Janith Weerasinghe

This is one of the most exciting and impactful projects that I worked on!

@dimuthudca @washingtonpost Thanks! It would mostly be on the platform. But, data journalism is something I'm passionate about, and perhaps a future direction

@janithW @washingtonpost Congrats! Would you be doing data journalism or would you be building platforms/ tools etc?

Happy to announce that I defended my dissertation on "Using Stylometry to Mitigate Abuse in Online Communities", advised by @ragreens. Thanks to everyone who helped me throughout the Ph.D. journey!

And here's a link to a 5-minute presentation: youtu.be/APQzJ8C1uKU

Tomorrow at #ICWSM I will be presenting our paper on using authorship verification to analyze social media abuse (sockpuppet and troll accounts) ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWS… @ragreens

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Here is a 90 sec video explaining our approach for the Authorship Verification shared task (predicting if two fanfics are written by the same person!) at PAN 2020 @ragreens @clef_initiative youtu.be/syQSa-uCrkE

Is "InstaPy" an optimizer, an equalizer, or a step toward an AI arms race between platforms and users? builtin.com/software-engin…

So, I ordered a USB hub from @amazon and I got this instead. I'm deeply offended! Crocs!

My work on using reciprocity pods to manipulate Instagram popularity with @janithW, Bailey Flanigan, Avi Stein, and Damon McCoy was featured in Tech Crunch: techcrunch.com/2020/04/29/ins…

Trying out AR directions! Perfect for people like me who have no sense of direction! #GoogleMaps #ARDirections

Here are the slides from our #ShmooCon talk on Machine Learning and Mental Health: dropbox.com/s/is63e5vh8dob… and a 2-page abstract about if from last year's HotPETS talk: petsymposium.org/2018/files/hot… @ragreens

I will be speaking with @janithw at #shmoocon One Track Mind about Machine Learning Models That Predict Mental Health. See you there if you can grab a ticket!

Janith Weerasinghe and Cynthia Gill presenting our work on Exploring How Social Media Feeds are Manipulated at #usenixsecurity poster session #usesec18

I spoke to a reporter (Seth Borenstein at AP) about the op-ed and stylometry apnews.com/4f6b7736478748…

Reviving my account after three years! #NewProfilePic

#99XT_IR2015 #GreenTeamForEver

Maharagama traffic is due to a stupid JVP rally which finished just a while ago @road_lk

Maharagama traffic starts way before Nawinna. Complete standstill. Avoid avoid avoid. @road_lk