Winter Mason

Data Science

I am a Computational Social Scientist (a.k.a. Data Scientist) at Facebook. I received my Ph.D. from Indiana University in social psychology and cognitive science in 2007 and did a post-doc in the Human and Social Dynamics lab at Yahoo. I do research on social networks and social media, including crowdsourcing, group dynamics, and social influence.

Interests

Computational social science, social psychology, crowdsourcing, social networks and social media

Website

Latest Publications

Understanding Short-term Changes in Online Activity Sessions

Farshad Kooti, Karthik Subbian, Winter Mason, Lada Adamic, Kristina Lerman

WWW - April 3, 2017

The Social Ties of Immigrant Communities in the United States

Amaç Herdağdelen, Bogdan State, Lada Adamic, Winter Mason

WEBSCI - May 22, 2016

News

Facebook Disaster Maps: Methodology

June 7, 2017

Diversity and Unity of India

September 25, 2015

What are we most thankful for?

November 26, 2014