On Thursday, December 12, 2024, the Massive Data Institute of the McCourt School of Public Policy will host the MDI Scholars Research Showcase Fall 2024. MDI Scholars will present their research in the Healey Family Student Center Social Room at Georgetown University from 1:00-2:30pm, followed by a reception.
The event begins with formal remarks by Massive Data Institute Director Lisa Singh followed by student project teams presenting “flash talks” — a 60-second summary of their research. After the flash talks, MDI Scholars project teams will present their research posters.
To learn more about the research projects that the MDI Scholars contributed to this semester, please check out: https://mdi.georgetown.edu/announcements/mdiresearch-fall2024/
Accommodations: This event is wheelchair accessible. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by December 4, 2024 to mdiresearch@georgetown.edu. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests made after December 4th.
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About the MDI Scholars Program: The MDI Scholars program is an experiential learning opportunity for undergraduate and Master’s students to work on interdisciplinary research projects with professors and practitioners. These projects connect new forms of data and/or large-scale computing infrastructure to different public policy questions.
About the Massive Data Institute (MDI): At Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) is an interdisciplinary research institute that connects experts across computer science, data science, public health, public policy, and social science to tackle societal scale issues and impact public policy in ways that improves people’s lives through responsible evidence-based research. For more information on MDI, please visit https://mdi.georgetown.edu/
MDI Scholar Research Showcase Poster Titles
(poster titles subject to change; draft titles as of November 14, 2024)
Characteristics of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MMCOs) and their relationship with state-level Medicaid policies and the populations they serve
Shun Liu (He/Him), McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25
Collaborator(s): Maria Alva, Ph.D.
Income and Leisure shocks for Patients with chronic conditions and their caregivers
Yixin Luo (She/Her), McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25
Collaborator(s): Maria Alva, Ph.D.
Data Science for Policy at HHS
Aastha Jha (She/Her), McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25
Collaborator(s): Michael Bailey, Ph.D.
Text to Ideology
Quan Yuan (She/Her), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25
Collaborator(s): Michael Bailey, Ph.D.
Investigating the Risk of Identification of Healthcare-Seeking Behavior from Aggregated Mobility Data: Balancing Public Health Needs and Privacy Issues
Yundi (Wendy) Shi (She/Her), Georgetown College, Math, Computer Science ’26
Collaborator(s): Shweta Bansal, Ph.D., Giulia Pullano, Ph.D.
AI-Generated Images and Identifiability
Jason Yi (He/Him), Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’26
Collaborator(s): Sarah Adel Bargal, Ph.D., Elissa Redmiles, Ph.D., Rupayan Mallick, Ph.D.
AI-based Story Generation
Xinhe (Maggie) Shen (She/Her), Georgetown College, Computer Science and Mathematics ’26
Collaborator(s): Sarah Adel Bargal, Ph.D., Rupayan Mallick, Ph.D., Sibo Dong, PhD
Identification of Sentinel Near Misses for Predictive Safety: Leveraging AI for Incident Identification and Risk Forecasting
Gabriel Soto (He/Him), McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25
Collaborator(s): Robin Dillon-Merrill, Ph.D.
The Role of Near Misses in Decision Making for Autonomous Vehicles
Vagdevi Sahasra Bandaru (She/Her), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’25
Collaborator(s): Robin Dillon-Merrill, Ph.D.
Advancing Sequence Clustering with Image Processing in Educational Assessments
Binhui Chen (She/Her), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25
Collaborator(s): Qiwei Britt He, Ph.D., Sibo Dong, PhD
Addressing Inequality Through Supreme Court Cases: Amicus Briefs from Asian, Latino, and Black Advocacy Groups (1970-2021)
Zining (Cathy) Wang (She/Her), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25
Collaborator(s): Helge Marahrens, Ph.D.
Restoring the Health of the Election Information Ecosystem: The Election Officials’ Communications Tracker
Jorge Bris Moreno (He/Him), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25
Collaborator(s): Thessalia Merivaki, Ph.D., Priyasha Chakravarti, Undergraduate Student; Aditya Vishahan, Undergraduate Student
Managing Brand Crisis and Customer Relationships on Social Media: Insights from Twitter in the Airline Industry
Zoucheng Hong (He/Him), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics ’25
Collaborator(s): Emisa Nategh, Ph.D.
Guiding Educators on Sharing and Protecting Student Data through Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Victor Chen (He/Him), Georgetown College, Computer Science ’27
Collaborator(s): Amy O’Hara, Ph.D., Stephanie Straus, Ph.D., Camille Deschapelles ’26, Undergraduate student; Justin Liu ’26, Master of Public Policy
Partner Organization(s):
Developing a Secure Query System to Measure Earnings and Employment Outcomes
Kangheng Liu (He/Him), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25
Collaborator(s): Amy O’Hara, Ph.D.
Analyzing Juvenile Court Data
Sheeba Moghal (She/Her), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25
Collaborator(s): Amy O’Hara, Ph.D., James Carey, Law Fellow
Partner Organization(s): Georgetown Law Center
Genetic Data, Algorithmic Outputs, and Explainability
Jeffrey Gao (He/Him), Walsh School of Foreign Service, International Political Economy ’25
Miranda Xiong (She/Her), Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, History and Classics ’25
Collaborator(s): Elissa Redmiles, Ph.D., Lisa Singh, Ph.D., Lucy Qin, Ph.D.,
Partner Organization(s):
Experiential Research into Perceptions of Ownership over AI Generated Art
Hexuan (Judy) Wang (She/Her), Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Undeclared; Minor: Art ’27
Collaborator(s): Toni-Lee Sangastiano Ph.D., Kristelia García,Ph.D., Elissa Redmiles, Ph.D.