Regular biography
Manoel Horta Ribeiro is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. He is affiliated with the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). Ribeiro received his doctoral degree from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s Data Science Lab in 2024, where he worked with Bob West. He holds an MSc and BSc from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. His research focuses on computational social science, artificial intelligence, and social computing, with an emphasis on tackling real-world issues and providing actionable insights. His work has received media coverage, contributing to public debates around online platforms and generative AI.
Scholar-generated biography
Manoel Horta Ribeiro is a researcher at Princeton University specializing in Data Science, Social Computing, and Computational Social Science. His work explores the intersection of technology and society, focusing on algorithmic bias, content moderation, and the dynamics of online communities. He investigates how platforms like YouTube and Reddit shape user behavior and information dissemination. His research also addresses the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, particularly in content moderation and misinformation spread. Horta Ribeiro's publications analyze the impact of large language models on crowd work and the evolution of online subcultures such as the manosphere. His studies often employ computational methods to model and analyze social phenomena.