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Connecting Users to Past Research for The Environmental Impact Data Collaborative

The Massive Data Institute (MDI) is developing the Environmental Impact Data Collaborative (EIDC) to enable community groups, policymakers, and researchers to discover, access,…

July 30, 2022

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Fast Bayesian Record Linkage for Streaming Data – Andee Kaplan

July 21,…

July 28, 2022

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Two Years of GUITAR

When I finished graduate school and swapped coasts from California to DC amid the first summer of the COVID pandemic, I needed the comfort of a familiar routine—so I started a…

July 20, 2022

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Identifying and Mapping Communities Placed at Risk of Negative Climate Change Effects

Exploring the Role of the LIHEAP Program in Mitigating the Effects of Extreme Heat for Families with Low Incomes The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is an…

June 23, 2022

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How Upzoning Changes DC Neighborhoods

Upzoning increases the amount of housing in a neighborhood, but what else might change? Upzoning, legally allowing taller and more dense buildings, is a controversial topic…

June 16, 2022

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Comparing State Climate Policy Commitments Over Time

How a combination of domain knowledge and data science can enhance visibility into climate policy challenges Over the past year and a half, I worked on an MDI research project…

June 9, 2022

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Investigating Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests

Some argue the racial disparity in drug arrests is due to disproportionate drug use – what does the data say? As an MDI Scholar, working in partnership with Justice…

June 2, 2022

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MDI Scholars Spring 2022 Research Showcase

Earlier this month, MDI Scholars presented their research projects to faculty, classmates, and community members during the first in-person MDI Scholars Research Showcase. …

May 17, 2022

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AI and duplicate detection to leverage external data sources – David Beauchemin

David Beauchemin discussed how duplicate detection can be used with AI and NLP techniques to extract information from external data sources using text distance metrics (e.g.) …

April 21, 2022

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The Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage project – Katie R. Genadek

During January’s Linkage Seminar, Amy O’Hara was joined by the US Census Bureau’s Katie R. Genadek to discuss the Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage project ).…

January 31, 2022