Summer 2021 PhD Impact Fellows

Yiqing Hua (CS) & The Anti-Defamation League: Center on Extremism | Applying Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to characterize how radical extremist content creators on online platforms such as YouTube use the platform to generate revenues. Read more about Yiqing’s project here.

Ilan Mandel (IS) & Consumer Reports Digital Lab | Working with the Digital Lab to develop new ways to test the privacy and security of connected products, and strengthen consumer privacy and data rights.

Briana Vecchione (IS) & Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin Hood | Embedding with Catalyst Incubator Teams, early stage social impact tech ventures addressing economic inequality, to help inform their product and service design. Read more about Briana’s project here.

Yiran Zhao (IS) & Maker Lab with NYC H+H: Coler Hospital | Actively engaging Coler Hospital residents in focus groups about the application and design of wearable devices for older adults and their caregivers.