he believes to be wrong in his book. I only wish I had that kind of boldness in my own work.