Team
Core Team
Mahlet Tadesse
Principal Investigator (PI)
Dr. Tadesse is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on the development of statistical and computational tools for the analysis of large-scale genomic data.
Michael Bailey
Core Faculty
Dr. Bailey is the Colonel William J. Walsh Professor of American Government in the Department of Government and McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. His research focuses on applying statistical techniques to answer questions at the intersection of political science, policy, law, and economics.
Purna Gamage
Core Faculty
Dr. Gamage is Program Director, Associate Teaching Professor of Data Science and Analytics Master’s program at Georgetown University. Her research is centered on leveraging Machine Learning models, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Deep Learning, LLMTime, Transformer based Models and Time Series analysis in various domains.
Qiwei (Britt) He
Core Faculty
Dr. He is an Associate Professor in the Interdisciplinary Program of Data Science and Analytics and Director of the AI-Measurement and Data Science (AIMD) Lab at the Graduate School of Arts and Science at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on advancing methodologies in sequence data mining, text mining, psychometric modeling, and machine learning on new data sources collected in innovative digital-based assessments in education, psychology, psychiatry, and public health, to better measure an individual’s latent traits and track people’s problem-solving strategies.
Lisa Singh
Core Faculty
Dr. Singh is a Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy and the Director of the Massive Data Institute (MDI) at Georgetown University. Her research centers on data-centric computing, including data mining, data privacy, data science, and data ethics, along with the development of computational methods that influence public policy.
Rebecca Vanarsdall
Program Manager
Rebecca Vanarsdall is a Research Manager at the Massive Data Institute. She will be responsible for managing student recruitment efforts, the coordination of participant and instructor schedules, website and outreach efforts, day-to-day activities, and overall administrative support for the program.
2026 Faculty
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