College of Arts & Sciences

Department of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science

Data and Information Systems

Data and information systems research advances how large-scale data is managed, analyzed, and protected across complex digital environments. Georgetown CS researchers’ work spans core infrastructure—such as databases and data provenance—to real-world applications in health informatics, social media analysis, information retrieval, and data mining.

Strengths and Impact

Computer architecture, hardware resiliency and approximate computing

Faculty: Radha Venkatagiri

Databases and distributed systems

Faculty: Lisa Singh and Nitin Vaidya

Data mining

Faculty: Nazli Goharian, Mark Maloof, and Lisa Singh

Health informatics

Faculty: Ophir Frieder, Nazli Goharian, and Grace Hui Yang

Legal informatics

Faculty: Nathan Schneider and Grace Hui Yang

Information retrieval, search engines, and recommendation systems

Faculty: Ophir Frieder, Nazli Goharian, and Grace Hui Yang

Question answering

Faculty: Grace Hui Yang

Privacy and data

Faculty: Shin’ichiro Matsuo, Kobbi Nissim, Elissa Redmiles, Micah Sherr, Lisa Singh, Nitin Vaidya, and Grace Hui Yang

Social media analysis

Faculty: Ophir Frieder, Nazli Goharian, and Lisa Singh

Data provenance

Faculty: Shin’ichiro Matsuo, Micah Sherr, and Benjamin Ujcich

Research Efforts and Groups

Faculty

News

Announcement, News Story

McCourt School’s Massive Data Institute and Bright Data Partnering on Big Data and Public Policy Innovation

“We are so excited to begin this partnership with Bright Data,” says Lisa Singh, the director of MDI.

June 2, 2026