RobertĀ Thorstad
Senior Data Scientist
New York, New York, United States
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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.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy at Haverford CollegePhD, Cognitive Psychology, PhD, Cognitive Psychology at Emory University
Github Skills (14)
github9
git9
patch7
nlp7
pytorch6
corenlp6
machine-learning6
python6
natural-language-processing6
subversion5
named-entity-recognition5
deep-learning5
artificial-intelligence5
stanford-nlp4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rthorst/TidyTuesday
Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:72 commits, 67 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
rthorst/mint_condition
Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Contributions:77 commits, 79 pushes in 21 days
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