Oliver Mel Allen

I hold a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Mathematics from Indiana University, as well as a MS in Network Science from Northeastern University. So far, my research has focused on using network science methods and machine learning to study online communication. Some of these applications include the role of gendered aesthetics in online radicalization, images posted online during political protest, and the use of Pagerank to judge account credibility on Twitter.

As a doctoral researcher, I use Computational Social Science and Network Science methods to study who posts about Digital Relational Values and how these values spread on social media. In general, I am interested in the aesthetics of online communication, applications for machine learning in social media data analysis, and critical theory applied to social media.