In the Media

An article in Wonderful Engineering on researchers discovering an “astonishing simple tip to unmask a deepfaker” using computer software on a video call quotes Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering .

Futurity reported that a team led by Zhanpeng Jin, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has used Bluetooth earbuds and a deep learning AI system to diagnose three common ear conditions with a simple, non-invasive audio test that uses a sonar-like audio chirp to map out the ear structure.

Live Science quoted Kenneth Regan, associate professor of computer science and engineering, for its story on the origins of chess.

Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, told USA Today that an image reported to be a mugshot of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a fake.

Yahoo!Money reported that a team of SEAS students was among the finalists in this year’s Keysight Innovation Challenge, a design competition in which engineering students are tasked to conceptualize Internet of Things devices or networks of devices that provide carbon neutral monitoring at the community or enterprise level.

PolitiFact quoted Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the UB Media Forensic Lab, in an article fact-checking a misleading video that appeared to show President Joe Biden speaking slowly and slurring his speech during his speech on July 4.

VERIFY interviewed Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the UB Media Forensic Lab, for an article that fact checks the false claim that deepfake videos and images can be used to unlock smartphones and other devices that use facial recognition.

A Bloomberg story quoted Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering who studies digital media forensics, in a story about the use of a grandma's voice on Amazon's Alexa.