School of Comp Sci & Informatics at De Montfort

Deep Fakes – using AI to mimic a person's voice and face – are the latest tactic to be used by scammers, warns @EerkeBoiten professor @dmu_cybertech. He tells @bbcleicester ‘People will be conned. People will be deceived’. Listen here: bit.ly/44MnO0v #DMUexpert

A collaborative research project, led by @Sara_Wilford @DMU_CCSR, examines the factors that lead those in the 45-65 age group towards conspiracy theories and extremism online 🤔 ⬇ @SmidgeProject | #MadeFromMore

Meet Zayaan Williamson, a Software Engineer at IBM who shared insights on his journey with the Digital Technology Solutions Professional Degree apprenticeship at DMU. Find out more here: Meet the Apprentice: ow.ly/JrGr50Qyk90 #NAW2024 #ApprenticeshipJourney

Is ChatGPT a narcissist teenager? 💭 Scholars have all seen ChatGPT's social potential in its compelling and confident conversational style. Daniela Romano, Professor of AI at DMU, decided to find out whether ChatGPT has a distinct personality ⬇

We’re getting ready for our next graduation ceremony for our incredible Computer Science and Informatics and Engineering and Sustainable Development students at @CurveLeicester #DMUgrads

After a lot of work on Responsible Innovation, data governance, dual use, ethics, Artificial Intelligence & more, @DMU_CSSR Human Brain Project team met for a lovely dinner on Friday night @HBPSociety @DMU_CSI

Our colleague Catherine Flick published in Nature on the impact of gaming restrictions in China based on a large dataset from Unity. The article: nature.com/articles/s4156… In New Scientist: newscientist.com/article/238700…

Great to see our colleague Catherine Flick @dmu_ccsr @dmu_cem profiled in the "People of @TheOfficialACM " series! acm.org/articles/peopl…

Join our vibrant, large, diverse School Associate Professor in Games & AI; Lecturer in Data Analytics; Lecturer/Senior in AI & Games; Senior Lecturer in Computer Science TNE roles available, see dmu.ac.uk/jobs/jobs-sear…

What exactly is xAI, Elon Musk's new AI venture? Not much, say @CarissaVeliz and @CatherineFlick. New by me for @newscientist newscientist.com/article/238242…

PhD research in @DMU_CyberTech @DMU_CEM

The ADRELO project led by our colleague Dr Suleiman Yerima @DMU_CyberTech @dmu_cem and University of Nairobi working to enhance the resilience of low-income communities living in disaster-prone areas in Kusumu, Kenia. kisumu.go.ke/adrelo-project…

AI research in our school leads to very practical outcomes, like this by Prof David Elizondo. fdiforum.net/mag/production…

A glimpse into the past at the @TechEthosEU consortium meeting in #Rome last week: ✨ Our #project team worked together to share and refine our key insights and plan the final months of the project. Stay tuned to find out what's coming next 👉 techethos.eu

The current discourse on #AI and ethics is both broad and rich, but there are some structural and fundamental limitations, says HBP Ethics Director Bernd Stahl in a new paper in @SciReports. Read more ➡️ humanbrainproject.eu/en/follow-hbp/…

DMU has been ranked 16th in the world for recycling and sustainability for its commitment to responsible consumption and production in the @timeshighered Impact Rankings 2023 🌍♻👏 @SustainableDMU | @DMUSDG16

Our emeritus professor @srog5 has a trilogy of books available now, and explains the five big issues facing digital technology now: dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news…

Read this new collection of essays: Ethics and Society in Brain Research: Implementing Responsible Research and Innovation in the Human Brain Project Includes contributions from @DMU_CCSR members on data governance, dual use & ethics doi.org/10.5281/zenodo… #RRI @HBPSociety

Our #DMUexpert @EerkeBoiten was also on @AJENews last night talking about the joint European governments’ shutting down of criminal market place Genesis which trades people’s identities 🆔🤔 Watch here 📺👉 bit.ly/3mfmi5a 👈 @AJEnglish

It’s got everybody talking. But why are we receiving a warning alarm on our phones on St George’s Day? 📳 Here’s our #DMUexpert @EerkeBoiten, Director of the Cyber Technology Institute, to explain it all with @Ady_Dayman on @BBCLeicester 📻👉 bbc.in/3Mpjm0j 👈 (1hr 15m)