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Matthew Lease is a Professor at the School of Information, University of Texas at Austin, where he specializes in the fields of artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, crowdsourcing, human computation, information retrieval, and natural language processing. He is the faculty founder and leader of UT Austin's Good Systems, a university-wide initiative that focuses on designing responsible AI technologies. As part of the Good Systems project, Lease leads a team dedicated to developing explainable AI techniques aimed at combating disinformation. His ongoing research includes content moderation, which involves implementing automated, human-in-the-loop, and human-safe practices to address online disinformation, hate speech, and polarization. Matthew Lease has been recognized with Early Career awards from institutions such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). He has also received accolades for his research, including multiple student paper awards at notable conferences in the fields of information technology and human computation. Lease holds advanced degrees in Computer Science, earning a PhD and MSc from Brown University and a BSc from the University of Washington.
University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Teaching and conducting research in the fields of artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.
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