
Alternative News Networks
This project seeks to understand the health of the UK online information ecosystem, including tracking the spread of divisive and misleading content.
Vidya has also worked at the Oxford Institute for Radiational Oncology as a postdoctoral researcher from Jan 2021 – Dec 2021. She worked on a collaborative project between Oncology and the Oxford Robotics Institute to develop automated techniques for cancer radiation therapy, using AI and Robotics. She worked with a multidisciplinary team to re-engineer the radiotherapy planning process for the benefit of cancer patients.
Her research interests, lie in the interface between technology, ethics and policy, and she is primarily engaged in developing systems that use technology for the greater good of society. She completed her PhD in Computer Science at the University of Southampton, building adaptive techniques for automated negotiations. Prior to this, she completed her M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, working on problems in decentralised decision making, specifically in the defence logistics domain. Her basic background is in Mathematics, which she studied at the masters level at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and as an undergraduate at the University of Madras. She has also worked as a scientific coordinator at BAE Systems and as a software engineer at Tech Mahindra. She tweets from @vidunarayanan
Machine learning, AI, technology, ethics and policy
This project seeks to understand the health of the UK online information ecosystem, including tracking the spread of divisive and misleading content.
This project will focus on how bots, algorithms and other forms of automation are used by political actors in countries around the world.
This project investigates contemporary trends in political communication, political polarization, artificial intelligence, and data diversity in the United States.
8 March 2022
The theme of International Women’s Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias. We're marking the day by highlighting the work of our brilliant and innovative women academics, researchers, and students, here at the OII.
13 May 2019
Data from public WhatsApp and Facebook messages shows large volumes of “junk news” being shared on social media channels by supporters of India’s main political parties
28 November 2018
The majority of content and commentary being shared on social media supports the scientific consensus on climate change, according to new research from the Oxford Internet Institute.
6 April 2018