Title: Combatting Deep Fakes
Speaker: Prof. Hany Farid , University of California, Berkeley, USA
When: 12 October 2022, at 10am PT (1 pm EST, 7pm CEST)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Registration: (free, but required):
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*** Talk Summary ***
In the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President
Zelenskyy warned the world that Russia's digital disinformation
machinery would create a deep fake of him admitting defeat. By mid-March
of 2022, a deep fake of Zelenskyy appeared with just this message. This
video was eventually debunked, but not before it spread across social
media and appeared briefly on Ukrainian television. Three months later,
the mayors of Berlin, Madrid, and Vienna collectively spoke for nearly
30 minutes with a deep-fake version of Kiev Mayor Klitschko, before
realizing they were being duped. In addition to adding jet fuel to
disinformation campaigns, this new breed of synthetic media also makes
it easier to deny reality — the so-called liar's dividend — as seen by
the recent baseless claim that video addresses by President Biden are
deep fakes deployed to conceal his death. I will discuss how deep fakes
are made, how they are being weaponized, and how they can be detected.

*** About the Speaker ***
Dr. Hany Farid is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley
with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
and the School of Information. His research focuses on digital
forensics, forensic science, misinformation, image analysis, and human
perception. He received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science and
Applied Mathematics from the University of Rochester in 1989, and his
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997.
Following a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Brain and Cognitive
Sciences at MIT, he joined the faculty at Dartmouth College in 1999
where he remained until 2019. He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan
Fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Fellow of the
National Academy of Inventors.

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November 16-19th, 2022 at Orlando, Florida, USA. In conjunction with ICHMS 2022.

https://www.ise.ufl.edu/ichms2022/autumn-school-2022/
http://isact.cogsy.de/

*** Scope: ***
We are pleased to announce that the International Autumn School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies (ISACT 2022) will be held from November 16 to 19, 2022 in Orlando, Florida, USA, in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS 2022).

Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies is a trending research direction that gained a lot of interest from the industry in recent years. Situation awareness is the key to providing the best possible user experience and supplying the user with the most relevant content – by establishing a grounded assessment of interactions, actions, etc., based on the environmental elements and corresponding events. With the astonishing development of the field of machine learning, especially of deep learning, one of the important aspects of the situation awareness of the machine learning models is by means of explainability. Therefore, this autumn school this autumn aims to present the fundamental aspects of situation awareness in cognitive technologies, which can be discussed in an interdisciplinary context, and will mainly be focusing on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) and Explainable AI (XAI). Going with the theme of this year’s ICHMS 2022, the s!
 chool will also be focusing on the topic of “human-autonomy teaming” in different areas – robotics, industry 4.0, autonomous driving, even medicine. To make this school an interactive learning experience, we would encourage the participants to share their research presentations (posters) related to the above-mentioned topics

This year’s edition intends to bring together academia and industry to provide a large practical perspective to undergraduate and graduate (including early-stage PhD) students, as well as to young industry personnel. Attendees will be able to extend their knowledge in both theoretical and practical aspects of:
  – Situation Awareness
  – Brain-Computer Interaction
  – Human-Computer Interaction
  – Explainable AI

The International Autumn School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies 2022 will be held from November 16 to 19, 2022 in Orlando, FL, USA, in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS 2022). It is going to be a great opportunity to learn about new technologies, meet fellow students/employees, discuss ideas with experts, participate in an international conference and simply have a splendid time in the city of Orlando!

*** Important Dates: ***
Registration Deadline (early-bird): October 30th, 2022
Autumn School Date: November 16-19th, 2022

*** Registration: ***
Early-bird registration for in-person attendance at the autumn school is possible till the deadline of 30th October, with a registration fee of USD 250, afterwards it will be USD 310.  Register now: https://cvent.me/2gXDN1

It will also be possible to join online. For registration as an online participant or for any other queries, please contact Erasmo Purificato (Email: erasmo.purificato@ovgu.de)

*** Organisers: ***
Dr. Soumick Chatterjee, OVGU Magdeburg
Rupali Khatun, Erlangen University Hospital
Erasmo Purificato, OVGU Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Andreas Nürnberger, OVGU Magdeburg