Associate Professor
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, The George Washington University
About
Professor David Broniatowski conducts research in decision-making under risk, group decision-making, system architecture, and behavioral epidemiology. This research program draws upon a wide range of techniques including formal mathematical modeling, experimental design, automated text analysis and natural language processing, social and technical network analysis, and big data.
Current projects include a text network analysis of transcripts from the US Food and Drug Administration’s Circulatory Systems Advisory Panel meetings, a mathematical formalization of Fuzzy Trace Theory — a leading theory of decision-making under risk, derivation of metrics for flexibility and controllability for complex engineered socio-technical systems, and using Twitter data to conduct surveillance of influenza infection and the resulting social response.
Selected Publications
Broniatowski, D.A., Jamison, A.M., Qi, S., AlKulaib, L., Chen, T., Benton, A., Quinn, S.C. and Dredze, M. (2018). Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate. American Journal of Public Health, 108(10), Pages: 1378–1384.
Phillips, P.J., Hahn, C.A., Fontana, P.C., Yates, A.N., Greene, K., Broniatowski, D.A. and Przybocki, M.A. (2021). Four Principles of Explainable Artificial Intelligence.
Education
PhD, Engineering Systems – Technology Management and Policy, MIT | 2010
SM in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, MIT | 2006
SM in Technology Policy, MIT | 2006
SB in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, MIT | 2004
Get In Touch
David is always available for consulting, conferences and professional development training worldwide. If you want to discuss infrastructure investments, design engineering, sustainability, please reach out.