Staff
Regina (Jeanne) Ruane
Managing Director
Eric Shapiro
Research Operations Manager
Delphine Gardiner
Senior Communications Specialist
Yuxuan Zhang
Data Scientist
Anushkaa Gupta
Project Manager
Caroline Rogers
Partnerships Manager
Researchers
Jorge Barreras Cortes
Post-Doctoral Researcher
James Houghton
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Amir Tohidi
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Jenny Allen
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Affiliated Researchers
Abdullah Almaatouq
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mohammed Alsobay
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David M. Rothschild
Economist Microsoft Research
Chris Callison-Burch
University of Pennsylvania CIS
Ajay Patel
University of Pennsylvania CIS
Bryan Li
University of Pennsylvania CIS
Jenny Wang
Pre-Doctoral Researcher Microsoft Research
David Rand
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dean Knox
University of Pennsylvania OID
Robert West
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Manoel Horta Ribeiro
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Miguel Rivera-Lanas
University of Pennsylvania
Homa Hosseinmardi
UCLA Department of Communication
Amir Ghasemian
Computational Social Science Researcher
Mark Whiting
Research Fellow
PhD Students
Timothy Dorr
Ph.D. in Communications
Upasana Dutta
Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science
Linnea Gandhi
Ph.D. in Operations, Information and Decisions
Samar Haider
Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science
Baird Howland
Ph.D. in Communications
Xinlan (Emily) Hu
Ph.D. in Operations, Information, and Decisions
Sam Wolken
Ph.D. in Communication and Political Science
Bethany Hsiao
Ph.D. in Operations, Information, and Decisions
Josh Nguyen
Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science
Calvin Isch
Ph.D. in Communications
Neil Fasching
Ph.D. in Communications
Sikata Sengupta
Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science
Masters Students
Anna Lamb
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Aravika Khosla
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Anoushka Kiyawat
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Yang Huang
M.S in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Ricky Wang
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Ana Pimienta
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Suzy Xu
M.S. in Social Policy and Data Analytics
Emily Duan
M.C.I.T.
Andrés Mondragón
M.S. in Computer Science
Wenyu (Teresa) Liao
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Omkar Joshi
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Selina Yang
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Undergraduate Students
Millie Gu
B.A. in Cognitive Science and Computer Science
Shruti Agarwal
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Thomas Li
B.A. in Mathematical Economics and M.S.E. in Data Science
Evan Ping
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Mahika Calyanakoti
B.S.E. in Computer and Information Science
Amy Zheng
B.A. in Economics and Computer Science
Christa Dushime
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Angie Cao
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Dan Kim
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Pradnaya Pathak
B.S. in Economics
Our Alumni Community
Core Research and Administrative Staff
Yashveer Singh Sohi
Data Scientist 2023
Emma Arsekin
Senior Communications-specialist 2021 – 2023
Tuti Gomoka
Senior Research Coordinator 2021 – 2023
Valery Yakubovich
Executive Director 2021 – 2022
Yingquan Li
Research Data Engineer 2021 – 2022
Research Assistants
Binbin Chen
Graduate Student M.S.E in CIS
Micaela Kim
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Yash Agrawal
Graduate Student M.S.E. in Data Science
Adil Shahid
Graduate Student M.C.I.T
Liancheng Gong
Graduate Student M.S.E. in Data Science
Yeon Lee
Undergraduate Student B.A.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Economics
Carol Tu
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Computer Science
Bojun Feng
Undergraduate Student B.S. in Computational and Applied Mathematics
Jean Park
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Communications
Cindy Su
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Computer and Information Science
Helena Zhou
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Computer Science
Eda Orakci
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Computer Science
Anna Vazhaeparambil
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Computer Science and B.A. in Communications
Nikhil Kumar
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering
Maya Gambhir
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering
Alan Qiao
Undergraduate Student B.A.S. in Computer Science
Kaily Liu
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Computer Science
Karan Sampath
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering
Jason Ren
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Computer Science
Bryan Yao
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Computer Science
Norah Rami
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Cognitive Science 2024
Jose (Hooverney) Castano
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Communications 2023 – 2024
Kimberly Epstein
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Cognitive Science and Data Science 2022 – 2024
Mary Xu
Undergraduate Student B.S. in Statistics and Data Science 2023 – 2024
Eric Huang
Graduate Student M.S.E. in Data Science 2024
Priya DCosta
Graduate Student M.C.I.T. in Computer Science 2022 – 2024
Anushka Bhansali
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences. 2022 – 2023
Mia Shelton
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Michael Li
2022 – 2023
Trisha Nagpal
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences. 2022 – 2023
Vartika Parasramka
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences. 2022 – 2023
Huifang Ye
Graduate Student M.C.I.T. in Computer Science
Henry Ge
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Computer Science 2021 – 2022
Maya Jamdar
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Economics and Political Science 2022 – 2023
Skylar Rearick
Undergraduate Student B.A.S. in Computer Science 2022 – 2023
Kaelin Suh
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics 2022 – 2023
Kira Wang
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Political Science and Communication 2022 – 2023
Yiwei (Ellen) Yan
Undergraduate Student B.A.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in OIDD 2022 – 2023
Yuluan Cao
Graduate Student M.S. in Social Policy and Data Analytics 2022 – 2023
Yue (Flora) Chen
Graduate Student M.E. in Data Science 2021 – 2023
Karmanya Aggarwal
Graduate Student M.S.E. in Data Science 2022 – 2023
Chelsey Gonzalez
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences 2022 – 2023
Elina Konstantinidou
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences 2022 – 2023
Jessie Janny Thenarianto
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences 2022 – 2023
Joshua Kurniawan
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences 2022 – 2023
Parimal Mehta
Graduate Student M.S.E. in Computer Science 2022 – 2023
Shloka Kumar
Graduate Student M.S. in Public Policy 2022 – 2023
Shuchen (Zania) Zhang
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences 2022 – 2023
Isaac Gateno
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences 2022 – 2023
Josh Ludan
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering 2021 – 2023
Sina Shaikh
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in CIS and B.A. in Political Science 2022 – 2023
Bharathrushab Manthripragada
Graduate Student M.S.E. in Systems Engineering 2022
Grace Moon
Graduate Student M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences 2022
Sarah Batta
Undergraduate Student B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering 2022
Arina Paniukhina
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Cognitive Science 2021 – 2022
Becca Smith
Undergraduate Student B.A. in Philosophy and Computer Science 2021 – 2022
Leonardo Ferreira Guilhoto
Ph.D. Student Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science 2021 – 2022
Brooke Bernstein
Graduate Student M.S. in Social Policy and Data Analytics 2021 – 2022
Keith Golden
Graduate Student M.S.E. in Data Science 2021 – 2022
Dodge Hill
Graduate Student M.S. in Data Science 2021 – 2022
| Lab member | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Binbin Chen | Graduate Student (M.S.E. in Computer and Information Science) |
| Micaela Kim | Graduate Student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) |
 | Yash Agrawal | Graduate Student (M.S.E. in Data Science) |
| Adil Shahid | Graduate Student (M.C.I.T.) |
 | Liancheng Gong | Graduate Student (M.S.E. in Data Science) |
 | Yeon Lee | Undergraduate Student (B.A.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Economics) |
 | Carol Tu | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) |
 | Bojun Feng | Undergraduate Student (B.S. in Computational and Applied Mathematics) |
 | Jean Park | Undergraduate Student (B.A. in Communications) |
| Cindy Su | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Computer and Information Science) |
 | Helena Zhou | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) |
| Eda Orakci | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) |
 | Anna Vazhaeparambil | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Computer Science and B.A. in Communications) |
 | Nikhil Kumar | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) |
| Maya Gambhir | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) |
 | Alan Qiao | Undergraduate Student (B.A.S. in Computer Science) |
| Kaily Liu | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) |
 | Karan Sampath | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) |
 | Jason Ren | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) |
 | Bryan Yao | Undergraduate Student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) |
| Norah Rami | Undergraduate Student (B.A. in Cognitive Science) 2024 |
 | Jose (Hooverney) Castaño | Undergraduate Student (B.A. in Communications) 2023-2024 |
 | Kimberly Epstein | Undergraduate Student (B.A. in Cognitive Science and Data Science) 2022-2024 |
 | Mary Xu | Undergraduate Student (B.S. in Statistics and Data Science) 2023-2024 |
 | Eric Huang | Graduate Student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2024 |
| Priya DCosta | Graduate Student (M.C.I.T. in Computer Science) 2022-2024 |
 | Anushka Bhansali | Graduate Student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
 | Mia Shelton | Graduate Student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
 | Michael Li | 2022-2023 |
 | Trisha Nagpal | Graduate Student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
 | Vartika Parasramka | Graduate Student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
 | Huifang Ye | Graduate Student (M.C.I.T. in Computer Science) 2022-2023 |
 | Henry Ge | Undergraduate Student (B.A. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
| Maya Jamdar | Undergraduate Student (B.A. in Economics and Political Science) 2022-2023 |
 | Skylar Rearick | Undergraduate Student (B.A.S. in Computer Science) 2022-2023 |
 | Kaelin Suh | Undergraduate Student (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics) 2022-2023 |
 | Kira Wang | Undergraduate Student (B.A. in Political Science and Communication) 2022-2023 |
 | Yiwei (Ellen) Yan | Undergraduate Student (B.A.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in OIDD) 2022-2023 |
 | Yue (Flora) Chen | Graduate Student (M.E. in Data Science) 2021-2023 |
 | Yuluan Cao | Graduate Student (M.S. in Social Policy and Data Analytics) 2022-2023 |
 | Karmanya Aggarwal | Graduate Student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2022-2023 |
 | Chelsey Gonzalez | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
 | Elina Konstantinidou | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
| Jessie Janny Thenarianto | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
 | Joshua Kurniawan | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
| Parimal Mehta | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Computer Science) 2022-2023 |
 | Shloka Kumar | Graduate student (Masters in Public Policy) 2022-2023 |
| Shuchen (Zania) Zhang | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022-2023 |
| Isaac Gateno | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Political Science) 2022 |
 | Josh Ludan | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) 2021-2023 |
 | Sina Shaikh | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in CIS and B.A in Political Science) 2022-2023 |
| Bharathrushab Manthripragada | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Systems Engineering) 2022 |
 | Grace Moon | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022 |
 | Sarah Batta | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) 2022 |
 | Arina Paniukhina | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Cognitive Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Becca Smith | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Philosophy and Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Leonardo Ferreira Guilhoto | Ph.D. student (Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Brooke Bernstein | Graduate student (M.S. in Social Policy and Data Analytics) 2021-2022 |
 | Keith Golden | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Dodge Hill | Graduate student (M.S. in Data Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Kailun Li | Graduate student (M.E. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Bhairavi Muralidharan | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Tai Nguyen | Graduate student (M.C.I.T. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Sumant Shringari | Graduate student (M.C.I.T. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Sarika Subramaniam | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2021-2022 |
 | Joyce An-Jie Wang | Graduate student (M.C.I.T.) 2021-2022 |
 | Vikram Balasubramanian | Undergraduate student (B.S. in Economics (Statistics), B.A. in Philosophy and Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Vincent Cai | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
 | Vivienne Chen | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Communication) 2021-2022 |
 | Vivian Dinh | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Neuroscience) 2021-2022 |
 | Daniel Xue | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) 2021-2022 |
 | Andrew Cullen | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2021 |
 | Zhangyi (David) Fan | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2021 |
 | Xiaonan Liu | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2021 |
 | Nathaniel Cunnan | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Systems Engineering) 2021 |
 | Jess Mixon | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Economics) 2021 |
| Lab member | Role |
|---|---|
| Valery Yakubovich | Executive Director 2021-2022 |
| Yingquan Li | Research Data Engineer 2021-2022 |
Research Assistants
| Lab member | Role |
|---|---|
| Bharathrushab Manthripragada | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Systems Engineering) 2022 |
| Grace Moon | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2022 |
| Sarah Batta | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) 2022 |
| Kimberly Epstein | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Cognitive Science and Computer Science) 2022 |
| Bethany Hsiao | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) 2022 |
| Arina Paniukhina | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Cognitive Science) 2021-2022 |
| Becca Smith | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Philosophy and Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
| Leonardo Ferreira Guilhoto | Ph.D. student (Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science) 2021-2022 |
| Bryan Li | Ph.D. student (Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science) 2021-2022 |
| Brooke Bernstein | Graduate student (M.S. in Social Policy and Data Analytics) 2021-2022 |
| Keith Golden | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2021-2022 |
| Dodge Hill | Graduate student (M.S. in Data Science) 2021-2022 |
| Kailun Li | Graduate student (M.E. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
| Bhairavi Muralidharan | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2021-2022 |
| Tai Nguyen | Graduate student (M.C.I.T. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
| Sumant Shringari | Graduate student (M.C.I.T. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
| Sarika Subramaniam | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2021-2022 |
| Joyce An-Jie Wang | Graduate student (M.C.I.T.) 2021-2022 |
| Vikram Balasubramanian | Undergraduate student (B.S. in Economics (Statistics), B.A. in Philosophy and Science) 2021-2022 |
| Vincent Cai | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Computer Science) 2021-2022 |
| Vivienne Chen | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Communication) 2021-2022 |
| Vivian Dinh | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Neuroscience) 2021-2022 |
| Josh Ludan | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) 2021-2022 |
| Karan Sampath | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) 2021-2022 |
| Daniel Xue | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering) 2021-2022 |
| Andrew Cullen | Graduate student (M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences) 2021 |
| Zhangyi (David) Fan | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2021 |
| Xiaonan Liu | Graduate student (M.S.E. in Data Science) 2021 |
| Nathaniel Cunnan | Undergraduate student (B.S.E. in Systems Engineering) 2021 |
| Jess Mixon | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Economics) 2021 |