Research

I am pursuing research in Bayesian nonparametrics, spatial statistics, causal inference and machine learning. My current work focuses on sports analytics and Bayesian Additive Regression Trees.

Pre-Prints

Yee, R., Ghosh S., and Deshpande, S.K (2024+). “Scalable piecewise smoothing with BART.” arXiv:2411.07984
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Brill, R.S., Yee, R., Deshpande, S.K., and Wyner, A.J. (2024+). “Moving from machine learning to Statistics: The case of expected points in American football.” arXiv: 2409.04889.
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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Nguyen, P.H., Yee, R., and Deshpande, S.K (2025). “Oblique Bayesian additive regression trees.” Transactions on Machine Learning Research.
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Yee, R and Deshpande, S.K. (2023). “Evaluating plate discipline in Major League Baseball with Bayesian Additive Regression Trees” Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.
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