Robert Thorstad
Assistant Director For Academic Affairs And Assistant Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Thorstad is a Senior Data Scientist based in New York with nine years of experience translating human behavior into actionable product and business insights. With a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and training from Insight Data Science, he combines rigorous experimental thinking with scalable analytics to align organizations around growth opportunities. He has driven data-informed decisions at The Wall Street Journal and now at Meta, blending research-grade causal inference with product metrics. Robert is particularly adept at turning behavioral nuance into reliable features and experiments that influence engagement and retention. His background in philosophy and cognitive science gives him a rare ability to frame ambiguous problems clearly and ask the right questions before building models. Colleagues describe him as a bridge between deep research rigor and pragmatic product delivery.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), with Honors in Music Minor European History, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), with Honors in Music Minor European History at University of South Carolina-ColumbiaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Historical Musicology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Historical Musicology at University of Wisconsin-MadisonHistorical Performance/Musicology Study Abroad, Historical Performance/Musicology Study Abroad at The University of HullFulbright Student, Musicology, Fulbright Student, Musicology at University of Tübingen
German, Italian, Latin
Github Skills (17)
git9
github9
computer-vision9
machine-learning8
data-science8
trading8
corenlp7
nlp6
segmentation6
parsing6
natural-language-processing6
python6
named-entity-recognition5
artificial-intelligence5
pytorch5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rthorst/TidyTuesday
Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:72 commits, 67 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
rthorst/ECDS_Workshops
Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:50 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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