Staff
Regina (Jeanne) Ruane
Managing Director
Miguel Rivera-Lanas
Data Scientist
Eric Shapiro
Research Operations Manager
Researchers
Homa Hosseinmardi
Associate Research Scientist
Mark Whiting
Senior Computational Social Scientist
Jorge Barreras Cortes
Post-Doctoral Researcher
James Houghton
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Coen Needell
Pre-Doctoral Researcher
Affiliated Researchers
Abdullah Almaatouq
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amir Ghasemian
Yale University
David M. Rothschild
Economist Microsoft Research
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
Masters Students
Karmanya Aggarwal
M.S.E. in Data Science
Anushka Bhansali
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Yuluan Cao
M.S. in Social Policy and Data Analytics
Yue (Flora) Chen
M.E. in Data Science
Priya DCosta
M.C.I.T.
Anoushka Kiyawat
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Anna Lamb
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Trisha Nagpal
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Vartika Parasramka
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Mia Shelton
M.S. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences
Yashveer Singh Sohi
M.S.E. in Data Science
Huifang Ye
M.C.I.T. in Computer Science
Undergraduate Students
Jose (Hooverney) Castaño
B.A. in Communications
Henry Ge
B.A. in Computer Science
Bethany Hsiao
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Maya Jamdar
B.A. in Economics and Political Science
Kaily Liu
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Alan Qiao
B.A.S. in Computer Science
Norah Rami
B.A. in Cognitive Science
Skylar Rearick
B.A.S. in Computer Science
Jason Ren
B.S.E. in Computer Science
Karan Sampath
B.S.E. in Networked and Social Systems Engineering
Kaelin Suh
B.A. in PPE (Politics, Philosophy, and Economics)
Kira Wang
B.A. in Political Science and Communication
Our Alumni Community
Core Research and Administrative Staff
| Lab member | Role | |
|---|---|---|
 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|
 | 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 |
 | Kimberly Epstein | Undergraduate student (B.A. in Cognitive Science and 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 |
 | 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 |