Noah Giansiracusa, PhD in math from Brown University, is an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Rebooting Social Media at Harvard.
After publishing the book How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News in July 2021 (about which Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer said "It's a joy to read a book by a mathematician who knows how to write... There is no better guide to the strategies and stakes of this battle for the future"), Noah has gotten more involved in public writing and public speaking and policy discussions concerning data-driven algorithms and their role in society. He's appeared on CNN live and BBC radio and written for The Washington Post, Scientific American, TIME, and others. Noah is currently working on a second book, Robin Hood Math, exploring how people of all backgrounds—not just quants and techies—can use math to help navigate life. He is also cohost of the AI in Academia podcast. At the RSM Noah will be studying targeted advertising algorithms, the ad tech ecosystem, and ways of reducing the funding that flows to disinformation sites.