I'm a lecturer (assistant professor) at Queen Mary University of London. My research revolves around Human Factors in Natural Language Processing, interdisciplinary research bridging NLP and Social Computing. I'm particularly interested in linking online data with events in the real world, among others for tackling problematic issues on the Web and social media that can have a damaging effect on individuals or society at large, such as hate speech, misinformation, inequality and other forms of online harm.
I currently have a funded PhD studentship focusing on detection and mitigation of online harms. Check out the advert for info and how to apply. The deadline is 8th September.
If you're interested in doing a PhD, you can read more about my research interests here.
Research: I've published over 80 peer-reviewed publications, including 25+ journal publications. My research has been cited over 1,600 times (H-index = 23). I'm a member of the editorial boards of the Information Processing & Management and Online Social Networks and Media journals, and a regular reviewer for top conferences including WWW, CHI, CSCW, ACL, EMNLP, IJCAI and AAAI.
News
- June 2019: I'm honoured to have been named among the best reviewers for ICWSM 2019!
- June 2019: I have joined the editorial board of the Online Social Networks and Media journal.
- April 2019: Our Special Issue on Processing Social Media in Real-Time is now published in the Information Processing & Management journal.
- March 2019: Our Special Issue on Social Media Mining for Journalism is now published in the Online Information Review journal.