Georgia Smits

NISS Position: 
Executive Committee Member, New Researchers Network
Organization: 
Department of Statistics at the University of Washington
Professional Title: 
Postdoc

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher researching anomaly detection under Tyler H. McCormick in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington. I received my PhD in Statistics from Cornell University in December of 2025. I was advised by Professor David S. Matteson with additional mentorship from my committee members Professor Sumanta Basu and Professor Martin T. Wells. My work focused on developing Bayesian and machine learning methods for complex, noisy time series data.

Research Interests: 

  • Time Series: Changepoint detection, Bayesian trend filtering, Stochastic processes, Time series classification, Rashomon sets
  • Machine Learning: Algorithmic bias reduction, Synthetic data generation, Model compression techniques

Education:

  • PhD in Statistics, Cornell University
  • MS in Statistics, Cornell University
  • BS in Physics (Intensive), Yale University