University of Maryland

Social Data Science Center

Social Data Science Center
The SoDa Center conducts contract and applied research in social data science in support of social science and related areas including public health, economics, transportation, and education.

Highlights

The Global COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey, in partnership with Facebook
Improving the Measurement of Economic Activity
Improving Privacy and Data Security by Design
Improving the Analysis of Complex Data in Social & Bio-Medical Settings
Improving Statistical Methodology with Multiple Complex Big Databases
Improving the Design of Mobile Surveys

UMD Affiliations

Joint Program in Survey Methodology
Nations’s oldest and largest graduate training program in survey research.
College of Information Studies
Nationally recognized for research and education in data visualization, privacy and ethics, and information management.
Department of Sociology
Research and education focusing on societal functions and social interactions to improve human welfare.
Department of Economics
Research and education focusing on how people make choices to inform ongoing decision-making.
Department of Mathematics - Statistics
Education and research in statistics and probability.
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Education and research with immensely broad applications in public health, medical and biological research.

Support

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Develop Major Grant Proposals

Support for associate members research projects that would benefit from the use of modern data analysis, management techniques, and knowledge of data and measurement quality.

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Seed Grants

Designed to bring attention to the vast universe of digitized data, new forms of behavioral data, and developments in data science to benefit investigators in the social sciences.

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Seminars, Workshops & Conferences

Designed to bring attention to the vast universe of digitized data, new forms of behavioral data, and developments in data science to benefit investigators in the social sciences.

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Training Modules

Short training modules allow faculty and other working professionals to retool and develop skills to better capitalize on an increasingly data-intensive world.