Institutional Data Initiative

@instdin

A research center at Harvard working to strengthen society’s connection to knowledge by advancing our access to and understanding of the data that shapes AI.

institutional.org

Joined August 2024

2 Following

176 Followers

Replies Reposts Media

Institutional Data Initiative
@instdin
Sep 8
Institutional Books is expanding. The Institutional Data Initiative (@instdin) at @Harvard_Law Library has added paragraph-level text analysis and 22M extracted images to our work on ∼1M books, opening new possibilities for research, experimentation, and discovery. 🧵
1
Institutional Data Initiative
@instdin
Oct 15, 2025
What is the pathway towards greater diversity in data and AI? Hear from Professor Ruth Okediji, scholar of IP Law at Harvard Law School, who will be in conversation with Assistant Dean Amanda Watson of the Harvard Law School Library on Oct 22 at 2PM. harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Institutional Data Initiative
@instdin
Sep 18, 2025
Join us tomorrow at 10AM EST: tinyurl.com/y3ye6cz6
Institutional Data Initiative
@instdin
Sep 9, 2025
Can a small visual language model read documents as effectively as models 27 times its size? Next Friday, IDI will host Michele Dolfi and Peter Staar from @IBMResearch Zurich to discuss their work on SmolDocling, an “ultra-compact” model for diverse OCR tasks.
Institutional Data Initiative
@instdin
Sep 9, 2025
Can a small visual language model read documents as effectively as models 27 times its size? Next Friday, IDI will host Michele Dolfi and Peter Staar from @IBMResearch Zurich to discuss their work on SmolDocling, an “ultra-compact” model for diverse OCR tasks.
1
Institutional Data Initiative
@instdin
Jun 12, 2025
Today we released Institutional Books 1.0, a 242B token dataset from Harvard Library's collections, refined for accuracy and usability. 🧵
3

Institutional Data Initiative

Institutional Data Initiative’s posts