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10 Dec 2024
This is one of the most exciting and impactful projects that I worked on!
10 Dec 2024
Ever wondered how The Washington Post balances access and subscriptions? In our latest blog post, @janithW dives into how we use reinforcement learning and smart metering to target paywalls intelligently—optimizing reader experience and business goals.
washpost.engineering/how-the…
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16 Jun 2022
Happy to announce that I defended my dissertation on "Using Stylometry to Mitigate Abuse in Online Communities", advised by @ragreens. Thanks to everyone who helped me throughout the Ph.D. journey!
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7 Jun 2022
Tomorrow at #ICWSM I will be presenting our paper on using authorship verification to analyze social media abuse (sockpuppet and troll accounts) ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM… @ragreens
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6 Jul 2021
If you are a student taking online classes, help us with our survey:
6 Jul 2021
Are you currently a university student?
Did you attend classes at any time during the pandemic? Our research team wants to learn more about students’ sentiments towards the software used in distanced learning!
Link to informed consent and survey here:
nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…
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24 Sep 2020
Here is a 90 sec video explaining our approach for the Authorship Verification shared task (predicting if two fanfics are written by the same person!) at PAN 2020 @ragreens @clef_initiative
youtu.be/syQSa-uCrkE
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7 Jul 2020
Is "InstaPy" an optimizer, an equalizer, or a step toward an AI arms race between platforms and users? builtin.com/software-enginee…
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23 Jun 2020
So, I ordered a USB hub from @amazon and I got this instead. I'm deeply offended! Crocs!
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30 Apr 2020
My work on using reciprocity pods to manipulate Instagram popularity with @janithW, Bailey Flanigan, Avi Stein, and Damon McCoy was featured in Tech Crunch:
techcrunch.com/2020/04/29/in…
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26 Apr 2019
Trying out AR directions! Perfect for people like me who have no sense of direction! #GoogleMaps #ARDirections
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18 Jan 2019
Here are the slides from our #ShmooCon talk on Machine Learning and Mental Health: dropbox.com/s/is63e5vh8dobu9… and a 2-page abstract about if from last year's HotPETS talk: petsymposium.org/2018/files/… @ragreens
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Janith Weerasinghe retweeted
16 Aug 2018
Janith Weerasinghe and Cynthia Gill presenting our work on Exploring How Social Media Feeds are Manipulated at #usenixsecurity poster session #usesec18
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7 Sep 2018
I spoke to a reporter (Seth Borenstein at AP) about the op-ed and stylometry apnews.com/4f6b77364787489a9…
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7 Jul 2015
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4 Mar 2015
Maharagama traffic is due to a stupid JVP rally which finished just a while ago @road_lk
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4 Mar 2015
Maharagama traffic starts way before Nawinna. Complete standstill. Avoid avoid avoid. @road_lk
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