Bridging Science and Policymaking through Innovation: COSMOS’ Fight Against Misinformation Celebrated in Army’s Year-in-Review as a Success Story
We are thrilled to share that our research “Developing Research Infrastructure to Strengthen Socio-Cognitive Security for Combating Misinformation and Deviant Collective Behavior” has been included as a success story in the U.S. Army Research Office’s year-in-review magazine!…
Dr. Nitin Agarwal Presents Research on Countering Cognitive Threats in the Digital Age at NATO Symposium
When it comes to the international stage, conflicts may arise between distant countries, oftentimes leading to fighting by proxy or in and through affiliated countries, such as the case in the current Ukraine war…
Dr. Nitin Agarwal Receives $5 Million Grant to Combat Socio-Cognitive Threats
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, founding director of the Collaboration for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has received $5 million from the Army Research Office to evaluate and defend against emerging cognitive threats…
COSMOGRAPHERS INTERN ALL OVER THE US IN 2023
Internships are great opportunities for students, and they represent an invaluable turning point in their academic lives and overtime. They have provided a wealth of advantages for the COSMOS research team. Internship experiences allow students to approach issues from different perspectives…
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: AGENT-BASED MODELS
Being at the forefront of cutting-edge research, COSMOS publishes its research studies in leading international scientific forums. In this newsletter, we spotlight two of our recent publications, each using Agent-based Models (ABMs) to better understand social media behavior…
SUMMER SCHOOL ON AI: AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AND NETWORK WITH INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
This summer school event is a yearly event that holds significant importance, as it is aimed at promoting AI applications in smart health, specifically in Arkansas and West Virginia. It is managed by two principal investigators, Dr. Nitin Agarwal in Arkansas and Dr. Donald Adjeroh in West Virginia…
SBP-BRIMS CONFERENCE: UNITING MINDS IN SOCIAL COMPUTING AND CULTURAL BEHAVIORAL MODELING
The SBP-BRiMS conference, which stands for Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, is an interdisciplinary gathering that serves as a platform for researchers, experts, and scholars from various disciplines…