Thank you, NATO STO MP HFM 361 for having me and for the opportunity to share our work on developing socio-computational approaches to mitigate socio-cognitive security threats in a multi-platform multimedia-rich information environment

Grateful to Air Force Research Lab - AFRL, Office of Naval Research (ONR), U.S. National Science Foundation, Entergy, AR Research Alliance for supporting the effort.

We are thrilled to receive a $5 million grant from the U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory to combat socio-cognitive threats! Such insidious threats attempt to influence beliefs and behaviors and need to be considered modern weapons of cognitive hijacking. cosmos.ualr.edu/dr-nitin-agarw…

It was a pleasure to share our research on Developing Socio-computational Approaches to Mitigate Socio-cognitive Security Threats in a Multi-platform Multimedia-rich Information Environment at the 7th NYU's Computational Disinformation Symposium.

Grateful to Air Force Research Lab - AFRL, Office of Naval Research (ONR), U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, U.S. National Science Foundation, Entergy, AR Research Alliance for supporting the effort.

What if you could defeat threats to our communities – before they even became a threat? Research conducted at UA Little Rock by ARA Academy Member Dr. Nitin Agarwal places us ahead of the frontline. linkedin.com/posts/arkansas…

AR Research Alliance champions competitive research and innovation in Arkansas state. Congratulations to ARA for making extraordinary economic impacts, and thanks for recognizing COSMOS' contributions! Full report at aralliance.org/impact-study/

Incredibly honored for our research on misinformation to be featured as a success story in U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Year in Review Magazine under the Social and Cognitive Networks Program. Extremely grateful to Dr. Edward Palazzolo for supporting our research.

Grateful for Acxiom's generous support of diversity efforts in STEM disciplines. These efforts help nurture the next generation of technology leaders. Proud of our COSMOS for receiving 4 of the 10 prestigious national Acxiom DEI scholarships.

Our students come from diverse backgrounds, and Acxiom scholarships help them achieve their dreams, goals, and aspirations! Read more at cosmos.ualr.edu/acxiom-empower…

Thanks AR Research Alliance for shedding light on the groundbreaking innovations led by COSMOS!

Happy International Women’s Day! COSMOS wants to commemorate this global movement and the resilient spirits and remarkable accomplishments of women across the globe. This year’s theme has been Inspiring Inclusion. Read about our inspiring COSMOS women cosmos.ualr.edu/cosmos-researc…

I’m excited to be at #AMCIS2024 this week to present our research from COSMOS. I’m looking to expand our team with graduate research assistants, postdoctoral fellows, and data engineers. If you’re interested, let’s connect at the conference!

Call for Papers – DEVIANCE 2025 (co-located with ASONAM 2025). Spotlight Theme: Unmasking Digital Deviance in the Age of AI. Submission Deadline: April 18, 2025 (AoE). For details & submission information, see cosmos.ualr.edu/deviance-2025/

Jay Silveria, President of University of Arkansas System & Christina Drale, Chancellor of UA Little Rock toured the COSMOS Research Center. Prof. Nitin Agarwal, Director of COSMOS, showed its' pioneering social computing research. Read more: cosmos.ualr.edu/ua-system-pres…

Presented our AI research on content traps at eKNOW 2025 in Nice this week and led a planel on "The Challenges of Human Interaction in the Digital Age". Thanks to all our funders!

Grateful to welcome representatives from the office of the U.S. Senator Senator John Boozman to COSMOS! Prof. Nitin Agarwal (Nitin Agarwal) led a tour showcasing our work in AI, social computing, and cognitive warfare. Read more at cosmos.ualr.edu/office-of-the-…

COSMOS are advancing AI and media analysis! Their studies, published at the 58th HICSS 2025, reveal bias in algorithmic recommendations and the role of symbols in information campaigns. Read more: cosmos.ualr.edu/research-spotl…

COSMOS showcased a new stance-based epidemiological model at BeyondFacts (34th ACM WebConf 2025, Sydney) to map narrative contagion in polarized discourse. Read more: cosmos.ualr.edu/cosmos-present… #COSMOS #BeyondFacts25 #TheWebConf2025 #NarrativeContagion #DigitalDiscourse #AIResearch

Our recent study, published in Springer's SNAM journal, comprehensively compares various state-of-the-art social network analysis tools in terms of efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and usability. Read more at cosmos.ualr.edu/hot-off-the-pr…