Develops models to identify and characterize fringe behaviors that threaten collective well-being, such as trolling, sexism, and conspiracy theories. Also studies the practices around regulating fringe behavior, such as managing differences in norms across communities, expanding peer moderation practices beyond sanctioning, and developing computational models to support moderators.
Research Experience
Assistant Professor at the Computer Science department of Sapienza University of Rome since August 2022. Postdoctoral experience includes appointments at Virginia Tech and GESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, where he took on the role of Team Leader for Data Science Methods at the Computational Social Science Department.
Education
PhD in CSE from the University of Padua, advisor not mentioned.
Background
Research interests: sociotechnical systems, with a focus on online governance; Professional field: Computer Science; Brief introduction: working towards making computer-mediated social lives richer, healthier, and more dignified.