Pik-Mai Hui

Ph.D. student @OSoMe_IU @IULuddy @IndianaUniv ; Backend dev lead of #BotSlayer ; #Python and #SQL fanatics

[Tiago Peixoto @tiagopeixoto]

New on the @arxiv! "Disentangling homophily, community structure and triadic closure in networks", https://t.co/lnBlOQ4EX1

Homophily/communities and triadic closure (triangles) are conflated properties in network analysis, and this method tells them apart. An explainer: 1/5

[Santo Fortunato @santo_fortunato]

How good are graph embedding algorithms to separate communities and facilitate their identification? Not that good! Take a look at our paper: https://t.co/YtEah1wNfC @filrad

[Pik-Mai Hui @patrick_pmhui]

The beginning of the end of COVID19.

[University of Iowa Health Care @uihealthcare]

JUST IN: David Conway, RN, was our first employee to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech #COVID19 vaccine. More than 50 other health care employees will receive their vaccine today. We’re proud to be part of this historic moment!

[Observatory on Social Media @OSoMe_IU]

The two examples in this thread by @patrick_pmhui illustrate the kinds of disinformation campaigns that can be spotted in real time using our tool, BotSlayer https://t.co/cr1xxuy4DZ

[Christopher Torres-Lugo @ChrisTorresLugo]

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[Pik-Mai Hui @patrick_pmhui]

Another example of an astroturfing campaign amplifying a false narrative about voter fraud. Red nodes are likely inauthentic accounts. Found with @OSoMe_IU Hoaxy https://t.co/M8PZBdAfMn

[Pik-Mai Hui @patrick_pmhui]

An example of an astroturf campaign uncovered with @OSoMe_IU BotSlayer: suspicious accounts are using a legitimate news report to amplify a false narrative about links between Biden and China.

Visualized with Hoaxy (12:50pm ET)
https://t.co/otcGHUR9Uz

https://t.co/8xAeQRZfsN

[Julia E. Ainsley @JuliaEAinsley]

Breaking: US agrees to rescind order blocking foreign students taking classes online from living in the US. Just announced in federal district court in Massachusetts