Emilio Ferrara
Professor of Computer Science and Communication
Studies computational social science, social media manipulation and misinformation with machine learning and network analysis.
Emilio Ferrara's lab at USC works on computational social science, graph mining & networks and language & society. 23 papers since 2023, 4 at top venues, mostly ICWSM and WWW. 11 PhD students and 8 master's students. 45 alumni, most often to Amazon and Google. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 6/ year
- at T1 venues
- 17%
- PhD students
- 11
- MS students
- 8
- alumni listed
- 45
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 18 papers2026 · T1 4 · collecting
- 5 papers2025 · T1 0
- 0 papers2024 · T1 0
- 0 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICWSM, WWW, ACL, CHI, EACL
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Graph mining & networks3 papers
- Language & society3 papers
- Computational social science2 papers
- social2 papers
- misinformation2 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202618 papers
- ACM HypertextAngry but Accurate: Detecting and Profiling the Counter-Misinformation Ecosystem on Twitter
- ICWSMBridging the Narrative Divide: Cross-Platform Discourse Networks in Fragmented Ecosystems (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)Change is Hard: Consistent Player Behavior Across Games with Conflicting Incentives (opens in a new tab)
- ICWSMCoordinated Inauthentic Behavior on TikTok: Challenges and Opportunities for Detection (opens in a new tab)
- WWW (T1)Cross-Platform Narrative Prediction: Leveraging Platform-Invariant Discourse Networks (opens in a new tab)
- Future InternetDefeat Devices in AI Systems (opens in a new tab)
- Machine Learning with ApplicationsECHO: Encoding Communities via High-order Operators (opens in a new tab)
- WWW (T1)Emergent Coordinated Behaviors in Networked LLM Agents: Modeling the Strategic Dynamics of Information Operations (opens in a new tab)
- Foundations of Digital GamesExtending STRIVE to World of Tanks: A Cross-Game Validation of a Socio-behavioral Player Taxonomy (opens in a new tab)
- SystemsFive Myths About Influence Operations: What 25 Million Tweets Across Seven State Campaigns Reveal (opens in a new tab)
- EACLGRAVITY: A Framework for Personalized Text Generation via Profile-Grounded Synthetic Preferences (opens in a new tab)
- Information SciencesInformation Suppression in Large Language Models: Auditing, Quantifying, and Characterizing (opens in a new tab)
20255 papers
- PACM HCICommunication Patterns Predict Team Skill in Multiplayer Online Games (opens in a new tab)
- npj ComplexityLarge-scale detection of multilingual coordinated activity on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
- PNAS NexusLiberals and Conservatives Share Information Differently on Social Media (opens in a new tab)
- EPJ Data ScienceSafe Spaces or Toxic Places? Content Moderation and Social Dynamics of Online Eating-Disorder Communities (opens in a new tab)
- ACM HypertextSynthetic Politics: Prevalence, Spreaders, and Emotional Reception of AI-Generated Political Images on X (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went45 listed, 55% to industry
Industry 24Academia 20
Most often to
- Amazon
- Meta
Also to
- USC
- CUHK
- Dartmouth College
Apply to USCFall 2027
Computer Science PhD (Viterbi)
- Round
- Single round (Dec 15)
- Opens
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- GRE
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- English
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- Fee
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