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Esther DufloView profile

Professor

• Development Economics
• Poverty Alleviation
• Health
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Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is also co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), holds the Chaire, Pauvreté et politiques publiques at the Collège de France, and serves as President of the Paris School of Economics. Her research focuses on understanding the economic lives of people living in poverty to help design and evaluate social policies. Her work spans multiple domains including: Development Economics Poverty Alleviation strategies Health interventions Educational programs Financial inclusion initiatives Environmental policy Governance improvements Duflo revolutionized developmental economics by pioneering the use of randomized controlled trials to test poverty reduction measures. Her empirical approach has challenged conventional opinions about development and has helped improve the efficient use of resources in poverty alleviation programs worldwide. She co-authored the influential books "Poor Economics" and "Good Economics for Hard Times" with Abhijit Banerjee, demonstrating through field experiments how specific interventions (like providing lentils to mothers for child immunization) can dramatically improve social outcomes. Her notable scientific achievements include: Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2019) Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2015) Infosys Prize (2014) John Bates Clark Medal (2010) MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship (2009) A.SK Social Science Award (2015) Duflo has established J-PAL as a global network of over a hundred affiliated professors who use scientific evidence to inform policy decisions in the fight against poverty. J-PAL has offices across Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and South and Southeast Asia. Her work has demonstrated the crucial importance of information in policymaking, with numerous field experiments showing how carefully designed interventions can have significant impacts on social outcomes across multiple domains including health, education, and economic opportunity.

• Communication Policy
• Civil Rights Advocacy
• Media Democracy
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Mark Lloyd serves as a Clinical Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California. His career uniquely bridges legal advocacy, civil rights leadership, and broadcast journalism, with pivotal roles including Associate General Counsel at the Federal Communications Commission (2009-2012) where he advised on inclusion and localism policies, and Vice President at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. His research critically examines the intersection of media systems and democratic governance, focusing on structural inequities in communication infrastructure. Key interests include: Regulatory frameworks for equitable media access Civil rights implications of digital and broadcast platforms Historical analysis of communication policy failures Public interest advocacy in telecommunications Journalistic ethics in commercial media ecosystems Constitutional challenges in modern media landscapes Lloyd received an Emmy Award for his broadcast journalism work spanning public and commercial radio/television networks including NBC and CNN. His scholarly contributions include the book Prologue to a Farce: Communication and Democracy in America (University of Illinois Press, 2007) and co-editing The Communication Crisis in America and How to Fix It (Palgrave MacMillan, 2016). No information regarding student advising, research grants, or laboratory affiliations is documented in available sources. His professional trajectory emphasizes policy intervention over traditional academic mentorship structures.

Silvia LindtnerView profile

Associate Professor

• Science and Technology Studies (STS)
• Cultural Anthropology
• Feminist Studies
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Silvia Lindtner is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information and Director of the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC). She holds courtesy appointments in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and the Digital Studies Institute. Her work focuses on the social and cultural study of technology in China and globally, with a focus on data-driven governance, AI ethics, and the intersection of technology and labor. Lindtner has conducted nearly two decades of fieldwork in China, examining innovation ecosystems, digital economies, and the affective dimensions of state control. She is the author of the award-winning *Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation* (2020) and co-author of *Technoprecarious* (2020). Education: PhD in Information and Computer Sciences from University of California, Irvine; BS/MS in Media Technology and Design from University of Hagenberg, Austria. Research Interests: Science and Technology Studies (STS), China Studies, HCI, Critical Computing, AI Ethics, Data Governance, Labor Studies, and Transnational Digital Economies. She explores how technological systems shape governance, labor practices, and everyday life, particularly in contexts of global inequality and state surveillance. Awards: Joseph Levenson Prize (2021), Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize (2021), ACM Distinguished Member (2022), and fellowships from the National Committee on US-China Relations (2021-2023) and China-US Scholars Program (2021-2022). Grants: Supported by NSF, IMLS, Intel Labs, Google Anita Borg, and Chinese National Natural Science Foundation. Leads interdisciplinary initiatives including Tech.Culture.Matters research group and Michigan Interactive and Social Computing (MISC) research group. Labs/Teams: Directs the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC) and collaborates with the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Current projects include studies on affective control in AI governance and transnational data practices in healthcare and labor.

Walid MagdyView profile

Professor

• Computational Social Science
• Natural Language Processing
• Social Content Analysis
• +8 more

Walid Magdy is a Professor at the School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, where he is a faculty member at the Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation (ILCC). He holds a PhD from Dublin City University's School of Computing and has been a faculty fellow at The Alan Turing Institute. With substantial industry experience, he has worked for Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Microsoft, and IBM, where he filed nine patents. His research spans computational social science and natural language processing. In computational social science, he focuses on social content analysis, political bias detection, polarization, and users' behavior analysis/prediction, with particular attention to understudied communities. His natural language processing work centers on social applications including sentiment analysis, sarcasm detection, and hate-speech identification, with specialized expertise in Arabic and its dialects as well as Persian. Professor Magdy's recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on Arabic language processing and social media analysis, with growing attention to cultural factors in NLP systems. His work bridges computational methods with social science questions, particularly regarding misinformation, cultural differences in online behavior, and the impact of platform policies on diverse linguistic communities. He has expanded his research to include Persian language processing and continues to explore social dynamics across different cultural contexts. His significant contributions have been recognized with multiple awards: Best Demo Award for TwiXplorer at CSCW 2024 Outstanding Paper Award at ACL 2024 Best Paper Award Runner-up at SocInfo 2022 Best Paper Award at WANLP-EMNLP 2022 Best Paper Award at AIRS 2015 Best Dataset Award at ICWSM 2013 Professor Magdy serves as an editor for Springer's Social Network Analysis and Mining journal and has held leadership roles in major conferences including ACL 2023, ArabicNLP 2023, ICWSM 2022, and ASONAM 2022. He has co-organized numerous shared tasks focused on Arabic language processing and social media analysis, contributing significantly to community resources and benchmarks. He founded and directs the Social Media Analysis and Support for Humanity (SMASH) research group at the University of Edinburgh, which has organized the Summer School in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Edinburgh) in 2022, 2023, and 2025, training researchers in computational social science methodologies.

Tal MalkinView profile

Professor

• Cryptography
• Computer Security
• Complexity Theory
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Tal Malkin is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, directing the Cryptography Lab and serving as inaugural chair of the Cybersecurity Center at Columbia's Data Science Institute. She holds a Ph.D. from MIT (2000), joined Columbia after AT&T Labs research experience, and focuses on cryptography, security, complexity theory with applications in secure computation, zero-knowledge proofs, and privacy-preserving systems . Education: B.S. in Math and Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University M.S. in Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science Ph.D. in Computer Science, MIT (2000) Research Interests: Malkin's work spans foundational and applied cryptography, including homomorphic encryption, lattice-based protocols, attribute-based encryption, and tamper-resilient systems . She explores intersections with machine learning and information theory , addressing challenges in multi-party computation , public-key encryption , and side-channel resistance . Scientific Contributions: Her publications include breakthroughs in non-malleable codes , secure computation , and privacy-preserving databases . Notable works involve continual leakage resilience , optimally-fair coin tossing , and garbled circuits for efficient cryptographic protocols. Awards & Grants: Recipient of the NSF CAREER award, IBM and Google faculty research awards, and the IACR Fellow designation. Her research is funded by NSF, NSA, DHS, NYSIA, IARPA, and industry partnerships with Google, IBM, Mitsubishi, and NEC. Professional Leadership: Former conference chairs at CRYPTO 2021 , CCS 2017 , and CT-RSA conferences. Active in program committees for over 20 leading cryptography and security events, including FOCS , Eurocrypt , and Real World Crypto . Advising: Supervised numerous Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers, including Marshall Ball , Chengyu Lin , and Negev Shekhel Nosatzki . Her lab has mentored graduates like Ghada Almashaqbeh (2019) and Fernando Krell (2016), focusing on decentralized networks , secure learning , and cryptographic primitives .

• Critical Mental Health
• Postcolonial Theory
• Critical Race Theory
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Ameil Joseph is an Associate Professor at McMaster University's School of Social Work, where they contribute to critical scholarship at the intersection of mental health, race, and social justice. Their work examines how ideas about difference, normalcy, sexuality, eugenics, race, ability and mental 'illness' cohere and perform within policy, law and practice, with over a decade of professional experience in mental health settings including supportive housing, settlement services, crisis respite, and forensic community treatment. Education: Ph.D in Social Work, York University (2009-2014) MSW, Wilfrid Laurier University (2005-2007) BA in Psychology, University of Waterloo (1998-2003) Dr. Joseph's research engages with critical mental health, postcolonial theory, critical race theory, and critical disability studies to examine the historical production of ideas about difference. Their scholarship particularly focuses on how these ideas manifest in mental health systems, immigration policy, and criminal justice, with attention to issues of social justice, violence, ethics, and confluence. Their work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical implications, addressing the complex interplay of colonialism, racism, sanism, and eugenics in contemporary social systems. Analysis of Dr. Joseph's recent publications reveals a sustained focus on colonial and eugenic violence within mental health, immigration, and criminal justice systems. Their scholarship consistently examines how racism, sanism, and ableism intersect to produce particular forms of state violence, particularly against racialized immigrants with mental health conditions. Recent work has expanded to address temporal dimensions of oppression, data colonialism, and community responses to grief and loss during the pandemic, demonstrating both theoretical sophistication and practical relevance to current social issues. Scientific Awards: University Scholar 2025 - Recognized for research leadership and impact among eight McMaster professors honored as University Scholars Dr. Joseph has secured significant research funding, including nearly $75,000 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for community-engaged projects addressing social justice issues. Their teaching portfolio includes advanced courses on critical mental health perspectives, race and colonialism in Canadian society, and social justice theory. While specific graduate students aren't listed in available materials, their extensive co-author network suggests active mentorship and collaboration. Dr. Joseph contributes to community-based initiatives in Hamilton addressing racism in healthcare and mental health systems, connecting academic scholarship with practical community responses to systemic issues. Dr. Joseph maintains an active presence in community responses to contemporary challenges, particularly through initiatives addressing grief during the pandemic and systemic racism in healthcare. Their work exemplifies the integration of scholarly rigor with community engagement, demonstrating how academic research can inform and be informed by real-world social justice efforts.

Wim VAN LENTView profile

Professor

• Management Strategy
• Business Ethics
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Wim VAN LENT is a Full Professor of Management at IÉSEG School of Management , France. He holds an HDR in Management from IAE Paris Sorbonne and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from ESSEC Business School. His academic career includes roles as Visiting Professor at Curtin University (Australia), Griffith University (Australia), and Researcher at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He coordinates the 'Strategy and Sustainability' track and is a member of the LEM research group. His research focuses on Management Strategy , Business Ethics , Innovation and Entrepreneurship , and Historical Methodology . Notable areas include corporate archives' strategic use, temporal dynamics in organizations, and ethical repair mechanisms. His work often employs historical case studies, such as the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and colonial-era corporations, to analyze organizational adaptation and institutional contradictions. Van Lent's publications span top journals like Academy of Management Review , Small Business Economics , and Business Ethics Quarterly . His recent studies explore periodization practices in organizations, entrepreneurial time narratives, and moral repair frameworks. Teaching includes international strategy and corporate social responsibility at the MSc level. His research bridges historical analysis with contemporary management challenges, emphasizing how understanding past institutional dynamics informs modern organizational behavior and ethical decision-making.

Wendy JuView profile

Associate Professor

• Interaction with Automation
• Interaction Design Research
• Human Robot Interaction
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Wendy Ju is an Associate Professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech, with appointments in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Previously, she served as executive director of interaction design research at Stanford University's Center for Design Research and as an associate professor of interaction design at the California College of the Arts. Her work bridges human-computer interaction, design, and robotics with a focus on how interactive devices can communicate with people without interrupting them. PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University Master's degree in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT Professor Ju's research centers on implicit interactions, human-robot collaboration, and automotive interfaces. She investigates how people interact with automated systems in natural contexts, develops methods for early-stage prototyping of autonomous technologies, and examines the social implications of robotics in urban environments. Her work spans from theoretical frameworks to practical applications, with particular emphasis on designing systems that integrate seamlessly into human activities without demanding constant attention. Her recent publications reveal a strong trajectory toward understanding human-robot interaction in public urban spaces, with increasing focus on robot navigation in city streets, the social implications of autonomous vehicles, and the integration of generative AI in design processes. Her work consistently bridges theoretical HCI frameworks with practical applications in transportation, urban design, and everyday robotics. Inducted into the ACM SIGCHI Academy (2025) Multiple Honorable Mention Awards at ACM CHI and DIS conferences Best Paper Award at Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (2023) Best Student Paper Award at IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (2017) Best Demonstration Award at HRI (2017) Professor Ju actively mentors numerous PhD and master's students, many of whom have become leading researchers in HCI and robotics. Her research has been supported by significant grants from NSF and industry partners, enabling extensive field studies of human-robot interaction in real-world settings. She has pioneered methodologies for studying autonomous vehicle interactions through both simulated and naturalistic driving environments. Her work with the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute supports interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computing, design, and urban technology. She has established research partnerships with transportation authorities, automotive companies, and urban planning organizations to study how emerging technologies can enhance urban mobility while respecting human needs and social contexts.

Norman M. NaimarkView profile

Professor

• Modern Eastern European History
• Russian History
• Soviet History
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Norman M. Naimark serves as the Robert & Florence McDonnell Professor of East European Studies and Professor of History at Stanford University, with courtesy appointments in German Studies. He holds senior fellowships at both the Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and is affiliated with The Europe Center and the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. Education: Ph.D. in History, Stanford University (1972) Naimark specializes in Soviet-era Eastern European history, with dual research pillars: Soviet policies in post-WWII Europe and 20th-century genocide/ethnic cleansing phenomena. His work bridges historical analysis with contemporary human rights discourse, emphasizing geopolitical power dynamics and systematic violence against civilian populations. Methodologically, he combines archival rigor with comparative frameworks across national contexts. His publication trajectory from 1979–2019 reveals evolving focus from Marxist movements in partitioned Poland to Soviet occupation mechanics, culminating in comprehensive genocide studies. The 2019 monograph on Stalin's postwar European sovereignty struggles synthesizes decades of research into Soviet imperial practices. Scientific awards: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996) Richard W. Lyman Award for outstanding faculty volunteer service (1995) Stanford Dean's Teaching Award (1991-92, 2002-3) Naimark's academic leadership includes directing Stanford's Global Studies Division, Bing Overseas Studies Program, and Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. His research informs current policy discussions on authoritarianism and democratic resilience, as evidenced by recent engagements with Belarusian democracy movements and U.S.-Russia relations. He collaborates extensively through Stanford's interdisciplinary centers, particularly contributing historical perspectives to The Europe Center's sovereignty research and the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law's governance initiatives.

Mohammad Saifur RahmanView profile

Professor

• Digitization Economics
• Omnichannel Retailing
• Innovations and Inequality
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Mohammad Saifur Rahman is the Daniels School Chair in Management and a Professor of Management Information Systems at the Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. His academic journey includes significant leadership roles such as co-chairing the Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) in 2013 and serving as president of the INFORMS eBusiness Society in 2014. Currently, he serves as an associate editor for both Management Science and Information Systems Research (ISR). Ph.D. in Management Information Systems, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University (2008) MBA in Management Information Systems, Southern Illinois University (2004) BS in Computer Science, Southern Illinois University (2002) Rahman's research primarily focuses on the economic implications of digital transformations. His work examines how digitization affects consumer behavior, market structures, and business strategies across various industries. He investigates the value of digital traces in driving consumer behavior and improving decision-making, particularly in omnichannel retail environments. His research on the sharing economy has revealed important insights about economic disparities, showing how platforms like Airbnb provide economic benefits to predominantly white neighborhoods while failing to generate similar spillover effects in predominantly Black or Hispanic neighborhoods. His recent publications reveal a consistent focus on the intersection of technology, economics, and social impact. Rahman's work frequently examines how local market structures interact with digital platforms to create or exacerbate economic inequalities. His research spans multiple disciplines including information systems, economics, marketing, and operations management, with a particular emphasis on empirical studies using real-world data from major companies like Walmart and Cisco. CICP Faculty Commercialization Award (2020) INFORMS Sandy Slaughter Early Career Award (2018) World's Top 40 Business School Professors Under 40 by Poets and Quants (2017) Jay N. Ross Young Faculty Scholar Award (2015) Dean's Award for Outstanding Research Achievement (University of Calgary, 2014) Rahman has secured substantial research funding from organizations including Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Adobe Systems ($50,000 grants in 2017 and 2020), Trask Innovation Fund ($21,218), and NSF I-Corps ($50,000). He has advised numerous PhD students and collaborated with industry partners to translate research into practical applications. Rahman co-founded RightFit Analytics, a precision health analytics solution that utilizes AI to learn success patterns in healthcare. He has organized significant academic events including the Krannert-Walmart Data Dive (believed to be the first data dive on a college campus) and the Dawn or Doom Data Dive in cooperation with Cisco. Rahman actively engages with industry through consulting and collaborative research projects. His work with Walmart, Cisco, and other major corporations demonstrates his ability to bridge academic research with practical business applications. He has been particularly active in studying how AI and big data analytics can be leveraged to improve business decision-making while addressing potential negative consequences like algorithmic bias and economic inequality.

• Machine Learning Security
• AI Safety
• Privacy in Machine Learning
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Florian Tramèr is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, leading research at the intersection of machine learning security, privacy, and AI safety. His work focuses on identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities in machine learning systems, particularly in large language models and other AI systems. Tramèr's primary research interests include adversarial machine learning, membership inference attacks, privacy-preserving AI, and the security implications of large language models. His work has significantly advanced our understanding of how machine learning models memorize training data, how this memorization creates privacy risks, and how to evaluate the robustness of machine learning systems against various attacks. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on practical security challenges in deployed AI systems, including data extraction from language models, adversarial attacks against generative AI, and developing more rigorous evaluation methodologies for machine learning security. Tramèr's research has been published in top venues including ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML, and IEEE Security & Privacy. Tramèr is actively collaborating with leading researchers in the field including Nicholas Carlini, Matthew Jagielski, and Javier Rando, contributing to important initiatives like the International AI Safety Report. His work bridges theoretical security concepts with practical implications for real-world AI deployment.

Joseph FelterView profile

Research Fellow

• Counterinsurgency
• Politically Motivated Violence
• National Security Strategy
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Joseph Felter is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford University) and the William J. Perry Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. His career bridges academia, military service, and policy advising, with expertise in counterinsurgency, national security, and US-China relations. He coauthored the influential book Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution and Modern Conflict (2018) and developed the Hacking for Defense curriculum to connect military needs with Silicon Valley innovation. Military Background: Former US Army Special Forces officer with combat deployments in Panama, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Served as commander of the COMISAF Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team. Academic Roles: Assistant Professor at West Point’s Department of Social Sciences, Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs, and current codirector of Stanford’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. Research Focus: Politically motivated violence, economic development in conflict zones, and defense innovation. His work appears in top journals like American Economic Review and Journal of Conflict Resolution . Policy Engagement: Key advisor on US defense strategy (2017–2019) and founder of BMNT, a Silicon Valley defense technology incubator. Currently serves on Spirit of America’s board. Scientific Awards: Recognized as a William J. Perry Fellow and US Army War College Fellow. His empirical conflict research informs both academic and policy debates.

• Youth and Journalism
• Audience Studies
• Critical Literacies
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Maria José Lisboa Brites de Azeredo is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at Lusófona University, Portugal. She serves as Vice-President of the Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies (CICANT) and coordinates the Media Literacy and Civic Cultures Lab (MeLCi Lab). She holds leadership roles in the Portuguese Association for Communication (SOPCOM) and the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). Her academic career spans over two decades, including roles at institutions like Universidade Lusófona do Porto and Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her education includes a PhD and Habilitation in Communication Sciences from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She has completed specialized courses in digital education, intercultural dialogue, and pedagogical training from institutions like the University of Edinburgh and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Brites’ research focuses on youth journalism, audience studies, digital citizenship, and participatory methodologies. She has led projects such as the YouNDigital study (PTDC/COM-OUT/0243/2021) and the SMaRT-EU initiative. Her work has been recognized with awards including the Research Prize (2017, 2020, 2023) and the Gold Medal of Academic Value (2019). She coordinates the Master's Degree in Media and Information Literacy and Digital Citizenship at Lusófona University and has trained educators through initiatives like the Media in Action (MIA) project. Her publications span peer-reviewed journals, edited books, and conference proceedings addressing media literacy, generational media practices, and civic engagement.

• Information Technology Law
• Infocommunications Law
• Intellectual Property Law
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Associate Professor Kiat Boon, Daniel SENG is a leading academic at the National University of Singapore (NUS), specializing in technology law and infocommunications law. He currently serves as Director of the LLM (Intellectual Property & Technology Law) program and IT Coordinator. Previously, he held roles as Director of Research at the Singapore Academy of Law (2001–2003), partner and head of technology practice at Rajah & Tann, and non-residential fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX). His education includes a JSD and JSM from Stanford University, BCL (Oxford, Rupert Cross Prize recipient, 1994), and LLB (NUS with first-class honors). His research employs machine learning, NLP, and big data to analyze digital law challenges, particularly in copyright takedown notices and AI governance. Research interests span information technology law, empirical legal studies, quantitative research, and AI’s intersection with legal reasoning. He contributes to global legal reform via advisory roles at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), focusing on copyright exceptions, music licensing, and intermediary liability. Key awards include the 1994 Rupert Cross Prize. His work bridges law and technology through publications on digital evidence, metaverse legal frameworks, and AI’s impact on private law. He is actively involved in shaping Singapore’s legal infrastructure through government committees and academic initiatives.

Amy BruckmanView profile

Professor

• Social Computing
• Online Collaboration
• Content Moderation
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Amy Bruckman is a Regents’ Professor and Senior Associate Chair in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. As a Fellow of The ACM and member of the SIGCHI Academy , she contributes to social computing research focusing on online collaboration, cross-cultural understanding, and content moderation. Her 2022 book "Should You Believe Wikipedia? Online Communities and the Construction of Knowledge" explores digital knowledge creation. Education: Ph.D. from MIT Media Lab (1997), B.A. in Physics from Harvard (1987) Research Affiliations: GVU Center, IRI People and Technology Her work addresses social computing challenges including: AI ethics in human-AI interaction Algorithmic bias in content moderation Epistemic justice in online communities Comparative platform analysis (Reddit, Discord, TikTok) Grassroots technology movements Recent publications examine: AI support tools for online counseling Community-driven research frameworks Racial bias mitigation in toxic language detection Designing teachable social media experiences Human trafficking intervention ethics Scientific recognition includes: ACM Fellowship SIGCHI Academy membership She has contributed to: Georgia Tech's Computing Education initiatives Research ethics frameworks for Human-Computer Interaction