The initiative, iiD, was launched in 2013 as a way to bring together faculty, graduate and undergraduate students at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University to make sense of big data.
Current projects include research on children mental health and health systems operations.
The money will support iiD professorships, graduate fellowships and educational programs on using data to solve problems.
“The iiD has provided invaluable opportunities for our faculty and students to translate vast amounts of data into major breakthroughs,” said Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University. “This infusion of funds will allow us to continue to advance our understanding of how to convert data into knowledge for human benefit, as well as train students in these critical skills.”
The funds came from two gifts equaling $6.67 million from an anonymous donor that was matched by philanthropists Anne T. and Robert M. Bass.
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