5 papers
Human, AI, and Hybrid Ensembles for Detection of Adaptive, RL-based Social Bots
Valerio La Gatta, Nathan Subrahmanian, Kaitlyn Wang +2
The use of reinforcement learning to dynamically adapt and evade detection is now well-documented in several cybersecurity settings including Covert Social Influence Operations (CS…
SMART: A Social Movement Analysis & Reasoning Tool with Case Studies on #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter
Valerio La Gatta, Marco Postiglione, Jeremy Gilbert +4
Social movements supporting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) play a vital role in improving human lives. If journalists were aware of the relationship between social m…
DEEP: A Discourse Evolution Engine for Predictions about Social Movements
Valerio La Gatta, Marco Postiglione, Jeremy Gilbert +4
Numerous social movements (SMs) around the world help support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Understanding how key events shape SMs is key to the achievement of the…
Automating AI Failure Tracking: Semantic Association of Reports in AI Incident Database
Diego Russo, Gian Marco Orlando, Valerio La Gatta +1
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are transforming critical sectors such as healthcare, finance, and transportation, enhancing operational efficiency and decision-making process…
Can Generative Agent-Based Modeling Replicate the Friendship Paradox in Social Media Simulations?
Gian Marco Orlando, Valerio La Gatta, Diego Russo +1
Generative Agent-Based Modeling (GABM) is an emerging simulation paradigm that combines the reasoning abilities of Large Language Models with traditional Agent-Based Modeling to re…