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How State Education Systems Are Charting a New Data Privacy Frontier

By: Stephanie Straus, Policy Fellow, Massive Data Institute In recent years, state education departments have expanded their existing databases into integrated, multi-agency…

September 23, 2025

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Announcing Fall 2025 Research at MDI

The Massive Data Institute at the McCourt School of Public Policy welcomed the Summer 2025 Cohort of student.…

September 12, 2025

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Fall 2025 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…

September 11, 2025

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Hoyas Help Close Wikipedia’s Gender Gap During Virtual Edit-a-Thon

Georgetown University Library, in partnership with the Massive Data Institute at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Women’s Center, and Wikimedia…

September 10, 2025

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Elissa Redmiles Selected as One of MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35

Elissa Redmiles, the Clare Luce Boothe assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been named one of MIT Technology Review’s innovators under. …

September 8, 2025

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Connecting Science to Policy – Three Years of MDI’s Research Experience for Undergraduates Program

By: Rebecca Vanarsdall, MDI Research Manager Our MDI Summer Research Showcase on August 1st, marked the end of the final year of the Department of Computer Science and MDI’s…

September 3, 2025

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Formal Response — MDI’s Response to NSF Request for Information on Key Technology Areas for TIP

The Massive Data Institute (MDI) at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Department of Computer at Georgetown University (see contributors below) offer the following…

July 31, 2025

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Expanding Impact: How Safe Babies Safe Moms Data is Powering Research Across Health Systems

By: Aditi Bhardwaj is a Data Scientist working with the Health Care Financing Initiative and the Massive Data Institute, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University.…

July 28, 2025

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Massive Data Institute drives community efforts to preserve at-risk data

The Institute is working to save data vital for shaping evidence-based public policy. The McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute (MDI)   is leading an…

July 17, 2025

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Event — MDI Summer 2025 Student Research Showcase

On Friday, August 1, 2025, the Massive Data Institute of the McCourt School of Public Policy will host the MDI Summer 2025 Student Research Showcase. MDI student and recently…

July 2, 2025