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Abdullah Almaatouq is a computational social scientist and Assistant Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research focuses on improving cooperation, coordination, and collective intelligence in decision-making systems, such as teams, committees, crowds, markets, and elections. Abdullah also explores ways to advance social and behavioral research methodology through innovative research designs and theory-building strategies, with the ultimate goal of developing a deeper understanding of collective decision systems and how to design them effectively in various contexts. He is affiliated with the MIT Center for Computational Engineering, the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, and the MIT Connection Science Research Initiative. Abdullah holds a PhD in Computational Science and Engineering, as well as dual master's degrees in Media Arts and Sciences (MIT Media Lab) and Computational Science and Engineering from MIT. Prior to joining MIT, he earned his undergraduate degree from Southampton University in the United Kingdom.