The SPARTA Lab is currently looking for self-motivated students seeking a Ph.D. in Computer Science and interested in pursuing research in topics related to computational social science, online privacy, and Internet measurement. Send an email to "rishab[-]nithyanand[at]uiowa[dot]edu" with the subject "you NEED to hire me!" if you're interested in working with us and have a demonstrably strong background in any of the following areas: computer networking, statistics, text analytics, or experiment design.
March 03, 2022
In this blog post, Hussam Habib provides an overview of our work to understand whether dangerous online communities can be identified by their evolutionary characteristics. Read more about the work here.
Title: “Are Proactive Interventions for Reddit Communities Feasible?”
Authors: Hussam Habib (UIowa), Maaz Bin Musa (UIowa), Md. Fareed Zaffar (LUMS), Rishab Nithyanand (UIowa)
Venue: AAAI International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2022)
