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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
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McCourt alumna returns to the Hilltop as Associate Director of the Massive Data Institute
Anjelika Deogirikar Grossman (MPP‘14) brings nearly two decades of expertise in public policy, organizational management and research from the private and public.…
January 30, 2022
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McCourt School’s Massive Data Institute receives $3.2M grant from the Bezos Earth Fund
Funding will support MDI in the development of an innovative data collaborative, serving communities most at risk of racial and environmental.…
December 6, 2021
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A Federal Government Privacy-Preserving Technology Demonstration
In 2017, the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking reported that administrative data should be used to inform evidence-based policy. …
June 29, 2021
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Building a More Diverse Donor Coalition
In a new policy brief on Seattle’s Democracy Voucher program, Georgetown University Professor Brian McCabe and Stony Brook University Professor Jennifer Heerwig report on…
December 6, 2020