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Event — MDI Scholars Research Showcase Fall 2025
On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the Massive Data Institute of the McCourt School of Public Policy will host the MDI Scholars Research Showcase Fall 2025. MDI Scholars will present their research in…
November 3, 2025
Job Posting, News
MDI is Hiring: Spring 2026 MDI Scholars
We are pleased to announce a call for applications for the Spring 2026 cohort of the MDI Scholars Program. For full consideration, the priority deadline is Friday December 12, 2025 at 12 noon…
October 31, 2025
Events, News
On October 22, 2025 from 3:00-4:00pm at Fisher Colloquium, the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute (MDI) will host Susan Athey, Ph.D., Economics of Technology Professor at…
September 25, 2025
MDI’s Medium Blog
What’s Ahead for the Place-Based Indicators Project
The Place-Based Indicators Project was launched with the goal of helping communities turn the masses of data on all aspects of daily life into useful, easily accessible information that can help them …
July 5th, 2023
Green Space Data Challenge Winners: Specific Populations Category
Over the month of February, MDI hosted the Green Space Data Challenge, inviting undergraduate and graduate students as well as early career professionals to use green space data to create or improve i…
June 27th, 2023
Green Space Data Challenge: Community Health Winners
Closing out our series of Q&As with the winners of the Green Space Data Challenge is the top-placing team of the Community Health category.Community Health Challenge Category Winner: Uncovering In…
June 22nd, 2023

