I'm Thomas Robacker, a PhD student in Statistics at UMass (University of Massachusetts - Amherst).

Some recent activities:

• July 2025 - served as a TA/Instructor for the SISMID (Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases) NFIDD (Nowcasting and Forecasting Infectious Disease Dynamics) course with Sam Abbot and Nick Reich.
• August 2025 - presented at JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) on Practical Considerations for Fixed-Smoothing Limiting Distributions.
• Fall 2025 - R Tutoring Center lead at UMass, Amherst, TA/grader for Advanced Bayesian Statistics.
• Since Fall 2024 - Supported RA hours to administer and contribute to the SARS-CoV-2 Variant Nowcast Hub.

Upcoming activities:

• Participating in and presenting a poster entitled The SARS-CoV-2 Variant Nowcast Hub: One Year of Collaborative Modeling and Insights at the 10th annual EPIDEMICS conference.

• 📚 PhD student in Statistics (4th year)
• 📡 Conducting research in probabilistic forecasting, time-series, and Bayesian statistical methods.
• 🌎 Research Assistant for the C19 Variant Nowcast Hub as a part of the UMass Reich Lab. Github repo.
• 📊 Loves working with data especially imploying mathematical, statistical, and machine-learning models.
• 👔 Two-time Data Science Intern at Travelers.
• 👨‍🏫 Teaching Background - previously a Mathematics Instructor at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC for 7 years.

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