Academics Homa Hosseinmardi I am a computational social scientist with a computer science background focused on the auditing sociotechnical systems and in general information ecosystem. Amir Ghasemian I am a research scientist in Computational Social Science Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. Grad Students Pooriya Jamie Doctoral Student I'm Pooriya Jamie, an incoming Ph.D. student in Computational Communication and Data Science at UCLA. I focus on using data science and machine learning to improve cyber safety, social computing, and address algorithmic bias. Pavel Savgira (Collaborator) Doctoral Student I am a second year Ph.D. student in Film and Media studies at UCLA. I’m interested in combining humanistic inquiry and computational analysis to develop validation methods that explain how large language models mediate contemporary media environments, identify their biases, and help address them. Upasana Dutta (Collaborator) Doctoral Student (UPenn) I am a second-year Ph.D. student in Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Research Assistants Sean Rosskopf B.A. in Political Science I'm Sean Rosskopf, a junior undergraduate student studying political science at UCLA. Olivia Nguyen B.S. in Statistics and Data Science My name is Olivia Nguyen, and I'm a third year at UCLA, pursuing a B.S. degree in Statistics and Data Science. I explore the intersection between data science and social science, specifically in the context of social media! Xiaotong (Riley) Xi B.S. in Economics and Communications I'm Xiaotong, and I am currently a junior double majoring in economics and communications at UCLA. Valérie Ding B.S. in Statistics and Data Science I'm Valérie Ding, a junior undergraduate student majoring in statistics & data science and minoring in anthropology, and I'm focused on the interdisciplinary nature of data & information, politics & social science, and public health. Anita Taha B.S. in Statistics and Data Science My name is Anita Taha, and I am currently a senior at UCLA pursuing a B.S in Statistics and Data Science. My interests lie in the interdisciplinary applications of data science in the realms of public health, psychology, and social media research. Former Lab Members Ovin Huang
