Kaicheng Yang
Assistant Professor at Binghamton University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKaicheng Yang is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at Binghamton University and a researcher with eight years of experience studying how malicious actors and flawed systems distort online information. He pioneered Botometer, a widely used bot-detection tool that has supported journalists, public servants, and court experts—most notably during the Musk vs. Twitter trial—and his work on social bots and misinformation has been featured by major outlets like BBC, CNN, and The New York Times. Trained as a physicist and holding a Ph.D. in Informatics from Indiana University, he combines quantitative modeling of complex systems with practical defenses against misinformation and the emerging misuse of generative AI. He has bridged academia and industry through roles at Northeastern, TikTok, and as a consultant for high-profile legal and policy inquiries, bringing both technical depth and real-world impact to platform safety. Colleagues know him for translating rigorous research into accessible tools and policy-relevant evidence that shape how platforms and regulators respond to information threats.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctorate, Informatics, Doctorate, Informatics at Indiana University BloomingtonMaster of Science - MS, Statistical physics and complex systems, Master of Science - MS, Statistical physics and complex systems at Lanzhou University
Github Skills (36)
fact10
twitter-api-v210
twitter-api10
api10
tweepy10
nodes10
claims10
twitter9
python9
fact-checking9
elections9
cran9
social-media9
spread8
react8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
osome-iu/MEIU22
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
A collection of cross-platform social media posts about the 2022 U.S. midterm elections
Contributions:58 commits, 3 PRs, 55 pushes in 3 months
social-networksocial-media-platformsocial-platformelectionsmidterm
osome-iu/osometweet
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
OSoMe Twitter tools. Including a package like tweepy but for the v2 Twitter api.
Contributions:26 reviews, 89 commits, 34 PRs in 2 years
twitter-api-wrapperapitwitter-api-v2twitter-apitwitter
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