Savvas Zannettou

Savvas Zannettou
- Address
- Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
Saarland Informatics Campus
Campus E1 4
66123 Saarbrücken - Location
- E1 4 - 504
- Phone
- +49 681 9325 3524
- Fax
- +49 681 9325 5719
- Get email via email
Personal Information
I was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. I spent most of my life in Cyprus, however, during my studies, I travelled to several locations in Europe and the USA. In my free time I try to get out of the Silver division in League of Legends (mainly playing at the top lane with Jax), I like to watch various sports including Football (or soccer as my American friends call it), Basketball, and Tennis. Also, I regularly shitpost online, with my colleagues, and generate some high quality memes for fun/trolling. Furthermore, I lurk various Web communities including 4chan’s /pol/.
Please see my personal website for more information.
Publications
Previous publications
For an up-to-date full list of my publications please check my Google Scholar page
Research Interests
Overall, my research focuses on applying machine learning and data-driven quantitative analysis to understand emerging phenomena on the Web such as the spread of false information and hateful rhetorics. My research has been published at top-tier conferences such as ICWSM and ACM IMC. My co-authors and I have received best/distinguished paper awards at ACM IMC 2018 and CyberSafety 2019.
Honours & Awards
- 2x Best Paper Honorable Mention Awards at the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 2020
- Best Reviewer Award at the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 2020
Reviewing Activity & Workshop / Conference positions
- Program Committee Member for the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 2021
- Data Chair for the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 2021
- Program Committee Member for the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 2020
Teachings
- Summer Term 2020: Seminar on Data-driven Approaches on Understanding Disinformation, Saarland University (Co-Instructor along with Dr. Yang Zhang from CISPA)
Recent Positions
December 2019 -now:
Postdoctoral Researcher at Max Planck Institute (Saarbrucken)
August 2018 - February 2019:
Visiting Scholar at University of Alabama at Birmingham
January 2018 - July 2018:
Research Intern at Telefonica Research (Barcelona)
July 2014 - December 2014:
Research Intern at NEC Labs Europe (Heidelberg)
Education
PhD in Computer Science, 2019:
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Advisor: Michael Sirivianos
Dissertation: Towards Understanding the Information Ecosystem Through the Lens of Multiple Web Communities
MSc in Computer Science, 2016:
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
BSc in Computer Science, 2014:
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus