We cordially invite you to attend a talk by Kiran Garimella (Rutgers University) on Misinformation on WhatsApp.
When? Friday, January 31, 2025, 13:15-14:15
Where? TU Wien, Favoritenstraße 9-11, 1040 Wien, in Seminarraum Zemanek (Hörsaal 3)
Title: Misinformation on WhatsApp – insights from a large data donation program
Speaker: Kiran Garimella, Rutgers University
Short Bio: Kiran is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. Prior to that, he was a post-doc at MIT and at EPFL. Kiran has received the Adamic-Glance Distinguished Young Researcher Award 2024, a best paper award at ICWSM 2021 and best student paper awards at WebScience 2017 and WSDM 2017, among many other accolades. His current research is focused on building innovative, opt-in, privacy preserving data-collection tools for platforms like WhatsApp, with the goal of developing interventions to stop/slow the spread of misinformation.
You can find more information, including the abstract, under the following link: https://neumannstefan.com/talk-kiran/
You are welcome to forward this invitation to others who might be interested in the topic.
We look forward to seeing you there!