Trust is essential for a democracy. Online misinformation has become rampant in recent years, threatening the trust. Automated fact-checking using AI models has shown promising results to combat misinformation, thanks to several large-scale datasets which are available. In this talk, I will discuss how machine learning and AI can help in combating online misinformation.

This presentation will focus on a project aimed at improving geophysical data acquisition for near-surface imaging through the use of autonomous multi-scale and multi-physics platforms. The goal is to develop low-cost manned and unmanned acquisition systems that can simultaneously gather multiple types of data, resulting in a multi-physics dataset that significantly improves subsurface imaging.

Look into freedom of speech today through the cases of two individuals; climate activist Shahnewaz Chowdhry from Bangladesh and artist Luis Manuel Otero from Cuba who are boing been punished for speaking up through social media.