The New Frontier: Massive Data and Public Policy

As dean of Georgetown’s recently launched McCourt School of Public Policy, I believe there is no better time than now to be a public policy scholar, educator or student.
 

The last several years have brought with them a deluge of data from sensors, satellites, cell phones, and digitized text that was unimaginable even 20 years ago. With it, the data brings amazing opportunities for public policy research on some of the world’s most pressing challenges.