Kathleen M. Carley

Kathleen M. Carley is a full professor at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science with courtesy appointments in Engineering and Public Policy, Heinz School, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. As director of the Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems (CASOS) and the Center for Informed Democracy and Social-Cybersecurity (IDeaS), she leads interdisciplinary research at the intersection of network science, cognitive modeling, and cybersecurity.

• Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University
• SB degrees in Economics and Political Science from MIT

Her research focuses on Dynamic Network Analysis (DNA) and Social-Cybersecurity (SC), developing tools like ORA (network analysis), AutoMap (semantic mining), Construct (influence simulation), and BotHunter (bot detection). She has over 400 publications and 15+ active research projects addressing disinformation, cognitive security, and organizational resilience.

Recent work examines LLM-powered bots, multi-platform misinformation dynamics, and public health analytics. As an IEEE Fellow, she contributes to standards in computational social science while teaching courses on network analysis and complex socio-technical systems.