Center for Information Integrity

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The Center for Information Integrity at the University at Buffalo is rooted in the shared conviction that accurate information is required for vigorous public debate within a democracy.

CII is devoted to the identification, amelioration, and combatting of dis- and mis-information that pollutes the public sphere. Our members take on this existential threat from multidisciplinary approaches derived from fields as varied as history, literature, art, media study, information science, psychology, computer engineering, political science, geography, communication, law, and biomedical sciences.

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Marina Blanton CrySP presentation
11/29/23
Dr. Blanton presented A Bigger Picture of Secure Multi-Party Computation for the Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) Speaker Series.
Yotam Ophir quoted
9/6/23
Yotam Ophir, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication who focuses on misinformation and political extremism, has recently been interviewed by several prominent publications and was a featured speaker at the University of Wisconsin’s 2023 science communication colloquium on the far-right’s abuse of science and medicine and the promotion of conspiracy theories.
New Book by Jessie Poon
3/8/23
Jessie Poon, professor in the UB department of Geography, published a new book with collaborators Monica Stephens and Gordon K.S. Tan, Misinformation in the Digital Age: An American Infodemic (2023).
Fake People, Real Threat
3/8/23
Spectrum Article on event on Hidden Bias in AIs
3/8/23
Siwei Lyu named ACM Distinguished Member
12/27/22
Siwei Lyu was among the 67 Distinguished Members named by ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, in 2022.
Siwei Lyu quoted about new deepfake detector
12/27/22
New Scientist quoted Siwei Lyu about new Deepfake detection technique: “Up to this point, we have not seen a single example of deepfake generation algorithms that can create realistic human hands and demonstrate the flexibility and gestures of a real human being,” says Lyu.
New Book by Mark Shepard
10/14/22
Shepard was awarded a 2022 Graham Foundation grant for this book in recognition of its contribution to diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society.
NSF Award to prepare next pandemic response
10/14/22
The grant addresses the lack of collaboration and trust among researchers, public health officials, government and the public that hampered the response to COVID-19. To build trust with the public, the UB team will build on its strong relationships with a number of local and regional partners.
DCastillo podcast
10/14/22
In this episode, Jacke talks to Professor David Castillo and Professor William Egginton about using the example of Cervantes to better understand the role that the humanities can play in dissecting and combatting the forces of disinformation.
Siwei Lyu quoted about DeepFakes
10/14/22
Deepfake videos are showing up everywhere and Siwei Lyu is the go-to expert on the subject. He has recently interviewed by several prominent publications
New Book by James Gardner
10/14/22
A new book edited by CII member James A. Gardner provides an ambitious and far-reaching roundup of current thought on the state of the world’s democracies and the struggle to make self-governance work — one nation at a time.
Jeff Good WHO Bulletin Paper
10/14/22
The paper, Public health information for minority linguistic communities, seeks to raise awareness that assuming people from minority language groups will be able to read public health information in a majority language overlooks how language choice influences the message’s reception.
Heidi Julien quoted about media handling of 10yo abortion story
10/14/22
Heidi Julien, a professor of information science who specializes in digital literacy at the University of Buffalo, said even though the report was substantiated, there should be little expectations of people changing their minds.
Matt Kenyon's Alternative Rule
10/14/22
Though it might look like the paper you use to learn penmanship, in Alternative Rule, the lines on the paper are made up of micro-printed names and dates of children who have been victims of gun violence since the Columbine High School shooting.
Yotam Ophir interviewed about May 14th shootings and white supremacy
10/14/22
Yotam Ophir was interviewed for an article by Spectrum News 1, "White supremacism: How it's spread and the threat it poses" (6/16/22).
David Castillo: Two new books
10/14/22
David Castillo examines the nature of truth in the works of Cervantes and modern popular culture and how the humanities can save us from the plague of disinformation.
Siwei Lyu SaTC: CORE award
10/14/22
Siwei Lyu receives $500,000 SaTC: CORE award, to explore ways to combat DeepFakes rather than simply detecting them.
Webinar Introcuding CII
10/14/22

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Partnerships

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Buffalo Museum of Science
10/11/22
A series of events organized by CII will be hosted at the Buffalo Museum of Science for a diverse audience including families. Topics from across the spectrum of mis/disinformation.
DART: Deception Awareness and Resilience Training
8/7/23
DART is a cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional, user-centered effort to develop games to help older adults recognize and navigate scams.
Education Collaborative of WNY
10/21/23
CII is partnering with the Education Collaborative of WNY to host a year long program with area high school teachers from Buffalo Public Schools and surrounding districts in collaboration with the News Literacy Project (NLP).
Connect with Us
7/10/23

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Mis/Dis-Information in the News

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World-Class Researchers from 40+ Disciplines Seeking Socio-Technological Solutions to Combat Mis/Disinformation

CII brings together renowned faculty from across the university to identify, evaluate, and mitigate the impact of mis/disinformation in key areas of public life.

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Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter
11/20/23
Laurene Tumiel Berhalter, Associate Professor, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is Director of Community Translational Research. An epidemiologist by training, she has over 25 years’ experience conducting community-based participatory research and health disparities research to improve chronic disease self-management and cancer prevention among underserved communities.
Hongxin Hu
11/20/23
Hongxin Hu, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering. researches security and privacy, networking and machine learning. His research has been funded by NSF, USDOT, Google, VMware, Amazon, Dell and more. He has published over 100 refereed technical papers, many of which appeared in top tier journals and presented at scientific conferences.
Heather Abraham
11/20/23
Heather Abraham, Visiting Associate Professor , School of Law , is Director of the UB Civil Rights & Transparency Clinic, a litigation clinic dedicated to enforcing and advancing civil rights and government accountability, with a particular emphasis on fair housing, open government, and freedom of the press.
Shambhu Upadhyaya
11/20/23
Shambhu Upadhyaya, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, and Director of the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education. His research focuses on protecting the United States’ infrastructure from cyber threats. That includes electric power grids, transportation systems, financial networks, military assets and water supplies.
Dalia Antionia Caraballo Muller
11/20/23
Dalia Antonia Caraballo Muller, Associate Professor, Latin American and Caribbean History, is a bilingual, multi-cultural, multi-racial researcher and educator. Her twin passions are the study of the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the study of transformative learning models in higher education.
Jeff Good
11/20/23
Jeff Good, Professor, and Chair of the Department of Linguistics, researches how language choice influences the way a message is received and whether its source is viewed as trustworthy. He is an active member of the UB Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.
Heidi Julien
11/20/23
Heidi Julien, Professor, Information Science, focuses her research on digital literacy and information behavior. Her work seeks to understand how best to deliver digital literacy education to the public, including how to prepare and support digital literacy instructors, including librarians.
Mark Shepard
11/20/23
Mark Shepard, Associate Professor, Architecture and Media Study , is an artist, architect and researcher whose work addresses contemporary entanglements. His recent book, There Are No Facts: Attentive algorithms, extractive data practices and the quantification of everyday life (MIT Press), examines the uncommon ground we share in a post-truth world.