Dr. Rubin was invited to speak at the Workshop “Les fausses nouvelles : le nouveau visage d’un vieux problème” [Fake news: a new face ofView More
Category: Blog
This blog is for Dr. Rubin’s LiT.RL Lab updates, FIMS announcements, and Western University campus event alerts. Dr. Rubin relates technology-related news, reflections on language technologies or natural language processing. She sometimes writes about languages and cultures. Her lab students may contribute occasional entries on any of the above, or on broader information organization and LIS issues.
Research Profiled in University Affairs Magazine
Our research team’s research was profiled in the article “Researchers at Western build satire detector for news websites” on universityaffairs.ca on August 14, 2017. [UniversityView More
LiT.RL presents at 2017 Congress of the Humanities & Social Sciences, Toronto
The lab had several presentations at the Annual Conference of The Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS2017) and at the the Annual Conference of CanadianView More
Clickbait Study Looking for Participants
If you regularly read online news in English and are familiar with the term “clickbait,” we would like to invite you to take part inView More
Satire Detector Launched
Satire Detector has been now released. It’s phrased as a study at Western University. Would you like to try it out? Play with the tool.View More
Looking for a Summer Grad RA (Western student)
May 9th, 2017 Update. Sorry the position has been filled. No more applications accepted. I’m looking to hire a new graduate assistant, a Western student,View More
Satire Detector Online: How-To-Use Guide
After over year of R&D and testing, our lab has put out an automated Satire Detector which is currently available online – PC or mobileView More
FIMS Moved to New Building
The busy first term in our new building is coming to its close! Take a look at an artistic rendering of the new facilities, andView More
Media Interest in our Research on Fake News
Research Dissemination and Knowledge Mobilization SSHRC Insight Grant (#435-2015-0065): Digital Deception Detection: Identifying Deliberate Misinformation in Online News (2015-2018) Background Information on LiT.RL Lab: TheView More
Media Focus on Fake News: PBS Newshour Interview
LiT.RL News Verification Project receives mainstream media attention. Dr. Rubin was recently interviewed by the PBS Newshour Science (online print edition). Prior to that anView More