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

[Emiliano De Cristofaro]

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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