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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.

• Computational Social Science
• Natural Language Processing
• Social Content Analysis
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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

• Social Computing
• Online Collaboration
• Content Moderation
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Srijan Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Computing. His research focuses on data science, AI for security, and online safety, addressing challenges in detecting malicious users, misinformation, and enhancing AI robustness. His work has been deployed in platforms like Flipkart and Wikipedia, and recognized through awards such as the NSF CAREER and Forbes 30 Under 30. Education: B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park Postdoctoral training at Stanford University Research Interests: Multi-modal/multi-lingual detection of harmful content and users Adversarial robustness of AI models Graph and network analysis for early detection Responsible recommender systems Awards & Grants: NSF CAREER Award (2023) Kavli Fellow (2022) Facebook/Adobe Faculty Awards NSF Convergence Accelerator Phase II grant ($5M) Advising & Labs: Leads the CLAWS Lab, advising over 20 students. Active in mentoring through conferences and NSF-funded projects.

• Data Science
• Applied Machine Learning
• Network Analysis
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Ekaterina Shutova is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) within the Faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdam. She concurrently holds a Visiting Associate Professor position in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. She leads the Amsterdam Natural Language Understanding Lab and heads the NLP & Digital Humanities research unit at ILLC. An ELLIS Scholar, she earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and Pembroke College. Her research has been funded by ERC, Innovate UK, British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, Google, Meta, and Deloitte. Her research spans natural language processing and machine learning, with core interests in: Few-shot learning for NLP Multilingual and cross-lingual systems Joint modeling of language and vision Cognitive processing and semantic representation Figurative language interpretation Computational social science applications Her recent publications (2024-2025) predominantly focus on multimodal learning, cultural alignment in AI, metaphor processing, and evaluation methodologies for language models. These works reflect a trend toward integrating cognitive science with multilingual systems and ethical considerations. Awards & Fellowships: ERC Consolidator Grant (2025) ELLIS Scholar Outstanding Paper Award at ACL 2023 Finalist for Outstanding Certification by TMLR Runner-up Best Paper Award at NAACL-HLT 2016 Research Leadership: She directs the Amsterdam Natural Language Understanding Lab, supervising 8 PhD students, 1 MSc student, and 34 alumni. Her projects include an ERC-funded initiative on globally accessible language technology and an AI Democratization grant for hate speech detection.

• Natural Language Processing
• Machine Learning
• Multimodal Learning
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Shiri Azenkot is an Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and Cornell University, affiliated with the Information Science Department and Technion’s Computer Science Department. Her research focuses on accessibility innovations in emerging technologies, particularly addressing needs of people with vision impairments and neurodiverse populations. She holds a PhD from the University of Washington, advised by Richard Ladner and Jacob Wobbrock, and has been recognized with prestigious awards including the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Education: PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from University of Washington (advisors: Richard Ladner, Jacob Wobbrock). Research interests include VR/AR accessibility, assistive technology design, inclusive education tools, and ethical AI applications. Current projects explore social VR avatars for invisible disabilities, AR navigation aids, and AI moderation systems against ableist hate speech. Her work is funded by NSF, AOL, Verizon, and Facebook. Recent publications address video accessibility for ADHD users, AI-driven scene descriptions for blind users, and tactile learning materials co-designed with educators. She leads the XR Access initiative promoting inclusive virtual/augmented reality. Awards include the UW Graduate Medal (2020), NSF CRII Award (2017), and AT&T Labs Fellowship (2014). Her research bridges academic innovation with industry impact through collaborations with tech companies and disability advocacy groups.

• Accessibility
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Assistive Technology
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Professor Michael C.L. CHAU serves as Professor and Deputy Area Head of Innovation and Information Management at The University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Business and Economics. He also holds the position of Associate Director at the HKU HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, and serves on the HKU Senate and Court. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona and a B.Sc. in Computer Science (Information Systems) from the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Chau's research spans business analytics, artificial intelligence, web mining, fintech, smart health, and security informatics. His work focuses on applying data/text/web mining techniques to business, education, and social domains. He leads the Artificial Intelligence Research Group at HKU Business School, which has secured significant funding from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Food and Health Bureau, and other agencies for projects including 'The Invisible Hand in Crowdfunding' and 'Factors Moderating the Predictive Power of Social Media Sentiment on Stock Returns'. His publication portfolio includes over 150 articles in premier journals like MIS Quarterly, JMIS, and IEEE Transactions, with recent work exploring large language models, hate speech detection, and disaster-related social media analysis. His research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections across computer science, information systems, and business applications. INFORMS ISS Design Science Award (2020) IEEE ITSS Leadership Award in Intelligence and Security Informatics (2020) AIS Sandra Slaughter Service Award (2016) HKU Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2014) Faculty Research Postgraduate Supervision Award (2020 & 2025) Cited over 9,400 times (h-index = 47) Dr. Chau actively mentors doctoral students and has supervised numerous PhD graduates who now hold academic positions at institutions including Fudan University, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and the University of Maryland. His research grants portfolio demonstrates sustained funding success across diverse areas including blockchain, mental health applications, and social media analytics. The Artificial Intelligence Research Group he leads maintains strong industry connections through projects with Hong Kong Red Cross and the Hospital Authority.

• Business Analytics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Web Mining and Social Media
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Gerold Schneider is an Associate Professor at the University of Zurich , affiliated with the Department of Computational Linguistics under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics . He leads the Text Crunching Center (TCC) , focusing on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of NLP, Digital Humanities, and Health Data Science. Research Interests His work spans Text Analytics , Digital Humanities , Corpus Linguistics , and Health Data Science , with applications in: Biomedical NLP (e.g., Alzheimer’s detection, clinical trials) Digital Humanities projects (e.g., analyzing Charles Dickens, UN archives) Migration discourse framing across languages Adversarial data collection for hate speech detection Interdisciplinary methodologies for digital unstructured data Recent Publications 2025–2024 research highlights include annotated corpora for preclinical and neurological studies, AI-driven analysis of historical linguistic variation, and innovative tools for language learners. His NLP applications address health diagnostics, ethical AI, and cross-lingual political discourse. Labs & Teams As TCC leader, he spearheads collaborative projects within the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) communities (AI & Law, Health, Ethics, etc.), integrating computational methods with humanities and health research.

• Computational Linguistics
• Digital Humanities
• Corpus Linguistics
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Eugenia Rho is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), part of the College of Engineering. Her research focuses on data analytics, machine learning, natural language processing, and human-computer interaction, with particular emphasis on social media discourse, online identity dynamics, and ethical AI applications. Education includes a Ph.D. in Information and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Irvine (2020), and a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University (2011). Her interdisciplinary background bridges computer science and social sciences. Research interests span AI-assisted communication tools, counterspeech strategies for online hate mitigation, and neurodivergent perspectives in technology design. Her work often integrates computational methods with social science theories to address real-world challenges such as bias detection, mental health support, and ethical AI deployment. Recent publications highlight themes like AI collaboration in writing, identity-driven online interactions, and the efficacy of counterspeech. Her projects frequently involve designing human-centered technologies that prioritize accessibility and ethical considerations. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. She maintains an active Google Scholar profile and a personal homepage (URLs not provided in the text).

• Data Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
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Professor Diana Inkpen is a faculty member at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto's Department of Computer Science and degrees from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (M.Sc. and B.Eng.). Her research focuses on computational linguistics, natural language processing (NLP), and artificial intelligence, with specialties in natural language understanding/generation, lexical semantics, and semantic web agents. Education: Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Toronto M.Sc., Computer Science and Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca B.Eng., Computer Science and Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Affiliations: Director, NLP Lab Editor-in-Chief, Computational Intelligence journal Associate Editor, Natural Language Engineering journal Her research has led to roles such as program co-chair for AI 2012 and leadership in organizing international workshops. She has received funding from NSERC, SSHRC, and OCE, and was honored with a Visiting Professor title at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Her teaching spans courses like Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, and Prolog programming. Professor Inkpen's work bridges NLP innovations with societal challenges, including mental health surveillance via social media analysis and bias mitigation in AI systems. She actively contributes to interdisciplinary projects, such as detecting hate speech and legal text entailment, while maintaining a global research network through collaborations and international conference involvement.

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Artificial Intelligence
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Roles and Affiliations: Full Professor at the School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS), Singapore Management University (SMU). Research Advisor to Xiaosen Zheng and Kankan Zhou. Serves as Action Editor for Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) , Program Co-Chair of EMNLP 2019, and Editorial Board Member of Computational Linguistics (2015-2017). Education: PhD in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008) B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science, Stanford University Research Focus: Specializes in natural language processing (NLP), text mining, machine learning, and data mining. Current interests include question answering, social media content analysis, and combating misinformation. Explores topics like counterfactual syntax for cross-lingual understanding, interventional training for robust NLU, and bias detection in vision-language models. Publications: Over 100+ peer-reviewed papers across top conferences (ACL, EMNLP, NAACL) and journals. Recent work emphasizes multimodal analysis, hate speech detection in memes, and robustness improvements for large language models. Key themes include cross-lingual systems, knowledge base question answering, and misinformation mitigation. Grants & Advising: Supervises PhD/Master’s students in cutting-edge NLP research. Leads projects on model memorization studies, hate meme classification, and interventional training frameworks. Active in organizing conferences and editorial roles. Teaching: Teaches courses in software foundations and programming fundamentals, bridging theory and practical NLP applications.

• Natural Language Processing
• Machine Learning
• Data Mining
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Sudha Ram is the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of MIS, Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Eller College of Management, University of Arizona. She holds joint faculty appointments as Professor of Computer Science and is a member of the BIO5 Institute and the Institute for the Environment. She is also the Director of INSITE: Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics, a leading research center in data-driven decision-making. Her research focuses on Big Data Analytics , Business Intelligence , Large Scale Network Science , and Machine Learning , with applications in healthcare, smart cities, environmental policy, and social media. She has pioneered methods in explainable AI, conceptual modeling, and multimodal data fusion, integrating statistical, ontological, and machine learning approaches. Recent publications demonstrate a strong trend in healthcare analytics (e.g., asthma, diabetes, fracture prediction), explainable AI (ROLEX, argumentation-based models), and urban/smart systems (mobility, wearables, environmental impact). Her work consistently appears in top-tier journals and conferences, reflecting sustained scholarly impact. AIS Fellow (2018) INFORMS ISS Distinguished Fellow IBM Faculty Award Peter Chen Award Best Paper Award, IEEE Smart Cities (2016) Best Paper Award, ACM Digital Health (2016) Woman of Impact Award, University of Arizona (2023) Dr. Ram has secured over $70 million in research funding from agencies like NSF, NASA, CIA, and corporations including IBM, Intel, and SAP. She has mentored numerous students and leads a multidisciplinary research team at INSITE. She has held editorial leadership roles in Information Systems Research , Journal of AIS , and is founding co-editor of the Journal of Business Analytics . She directs the INSITE Center, which fosters collaboration across business, computer science, and health domains, enabling large-scale data synthesis and knowledge discovery. The center supports projects in healthcare innovation, smart cities, and environmental policy analytics.

• Big Data Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Large Scale Network Science
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Dr. Matloob Khushi serves as a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Brunel University London's College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences. With over 25 years of combined academic and industry experience, his work bridges theoretical AI advancements with practical applications in finance, healthcare, and public health domains. His research has established significant collaborations with international banks, healthcare institutions, and technology startups. Dr. Khushi earned his PhD in AI and Data Science from the University of Sydney, developing novel algorithms for genomic data analysis. His postdoctoral research at the Children's Medical Research Institute (2014-2017) pioneered AI-based diagnostic tools for medical condition detection. More recently, he developed bioinformatics tools for environmental assessment under a UKRI NEC grant. Research Focus FinTech Innovation : Creator of the SS Ratio (incorporating volatility and drawdown sensitivities), advanced portfolio optimization models, and synthetic data generation techniques for fraud detection and credit risk assessment Bioinformatics Leadership : Developer of AI tools for genomic analysis and early cancer detection, featured in SBS News and The Daily Telegraph Public Health NLP : Architect of systems for vaccine misinformation detection, mental health monitoring, and health surveillance on social media His publication portfolio shows consistent growth from foundational bioinformatics work to current multimodal AI applications, with increasing interdisciplinary collaboration across finance and healthcare sectors. Awards and Recognition Ranked among Stanford/Elsevier's top 2% of global AI scientists Recipient of Best Paper Awards from IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems and PeerJ Media recognition for cancer detection research by major news outlets Mentorship and Teaching Dr. Khushi has supervised six PhD candidates to completion and over 100 postgraduate dissertations. He teaches CS3002 Artificial Intelligence and mentors students in Final Year Projects. His supervision focuses on Deep Learning/NLP for FinTech prediction and Public Health Surveillance applications, emphasizing practical implementation of theoretical concepts.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
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Martin Volk is a Full Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Zurich, with a dual affiliation to the Department of Informatics since 2019. He holds a PhD from the University of Koblenz and has held academic positions at institutions including Stockholm University (part-time from 2008-2011), Zurich University of Applied Sciences, and the University of Georgia. His research focuses on grammar engineering, machine translation evaluation, multilingual text analysis, and cross-language information retrieval. Education : Born in Cochem, Germany Studied Computer Science and Computational Linguistics at EWH University, Koblenz Master's in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Georgia (Fulbright Scholar) PhD in Computational Linguistics from the University of Koblenz Research Interests : His work emphasizes data-driven NLP methods, including corpus-based approaches, parsing technologies, and the application of machine learning to historical and multilingual texts. Key focuses include: Machine translation systems and evaluation frameworks Grammar testing environments (e.g., GTU) OCR and digitization of historical documents (e.g., Gothic script) Development of parallel corpora for linguistic research Projects : SMULTRON: Multilingual parallel treebank project Bullinger Digital: Historical document digitization initiative Text+Berg: Digital Humanities project for alpine textual heritage EU-funded MuchMore (cross-language medical IR) Grants & Collaborations : Recipient of grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, EU projects, and industry partnerships (e.g., Siemens, Xerox). His work integrates academic and industrial perspectives in NLP tool development. Labs & Teams : Leads research teams in the Institute of Computational Linguistics at UZH, focusing on projects like the Zurich Parallel Corpus Collection and MODERN (modeling discourse for MT).

• Computational Linguistics
• Machine Translation
• Natural Language Processing
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Professor Dhiraj Murthy holds appointments in the Moody College of Communication , Sociology , and School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on social media, digital methods, health communication, and disaster response. He directs the Computational Media Lab , a leading research group with over 20 students, and co-edits the journal Big Data & Society . Notably, he authored the seminal book Twitter: Social Communication in the Twitter Age (2013/2018), which won the ALA CHOICE Prize. Dr. Murthy's work has been funded by NIH, NSF, and other major grants, including studies on e-cigarette marketing, disaster informatics, and AI-driven disinformation detection. He also serves on advisory boards for MediaWell and chairs international social media conferences. Education : Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Cambridge. Grants : Over $5M from NIH, NSF, and UT Austin’s Good Systems initiative for projects like 'AI Technologies to Curb Disinformation' and 'E-cigarette Use Among Mexican American Students.' Labs/Teams : Computational Media Lab (UT Austin), focusing on AI, social media analytics, and health research. Awards : Stanford University’s 2023 Top 2% Global Scientists in Communication & Media Studies and Sociology, ALA CHOICE Prize (2018), and multiple NIH/NSF grants. His work bridges sociology, media studies, and computational methods to address societal challenges like health disparities and misinformation.

• Social Media
• Digital Research Methods
• Race/Ethnicity Studies
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Smita Ghosh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Santa Clara University, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on social network analysis, algorithms for information diffusion, and applications in cybersecurity, disaster management, and machine learning. She holds a B.Tech. from the West Bengal University of Technology, India, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Dallas. Her work addresses challenges in rumor containment, clickbait detection, and optimizing network models for social media content analysis. Recent publications include studies on hypergraph-based solutions for rumor blocking and stochastic models for emergency response in social networks. She also explores cross-modal topic modeling for enhancing content detection algorithms. Notable contributions include developing data-driven strategies for identifying hate speech spreaders and improving wildfire severity predictions using environmental features. Her research bridges theoretical computer science with real-world applications in public health, education, and disaster management. Her academic contributions include organizing conference proceedings like the 18th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM 2024). She actively contributes to educational initiatives such as the Classroute project, creating multilingual educational content for Punjabi and Urdu speakers.

• Social Network Analysis
• Machine Learning
• Algorithm Design
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