Scott Counts

Scott Counts is a Senior Principal Researcher and Research Manager at Microsoft, leading the IDEAS research team. His research is focused on leveraging insights from large-scale natural data analysis to address societal challenges, and he is a prominent scholar in the field of computational social science. Counts’s research work is extensive, with pioneering contributions in using social media to predict depression and analyzing information dissemination in his early career. In recent years, his research has shifted towards artificial intelligence, examining how AI systems are transforming knowledge work and the broader socioeconomic impacts of generative AI. His work has substantial influence in both academia and industry.

• Microsoft | Senior Principal Researcher and Research Manager
  • Leads the IDEAS research team within Microsoft's Productivity domain, focusing on advancing human productivity in the era of artificial intelligence through science and innovation. Research priorities include understanding the use of AI systems and their impact on knowledge work and socioeconomic structures.