Ramesh Johari

Professor, Management Science and Engineering

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

Many thanks @lennysan for having me on! Awesome having a chance to trade stories with you on your pod 🙏🏾

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

Ramesh Johari (@rameshjohari) is a professor at Stanford University focusing on the design and operation of online marketplaces. Ramesh has advised companies like @Airbnb, @Uber, @Bumble, and @Stitchfix on how to scale and improve their marketplaces.

In our conversation, we discuss:
→ What you need to get right to build a successful online marketplace
→ Tips for optimizing your marketplace
→ An easy litmus test to see if there’s an opportunity to build a marketplace in a space
→ The role of data science in successful marketplaces
→ Ramesh’s philosophy on experimentation and AI
→ Implementing rating systems
→ Much more

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

@hannahq_li Congratulations Hannah!

[Cosma Shalizi @cshalizi]

Information Theory and Large Deviations in the Foundations of Statistics
https://t.co/KHhJEL8UhL

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

@lihua_lei_stat @paulgp Interesting @lihua_lei_stat ! Is there a reference for this?

[René Kizilcec @whynotyet]

Many exciting papers in the @AeraOpen Special Issue on Educational Data Science, incl. our work on Course Consideration w/ @mitchellatedf @rameshjohari @tummykungz @TobiasDalberg and Mobile Learning w/ @amyogan @mmadaio @maximillianc_ @KajaJasinska https://t.co/sllF9LCf1a

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

@steve_tadelis @johnjhorton @Susan_Athey Thanks John for the shoutout, but all credit goes to you -- congrats!

[Stanford Impact Labs @stanfordimpact]

We're supporting new work to close racial & wealth gaps in neonatal care, diabetes, & chronic disease. Read from @alyceadamsPhD on health equity & community engagement; @rameshjohari on telehealth for diabetes; @henryleeneo on racial equity in CA NICUs: https://t.co/PfhhyvzAdv

[ACM SIGecom @AcmSIGecom]

Honorable mention for the @AcmSIGecom Dissertation Award for 2020 goes to Nikhil Garg @NikhGarg for his thesis "Designing Marketplaces and Civic Engagement Platforms" advised by @rameshjohari and @ashishgoel at @Stanford. Congratulations!
More details: https://t.co/n10Shpdn9C

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

@paulgp Interesting example of mixing RD with experimentation in this paper by Owen and Varian on tie-breaker designs: https://t.co/wCJuaxahod

[pathways lab @pathways_lab]

Excited to share a new study on course consideration from the Pathways Lab! See link below for more on our new AERA Open article by @tummykungz, @tobias_dalberg, @marissaelena94, S. Giebel, @BespeakMonique, @rameshjohari, @mitchellatedf, and @whynotyet.

https://t.co/yvyNKc9C7a

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

@paulgp Very nice slides (not just this lecture, but the course overall)! Particular pieces of work you would highlight re: the last slide (dynamics)?

[Johan Ugander @jugander]

I'm giving at talk "at" MIT this Thurs 2/4 noon ET, open to all. Will focus on recent work with Hao Yin on randomizing graph cluster randomization (huh? come to the talk!). The talk aims to be instructive to both to a broad and expert audience. https://t.co/LQoZWeAIYt

[Games, Decisions & Networks Seminar Series @Games_Seminar]

For more details and joining-in information, please check our webpage: https://t.co/jTevUN23eK.

Looking forward to seeing you this Friday! Feel free to spread the word
@JacksonmMatt @DrewFudenberg @rameshjohari @PariseFra @ozan_candogan @JustMSayin @KaiqingZhang

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

Wise words!

[Nikhil Garg @NikhGarg]

Gave a guest lecture today in Tommaso Bondi's class at Cornell Tech on political digital analytics and the work we did this cycle @PredictWise. I couldn't resist moralizing a bit at the end, on actually working toward causes you care about.

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

Congrats to @NikhGarg who is a finalist for the INFORMS M&SOM Student Paper Prize for our work on ratings in online platforms https://t.co/YMGzlIVeR1 , and for the Dantzig Dissertation Award for his thesis!

[Sven Schmit @spschmit]

Excited to share a new blog post on large scale experimentation; how should we think about opportunity costs when there are many potential experiments to run.

Also, hope you enjoy the awesome animation built by @brianedcoffey👌

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The original coronavirus-testing crisis was defined by bureaucratic red tape and a blundering White House. But now a new crisis is upon us, and this time private labs are the problem, @alexismadrigal and @yayitsrob report: https://t.co/lX0sQXYeS7

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Restarting our economy will require one thing above all else – testing. Testing to show who's currently infected. Testing to show who's had the virus and is immune. Social distancing won't end because it's Easter. It'll end when we have sufficient testing. Here’s how we do it.

[Ramesh Johari @rameshjohari]

@GavinNewsom @CAPublicHealth Very impressed with the level of detail in COVID-19 data being provided by Florida Dept. of Health. Wish CA (and other states) would do the same...

[1Point3Acres - Most Influential Chinese Community @1p3aDev]

Our favorite #COVID19 state website of the day: #Florida Dept. of Health. Consistent, traceable, and treats each patient individually with respect. Kudos to @HealthyFla!