معرفی
Mor Naaman is the Don and Mibs Follett Professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech, where he leads the Social Technologies research group and serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute. His career spans academia, industry research (Yahoo! Research Berkeley), and entrepreneurship (startup co-founder).
- Cornell Tech, 2012-present
- Rutgers School of Communication and Information, 2008-2012
- Yahoo! Research Berkeley, 2005-2008
- Stanford University, Ph.D. in Computer Science
His research focuses on Technology, Media and Democracy, particularly AI-mediated communication's societal impact and information ecosystem trustworthiness. The lab employs multidisciplinary methods (machine learning, experiments, qualitative analysis) to address misinformation, algorithmic bias, and digital governance challenges. Recent work examines
- AI-generated content moderation
- Visual misinformation tracking
- Language model cultural bias
- Workplace AI communication dynamics
- Political misinformation campaigns
Notable scientific awards include
- NSF Early Faculty CAREER Award
- Microsoft Research Award
- LinkedIn-Bowers CIS Strategic Partnership award
- Vannevar Bush Best Paper Awards (JCDL 2007, JCDL 2004)
- Best Paper Honorable Mentions (CHI 2023, CHI 2016)
As an advisor, he has mentored numerous PhD students in areas like computational social science and digital democracy. His research is supported by grants from
- National Science Foundation
- Microsoft
- Meta (Facebook)
The Social Technologies Lab (founded 2012) examines
- AI-Mediated Communication implications
- Healthy information ecosystems
- Trust, credibility and misinformation
- Collaborative fact-checking systems
