Program

3 October 2020 marco.viviani@unimib.it

Schedule (CEST – Central European Summer Time)

Start timeEnd timeSpeakersTitle
9:30 AM 9:50 AMIntroFabio Saracco; Marco Viviani
9:50 AM10:30 AMKeynoteArkaitz ZubiagaTowards Automated Fact-checking for Detecting and Verifying Claims
10:30 AM11:00 AMCoffee Break
11:00 AM11:30 AMInformation sources and credibilityYifan Zhang; Dainis Boumber; Marjan Hosseinia; Fan Yang; Arjun MukherjeeImproving Authorship Verification using Linguistic Divergence
11:30 AM12:00 AMInformation sources and credibilityAdrián Martín Bethencourt; Junwen Luo; Thomas FelicianiBias and Truth in Science Evaluation: A Simulation Model of Grant Review Panel Discussions
12:00 AM12:30 AMMalinformation and misinformationSameer Gupta; Seema Nagar; Amit Anil Nanavati; Kuntal Dey; Ferdous Ahmed Barbhuiya; Sougata MukherjeaConsumption of Hate Speech on Twitter: A Topical Approach to Capture Networks of Hateful Users
12:30 AM1:00 PMMalinformation and misinformationAmartya Hatua; Arjun Mukherjee; Rakesh M. VermaOn the Feasibility of Using GANs for Claim Verification: Experiments and Analysis
1:00 PM2:15 PMLunch Break
2:20 PM3:00 PMKeynoteGabriella PasiCredibility and Relevance in Information Retrieval
3:00 PM3:30 PMAccess to credible informationVishwani Gupta; Katharina Beckh; Sven Giesselbach; Dennis Wegener; Tim WirtzSupporting Verification of News Articles with Automated Search for Semantically Similar Articles
3:30 PM4:00 PMAccess to credible informationRonald Denaux; Jose Manuel Gomez-PerezSharing Retrieved Information Using Linked Credibility Reviews
4:00 PM4:15 PMClosingFabio Saracco; Marco Viviani

Invited speakers

  • Arkaitz Zubiaga
  • Gabriella Pasi

More information on the keynote speakers and their talks can be found on the dedicated page.