Xiangyu Wang

Xiangyu Wang

Ph.D. candidate in Information Science

University of Iowa

Biography

I am a 5th-year Ph.D. Candidate in Information Science at the University of Iowa, under the supervision of Dr. Kang Zhao. I am on the 2021/2022 academic job market.

My research focuses on data analytics for social media. My current research not only analyzes users’ online behaviors in various social media platforms, but also attempts to connect their online and offline behaviors. My research includes both special-purpose social media (e.g., online health communities) and general-purpose social media (e.g., Twitter).

For more information, please refer to my CV, research, and teaching.

Interests
  • Data Mining
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Text Mining
  • Social Network Analytics
Education

  • Ph.D. in Information Science, 2022 (expected)

    University of Iowa

  • M.S. in Management Science and Engineering, 2017

    Beihang University

  • B.E. in Information Management and Information System, 2014

    Jilin University

Recent Publications

Xiangyu Wang, Min Zhang, Weiguo Fan, Kang Zhao (2021). Understanding the Spread of COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: The Effects of Topics and a Political Leader's Nudge. In Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology.

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Xiangyu Wang, Andrew High, Xi Wang, Kang Zhao (2020). Predicting Users' Continued Engagement in Online Health Communities from the Quantity and Quality of Received Support. In Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology.

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Xiangyu Wang, Kang Zhao, Xun Zhou, Nick Street (2020). Predicting User Posting Activities in Online Health Communities with Deep Learning. In ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems.

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