Petra Novak is an Associate Professor and director of the MSc Social Data Science program at Central European University with over 12 years of experience in knowledge discovery, social media analytics, and computational text mining. Her research is best known for pioneering work on emoji sentiment analysis and for leading EU-funded projects on monitoring and preventing online hate speech. She splits her time between CEU in Vienna and the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, blending academic leadership with hands-on research and teaching across bachelor, master and PhD courses. Petra routinely builds interdisciplinary bridges between data science methods and societal impact, applying language technologies to real-world moderation and policy challenges.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ph. D., Computer Science and Informatics, Ph. D., Computer Science and Informatics at Mednarodna podiplomska šola Jožefa Stefana
B.Sc., Computer Science and Informatics, B.Sc., Computer Science and Informatics at University of Ljubljana
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