Honors
- Aspen Institute Information Disorder Prize finalist (with Matthew DeVerna, 2022)
- MISDOOM Best Student Extended Abstract Award (Matthew DeVerna and Rachith Aiyappa, 2022)
- Luddy Professor (2021)
- ICWSM Test of Time Award (2021)
- ACM Fellow (2020)
- IU Bicentennial Medal (2020)
- IU Distinguished Professor (since 2020)
- University Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award (Mihai Avram, 2020)
- Fellow of the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication (since 2018)
- University Distinguished Ph.D. Dissertation Award (Onur Varol, 2018)
- ACM Distinguished Scientist (2013)
- Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute (since 2013)
- Fellow of the ISI Foundation (2013-2016)
- Yahoo! Faculty Research and Engagement Award (2015-2016)
- Best Paper Award at WebSci14 (2014)
- ACM Recognition of Service Award (2014)
- Winner of WICI Data Challenge (2013)
- Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring (2012)
- Yahoo! Faculty Research and Engagement Award (2010-2011)
- ACM Recognition of Service Award (2010)
- ACM SIGWEB Recognition of Service Award (2009)
- Best Paper nominations at HT 2008 and HT 2009
- IBM UIMA Innovation Faculty Award (2008-2009)
- Finalist for Best Paper Award at WWW 2005
- IU Computer Science Teaching Excellence Award (2004)
- IU School of Informatics Hermes Award (2004)
- NSF Career Award (2002-2007)
- Fellow-at-large of the Santa Fe Institute (1999)
- NATO Advanced Fellow (1995)
- Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar (1991)
- Fulbright Scholar (1991)
Academic history
- 2011-present: Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington
- 2011-2015: Director, Center for Complex Networks & Systems Research (CNetS)
- 2014-2015: Visiting Scientist, Yahoo Labs, Sunnyvale, CA
- 2009-2011: Associate Director, Center for Complex Networks & Systems Research (CNetS)
- 2009-2011: Division Chair, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington
- 2003-2011: Associate Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington
- 2007-2008: Lagrange senior fellow, Institute for Scientific Interchange, Torino, Italy
- 1998-2003: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Sciences, University of Iowa
- 1998: Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science at U.C. San Diego (AI Lab)
- 1989-1991: Research fellow in the Artificial Life Lab, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome
- 1990: Laurea in Physics at the Sapienza University of Rome
My Erdös Number is 3: Filippo Menczer — Alessandro Vespignani — Fan Chung — Paul Erdös