It turns out humans aren’t very good at recognizing when an image has been manipulated, even if the change is fairly substantial. Hany Farid talks with Popular Science, sharing a few tips for authenticating images on your own.
Check out the full Popular Science article.
With so much attention being paid to gender inequalities, it's become clear that more action needs to take place to provide more opportunities for women, particularly in the STEM fields.
And colleges and universities play a critical role in helping to lead this change.
[more]V.S. Subrahmanian—whose work in data science and cybersecurity has been used to accurately forecast the behavior of terrorist networks, detect bots on social media platforms, prevent rhinoceros poaching, and much more—has been named the inaugural Dartmouth College Distinguished Professor in Cybersecurity, Technology, and Society, beginning Aug. 1.
The position is the senior appointment to the new Academic Cluster in Cybersecurity, Technology, and Society—part of President Phil Hanlon...
[more]When we say we are “delighted,” what do we mean? Can a delightful experience be thoughtfully designed and evaluated? Thalia Wheatley, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences, is looking for answers to those questions. So this spring, she teamed up with Lorie Loeb, a research professor of computer science and director of the DALI Lab...
[more]On June 11, 100 Computer Science undergraduates and 37 graduate students received their degrees. Here are some of the graduates, with their families, along with a few Computer Science faculty members.
Jessica Fan won the Gazzaniga Family Science Award, which is given to a graduating senior in the sciences for scientific accomplishments. Jessica had two published papers by the time she graduated, and she will be presenting her paper, “Dense Gray Codes in Mixed Radices,” this week at the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), in Aachen Germany.
Watch the interview here.
Online video serves the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations as a powerful tool for recruiting new members and inciting violence. A potential fix remains curiously in limbo.
For more, head over to the full Scientific American article.
Professor Sergey Bratus gave a lengthy interview to the Concord Monitor about the recent wave of ransomware attacks that started on Friday the 12th of May. While these attacks indiscriminately targeted non-updated MS-Windows systems, hospitals, particularly in Britain seemed to bear the brunt of the malfeasance. Professor Bratus noted, "Ransomware in hospitals is already routine. Perhaps for this...
[more]Congratulations to Emily Greene ’17, who just received Honorable Mention for the NCWIT Collegiate Award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT).
Emily received a cash prize and a expense-paid trip to the NCWIT Summit on Women and IT in Tucson, Arizona on May...
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