Scholar
Skyler Wang
Google Scholar ID: 4g0yVg4AAAAJ
Assistant Professor, McGill University | Research Scientist, Meta
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,035
H-index
10
i10-index
10
Publications
20
Co-authors
38
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Led or contributed to 'No Language Left Behind' and 'SeamlessM4T' machine translation projects, published in Nature
- SeamlessM4T named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 200 Inventions of 2023
- Publications in Nature, Big Data & Society, Information, Communication & Society, PLOS One, Sex Roles, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Sociological Perspectives
- Presented work at top HCI and ML venues including ACL, CSCW, EMNLP, FAccT, and NAACL
- Research featured in TIME, Reuters, NPR, CNN, WIRED, The Verge, Vox, Quartz, and GQ
- Introduced MOMENTS—a comprehensive multimodal benchmark for Theory of Mind (2025)
- Published paper on data auxiliaries and dating spreadsheets in Information, Communication & Society (2025)
- Developed a multi-agent dual dialogue system to support mental health care providers (2024)
Research Experience
- Research Scientist at Meta’s FAIR lab (part-time starting July 2025)
- Collaborates with academic and industry partners to develop open-source machine translation models for underserved languages
- Co-organized a panel on “Reimagining More-Than-Human Intimacies” at the 10th STS Conference in Milan (2025)
- Co-chaired Ethics & Society Day at the AE Global Summit on Open Problems for AI in Boston (2024)
- Awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2025) to study AI integration in dating apps
Background
- Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University
- Research Scientist at Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab
- AI sociologist interrogating the inner workings and societal impacts of sociotechnical and machine learning systems
- Uses mixed-methods, experiments, and STS approaches to critically examine epistemic cultures of AI and human-machine interactions in health and relational contexts
- Empirical work explores how digital platforms—such as network hospitality, online dating, and AI companions—shape modern intimacy and relationships
- Advocates for a shift from human-centered to 'social-centered' AI development, with talks at venues including the United Nations
