About

I am a Ph.D. candidate at Institut Polytechnique de Paris (France), affiliated with the Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST). My research sits at the intersection of social and computer science, combining social network analysis and computational linguistics to examine how counterpublics communicate and assert their social identity online.

My published work focuses on English-speaking fringe and far-right Telegram channels, with two peer-reviewed publications featuring unique results on White supremacist groups (Applied Network Science; ACM WebSci'26). I am currently leading a risk-measuring study of Telegram's recommender system.

I will defend my thesis and be on the job market in 2027.

Publications

  • 2026
    ⭐ Best paper award
    Framing the Fringe: Dynamics of Ingroup and Outgroup Narratives in Fringe Telegram Channels
    Dutta, U. & Houri, Y.. WebSci '26: Proceedings of the 18th ACM Web Science Conference 2026. Paper · Data
  • 2026
    Forwarding to the Choir: Topic Assortativity in Far-Right Telegram Networks
    Houri, Y.. Applied Network Science. Paper

Talks

Conference Presentations

  • ASA Annual Meeting
    Roundtable — 2026
  • Web'Sci
    Talk — 2026
  • IC2S2
    Parallel talk & poster — 2025
  • Sunbelt INSNA
    Parallel talk — 2025
  • Complex Networks and their Applications
    Poster — 2024

Invited Talks

  • University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics and School of Social and Political Science
    Internal Seminar — July 2026
  • Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy
    Open Labs — February 2026
  • Cambridge Digital Humanities
    Work in Progress Seminar — November 2025

Internal Seminars

  • CREST AI and Social Sciences Seminar
    May 2026
  • CREST Sociology Ph.D. Seminar
    May 2025
  • CREST Sociodays
    November 2024, October 2023

Teaching

ENSAE

  • Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing
    Master level — Spring 2024, Spring 2025
  • Introduction to Python
    Master level — Fall 2024
  • Python for Data Science
    Master level — Fall 2024
  • Python Programming
    Bachelor level — Spring 2024

ENS-EHESS

  • Sociology of Social Networks
    Master level — Fall 2023, Fall 2024

Télécom

  • Technologies and Society
    Bachelor level — Spring 2025

SICSS-Paris

  • Introduction to BERT and GenAI
    Spring 2025

CV

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