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Atri Rudra receives Test of Time Award
4/17/25
The award recognizes a paper that was published in the PODS proceedings 10 years prior that has had the most impact to research or practice over the previous decade.
Two UB students awarded prestigious Goldwater scholarships
4/17/25
Goldwater scholarships are the country’s most competitive research scholarship offered to undergraduate STEM students.
Fabricated news article frames Duterte's arrest as obstacle to Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
4/10/25
Agence France-Presse and Snopes utilized UB’s DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, to determine that an audio clip of Elon Musk sobbing to Donald Trump about Tesla's woes was likely AI-generated.
Computer science PhD recognized as rising star for work on AI and health monitoring systems
4/9/25
Wei Bo, a PhD student in computer science and engineering, has been recognized as a CPS Rising Star. Her research incorporates AI with health technologies.
AI proves that fingerprints are not unique, upending the legal system
4/8/25
Earth featured Wenyao Xu in an article about the uniqueness of human fingerprints.
Fact Check: NO Qualified Expert Argues Pyramidal Antarctic Peak Is Manmade
4/8/25
Lead Stories utilized the DeepFake-o-Meter in a fact-check article about a peak in Antarctica that is rumored to be masonry.
Video of Volodymyr Zelensky kneeling before Saudi officials is AI-generated
4/8/25
Agence France-Presse quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about an AI-generated video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky kneeling before Saudi officials.
SEAS ranked No. 31 in engineering among public universities nationwide
4/8/25
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ranked No. 57 nationwide and No. 31 among public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate School Rankings
Images of 'exhausted South Korean firefighters' bear signs of AI generation
4/7/25
Agence France-Presse quoted Siwei Lyu about an AI-generated image showing South Korean firefighters amidst unprecedented wildfires in the country.
UB to launch new academic department focusing on AI and society
4/7/25
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that UB will receive $5 million to launch the new Department of AI and Society.