Project Grant 2114407

The National Science Foundation awarded Trustees of Boston University a $280,000 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for work spanning May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2023. The grant funds research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: CORE: SMALL: DETECTING ACCOUNTS INVOLVED IN INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA." The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering fields. This particular award will allow researchers at Boston University to investigate detecting social media accounts involved in influence campaigns, advancing the program's goals of furthering discovery and innovation in information technology.