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Autumn Toney

Senior Data Research Analyst Print Bio

Autumn Toney was a Senior Data Research Analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Before joining CSET, she worked at the Naval Research Laboratory in computer security, focusing on anomaly detection. She is currently completing her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Georgetown University, where her research focuses on natural language processing. She earned a B.A. in Mathematics with a minor in history from the University of Florida and a Master of Science in Data Science from the George Washington University.

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