On 29 April 2024, Dr. Victoria Rubin presented a conference keynote entitled “How to Combat the Spread of Mis- and Disinformation?” at Concordia University. TheView More
Category: Community Outreach
OLA Online Conference Invites FIMS Grad Students to Showcase Their Case Studies on Manipulative Deceptive Behaviours
Digital Odyssey “Tackling Misinformation and Disinformation: Innovations & Challenges” is an online event organized by the Ontario Library Association (OLA) and planned by OLITA Council,View More
Winter 2024 End-of-Course Poster Session: “Lies and Scams and Myths. Oh My!”
On 9 April 2024, our FIMS community and the wider Western community were invited to attend an end-of-course poster session prepared by graduate students whoView More
Poster Session on Crossing Language Boundaries
If you are on Western University campus on 5 December 2023, come join us any time between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the FIMSView More
Positive Book Review from Data Fusion Community
Dr. Laudy has written a three-page book review of Rubin’s (2022) “Misinformation and Disinformation—Detecting Fakes with the Eye and AI” in the ISIF 2023 Perspectives.View More
Rubin to Present a Plenary Keynote at Data Fusion 2023 Conference, Charleston, SC
On July 30, 2023, Dr. Rubin presented a plenary speech at the 26th International Conference on Information Fusion in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. See detailsView More
Dr. Menczer Presents at FIMS, Western “Hacking Online Virality”
Rogers Chair in Studies in Journalism and New Information Technology (at FIMS, Western) presents “Hacking Online Virality” by Dr. Filippo Menczer, Luddy Distinguished Professor at IndianaView More
WISSLR2023: Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research
If you are interested in Linguistics and other types of language-related research, you may enjoy our annual Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research (WISSLR)View More
Guest Lecture by Dr. Rajaram (Ivey, Western)
On 14 March 14 2023, Dr. Prashant Rajaram will speak about his research on Engagement with Influencer Videos and Impact of Ad Delivery on StreamingView More
Guest Lecture by Cst. Lazar, Lie Detection Expert
On 7 March 2023, Zaia Lazar will deliver a guest talk on Lie Detection as part of investigative interviewing techniques in Law Enforcement. The eventView More