Category: News
115 Articles
- News
New Beginnings for MDI in 2024
Written by Lisa Singh, MDI Director, Sonneborn Chair, and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and McCourt School of Public Policy. Reflections on the previous year…
January 31, 2024
- News
McDonough School of Business Professors Utilize the Massive Data Institute’s Technical Infrastructure
Written by Tilde Jaques, MDI Journalism Intern The Massive Data Institute (MDI) provides cloud-based technical infrastructure and support for faculty researchers at Georgetown…
January 29, 2024
- Announcements
- News
Announcing the Spring 2024 MDI Scholars
The Massive Data Institute at the McCourt School of Public Policy is excited to welcome the Spring 2024 Cohort of the MDI Scholars Program. This semester, thirty Georgetown…
January 25, 2024
- Faculty Spotlight
- News
MDI Faculty Spotlight: Dr. NaLette Brodnax
Written by Carrie McDonald, MDI Journalism Intern Dr. NaLette Brodnax was first inspired to study school environments on a large scale when her son, on a school tour, surprised…
January 11, 2024
- Events
- News
Spring 2024 MDI Workshops
Each semester, the Massive Data Institute at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University sponsors technical data processing and analysis workshops to provide…
January 10, 2024
- News
- Research
Environmental Justice Data Solution: A Holistic Approach
Produced by MDI Fall Scholars Minh Quach ’24, Madhvi Malhotra ‘24, Fanni Varhelyi ‘24 Environmental justice, increasingly prioritized in policy discussions, stands at the…
December 21, 2023
- Events
- News
Fall 2023 Scholars Present Projects and Reflect on the Semester
Written by Tilde Jaques, MDI Journalism Intern The Massive Data Institute’s Fall 2023 MDI Scholars Showcase occurred on Wednesday, Dec. 6. MDI Scholars shared posters of their…
December 19, 2023
- Events
- News
Inter-Branch Exchange Working Session: SNAP
Written by Paige Kupas, MDI Journalism Intern Practitioners, policymakers, and academics came together on November 16, 2023, to discuss their shared work on the Supplemental…
December 15, 2023
- Events
- News
Workshop Highlight: Cutting Large Language Models Down to Size
Written by Paige Kupas, MDI Journalism Intern This Fall, Massive Data Institute’s Workshop Series focused on using text as data. For the last installment of the series, MDI…
December 13, 2023
- Events
- News
MDI and la Universidad de la Sabana Collaborate for Data4Policy Challenge
Written by Paige Kupas “How do you improve the trust of Colombians in their institutions?” That is the question students from la Universidad de la Sabana (Unisabana) in…
December 4, 2023