About
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the
Center for Humans and Machines (CHM) at
Max Planck Institute for Human Development.
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Colorado Boulder in 2020, advised by
Dr. Qin Lv
and Dr. Chenhao Tan.
My research interests lie in the intersection of computational social science and machine learning,
with an emphasize on bridging the gap between online and offline worlds for advancing the
understanding of human behavior and society.
I am also generally interested in data science, natural language processing, human + AI, and recommender systems.
Here is my
Curriculum Vitae.
News and Events
- 07.2020. Successfully defend my thesis and complete all the Ph.D. requirements (News).
- 07.2020. Our Reddit COVID-19 paper is covered by CU Boulder Today (New).
- 04.2020. Receive the Outstanding PhD Research Award, AY 19-20, Computer Science Department, University of Colorado Boulder (New).
- 01.2020. Get the Second-Place Award at CU Boulder's Three Minute Thesis Competition.
- 11.2019. In a live interview with NBC 9News, we share our findings about tribalism and polarization in NBA-related discussion forums on Reddit.
- 11.2019. Our Intergroup contact NBA paper is covered by CU Boulder Today. It also inspires a mixed of civil and uncivil discussions in /r/NBA.
- 09.2019. Present the GEVR paper at ACM UbiComp 2019 in London.
- 09.2019. Write a blog article for our Intergroup Contact paper at Towards Data Science .
- 08.2019. Finish my summer internship at the Political Investigations Team at Twitter.
- 05.2019. Receive the SIGCHI Student Travel Grant for UbiComp 2019.
- 04.2019. Receive the Outstanding PhD Research Award, AY 18-19, Computer Science Department, University of Colorado Boulder.
Selected Publications
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Understanding the Diverging User Trajectories in Highly-related Online Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Jason Shuo Zhang, Brian Keegan, Qin Lv, and Chenhao Tan
Accepted to ICWSM, 2021
[CU Boulder Today] [Science News] - Analyzing Twitter Users' Behavior Before and After Contact by the Internet Research Agency.
Upasana Dutta, Rhett Hanscom, Jason Shuo Zhang, Richard Han, Tamara Lehman, Qin Lv, and Shivakant Mishra
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), 2021
[CU Boulder Today] - Intergroup Contact in the Wild: Characterizing Language Differences between Intergroup and Single-group Members in NBA-related Discussion Forums.
Jason Shuo Zhang, Chenhao Tan, and Qin Lv
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), 2019
[ Data ( README)] [ Blog] [ Slides] [ Live Interview with NBC 9News] [ CU Boulder Today] -
GEVR: An Event Venue Recommendation System
for Groups of Mobile Users
Jason Shuo Zhang, Mike Gartrell, Richard Han, Qin Lv, and Shivakaht Mishra
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2019
NSF Computer Systems Research (CSR) Spotlight Project
[ Slides] - “This is Why We Play”: Characterizing Online Fan Communities of the NBA Teams
Jason Shuo Zhang, Chenhao Tan, and Qin Lv
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), 2018
[ Data ( README)] [ Slides] [ Blog] - Understanding Group Event Scheduling
via the OutWithFriendz Mobile Application
Jason Shuo Zhang, Khaled Alanezi, Mike Gartrell, Richard Han, Qin Lv, and Shivakaht Mishra
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2018.
NSF Computer Systems Research (CSR) Spotlight Project
[ Slides] [ Poster]
Awards
- 04.2020. Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award AY 2019-2020, Computer Science Department, University of Colorado Boulder (One of the four recipients).
- 01.2020. Second-Place Award at CU Boulder's Three Minute Thesis Speech Competition (2nd place among 30 candidates).
- 12.2019. NSF Computer Systems Research (CSR) Spotlight Project: OutWithFriendz.
- 11.2019. Final Round of Three Minute Thesis Speech Competition, University of Colorado Boulder (Top-10 among 30 candidates).
- 05.2019. SIGCHI Student Travel Grant, ACM UbiComp 2019.
- 04.2019. Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award AY 2018-2019, Computer Science Department, University of Colorado Boulder (One of the four recipients).
- 05.2019. Google Ph.D. Fellowship Nomination By University of Colorado Boulder (One of the two nominations)
- 11.2018. The Best Paper Runner-up Award, ACM SenSys 2018 (Top-6 among 147 submissions).
- 09.2018. Student Travel Grant, ACM UbiComp 2018.
- 09.2018. International Travel Grant, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder.
- 07.2018. International Travel Grant, Graduate School, University of Colorado Boulder.
- 09.2015-05.2016. Dean's Graduate Assistantship, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Boulder.
- 10.2013. Gold Medal, Best Utility, and Best Interaction Awards in the Software Design Contest, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1st place among 763 teams).
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant, CSCI 6000 Introduction to Ph.D., Fall 2019.
- Teaching Assistant, CSCI 2270 Data Structure, Spring 2019.
- Teaching Assistant, CSCI 3104 Algorithms, Fall 2015.