India West reported that UB President Satish K. Tripathi, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been named a co-chair of an Association of American Universities (AAU) task force on expanding higher education partnerships between the United States and India.
Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was quoted in a Salon story about how deepfakes are becoming increasingly easier to make and more convincing to the public, posing a political threat.
A Newsweek article about classified Pentagon documents recently leaked on social media quotes Shambhu Upadhyaya, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, who said that searching the video game chat platform Discord may be instrumental in the investigation.
A newsletter from the Association of American Universities (AAU) mentions that UB President Satish K. Tripathi, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is a co-chair of a new AAU task force on expanding research and higher education partnerships between the United States and India.
El Paso Inc. reported on the five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation grant that was awarded to UB to create the AI Institute for Exceptional Education, which will address speech and language development challenges faced by children between the ages of 3 and 10.
A New Atlas article about Cornell University’s experimental eyewear that can read wearers’ silently spoken voice commands mentions the EarCommand system developed in the lab of Zhanpeng Jin, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and co-director of the Center for Information Integrity, was quoted in Newsweek about the two ways to spot deepfakes.
The Times of India reports that Venu Govindaraju, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and UB vice president for research and economic development, led the judging committee for an event hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) to promote innovation in drone-based technology.
An AFP Fact Check story about fake pictures circulating on social media of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating the indictment of former President Donald Trump quotes Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
"The program inspires me to look broader and be bolder,” says School of Engineering and Applied Sciences researcher Marina Blanton on completing Drexel University’s ELATES Fellowship.
