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  <p>
  My research develops tools for analyzing <b>large-scale social data</b>, aiming to provide a better understanding of <b>social structure and behaviors</b> online while also impacting the <b>design of digital social systems</b>. 
  My recent work has focused on reducing political polarization online 
  [<a href="assets/publications/2022_newsbridge/paper.pdf" target="_blank">ICWSM'22a</a>,
  <a href="assets/publications/2022_flipfeed/paper.pdf" target="_blank">ICWSM'22b</a>,
  <a href="assets/publications/2021_balanced_inf_max/paper.pdf" target="_blank">WSDM'21</a>,
  <a href="assets/publications/2018_social_mirror/paper.pdf" target="_blank">WWW'18</a>],
  improving the health of online conversations 
  [<a href="assets/publications/2021_dtox/paper.pdf" target="_blank">WWW'21</a>, 
  <a href="assets/publications/2021_social_catalysts/paper.pdf" target="_blank">CSCW'21</a>], 
  and causal inference in social systems 
  [<a href="assets/publications/2017_detecting_network_effects/paper.pdf" target="_blank">KDD'17</a>
  <a href="assets/publications/2019_biometrika/paper.pdf" target="_blank">Biometrika'19</a>]. 
  My research often falls at the intersections of Social Networks, Machine Learning, and Causal Inference.
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  <p>
  I'm an Assistant Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington.
  Before joining UW, I was a Postdoc at Stanford University, mentored by <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/~jugander/" target="_blank">Johan Ugander</a>.
  I received my Ph.D. from MIT in 2020 under the supervision of Deb Roy. 
  Prior to coming to MIT, I spent one year in Paris and one year in Barcelona doing a M.Sc. in Data mining and Knowledge Management. 
  I got my B.Sc. from Staffordshire University with First Class honors in Computer Science. 
  Throughout my graduate studies, I spent several summers doing internships in industry, including Yahoo! Labs, Amazon, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
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  <h4>Prospective Students</h4>
  <p>
  <b>I'm recruiting PhD students to start Fall 2024 at the University of Washington! </b> 
  I'm looking for students passionate about using computational methods to study how social platforms can be reimagined to <u>enable better conversations, bridge political divides, and reduce the spread of misinfo</u>.
  I'm particularly interested in the <u>role of algorithms</u> in social platforms.
  I'm especially looking for students with a background and/or interest in <u>social network analysis, machine learning, causal inference, or natural language processing</u>.
  <br/>
  If you are interested, please apply to the UW iSchool <a href="https://ischool.uw.edu/programs/phd/admissions" target="_blank">PhD program</a> and mention me in your application.
  <br/>
  If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.
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  <sup>‡</sup> indicates equal contribution.
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  <h4>Website Design</h4>
  Since I made this website, many people have found this Jekyll template useful [
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  You can find all the code needed to build your website in this <a href="https://github.com/msaveski/www_personal" target="_blank">GitHub repo</a>.
  Feel free to use it. <br/>

  If you end up using it, please link to here and drop me an email.
  I'm always happy to see people using it.
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