[LOGOS] LOGOS-related AI seminar on Oct 10 by Emilio Ferrara

[Emiliano De Cristofaro]

On Zoom live now: https://ucr.zoom.us/j/9518272888

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Prof. Emiliano De Cristofaro
Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Riverside
https://emilianodc.com


On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM Emiliano De Cristofaro <
emilianodc at cs.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Emilio Ferrara <http://www.emilio.ferrara.name/> (USC) will give a talk
> at the AI seminar on Fri, Oct 10, at noon in the MRB 1st floor seminar room.
>
> Although the seminar has not been officially announced yet, I wanted to
> give you all a heads up, as the topic (see below) will likely be of
> interest to many of you. Also, please let me know if you'd like to meet
> with Emilio and/or join us for lunch right after the seminar.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Title: AI & Social Manipulation
>
> Abstract: In this talk, I will overview my decade-long journey into
> understanding the implications of online platform manipulation. I'll start
> from detecting malicious bots and other forms of manipulation including
> troll accounts, coordinated campaigns, and disinformation operations. The
> impact of my work will be corroborated with examples of findings enabled by
> our technology, e.g., our unveiling of the "Russian bots"; operation prior
> to the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, which informed official Senate
> investigations and new regulations. I will then illustrate similar issues
> with the 2020, 2022 and 2024 U.S. Election, as well as COVID- related
> conspiracies and public health misinformation. I'll conclude by discussing
> the ML tools we developed to model online mis/disinformation, reveal the
> malicious adversaries behind the curtains, and characterize their activity,
> behavior, and strategies, suggesting how they are changing the way
> researchers and study online platforms in the era of automation and
> artificial intelligence.
>
>
> --
> Prof. Emiliano De Cristofaro
> Computer Science and Engineering
> University of California, Riverside
> https://emilianodc.com
>
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