Kursinformation

This seminar explores the latest advancements in adversarial behaviour on social media. We will focus on:

• Disinformation/Misinformation
• Information Warfare
• Harassment and Trolling
• Recommender System Manipulation
• Bots and Bot Detection

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this course, students should:

• Be familiar with the state-of-the-art literature in the area of social media and adversarial behaviour.
• Understand how social media is studied
• Understand how attacks that takes place on the Internet are studied
• Be able to read, understand, and critically evaluate academic literature, including identifying strengths and weaknesses
• Be able to lead and participate in academic discussions about a topic
• Be able to structure and present a conference-style talk to their peers

LEARNING METHODS

This is a research seminar. Each week we focus on a particular paper/topic and everyone present participates in a discussion about the topic. Each week a student presents a paper to the group and leads a discussion based on that topic.

EXAMINATION FORM

Oral Presentations and Discussions