Filippo Menczer
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| Born | 16 May 1965 (age 61) Rome, Italy |
| Education | Sapienza University of Rome University of California, San Diego |
| Known for | Web crawlers, Social bots, Astroturfing, Fake news, Misinformation |
| Awards | ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow, AAAI ICWSM Test of Time Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive science Computer science Physics |
| Workplaces | Indiana University Bloomington |
| Website | cnets |
Filippo Menczer (born 16 May 1965) is an American and Italian academic. He is a University Distinguished Professor and the Luddy Professor of Informatics and Computer Science at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering of Indiana University. Menczer is the Director of the Observatory on Social Media, a research center where data scientists and journalists study the role of media and technology in society and build tools to analyze and counter disinformation and manipulation on social media. Menczer holds courtesy appointments in Cognitive Science and Physics, is a former director of the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, a senior research fellow of the Kinsey Institute, a fellow of the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication, and a former fellow of the Institute for Scientific Interchange in Turin, Italy. He was named an ACM Fellow in 2020 and AAAS Fellow in 2024.