RESEARCH GROUP CV
a-horvat (at) northwestern (dot) edu
I am an Associate Professor of Communication and Computer Science (by courtesy) at Northwestern University, where I direct the Lab on Innovation, Networks, and Knowledge (LINK). My research lies in human-centered computing and network science and investigates how online spaces operate and disseminate information. My group strives to make digital tools more efficient for scientists, entrepreneurs, and creative artists. Our recent projects investigate the use of LLMs in scientific writing and music creation, study biases in online attention to science, identify cases of collective intelligence and opportunities for improved decision-making, and develop frameworks to examine persuasion and opinion change in online discussions.
My work has been awarded an NSF CAREER, CRII, and collaborative awards as PI. My doctoral advisees have received highly competitive prizes, including a Northwestern Presidential Fellowship and best student paper awards at international conferences. My research has been featured recently in Nature, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Le Monde, The Economist, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Delving into LMM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary
D Kobak, R González-Márquez, E-Á Horvát and J Lause
Science Advances, 2025
Covered in The Economist, Nature, The New York Times, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
The gender gap in scholarly self-promotion on social media
H Peng, M Teplitskiy, D Romero and E-Á Horvát
Nature Communications, 2025
Covered in MSN
Disparities by design: Toward a research agenda that links science misinformation and socioeconomic marginalization in the age of AI
M Schirmer, N Walter and E-Á Horvát
HKS Misinformation Review, 2025
Beyond words: An experimental study of signaling in crowdfunding
H Dambanemuya, D Choi, D Gergle and E-Á Horvát
ACM TOCHI, 2025
Collective dynamics behind success
M Mariani, F Battiston, E-Á Horvát, G Livan, F Musciotto and D Wang
Nature Communications, 2024
Extending human creativity with AI
K O’Toole and E-Á Horvát
Journal of Creativity, 2024
Emergent influence networks in good-faith online discussions
H Dambanemuya, D Romero and E-Á Horvát
AAAI ICWSM, 2024
Hidden indicators of collective intelligence in crowdfunding
E-Á Horvát, H Dambanemuya, J Uparna and B Uzzi
ACM Web Conference (WWW), 2023
Dynamics of cross-platform attention to retracted papers
H Peng, D Romero and E-Á Horvát
PNAS, 2022
Covered in Inside Higher Ed, The Washington Post, Le Monde, Phys.org, BigNewsNetwork, and Deutschlandfunk (German Public Radio)
RESEARCH GROUP
Dr Miriam Schirmer (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Katherine O’Toole (PhD Student, TSB)
Jose Cordova (PhD Student, TSB)
Maalvika Bhat (PhD Student, TSB)
Haohan Shi (PhD Student, MTS)
Nick Ornstein (PhD Student, MTS)