Scholar
Shirin Nilizadeh
Google Scholar ID: UaSo4BoAAAAJ
University of Texas at Arlington
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,418
H-index
18
i10-index
25
Publications
20
Co-authors
30
list available
Contact
No contact links provided.
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Paper 'DarkGram: A Large-Scale Analysis of Cybercriminal Activity Channels on Telegram' accepted to USENIX Security 2025.
- Paper 'Causal Insights into Parler's Content Moderation Shift: Effects on Toxicity and Factuality' accepted to The Web Conference 2025.
- Paper 'Auditing Yelp’s Business Ranking and Review Recommendation Through the Lens of Fairness' accepted to ICWSM 2025.
- Paper 'From Chatbots to Phishbots?' received the Distinguished Paper Award from IEEE S&P 2024.
- Received a research grant from the Comcast Innovation Fund Program to study cybercrime on social media platforms.
- Received the College of Engineering Outstanding Early Career Research award.
- Collaborative project with the School of Social Work awarded funding by the Wolens Foundation Impact Fund to study technology-facilitated abuse.
Education
- Ph.D., specific school and advisor information not provided.
Background
- Research interests include cybersecurity, privacy protection, and countering harmful content. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas, Arlington.
Miscellany
- Advised students in various academic activities and won multiple awards. For example, her Ph.D. students received the runner-up award for their presentation at the RobustSumm workshop.
