Chara Podimata

@charapod.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Statistics, MIT. Interested in social computing, human-in-the-loop of AI decision making, recommendation systems, and AI policy.

We’re launching the LLM Election Observatory: llmelectionobservatory.org, a research project with @adamberinsky.bsky.social, Charles Stewart, Nicolas Emmenegger, Young-Kyung Kim, and Alessandro Morosini on how LLMs respond to election-related questions. @nytimes.com wrote a story about it. 1/n 1/n

Voters Are Asking A.I. About Elections. The Answers Can Vary by User. (Gift Article)

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a go-to stop for voters looking for information about political races. Researchers are studying the effects.

nytimes.com

@radniazadeh.bsky.social and I are co-organizing the EC mentoring workshop this year, and we're so excited about the fantastic speakers that are joining us! Please spread the word to your students. The registration form will remain open until tomorrow EOD.

ACM SIGecom@acmsigecom.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 The EC 2026 Mentoring Workshop is happening virtually on Thursday, June 18, 10am–4:45pm EST, as part of EC's virtual Preview Week! Organized by Rad Niazadeh & Chara Podimata. Free, but registration required by June 15. 🧵