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MDI Project Spotlight: Professor Maria Alva Uses Open-Source Data to Track Death Rate Trends

Written by Paige Kupas, MDI Journalism Intern Maria Alva, Assistant Professor in the School of Health and MDI Affiliated faculty, has been working on a project to harness open…

September 25, 2023

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MDI Faculty Spotlight: Professor Amy O’Hara

Written by Paige Kupas, MDI Journalism Intern Professor Amy O’Hara is a data governance expert committed to improving access to data for public institutions and the people…

September 18, 2023

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MDI Kicks Off Semester with Faculty Luncheon

Written by Tilde Jaques, MDI Journalism Intern With over thirty faculty attending, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) kicked off the fall semester with a faculty luncheon on, …

September 14, 2023

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MDI Summer 2023 Research Showcase

Written by Tilde Jaques, Media and Journalism Intern On August 3rd, MDI hosted its Summer 2023 Research Showcase. MDI student researchers shared posters and flash talks about…

September 5, 2023

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MDI is Shaping the Future

On May 3rd, the Massive Data Institute hosted the MDI Scholars Research Showcase Spring 2023. Over the past semester and longer, scholars have worked with faculty and researchers…

May 11, 2023

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Georgetown and UNHCR Collaborate on Big Data and Forced Displacement Project

Extracted from: https://www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-and-unhcr-collaborate-on-big-data-and-forced-displacement-project/ The collaboration could help governments, NGOs and…

March 27, 2023

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Health, Demographics, and Superfund Sites in Maryland: A use case for the Environmental Impact Data Collaborative

To demonstrate the power of the Environmental Impact Data Collaborative, we have assembled environmental, health, and demographic data for Maryland to support location-based…

October 7, 2022

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Improving Firearm Research Using Social Media Data

Massive Data Institute researchers and students developed machine learning classifiers to identify tweets that pertain to firearm deaths and develop estimates of the volume of…

October 7, 2022