{"id":916,"date":"2019-11-18T04:31:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T04:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/telsayed\/?p=916"},"modified":"2023-08-20T09:57:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T09:57:42","slug":"gave-a-keynote-talk-at-bias-misinformation-workshop-socinfo-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/telsayed\/gave-a-keynote-talk-at-bias-misinformation-workshop-socinfo-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Gave a keynote talk at “Bias & Misinformation” Workshop, SocInfo 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I gave a keynote talk at “Bias & Misinformation” workshop<\/a> at SocInfo 2019<\/a> that is held in Doha. The talk was titled “FakeDet: Research on Fake News Detection at Qatar University” and discussed research work and initiatives at Qatar University on that topic.<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>: Fake news becomes ubiquitous; therefore combating it becomes mandatory. In this talk, I will present research efforts and initiatives that we started recently at Qatar University to tackle the problem of fake news detection and fact checking, especially in Arabic. I will start with our work on re-ranking Web search results for better fact checking that studies how good current search engines are for finding pages that are useful in verifying given claims. I will then discuss our CheckThat! lab initiative that we co-organize at CLEF Conference for 3 years in a row. CheckThat! aims at supporting investigative journalists and volunteers for finding check-worthy claims and identifying evidence to verify those claims. Since verifying news might need \u201ccontext\u201d, I will also present very recent work on finding background articles that can help news-readers conceptualize the story of a given news article with more knowledge. Finally, I will briefly introduce and outline our new QNRF-supported project on fake news detection over Arabic social media in collaboration with University of Edinburgh and AlJazeera Network.<\/p>\n

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