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Yusuf Mücahit Çetinkaya

Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Edinburgh

I am a postdoctoral scholar at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh. My research focuses on social media manipulation and detection, particularly around polarization and controversial issues. I study the ideological leaning of both humans and AI models through natural language processing. Previously, I was a visiting scholar at the University of Arizona, USA, and a research assistant at Middle East Technical University, Turkey.

Interests

Social Media Manipulation, Targeted Marketing, NLP, Responsible AI

Publications