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Announcing “AI & Me” a new series hosted by MDI and TPP

This Spring 2024, the Massive Data Institute and the Tech & Public Policy program at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University are teaming up to host a new…

February 12, 2024

Formal Response
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Formal Response — MDI’s Comment on NIST AI Executive Order

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

February 9, 2024

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Event –MDI Spotlight Lecture: Modeling and Big Data for Pandemic Responses with Vittoria Colizza, Ph.D.

On February 22, 2024 from 2:30-3:30pm at Copley Formal Lounge, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute (MDI) will host a MDI Spotlight Lecture. This…

February 8, 2024

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MDI Community Members Reflect on Biden’s AI Executive Order

On October 30, 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) on artificial intelligence, intending to strike a balance between “seizing the promise and…

January 31, 2024

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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

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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

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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
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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

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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

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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