[Air-L] Disinformation Day Zoom Event, October 26 | 11am – 2pm CST

[Murthy, Dhiraj]

Disinformation Day<https://www.disinfoday.com/>
October 26, 2022 | 11am – 2pm (CST) | via Zoom
Register<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9VKqTycqSvC4tXuPU0Mgtw#/registration>

Hosted by The University of Texas at Austin’s Good Systems’ “Designing Responsible AI Technologies to Curb Disinformation<https://sites.google.com/view/ut-misinformation-ai/>” research team, this virtual event brings together researchers and thought leaders working across disciplines and sectors to discuss approaches to curbing the spread of digital disinformation. Data scientist and engineer Dr. David Corney will deliver a keynote on “How AI can help fact checkers to fight bad information.” The keynote will be followed by two panels exploring topics including bias and fairness and addressing the gap between fact checkers’ needs and existing technologies. Attendees are encouraged to participate in interactive Q&As following each session.

This event is free and open to the public. Register today!<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9VKqTycqSvC4tXuPU0Mgtw#/registration>

Event website: https://www.disinfoday.com/

Schedule (all times in U.S. CST)

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM : Introductory Remarks (Dr. Dhiraj Murthy – Welcome to Disinformation Day and Dr. Matthew Lease – Introduction to Good Systems)

11:10 AM – 11:45 AM : Keynote Address and Q&A (Dr. David Corney, moderated by Dr. Matthew Lease)

12:00 PM – 12:50 PM : New Frontiers in Tools for Fact Checkers (Dr. Scott Hale, Dr. David Corney, and Shalini Joshi. Moderated by Dr. Greg Durrett)

12:55 PM – 1:50 PM : Bias/Fairness in Dis-/Misinformation Studies (Dr. Rachel Moran, Dr. Sukrit Venkatagiri and Dr. Angie Holan. Moderated by Dr. Maria De-Arteaga.)

1:50 PM – 2:00 PM : Closing Remarks (Dr. Jo Lukito – Action Plan and Dr. Dhiraj Murthy – Wrap Up.)


DHIRAJ MURTHY, Professor
Director, Computational Media Lab
Moody College of Communication
The University of Texas at Austin
https://moody.utexas.edu/faculty/dhiraj-murthy | 512.232.4433 | @dhirajmurthy

Co-editor,  Big Data & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/bds> (Impact Factor: 8.731)

Publications: http://bit.ly/2HOgLJu

Latest book:  Twitter: Social Communication in the Twitter Age | http://amzn.to/2ElYwMO