Victoria Rubin, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Well-being in Social Media: Applying Natural Language Processing Analyses to Discover Thriving Online Communities, Promote Healthier Social Media Design and Authentic Happiness
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$69,011
Digital deception detection: identifying deliberate misinformation in online news
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$164,670
Automated classification of document links for literature indexing and analysis
NSERC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$11,012

All 3 grants and awards

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Well-being in Social Media: Applying Natural Language Processing Analyses to Discover Thriving Online Communities, Promote Healthier Social Media Design and Authentic Happiness

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rubin, Victoria L.

Keywords: information communication technology; social networking sites; natural language processing; subjective well-being; authentic happiness; positive psychology; flourishing communities; user interface affordances; human computer interaction; digital literacy

$69,011

Digital deception detection: identifying deliberate misinformation in online news

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rubin, Victoria L.

Keywords: natural language processing; deception detection; news verification; misinformation identification; information quality assessment metric development; enhancing human abilities to discern credible sources

$164,670

Automated classification of document links for literature indexing and analysis

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: DiMarco, Chrysanne

$11,012

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Rubin, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Well-being in Social Media: Applying Natural Language Processing Analyses to Discover Thriving Online Communities, Promote Healthier Social Media Design and Authentic Happiness" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]