Welcome to WPI Infolab! We conduct research in information retrieval, natural language processing, social computing, machine learning, and cybersecurity over large-scale networked information systems like the Web and social media.
Our research thrusts are (1) Cybersecurity in Web, Social and Crowdsourcing Systems; and (2) Big Data Analytics and Mining.
1. Cybersecurity in Web, Social and Crowd-based Systems
- Hate Speech Detection and Counter Speech Generation
- Misinformation Detection and Mitigation
- Tracking, Revealing and Detecting Crowdsourced Manipulation
- Combating Threats to Collective Attention
- Scalable Campaign Identification and Extraction
- Spam and Bot-Resilient Social Networking
- Detecting Social Spammers and Content Polluters
2. Big Data Analytics and Mining
- Recommender System
- AI for social good
- Analyzing Crowd-based Systems
- Spatio-Temporal Data Mining
- Exploring Learning Management System Interaction Data
- Community Detection
- Ebola-Related Information Propagation
- Identifying and Engaging Strangers to Propagate Information
Acknowledgments
This research has been generously supported by NSF, Google, Air Force Research Lab, Amazon, Nvidia, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in South Korea, Utah State University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.