“Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) is seeking outstanding candidates for two probationary (Tenure-Track) appointments effective July 1, 2020. The Faculty of Information andView More
Category: Announcements
Thank You to Those Who Came for a Visit at FIMS, Western
On Saturday, September 14, 2019 FIMS at Western participated first time in the “Doors Open London” event. Many thanks to the community members who cameView More
LiT.RL Team Enters a Canada-wide 1 Million Dollar Competition to Identify False Claims
What are we working on now? What’s the next step? With the support and encouragement from the FIMS Dean’s Office, our LiT.RL team has recentlyView More
Join Us @Western for “Doors Open London” | Try Our News Verification Browser | Talk to Researchers
On Saturday, September 14, many units on campus will be participating in a London event called “Doors Open London”, where and in the city openView More
LiT.RL Welcomes New PhD Student, Nicole Delellis
Nicole is joining the FIMS PhD Program in LIS and we are excited to have her on board of our LiT.RL team! Nicole is noView More
Release of the LiT.RL News Verification Browser Source Code: Detecting Clickbait, Satire, and Falsified News
On 6 December 2018 the Language & Information Technology Research Lab (LiT.RL) from Western University (Canada) released the source code for the LiT.RL News VerificationView More
Interview on SparkDialog Podcast
Our team was interviewed by Elizabeth Fernandez, the host of SparkDialog, a podcast about science and society. You can listen to the full recording orView More
FIMS Seminar Series Talk on Deceptive & Misleading Practices in Digital Media
Here is the formal FIMS announcement for an upcoming March 7th talk at FIMS. The same talk was posted via this blog as well. HopeView More
Team Talk at the FIMS Seminar Series
Strategies That Sell: Revealing Deceptive and Misleading Practices in Digital MediaWednesday, March 7, 2018 @12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. in FNB 4070Presented by Victoria Rubin,View More
Talk at IEEE Women in Engineering: Algorithms with a Moral Compass
Come join the London sections of IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Young Professionals for “Algorithms with a Moral Compass: Detecting Lies,View More