Synthetic human-like fakes: Difference between revisions

→‎Countermeasures against synthetic human-like fakes: + Archive.org's firts crawl of SemaFor was in November 2019, the same time as the application period for the grants at grant.gov ended
(→‎Countermeasures against synthetic human-like fakes: + https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.06564.pdf (as .pdf at arXiv.org))
(→‎Countermeasures against synthetic human-like fakes: + Archive.org's firts crawl of SemaFor was in November 2019, the same time as the application period for the grants at grant.gov ended)
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[[File:DARPA_Logo.jpg|thumb|left|240px|The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as [[w:DARPA|DARPA]] has been active in the field of countering synthetic fake video for longer than the public has been aware of the problems existing.]]
[[File:DARPA_Logo.jpg|thumb|left|240px|The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as [[w:DARPA|DARPA]] has been active in the field of countering synthetic fake video for longer than the public has been aware of the problems existing.]]


* [https://www.darpa.mil/program/media-forensics '''DARPA program: 'Media Forensics (MediFor)'''' at darpa.mil] aims to develop technologies for the automated assessment of the integrity of an image or video and integrating these in an end-to-end media forensics platform. Archive.org first crawled their homepage in June 2016<ref name="IA-MediFor-2016">https://web.archive.org/web/20160630154819/https://www.darpa.mil/program/media-forensics</ref>.
* [https://www.darpa.mil/program/media-forensics '''DARPA program: 'Media Forensics (MediFor)'''' at darpa.mil] aims to develop technologies for the automated assessment of the integrity of an image or video and integrating these in an end-to-end media forensics platform. Archive.org first crawled their homepage in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160630154819/https://www.darpa.mil/program/media-forensics June '''2016''']<ref name="IA-MediFor-2016-crawl">https://web.archive.org/web/20160630154819/https://www.darpa.mil/program/media-forensics</ref>.
* [https://www.darpa.mil/program/semantic-forensics '''DARPA program: 'Semantic Forensics (SemaFor)''' at darpa.mil] aims to counter synthetic disinformation by developing systems for detecting semantic inconsistencies in forged media. They state that they hope to create technologies that "will help identify, deter, and understand adversary disinformation campaigns". More information at [[w:Duke University]]'s [https://researchfunding.duke.edu/semantic-forensics-semafor '''Research Funding database: Semantic Forensics (SemaFor)''' at researchfunding.duke.edu] and some at [https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=319894 '''Semantic Forensics grant opportunity''' (closed Nov 2019) at grants.gov].
 
* [https://www.darpa.mil/program/semantic-forensics '''DARPA program: 'Semantic Forensics (SemaFor)''' at darpa.mil] aims to counter synthetic disinformation by developing systems for detecting semantic inconsistencies in forged media. They state that they hope to create technologies that "will help identify, deter, and understand adversary disinformation campaigns". More information at [[w:Duke University]]'s [https://researchfunding.duke.edu/semantic-forensics-semafor '''Research Funding database: Semantic Forensics (SemaFor)''' at researchfunding.duke.edu] and some at [https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=319894 '''Semantic Forensics grant opportunity''' (closed Nov 2019) at grants.gov]. Archive.org first cralwed their website in [https://web.archive.org/web/20191108090036/https://www.darpa.mil/program/semantic-forensics November '''2019''']<ref name="IA-SemaFor-2019-crawl">https://web.archive.org/web/20191108090036/https://www.darpa.mil/program/semantic-forensics November</ref>
 
* [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/about-the-national-center-for-media-forensics '''National Center for Media Forensics''' at artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu] at the [[w:University of Colorado Denver]] offers a [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/media-forensics-graduate-program Master's degree program], [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/training-courses training courses] and [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/national-center-for-media-forensics-research scientific basic and applied research].
* [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/about-the-national-center-for-media-forensics '''National Center for Media Forensics''' at artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu] at the [[w:University of Colorado Denver]] offers a [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/media-forensics-graduate-program Master's degree program], [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/training-courses training courses] and [https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/areas-of-study/national-center-for-media-forensics/national-center-for-media-forensics-research scientific basic and applied research].


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* [https://sites.google.com/view/wmediaforensics2020/home '''Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 'Workshop on Media Forensics'''' at sites.google.com], a '''June 2020''' workshop at the [[w:Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition]]. [https://sites.google.com/view/mediaforensics2019/home '''2019 CVPR: 'Workshop on Media Forensics'''']
* [https://sites.google.com/view/wmediaforensics2020/home '''Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 'Workshop on Media Forensics'''' at sites.google.com], a '''June 2020''' workshop at the [[w:Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition]]. [https://sites.google.com/view/mediaforensics2019/home '''2019 CVPR: 'Workshop on Media Forensics'''']
* [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge '''National Institute of Standards and Technology: 'Media Forensics Challenge'''' at nist.gov], an iterative research challenge by the [[w:National Institute of Standards and Technology]] with the upcoming challenge being the 3rd one in action. Previous rounds were held in [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/nimble-challenge-2017-evaluation 2017] and [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge-2018 2018] and [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge-2019-0 the evaluation criteria for the 2019 iteration are being formed]
* [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge '''National Institute of Standards and Technology: 'Media Forensics Challenge'''' at nist.gov], an iterative research challenge by the [[w:National Institute of Standards and Technology]] with the upcoming challenge being the 3rd one in action. Previous rounds were held in [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/nimble-challenge-2017-evaluation 2017] and [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge-2018 2018] and [https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/media-forensics-challenge-2019-0 the evaluation criteria for the 2019 iteration are being formed]
* [https://sites.google.com/view/wocm2018/home '''European Conference on Computer Vision 2018: 'Workshop on Objectionable Content and Misinformation'''' at sites.google.com], a workshop at the '''2018''' [[w:European Conference on Computer Vision]]
* [https://sites.google.com/view/wocm2018/home '''European Conference on Computer Vision 2018: 'Workshop on Objectionable Content and Misinformation'''' at sites.google.com], a workshop at the '''2018''' [[w:European Conference on Computer Vision]]


''' Studies '''
''' Studies '''
* [https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.06564 ''''''Media Forensics and DeepFakes: an overview'''''' at arXiv.org] [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.06564.pdf (as .pdf at arXiv.org)], a '''2020''' '''review''' on the subject of digital look-alikes and media forensics
* [https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.06564 ''''''Media Forensics and DeepFakes: an overview'''''' at arXiv.org] [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.06564.pdf (as .pdf at arXiv.org)], a '''2020''' '''review''' on the subject of digital look-alikes and media forensics