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Zhouhan Chen
Founder

Zhouhan received his PhD in Data Science from New York University. He is the creator of Information Tracer. Zhouhan also invented Malware Discoverer, a malicious URL discovery platform. He has shared his work on top security conferenecs such as DEFCON and RSA. When he is not in front of his computer, he enjoys running along the river.

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Yuqing Cui
Research Intern

Yuqing is a Data Science Master's Student at New York University. She focuses on understanding human-centered data with quantitative approaches. Her research interests are social media misinformation and disinformation, fanfiction and fandom communities, and gender issues. Yuqing is also a freelance writer and vlogger. She enjoys anime, manga and all kinds of racket sports!

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Yifei Gao
Research Intern

Yifei Gao is a quantitative developer and an entrepreneur. He worked at a hedge fund in New York. His interest is primarily related to optimization and quantitative arbitrage strategies, such as statistical arbitrage and risk arbitrage. He is a graduate from New York University with a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree both in Mathematics. He loves arts, reading books and rollerskating.

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Mohamed Gulaid
Technical Adsivor

Mohamed Gulaid is a researcher and technical program manager. He worked at Meta and with the UN mission in Somalia. His work has been focused on using data to inform policy and social media analysis to detect harm. Mohamed is a graduate from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He enjoys traveling and playing soccer.



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Shiqi Yang
Research Intern

I am Shiqi Yang, currently a master student from the MSDS program at NYU. I got my bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics from PKU and had several research experiences in Data Mining, Neural Networks and NLP during my undergraduates. I am interested in applying Information Tracer in the fields such as Social Media Monitoring, Data Visualization and Disinformation Detection. I believe our team will provide a more convenient and concise information platform for researchers and companies.

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Anthony Chen
Capstone member

I'm currently a final semester MSDS student at NYU. While applying NLP methods to a federal government dataset in one of my DS elective courses, I developed an interest in this field. I worked with Zhouhan on an extended usage of Information Tracer to detect fake news sources during my Fall 2022 Capstone project. In my free time I enjoy playing basketball, jogging, and watching fútbol highlights.