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March 9, 2020
RIT professor explores the art and science of statistical machine learning
Statistical machine learning is at the core of modern-day advances in artificial intelligence, but RIT professor Ernest Fokoué argues that applying it correctly requires equal parts science and art. Fokoué emphasized the human element of statistical machine learning in his primer on the field that graced the cover of a recent edition of Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
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February 26, 2020
Rochester-area college students code self-driving racecars for competition at RIT
Rochester-area programming students are racing to see who can code the fastest self-driving miniature racecar. The winner will be crowned at a race March 4 at RIT.
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February 21, 2020
Podcast: Using AI to Root Out Deepfake Videos
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 32: Deep learning, part of artificial intelligence, is being used to create fake videos that look and sound like the real thing. Professor Matthew Wright, director of RIT’s Center for Cybersecurity Research, talks with John Sohrawardi, a Ph.D. student in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, about software they are creating that uses AI to help journalists root out deepfake videos.
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February 18, 2020
We've Just Seen the First Use of Deepfakes in an Indian Election Campaign
Vice talks to Saniat Sohrawardi, a computing and information sciences Ph.D. student, and Matthew Wright, director of the Center for Cybersecurity Research, about the technology used to create and detect deepfake videos.
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February 14, 2020
Helping heart surgeons see more clearly
Associate professor Linwei Wang is leading an international group of researchers and clinicians developing computational systems for creating individualized 3D imaging of a patient’s heart. With these 3D heart models, clinicians now have a noninvasive way to study their patients.
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January 30, 2020
Don’t expect a $550 million settlement to stop Facebook from scanning your face
Vox talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about restrictions on facial recognition technologies.
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January 30, 2020
Alexander Ororbia to Work in Collaboration with Google Research
This summer, Alexander Ororbia, CS Assistant Professor, will work as Visiting Researcher (Assistant Professor) at Google, working with Google Research.
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January 29, 2020
Andrew Searns recieves Honorable Mention for CRA 2020 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award
Andrew Searns, a computer science BS/MS student, has received an Honorable Mention for the Computing Research Association's 2020 Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers Award, which recognizes top undergraduate research students across North America.
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November 19, 2019
Facial recognition: Do you really control how your face is being used?
USA Today talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about regulation of facial recognition technology.
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November 18, 2019
A conversation with Steve Hoover
Steve Hoover, who was recently named the Katherine Johnson Executive Director of RIT’s new Global Cybersecurity Institute, is bringing together academia and industry to help tackle the world’s cybersecurity problems.
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November 13, 2019
Three Theory Lab Student Abstracts accepted to AAAI-20
Three Theory Lab Student Abstracts accepted to Thirty-Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-20)
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October 23, 2019
World Remanufacturing Conference brings industry thought leaders to Rochester
More than 140 thought leaders and executives from around the world gathered in Rochester for the third-annual RIC-RIT World Remanufacturing Conference, which featured the latest information on emerging trends and issues of critical importance to the remanufacturing industry.