Hany Farid was born on February 10,1966 and is an American university professor who specializes in the analysis of digital images and the detection of digitally manipulated images such as deepfakes.
13 Facts About Hany Farid
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Hany Farid is the author of the book Photo Forensics.
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Hany Farid received his undergraduate degree in computer science and applied mathematics from the University of Rochester in 1989.
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In 1999, Hany Farid completed a two-year post-doctoral program in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Hany Farid has been called the "father" of digital image forensics by NOVA scienceNOW.
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Hany Farid is the recipient of a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2002 Sloan Fellowship for his work in the field.
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Hany Farid was named a lifetime fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016.
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In January 2021, Hany Farid was appointed Associate Dean and Head of School for the School of Information.
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Hany Farid is a member of the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Lab, the Center for Innovation in Vision and Optics, and the Vision Science program.
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Hany Farid was well-known at Dartmouth for teaching the college's introductory course on programming and computer science.
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Hany Farid has consulted for intelligence agencies, news organizations, courts, and scientific journals seeking to authenticate the validity of images.
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In 2016, Hany Farid proposed that the technology could be used to stem the spread of terror-related imagery, but there was little interest shown initially by social media companies.
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Hany Farid started Fourandsix Technologies with Kevin Connor, a former vice president at Adobe Systems.