I am an Assistant Professor at the Technology, Policy, and Management (TPM) faculty at TU Delft . I am also an Associated Researcher with the Max Planck Institute for Informatics ( MPI-INF ) and a core member of the International Data-driven Research for Advanced Modeling and Analysis Lab ( iDrama Lab ).
Overall, my research focuses on applying machine learning and data-driven quantitative analysis to understand emerging phenomena on the Web such as the spread of false information and hateful rhetoric. I am also interested in understanding algorithmic recommendations on social media platforms. My research has been published at top-tier conferences such as WWW, ICWSM, ACM CCS, and IEEE S&P. My co-authors and I have received a distinguished paper award at ACM IMC 2018, best paper honorable mention awards at I
Throughout the academic journey, there are a lot of ups and downs, with a large number of rejections. To reflect a better picture of my academic journey and help early stage researchers to understand that rejection is normal, this news section contains both positive and negative news (like paper rejections, grant rejections, etc.)