In the Media

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.

In an article about a very realistic deepfake video involving actress Margo Robbie, The Daily Mail included comments by Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, in a 2021 UB news release concerning a deepfake spotting tool he created.

USA Today quoted Siwei Lyu in an article on a fake image circulating online which appears to show the company Costco blaming President Joe Biden for high gas prices.

Hacker Noon’s article on the best courses for IT professional courses includes an online Blockchain Specialization course offered by Bina Ramamurthy, professor of teaching in UB’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Investigative Post published a Q&A with Bina Ramamurthy, professor of teaching in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

The Register reported on a research study co-led by Jinjun Xiong, Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. that aims to raise the financial community's awareness of the risks of relying on AI models.  

The Buffalo News reported that UB is playing a lead role in a $10 million supercomputing grant from the National Science Foundation.

Yahoo, NBC News and numerous other national media sites reported on the suspected deepfake TikTok account of Robert Pattinson and quoted Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, who researches digital forgeries and machine learning.