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- Discovery & Impact
Somefin in the Water: The Bottlenose Dolphins of the Potomac
MDI Seed Grant Spotlight: Janet Mann. To conduct their research, Mann and her team head out onto the water with their camera and small skiff, Ahoya, to track the Potomac.…
November 26, 2018
- Discovery & Impact
Data Essentials: Data Analysis in Python
This October, MDI offered two workshops on “Data Essentials: Data Analysis in Python,” which focused on helping attendees learn how to manipulate data in Python for their…
October 31, 2018
- Discovery & Impact
MDI Welcomes Data Governance and Integration Expert Amy O’Hara
The Massive Data Institute (MDI) at the McCourt School of Public Policy is pleased to welcome data governance, data integration, and privacy expert Dr. Amy O’Hara. Dr. O’Hara…
October 30, 2018
- Discovery & Impact
#METOO Movement Twitter Data Mined by Computer Science Professor
Lisa Singh, computer science professor and research professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute, works on numerous aspects of data-driven computer…
September 10, 2018
- Discovery & Impact
McCourt Professor Receives New Grant to Advance Universal Pre-K Study
September, 2018 - McCourt School of Public Policy Professor William Gormley was recently awarded $460,000 in new funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation, to continue his…
September 6, 2018
- Discovery & Impact
McCourt’s Massive Data Institute and Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics Sign MOU
McCourt School demonstrates commitment to data-driven and global policy scholarship - Georgetown Provost and Executive Vice President Robert M. Groves and Netherlands Central…
February 15, 2018
- Student Experience
Analytics and Public Policy Students Win 2017 Deloitte Foundation Fellowship
Analytics students have teamed up with McCourt School of Public Policy students to win the2017 Deloitte Foundation Data Analytics Fellowship. Tiankai Guo, Ruhan Wang (both MS…
October 6, 2017
- University News
McCourt Opens Washington’s First Census Research Data Center
Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy yesterday opened the first Research Data Center (RDC) in Washington, a joint project of the U.S. Census Bureau and the school’s…
April 26, 2017
- Discovery & Impact
Massive Data Institute Awards New Grants, Hires Postdoctoral Fellow
Delaying or refusing vaccinations and examining the financial effects of Alzheimer’s Disease before diagnosis are among the faculty projects receiving support from the McCourt…
September 3, 2015
- Discovery & Impact
Improving Government Performance in the Era of Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges for Federal Agencies
The McCourt School to co-host a big data workshop with the White House Office of Science and Technology.…
June 11, 2014