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Jun17Tue
PhD Thesis Proposal - Understanding the Role of Emotions in Online Opinion Polarization

Tue, Jun 17, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: EEB 631
Title: Understanding the Role of Emotions in Online Opinion Polarization   Time and Date: Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 | 2:00p - 3:30p   Location: EEB 631   Committee Members: Kristina Lerman (Chair), Fred Morstatter,...

Jun18Wed
PhD Dissertation Defense - Siyi Guo

Wed, Jun 18, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: RTH 114
Title: Learning Social Representations for Causal Understanding of Heterogeneous and Dynamic Online Behavor   Date and Time: Wednesday, June 8th, 2025 | 2:00pm     Location: RTH 114     Committee Members:...

Jun18Wed
PhD Thesis Proposal - Zhonghao Shi

Wed, Jun 18, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: RTH 406
Title: Enabling Personalized Multimodal Interaction for Socially Assistive Robots and Agents   Date and Time: 6/18 2:30pm-4pm   Location: Ronald Tutor Hall (RTH) Room 406   Committee Members: - Prof....

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on June 11th, 2025