Staff
Regina (Jeanne) Ruane
Managing Director
Eric Shapiro
Research Operations Manager
Delphine Gardiner
Senior Communications Specialist
Yuxuan Zhang
Data Scientist
Anushkaa Gupta
Project Manager
Researchers
Mark Whiting
Senior Computational Social Scientist
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
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
Liancheng Gong
M.S.E. in Data Science
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
Adil Shahid
M.C.I.T.
Yash Agrawal
M.S.E. in Data Science
Micaela Kim
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Binbin Chen
M.S.E. in Computer and Information Science
Suzy Xu
M.S. in Social Policy and Data Analytics
Emily Duan
M.C.I.T.
Undergraduate Students
Norah Rami
B.A. in Cognitive Science
Bryan Yao
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Jason Ren
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Karan Sampath
B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering
Kaily Liu
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Alan Qiao
B.A.S. in Computer Science
Maya Gambhir
B.S.E in Networked and Social Systems Engineering
Nikhil Kumar
B.A. in Mathematical Economics and Computer Science
Millie Gu
B.A. in Cognitive Science and Computer Science
Anna Vazhaeparambil
B.S.E. in Computer Science and B.A. in Communications
Eda Orakci
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Shruti Agarwal
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Thomas Li
B.A. in Mathematical Economics and M.S.E. in Data Science
Helena Zhou
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Cindy Su
B.S.E. in Computer and Information Science
Jean Park
B.A. in Communications
Evan Ping
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Bojun Feng
B.S in Computational and Applied Mathematics
Amy Zheng
B.A. in Economics and Computer Science
Carol Tu
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Mahika Calyanakoti
B.S.E. in Computer and Information Science
Yeon Lee
B.A.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Economics
Our Alumni Community
Core Research and Administrative Staff
| Lab member | Role | |
|---|---|---|
 | 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
| Lab member | Role | |
|---|---|---|
 | 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 |
Core Research and Administrative Staff
| 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 |