Robby Blum
Volunteer Tournament Organizer at Society for Internet Blaseball Research
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobby Blum is a physics Ph.D. turned data-savvy researcher with nine years of experience applying rigorous experimental design and statistical analysis to both academic and community-driven projects. He combines deep technical skills in Python, R, SQL, and scientific computing with hands-on experience building and maintaining data pipelines and databases for live event recording and analysis. At Yale he developed novel computational techniques and published multiple papers; in volunteer roles he has translated messy, real-world data into actionable insights that influenced game designers and tournament operations. Known for quickly mastering new systems and communicating complex findings clearly to varied stakeholders, he enjoys wrangling order from chaos and creating reproducible analyses. Based in New Haven, he brings a rare mix of NMR experimental expertise, open-ended research creativity, and practical data engineering experience ready to transition into data science roles.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, 4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, 4.0 at University of MarylandDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Yale University
Github Skills (42)
prng10
rpg9
backend9
cpp9
space8
reverse-engineering8
latex8
top-down8
2d-game8
trading8
multiplatform8
opengl8
kerbal-space7
bibtex7
internet7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
xSke/resim
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
prng-accurate reverse-engineering of the blaseball sim backend
Contributions:1 review, 154 commits, 20 PRs in 5 months
backendprngreverse-engineering
robbyblum/DS18B20-TemperatureLogger
Mar 2017 - Feb 2021
Code for temperature logger project. Project uses Raspberry pi and Adafruit DS18B20 temperature sensors.
Contributions:8 PRs, 68 pushes, 11 branches in 4 years
ds18b20temperature-loggerraspberry-pisensorsadafruit
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