🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 Join the Policy2Code Prototyping Challenge to experiment with public benefits policy implementation via generative AI & LLMs. Apply by May 22, 2024.

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Hosted by Digital Benefits Network & Massive Data Institute (MDI) at Georgetown University.

#AI #LLMs #RulesAsCode 🌟

Join Massive Data Institute (MDI) and APDU Thurs, 4/18 1 - 2 p.m. ET, for a webinar on housing--and how utilizing government and commercial databases can help to unlock new insights and guide decision-making. RSVP ➡️ burness.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

This #FairHousingMonth , our Place-Based Indicators Project team is exploring how administrative data can improve local housing programs and policies.

Guest-edited by project lead Amy O'Hara, the new issue of Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Cityscape shows us how: bit.ly/3PDpFOM

🗓️ Last #MDIWorkshop of the semester next week with Rupayan Mallick, Ph.D. 🗓️

Next Generation Generative Models for Vision Related Tasks
April 15 & April 16, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (each day)
Main Campus Old North 205 (this event is in-person)

Register ➡️ bit.ly/MDIWorkshopApr…

Can't wait to hear from L.E.D. Dr. Soyica Colbert Jacqueline Sarah Adel Bargal and Henry Lee this afternoon on this important topic on impact of generative AI on creativity and content creation.

Join us at 3:00pm in Copley Formal Lounge. More info: mdi.georgetown.edu/news/aiandme-s…

🎉Join today's kick-off festival #techgeorgetown !

As a contributing program to Tech & Society at Georgetown, McCourt School's Massive Data Institute (MDI) is thrilled to be participating in the third annual Tech & Society Week 2024.

We have a limited number of #SolarEclipse glasses from DC Public Library 🕶️

Join McCourt School's MDI + TPP's final 'AI & Me' panel exploring 'what does AI mean for us in everyday life?' from the lens of #creativity .

Tues, April 9 at 3:00pm followed by a reception, part of Tech & Society at Georgetown Week 2024

Learn more ➡️ mdi.georgetown.edu/news/aiandme-s… #aiandmeatGU

Last week, McCourt's Massive Data Institute (MDI) hosted panelists Elissa M. Redmiles, Ph.D., Bezos Earth Fund's Amen Ra Mashariki,
U.S. Commerce Dept.'s Victoria Houed and NaLette Brodnax for a conversation on AI through the lens of equity and representation. Thank you for joining us for the thought-provoking conversation!

📣 Hiring Announcement! 📣

MDI and McCourt School are seeking a postdoctoral fellow with research interests at the intersection of social media, generative AI, computational methods, and politics.
Apply ➡ apply.interfolio.com/143997

Over 281 million international migrants were reported internationally by the U.N. in 2020. That has only grown. Who are the Georgetown faculty at the forefront of forced migration research, and what have they been working on?
Read about their work: mdi.georgetown.edu/featured-resea…

Massive Data Institute (MDI) is excited to participate in the 3rd Annual Tech & Society Week. Hope to see you there! techandsociety.georgetown.edu/tech-and-socie…

See how MDI Scholar, Maggie Sullivan, is using #DataScience to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems.

Join the McCourt School' s Massive Data Institute and Tech & Public Policy program as we host the third and final in a series of panels exploring the question of “what does AI mean for us in everyday life?” Event takes place during Tech & Society at Georgetown Week. mdi.georgetown.edu/news/aiandme-s…

Meet MDI Faculty Affiliate Rebecca Johnson
(Rebecca Johnson). As an Assistant Professor McCourt School and MDI Faculty Affiliate, Johsnson’s work focuses on using computational methods to inform #educationpolicy . Read more about her work here.
mdi.georgetown.edu/faculty-spotli…

Join McCourt School's Massive Data Institute (MDI) + Tech & Policy Program for the 2nd panel in the 'AI & Me' series exploring 'what does AI mean for us in everyday life?' from the lens of #equity on Tues, March 26 at 2:30pm #aiandmeatGU

Learn more ➡️ mdi.georgetown.edu/news/aiandme-s…

AI & Bias: Can algorithms reinforce existing biases? On March 26, join an panel of experts across tech, policy and law as they dive into this topic as part of the 'AI & Me' Spring Series by Massive Data Institute (MDI).

RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

'If we continue to build tech based on our assumptions of what users want, we risk low adoption of these technologies.' Elissa M. Redmiles, Ph.D. and oshrat ayalon 💔 share lessons learned from COVID-19 apps, including concerns, misunderstanding incentives, and presuming to know user needs.

NEW from Elissa M. Redmiles, Ph.D. & oshrat ayalon 💔: On the anniversary of COVID-19 lockdown, what have we learned about user needs for exposure notification apps to improve future pandemic response? medium.com/Elissa M. Redmiles, Ph.D./aa94…

AI & Me: Equity and Representation
Examining how #aialgorithms have the potential to reproduce, reinforce and exacerbate existing biases and what that means for individuals in daily life. Followed by a reception with the panelists.
Tue, Mar 26, 2:30p
mdi.georgetown.edu/news/aiandme-s…