June 6, 2023
Associate Professor Yu-Ru Lin (Department of Informatics and Networked Systems) received a research grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) for her project “A Network Theory of Credence.” Dr. Lin was awarded $749,476.00 for this project, from 2023 to 2026.
This project aims to develop a network theory to investigate how mistrust or distrust undermines trust and gains influence, as well as the relationship between individual choices and the collective diminishing of trust-influence. Through the development of a generative model, the project will capture and test trust-influence dynamics with both simulated and real-world datasets to offer a new theory and tools to predict group dynamics and conflicts in social networks.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lin on this achievement!