During the State of the University address Nov. 13, several faculty and students illustrated the Look to Michigan vision impact areas and demonstrated how the university is serving the public good on land and sea.
Addressing "Democracy, Civic, and Global Engagement", faculty from U-M's three campuses presented an on-stage dialogue that explored AI-powered deepfake detection and analysis.
Leading the discussion were:
Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Hafiz Malik, associate dean for graduate education and research and professor of electrical and computer engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, UM-Dearborn.
Khalid Malik, professor of computer science and director of cybersecurity, College of Innovation and Technology, UM-Flint.
Ali, who spent 20 years in Washington, D.C., working for the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has created a cybersecurity course in Ann Arbor to help future leaders understand threats and the governmental tools required to confront them.
"Misinformation, in and of itself, is a really difficult challenge," he said. "But now you add in the advanced tools that are out there to drive those threat-related projects and activities, and artificial intelligence is really one of the game changers."
This is an excerpt from the article Look to Michigan comes alive during State of the University, written by Chris Sebastian of the University Record.
