March 2025

Reveal is excited to support the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (CRIW) held by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in Alexandria, VA. The conference is backed  by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics through an award to Reveal. Centered around the Changing Nature of Work, the conference has influential speakers with both academic and federal backgrounds in economic research. The Conference was directly relevant to the work the Reveal Transformation Team did in support of Census as they transitioned to their new headquarters throughout 2024-25.

January 2025

Reveal is partnering with Rutgers University's SEED2S+X Program to provide experiential learning opportunities for their students through an Externship program. Reveal's Innovation Lab developed curriculum for Rutgers Students to apply their data science studies to federally scoped challenges. As Rutgers is a land grant university, students are tasked with using public United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) data sets to hone their technical capabilities. 

January 2025

In support of our federal partner Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Subash Thota and Taylor Wilson attended the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting with Vision Zero, a nonprofit campaign to reduce the number of motor carrier-related deaths to zero. This solution was developed and implemented by Reveal for the FMCSA.

December 2024

Reveal won the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal in for its work on StatVentures and Topx Toolkit. The award is given annually to an organization that demonstrates superior performance in impacting the DOC or one of its units' missions.

December 2024

Reveal earned a Level 3 maturity rating under the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) framework for Services and Development. The CMMI framework sets the standard for optimizing performance, ensuring product quality, and maintaining consistent delivery. Achieving a Level 3 rating reflects Reveal’s strong commitment to continuous process improvement at both the organizational and individual project levels. But this isn’t just about us—it’s about delivering more value to our clients. Our focus on refining processes means we’re always improving, guaranteeing better outcomes and real solutions to their greatest challenges.

August 2024

Senior Data Scientist Cameron Milne presented Ensemble Retrieval Strategies for an Improved NAICS Search Engine in the U.S. Census Bureau at the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Portland, Oregon. The presentation and later journal submission details his experiments in building a more performant search engine using Large Language Models (LLMs). Experiments include replacing sparse embeddings with dense embeddings, chunking documents and combining context windows, applying complementary re-ranking algorithms, and more. Dr. NAICS, the platform where the search engine is available, is among the first known implementations of AI in the U.S. Census Bureau.

Read the full story here and the submission paper here.

June 2024

Reveal partners with University of Michigan's School of Information on data science projects designed to expand learning opportunities for students interested in working in or with the Federal government. Projects range from assessing OCR model performance at the National Archives along with UI/UX support for self-serve applications at the U.S. Census Bureau. 

June 2024

Reveal attended the AWS Summit in Washington to learn how the Intel Corporation and Amazon Web Services are coming together to support Reveal and its federal partners to produce innovative data processing solutions within the U.S. Census Bureau. 

April 2024

Reveal hosted 25 Penn State students at its headquarters in Fulton, MD for an introductory discussion on data science in the federal space. Elo Lewis, Data Scientist; Taylor Wilson, Vice President of Applied Statistics and Data Science; and Dwarakh Nayam, Software Engineer, led the discussion. Students spent the morning learning about Reveal's Construction Re-Engineering project and the creativity, research, and analysis that is put into a federal data science initiative. 

April 2024

This month, Reveal presented four projects at two major industry convenings: the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology and FedCASIC. At FCSM, Alex Zakrzeski showed off the ACS Autocoder, Pavani Samala talked about the implementation of a large language model for legislative research, and Jess Huang detailed efforts to improve response rates with better contact information. At FedCASIC, Taylor Wilson presented an overview of Census' AI initiatives to detail how we are bringing cutting edge LLM technology to federal statistics. 

March 2024

Reveal is proud to support the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) as a sponsor of the upcoming Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (CRIW) on Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics in the 21st Century, taking place this spring. This conference will bring together leading scholars, policymakers, and data experts to explore critical issues surrounding race, ethnicity, and the evolving landscape of economic measurement. Read more here.

November 2023

Reveal attended the William & Mary Tech Day Employer Showcase, hosted by the W&M School of Business, as an industry expert in generative AI. The theme of the day was "Age of Smart Technology & Radical Change."

October 2023

Reveal attended the Puerto Rico IT Cluster in San Juan to support the creation of solutions to help collect better data in Puerto Rico through address harmonization. The Puerto Rico IT Cluster is an alliance of industry, government, and academic partners committed to position Puerto Rico as a national and global leader in information technology services and innovation.

February 2022

Reveal is working with the Census Bureau to modernize its Construction Program by supporting the implementation of satellite imagery to track the progress of construction sites and starts. This modernized survey collection methods dating back to the 1950s. Read more here.

September 2021

This article explains "emotion AI," or E-AI, how it can be used by companies and organizations, and risks associated with it, concluding with a suggestion for readers to consider its potential limitations and consult with Reveal to develop a risk mitigation strategy. Read more here.

May 2021

Reveal Vice President for Research and Development Amish Chudasama outlines three steps business leaders can take to develop a sound AI governance stategy: build a compelling business case; come up with a strategy that guides development of AI embedded across an organization's ecosystem; and seek guidance from AI governance experts. Read more here.

April 2021

Reveal Vice President for Research and Development Amish Chudasama makes the case for business leaders to incorporate AI governance into their organizations, arguing that AI is increasingly being used by businesses and needs to be implemented in an understandable, transparent, and ethical manner. Read more here. 

March 2021

This article discusses AI's capability to finely analyze images in a variety of contexts, including healthcare, life science, and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These capabilities allow for drawing insights more efficiently than if one were just using the human eye, and provide upskilling opportunities for workers. Read more here.

January 2021

This article explains the problem of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in the healthcare sector, and the necessity of AI solutions to detect it given the large swath of records in the industry. Reveal offers its services in creating and implementing solutions that analyze large amounts of data to look for FWA and non-compliance. Read more here.