Mohit Singhal

Mohit Singhal is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University in Boston specializing in Cybersecurity and Privacy within the Teaching Faculty. His work bridges computational systems and social dynamics in digital environments.

His primary research interests include:

• Cybersecurity
• Privacy
• Social Media Analysis
• Content Moderation
• Fairness in AI
• Malware Analysis

He investigates algorithmic fairness in business ranking systems, censorship circumvention technologies, causal effects of content moderation policies, and cybersecurity misinformation propagation across platforms like Yelp, Parler, and Twitter.

Publication trends from 2019-2025 reveal an evolution from malware analysis toward social-media-centric research, with increasing focus on fairness evaluation frameworks, toxicity measurement in online conversations, and adversarial robustness of privacy tools. Recent work integrates causal inference methods with computational social science approaches.

No scientific awards were mentioned in available sources.

As a Teaching Professor, Singhal focuses on pedagogy and curriculum development in cybersecurity education. While specific grant details and student mentorship information are not publicly documented in the provided materials, his role involves training students in emerging challenges at the intersection of technology and society.