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This Center grew significantly this year. First, we moved the Center into the new School of Public Policy. This involved several physical moves of office spaces and of course the complex task of migrating our digital presence. Second, we expanded the faculty leadership of the Center. There are now five full time professors actively engaged in Center life, researching and teaching directly relevant domains, including Drs. Choi-Fitzpatrick, Irion, Neff, Parmar and myself. We welcomed some new CMCS Fellows, and we are grateful that Anya Schiffrin agreed to join the Advisory Board.

CMDS Faculty Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick and SPP MPA student Tautvydas Juskauskas, founders of The Drone Lab at CEU's School of Public Policy's have been featured in an article about the socially beneficial uses of drone technology in a Fast Company publication. The team has been working on developing a simple method to estimate the size of crowds using a drone which can be extremely useful for NGOs and civil society.