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ABOUT ME<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/salonidash.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/NzRGUQtf_400x400-150x150.jpg\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSALONI DASH<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI am currently a PhD<\/strong> student at the Information School at University of Washington<\/strong> (UW). Previously, I was a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research<\/strong> (MSR) India.\u00a0 My research interests primarily lie in Misinformation<\/strong> & AI<\/strong>. To know more about my research you can head over to the Research<\/a>\u00a0section.\u00a0<\/p>In my free time I love cooking, reading, spending time with friends, hiking, acrylic painting, playing my ukelele, sketching, reruns of comfort TV shows, Taylor Swift (evermore is better than folklore, sorry) and anything Harry Potter related!. Above all, I love talking to new people, so please reach out to me if\u00a0 any of this sounds remotely fun! I also sporadically blog about my personal and professional musings (Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tRESEARCH<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRESEARCH EXPERIENCE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\tI have been extremely fortunate to have had great mentors who have nurtured and cultivated my research potential. I am currently pursuing my PhD at University of Washington<\/a>, where I am working with Prof. Emma Spiro<\/a> on modeling the threats of generative AI<\/strong> for disinformation<\/strong> campaigns.<\/p>At Microsoft Research India<\/a>,\u00a0I was working with Prof. Joyojeet Pal\u00a0<\/a><\/span>on studying the spread of political polarization<\/b>, dangerous speech<\/b> and disinformation <\/b>during political crises <\/b>in India<\/span>. <\/span>I was also <\/span>working with\u00a0<\/span>Dr. Amit Sharma<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Dr.\u00a0Vineeth Balasubramanian<\/a>\u00a0on c<\/b><\/span>ounterfactual generation <\/b>for analysing the\u00a0f<\/b><\/span>airness <\/b>of\u00a0<\/span>machine learning classifiers<\/b><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>I have also had the honor of working with\u00a0<\/span>Prof. Isabelle Guyon<\/a>\u00a0(co-inventor of Support Vector Machines) and\u00a0<\/span>Prof. Kristin Bennett<\/a>\u00a0for over two years on generating p<\/b><\/span>rivacy-<\/b>p<\/span>reserving<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>synthetic h<\/b><\/span>ealth <\/b>data<\/span> <\/b>and<\/span>\u00a0time-series medical <\/b>data<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>using<\/span>\u00a0 <\/b>Generative Adversarial Networks<\/span> (GANs)<\/b>. Please refer to my CV for more details.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRESEARCH INTERESTS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\tMy research interests primarily lie in Misinformation<\/strong> & AI<\/strong>. I am interested in understanding and modeling the threats<\/strong> of geenrative models for disinformation<\/strong> operations. I am also interested in leveraging geenrative models for detecting<\/strong> and explaining misinformation and manipulation<\/strong> tactics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>My current research interests are a culmination of my previous research endeavours. In the Healthcare domain I was interested in addressing the problem of making medical data accesible <\/b>to the public, without compromising privacy. <\/b>At MSR, I was also interested in studying<\/span>\u00a0&\u00a0<\/span>characterizing the role of online <\/span>influencers <\/b><\/i>in spreading polarization<\/b>, hate speech<\/b>, &\u00a0misinformation<\/b> on social media platforms, particularly during political\u00a0crises<\/b>. <\/span>I also worked on investigating interpretability and algorithmic fairness<\/strong> through the lens of causal <\/b>inference<\/b>.<\/p>In general, I am interested in Machine Learning<\/b>, Natural Language Processing<\/strong>, Social Computing<\/b>, Human Computer Interaction<\/b>, and Fairness & Explainability.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSELECT PUBLICATIONS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\tPlease take a look at my google scholar<\/a> profile for a comprehensive list.<\/p>\n\n- Saloni Dash<\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Arshia Arya, Sukhnidh Kaur, Joyojeet Pal \u201cNarrative Building in Propaganda Networks on Indian Twitter\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> 14th ACM <\/span><\/strong>Web Science Conference 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
- [Honarable Mention for Best Paper Award]<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>Saloni Dash<\/span>, Rynaa Grover, Gazal Shekhawat, Sukhnidh Kaur, Dibyendu Mishra, Joyojeet Pal \u201cInsights Into Incitement: A Computational Perspective of Dangerous Speech on Twitter in India \u201d<\/i><\/a> ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS) 2022 <\/span><\/li>\n
- Saloni Dash<\/span>, Vineeth Balasubramanian, Amit Sharma \u201cEvaluating and Mitigating Bias in Image Classifiers: A Causal Perspective Using Counterfactuals<\/i><\/a>\u201d IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) 2022<\/span><\/li>\n
- Saloni Dash<\/b>, Dibyendu Mishra, Gazal Shekhawat, Joyojeet Pal \u201cDivided We Rule: Influencer Polarization on Twitter During Political Crises in India<\/i><\/a>\u201d International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 2022<\/b><\/li>\n
- [Workshop Paper<\/i>] Saloni Dash<\/strong>, Gazal Shekhawat, Syeda Zainab Akbar, Joyojeet Pal \u201cExtremism & Whataboutism: A Case Study on Bangalore Riots<\/a>\u201d<\/i> Extremism Reserach Workshop, CSCW 2021<\/strong> <\/li>\n
- [Workshop Paper<\/i>] Saloni Dash, <\/strong>Amit Sharma. \u201cCounterfactual Generation and Fairness Evaluation using Adversarially Learned Inferenc<\/a>e<\/a>\u201d. <\/em>Explainable Agency in Artificial Intelligence Workshop, AAAI 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Saloni Dash<\/strong>, Andrew Yale, Isabelle Guyon, and Kristin Bennett. \u201cMedical Time-Series Data Generation using Generative Adversarial Networks<\/a>\u201d <\/em>Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AIME 2020<\/strong><\/li>\n
- [Workshop Paper<\/i>] Saloni Dash<\/span>, Ritik Dutta, Isabelle Guyon, Adrien Pavao, Andrew Yale, Kristin P. Bennett \u201cSynthetic Event Time Series Health Data Generation<\/i><\/a>\u201d Machine Learning For Health (ML4H) Workshop, NeurIPS 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
- Andrew Yale, Saloni Dash<\/span>, Ritik Dutta, Isabelle Guyon, Adrien Pavao, Kristin P. Bennett \u201cGeneration and Evaluation of Privacy Preserving Synthetic Health Data<\/a>\u201d<\/i> Journal of Neurocomputing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCURRICULUM VITTAE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tSALONI DASH<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI am currently a PhD<\/strong> student at the Information School at University of Washington<\/strong> (UW). Previously, I was a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research<\/strong> (MSR) India.\u00a0 My research interests primarily lie in Misinformation<\/strong> & AI<\/strong>. To know more about my research you can head over to the Research<\/a>\u00a0section.\u00a0<\/p>In my free time I love cooking, reading, spending time with friends, hiking, acrylic painting, playing my ukelele, sketching, reruns of comfort TV shows, Taylor Swift (evermore is better than folklore, sorry) and anything Harry Potter related!. Above all, I love talking to new people, so please reach out to me if\u00a0 any of this sounds remotely fun! I also sporadically blog about my personal and professional musings (Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tRESEARCH<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRESEARCH EXPERIENCE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\tI have been extremely fortunate to have had great mentors who have nurtured and cultivated my research potential. I am currently pursuing my PhD at University of Washington<\/a>, where I am working with Prof. Emma Spiro<\/a> on modeling the threats of generative AI<\/strong> for disinformation<\/strong> campaigns.<\/p>At Microsoft Research India<\/a>,\u00a0I was working with Prof. Joyojeet Pal\u00a0<\/a><\/span>on studying the spread of political polarization<\/b>, dangerous speech<\/b> and disinformation <\/b>during political crises <\/b>in India<\/span>. <\/span>I was also <\/span>working with\u00a0<\/span>Dr. Amit Sharma<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Dr.\u00a0Vineeth Balasubramanian<\/a>\u00a0on c<\/b><\/span>ounterfactual generation <\/b>for analysing the\u00a0f<\/b><\/span>airness <\/b>of\u00a0<\/span>machine learning classifiers<\/b><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>I have also had the honor of working with\u00a0<\/span>Prof. Isabelle Guyon<\/a>\u00a0(co-inventor of Support Vector Machines) and\u00a0<\/span>Prof. Kristin Bennett<\/a>\u00a0for over two years on generating p<\/b><\/span>rivacy-<\/b>p<\/span>reserving<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>synthetic h<\/b><\/span>ealth <\/b>data<\/span> <\/b>and<\/span>\u00a0time-series medical <\/b>data<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>using<\/span>\u00a0 <\/b>Generative Adversarial Networks<\/span> (GANs)<\/b>. Please refer to my CV for more details.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRESEARCH INTERESTS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\tMy research interests primarily lie in Misinformation<\/strong> & AI<\/strong>. I am interested in understanding and modeling the threats<\/strong> of geenrative models for disinformation<\/strong> operations. I am also interested in leveraging geenrative models for detecting<\/strong> and explaining misinformation and manipulation<\/strong> tactics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>My current research interests are a culmination of my previous research endeavours. In the Healthcare domain I was interested in addressing the problem of making medical data accesible <\/b>to the public, without compromising privacy. <\/b>At MSR, I was also interested in studying<\/span>\u00a0&\u00a0<\/span>characterizing the role of online <\/span>influencers <\/b><\/i>in spreading polarization<\/b>, hate speech<\/b>, &\u00a0misinformation<\/b> on social media platforms, particularly during political\u00a0crises<\/b>. <\/span>I also worked on investigating interpretability and algorithmic fairness<\/strong> through the lens of causal <\/b>inference<\/b>.<\/p>In general, I am interested in Machine Learning<\/b>, Natural Language Processing<\/strong>, Social Computing<\/b>, Human Computer Interaction<\/b>, and Fairness & Explainability.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSELECT PUBLICATIONS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\tPlease take a look at my google scholar<\/a> profile for a comprehensive list.<\/p>\n\n- Saloni Dash<\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Arshia Arya, Sukhnidh Kaur, Joyojeet Pal \u201cNarrative Building in Propaganda Networks on Indian Twitter\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> 14th ACM <\/span><\/strong>Web Science Conference 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
- [Honarable Mention for Best Paper Award]<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>Saloni Dash<\/span>, Rynaa Grover, Gazal Shekhawat, Sukhnidh Kaur, Dibyendu Mishra, Joyojeet Pal \u201cInsights Into Incitement: A Computational Perspective of Dangerous Speech on Twitter in India \u201d<\/i><\/a> ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS) 2022 <\/span><\/li>\n
- Saloni Dash<\/span>, Vineeth Balasubramanian, Amit Sharma \u201cEvaluating and Mitigating Bias in Image Classifiers: A Causal Perspective Using Counterfactuals<\/i><\/a>\u201d IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) 2022<\/span><\/li>\n
- Saloni Dash<\/b>, Dibyendu Mishra, Gazal Shekhawat, Joyojeet Pal \u201cDivided We Rule: Influencer Polarization on Twitter During Political Crises in India<\/i><\/a>\u201d International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 2022<\/b><\/li>\n
- [Workshop Paper<\/i>] Saloni Dash<\/strong>, Gazal Shekhawat, Syeda Zainab Akbar, Joyojeet Pal \u201cExtremism & Whataboutism: A Case Study on Bangalore Riots<\/a>\u201d<\/i> Extremism Reserach Workshop, CSCW 2021<\/strong> <\/li>\n
- [Workshop Paper<\/i>] Saloni Dash, <\/strong>Amit Sharma. \u201cCounterfactual Generation and Fairness Evaluation using Adversarially Learned Inferenc<\/a>e<\/a>\u201d. <\/em>Explainable Agency in Artificial Intelligence Workshop, AAAI 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Saloni Dash<\/strong>, Andrew Yale, Isabelle Guyon, and Kristin Bennett. \u201cMedical Time-Series Data Generation using Generative Adversarial Networks<\/a>\u201d <\/em>Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AIME 2020<\/strong><\/li>\n
- [Workshop Paper<\/i>] Saloni Dash<\/span>, Ritik Dutta, Isabelle Guyon, Adrien Pavao, Andrew Yale, Kristin P. Bennett \u201cSynthetic Event Time Series Health Data Generation<\/i><\/a>\u201d Machine Learning For Health (ML4H) Workshop, NeurIPS 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
- Andrew Yale, Saloni Dash<\/span>, Ritik Dutta, Isabelle Guyon, Adrien Pavao, Kristin P. Bennett \u201cGeneration and Evaluation of Privacy Preserving Synthetic Health Data<\/a>\u201d<\/i> Journal of Neurocomputing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCURRICULUM VITTAE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
I am currently a PhD<\/strong> student at the Information School at University of Washington<\/strong> (UW). Previously, I was a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research<\/strong> (MSR) India.\u00a0 My research interests primarily lie in Misinformation<\/strong> & AI<\/strong>. To know more about my research you can head over to the Research<\/a>\u00a0section.\u00a0<\/p> In my free time I love cooking, reading, spending time with friends, hiking, acrylic painting, playing my ukelele, sketching, reruns of comfort TV shows, Taylor Swift (evermore is better than folklore, sorry) and anything Harry Potter related!. Above all, I love talking to new people, so please reach out to me if\u00a0 any of this sounds remotely fun! I also sporadically blog about my personal and professional musings (Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t I have been extremely fortunate to have had great mentors who have nurtured and cultivated my research potential. I am currently pursuing my PhD at University of Washington<\/a>, where I am working with Prof. Emma Spiro<\/a> on modeling the threats of generative AI<\/strong> for disinformation<\/strong> campaigns.<\/p> At Microsoft Research India<\/a>,\u00a0I was working with Prof. Joyojeet Pal\u00a0<\/a><\/span>on studying the spread of political polarization<\/b>, dangerous speech<\/b> and disinformation <\/b>during political crises <\/b>in India<\/span>. <\/span>I was also <\/span>working with\u00a0<\/span>Dr. Amit Sharma<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Dr.\u00a0Vineeth Balasubramanian<\/a>\u00a0on c<\/b><\/span>ounterfactual generation <\/b>for analysing the\u00a0f<\/b><\/span>airness <\/b>of\u00a0<\/span>machine learning classifiers<\/b><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> I have also had the honor of working with\u00a0<\/span>Prof. Isabelle Guyon<\/a>\u00a0(co-inventor of Support Vector Machines) and\u00a0<\/span>Prof. Kristin Bennett<\/a>\u00a0for over two years on generating p<\/b><\/span>rivacy-<\/b>p<\/span>reserving<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>synthetic h<\/b><\/span>ealth <\/b>data<\/span> <\/b>and<\/span>\u00a0time-series medical <\/b>data<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>using<\/span>\u00a0 <\/b>Generative Adversarial Networks<\/span> (GANs)<\/b>. Please refer to my CV for more details.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t My research interests primarily lie in Misinformation<\/strong> & AI<\/strong>. I am interested in understanding and modeling the threats<\/strong> of geenrative models for disinformation<\/strong> operations. I am also interested in leveraging geenrative models for detecting<\/strong> and explaining misinformation and manipulation<\/strong> tactics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p> My current research interests are a culmination of my previous research endeavours. In the Healthcare domain I was interested in addressing the problem of making medical data accesible <\/b>to the public, without compromising privacy. <\/b>At MSR, I was also interested in studying<\/span>\u00a0&\u00a0<\/span>characterizing the role of online <\/span>influencers <\/b><\/i>in spreading polarization<\/b>, hate speech<\/b>, &\u00a0misinformation<\/b> on social media platforms, particularly during political\u00a0crises<\/b>. <\/span>I also worked on investigating interpretability and algorithmic fairness<\/strong> through the lens of causal <\/b>inference<\/b>.<\/p> In general, I am interested in Machine Learning<\/b>, Natural Language Processing<\/strong>, Social Computing<\/b>, Human Computer Interaction<\/b>, and Fairness & Explainability.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Please take a look at my google scholar<\/a> profile for a comprehensive list.<\/p>\nRESEARCH<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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