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Event – Datathon for Democracy: Data In Action — Massive Data Institute, Bright Initiative, and IBM
Join the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute (MDI), Bright Data Initiative by Bright Data, and IBM, for an exclusive one-day Datathon for Democracy on…
March 2, 2026
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MDI is Hiring: Summer 2026 MDI Scholars
We are pleased to announce a call for applications for the Summer 2026 cohort of the MDI Scholars Program. For full consideration, the priority deadline is Tuesday March 31, 2026…
February 27, 2026
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Introducing: The Georgetown Data Science Corps
By: Miranda Yarowsky SFS 2026, MDI Communications & Events Assistant In the Fall of 2024, a cross-disciplinary team at Georgetown University received support from the…
February 26, 2026
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Georgetown University Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2026 for Women’s History Month
Join the Georgetown community to help close this gender gap on Wikipedia by increasing the representation of underrepresented groups — in both Wikipedia content and…
February 20, 2026
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Spring 2026 MDI Workshops
Each semester, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University sponsors technical data processing and analysis workshops to…
January 29, 2026
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MDI Fall 2025 Research Showcase: Learning Across New Trails
By: Bhumika Nebhnani, MPP ’27, Fall 2025 MDI Communications & Events Assistant On December 10, 2025, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) at Georgetown University hosted…
December 24, 2025
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A Semester in Chapters: Learning Across MDI’s Fall 2025 Workshops
By: Bhumika Nebhnani, MPP ’27, Fall 2025 MDI Communications & Events Assistant Each semester, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) brings the Georgetown community together…
December 24, 2025
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Civic Technology and the Institutionalization of Human-Centered Data
By: Miranda M. Yarowsky, SFS ’26, Fall 2025 MDI Program Assistant The accelerating digitization of government presents not only an extraordinary opportunity for humanity but…
December 9, 2025
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Humans In the Loop: Building Trust in Elections With Bipartisan Messaging
By: Thessalia Merivaki, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor & Associate Research Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy & the Massive Data Institute While many state…
December 4, 2025
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How AI and Causal Inference Are Changing the Way We Understand Impact
By: Miranda M. Yarowsky, SFS ’26, Fall 2025 MDI Communications & Events Assistant In an age where algorithms shape what we see, who gets hired, and even who receives, “…
November 15, 2025