Hussam Habib
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Hi! I research the online platforms and personalization. I am interested in understanding how social media platforms shape our beliefs—specifically the content curation algorithms, online communities and moderation strategies within.

I recently defended my PhD! During my PhD I worked with Dr. Rachel Greenstadt as a research associate at the PSAL lab @ NYU, with Dr. Rishab Nithyanand as his PhD student @ University of Iowa, and I am also a member of Center for Publics, Platforms & Personalization.

Currently, I am relaxing.

Updates!

Date Update
Jul 2025 Gave my defense!
Jun 2025 Our Paper got accepted (CSCW)
Jun 2024 Attended Alt-FAccT
Nov 2024 Gave talk @ WashU, Wisconsin, and Denison University
Sep 2024 Audited NYU CSMAP
Sep 2024 Attended Stanford Trust & Safety
Sep 2024 Joined as a research associate at PSAL @ NYU
Jul 2024 Rode in RAGBRAI
Feb 2024 Gave my proposal defense.
Nov 2023 Gave a talk @ UIUC.
Nov 2023 Gave a talk @ UIowa.
Oct 2023 Attended CSCW23.
Jul 2023 Learned how to swim.
Jun 2023 Presented @ ICWSM23.
May 2023 Served as a reviewer for AEJMC.
May 2023 Conducted an ML workshop for REU NSF.
May 2023 Received travel grant for PETS 2023.
Mar 2023 Paper Accepted "Morbid Realities" @ ICWSM 23.
Sep 2022 Received Graduate College Post-Comp Research Fellowship @ UIowa.
Jun 2022 Presented @ ICWSM22.
Apr 2022 Attended CHI22.
Mar 2022 Paper Accepted "Making a Radical Misogynist" @ CSCW 22.
Mar 2022 Paper Accepted "Fourth Estate" @ ICWSM 22.
Jan 2022 Featured in Dare to Discover @ UIowa.
Nov 2021 Paper Accepted "Act or React" @ ICWSM 22.
Sep 2021 Presented our work "Act or React" @ LUMS.
Jun 2021 Attended ICWSM 21.
Aug 2020 Teaching Assistant for HCI.
Jan 2020 Teaching Assistant for Object Oriented Programming.
Aug 2019 Teaching Assistant for Data Structures.
Aug 2019 Started my PhD @ UIowa.
May 2019 Left TPI Lab @ LUMS.