Price
Free
Event date and time
Wednesday 2 Jul 2025
9.30am to 11.00am AEST
Location
Online virtual event
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Speaker:
Prof. Hafiz Malik is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, USA
https://umdearborn.edu/people-um-dearborn/hafiz-malik
Abstract:
The rapid advances in generative AI (GenAI) have ushered in an era of ultrarealistic synthetic media generation, also known as deepfakes -- digitally synthesised images, audio, and video -- serving as powerful drivers of widespread disinformation campaigns and erosion of public trust in the information ecosystem. This talk will examine the growing disinformation crisis fueled by the ease of creating deceptively realistic deepfakes. This talk will explore the latest trends in deepfake generation technology, highlighting how advances in audio, video, and image synthesis are being leveraged to produce increasingly convincing, deceptive content, fabricate personas, and coordinate influence operations on social media. These activities erode public trust in information systems, particularly during critical events such as elections, and contribute to societal division. Furthermore, the talk will address the significant societal, political, and geopolitical implications of deepfakes. These include privacy violations, reputational harm, and the potential to destabilize democratic processes and international relations. Deepfake technology can be used to spread misinformation that influences public opinion or incites conflict between nations, adding a new layer of complexity to global politics.
This talk will provide a comprehensive overview of current interventions, focusing on cutting-edge deepfake detection technologies, including commercial, freeware, and open-source tools. Finally, we will introduce our robust framework, FakeXpose, designed to detect and debunk deepfakes of public figures in real-time, aiming to restore trust and resilience within the information landscape while addressing the challenges posed by this rapidly evolving technology.
Bio:
Hafiz Malik is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. His research in the areas of deepfakes, automotive cybersecurity, cyber-physical system security, sensor security, multimedia forensics, steganography and steganalysis, information hiding, pattern recognition, and information fusion is supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Academies, Google, Ford Motor Company, Metapyxl Inc., and Marelli Inc.
Dr. Malik has received numerous awards, including the UM-Dearborn Chancellor's Inclusive Excellence Fellows 2022, the UM-Dearborn 2022 Distinguished Research Award, and the College of Engineering and Computer Science 2020 Excellence in Research Award. He has published over 180 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops and is a (co-)inventor of 22 patents.
He is the founder and CTO of Media Shield Inc., a cutting-edge platform for deepfake detection. Additionally, he is a founding member and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research, a director and founding member of the Cybersecurity Center for Research, Education, and Outreach at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a key member of the leadership circle for the Dearborn Artificial Intelligence Research Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Dr. Malik also served on the Scientific and Industrial Advisory Board of the National Center of Cyber Security Pakistan from 2018 - 2024 and has been actively involved with the MCity Working Group on Cybersecurity since 2015.
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Event date: Jul 2025
Wednesday 2 Jul 2025
Online virtual event
9.30am to 11.00am AEST
Login details will be emailed to registrants
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