Regular biography
Walid Magdy holds the Personal Chair of Computational Social Science at The University of Edinburgh's Department of Computer Science. His research focuses on computational social science, though specific details are not provided. Magdy's work is accessible via his university profile page. He can be contacted at wmagdy@inf.ed.ac.uk or through his website.
Scholar-generated biography
Walid Magdy is a researcher specializing in Natural Language Processing, with a focus on Arabic Natural Language Processing and Computational Social Science. His work explores topics such as stance detection, abusive language detection, sentiment analysis, and sarcasm detection in Arabic social media. He has contributed to the development of datasets like ArSarcasm and iSarcasm, and has conducted studies on political polarization, offensive language, and information retrieval. His research also includes analyzing the dynamics of online discourse and the impact of social media on political movements. Magdy's work emphasizes the intersection of language technology and social behavior, with applications in understanding public opinion and misinformation.