Michael Overton
@moverton.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Idaho
Associate Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Science
Data junkie in my professional life. Huge nerd in my personal life.
All opinions are my own.
Associate Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Science
Data junkie in my professional life. Huge nerd in my personal life.
All opinions are my own.
Reposted by Michael Overton
"Is There a Gold Standard or Need for a City-Centric Approach for Sales Tax Revenue Forecasting" by @slizlarson.bsky.social & @moverton.bsky.social introduces PREE as a way to maximize the accuracy of sales tax revenue forecasting. doi.org/10.59469/pfj...
May 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Is There a Gold Standard or Need for a City-Centric Approach for Sales Tax Revenue Forecasting" by @slizlarson.bsky.social & @moverton.bsky.social introduces PREE as a way to maximize the accuracy of sales tax revenue forecasting. doi.org/10.59469/pfj...
Reposted by Michael Overton
Love our front yard in spring
April 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Love our front yard in spring
Check out the Preprint of my article: "TaMPERing with Large Language Models: A Field Guide for using Generative AI in Public Administration Research" if you are interested in learning more about LLMs and how you can use them in scientific research! arxiv.org/abs/2504.01037
TaMPERing with Large Language Models: A Field Guide for using Generative AI in Public Administration Research
The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into social science research presents transformative opportunities for advancing scientific inquiry, particularly in public administration (PA). However...
arxiv.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Check out the Preprint of my article: "TaMPERing with Large Language Models: A Field Guide for using Generative AI in Public Administration Research" if you are interested in learning more about LLMs and how you can use them in scientific research! arxiv.org/abs/2504.01037
AI will come for your job once it figures out how to consistently OCR a PDF.
March 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
AI will come for your job once it figures out how to consistently OCR a PDF.
A timely article and great example of the potential of LLMs in research.
I'm incredibly proud of this work and thankful for this team of coauthors! More commentary to come, but for now...
Complementarity, Augmentation, or Substitutivity? The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on the U.S. Federal Workforce
This study investigates the near-future impacts of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on occupational competencies across the U.S. federal workforce. We develop a multi-stage Retriev...
arxiv.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A timely article and great example of the potential of LLMs in research.
Last fall, IIDS launched a Generative AI Fellowship to empower scholars in exploring how AI can transform their research.
Check out this great write-up on one of our Fellows and see how they’re leveraging AI in their work! 👇
www.uidaho.edu/news/feature...
Check out this great write-up on one of our Fellows and see how they’re leveraging AI in their work! 👇
www.uidaho.edu/news/feature...
AI unlocks lessons on cello techniques from the 19th century
🚀 AI meets classical music! University of Idaho researchers used generative AI to translate a century-old book on cello technique, making it freely accessible to musicians everywhere. What lost knowle...
www.uidaho.edu
February 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Last fall, IIDS launched a Generative AI Fellowship to empower scholars in exploring how AI can transform their research.
Check out this great write-up on one of our Fellows and see how they’re leveraging AI in their work! 👇
www.uidaho.edu/news/feature...
Check out this great write-up on one of our Fellows and see how they’re leveraging AI in their work! 👇
www.uidaho.edu/news/feature...