Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Ashwin Rajadesingan is a computational social scientist and design researcher studying how people engage with politics online. He is interested in how online spaces can foster spirited, engaging political discussions and contribute to building a vibrant deliberative democracy. In his research, he combines large-scale computational methods with UX design to (re)shape online spaces to facilitate quality online cross-partisan interactions. His work has been published in the proceedings for AAAI and ACM conferences such as ICWSM, CSCW, WSDM and WebSci. He has received top paper awards at ICWSM, WSDM and WebSci.
PhD in Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MS in Computer Science, Arizona State University, Tempe
BTech in Computer Science, VIT University, India
Computational Social Science
Social Computing
Political Communication
Top Faculty paper award, 2025 ICA Computational Methods Section
Best Paper award (honorable mention) at ACM WebSci 2025