Interviews
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Christina Pagel: "You have to accept that people will attack you and you cannot defend yourself"
Interview with Christina Pagel, Professor of Operational Research (a branch of applied mathematics) at University College London (UCL) and Director of the UCL Clinical Operational Research Unit. Since May 2020, she has been a member of Independent SAGE, a group of scientists working together to provide... -
Pia Lamberty: "This is the price you pay, but I still think it’s worth it"
Interview with Pia Lamberty, social psychologist and co-director of the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS). As a psychologist, she has been researching why people believe in conspiracies and what consequences this worldview entails. Her non-fiction book “Fake Facts - How Conspiracy... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Lorraine Whitmarsh on the climate emergency
Interview with Lorraine Whitmarsh, an environmental psychologist, specialising in perceptions and behaviour in relation to climate change, energy and transport. She is based at the University of Bath and is Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST). She is also a lead... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Malcolm Fairbrother on the climate emergency
Interview with Malcolm Fairbrother, sociologist based at Umeå University (Sweden). He is also affiliated with the Institute for Futures Studies (Stockholm), and the University of Graz (Austria). His research focuses in particular on the politics of environmental policymaking. He is working on the decoupling... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Professor Hugo Aerts on AI in medical imaging
Interview with Hugo Aerts, professor of AI in medicine at Maastricht University (Netherlands). He is also director of the AI in medicine (AIM) program at Harvard University and Mass General Brigham in Boston (USA). You received a EUR 2 million European Research Council grant for the project ‘Deep... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Professor Regina Barzilay on AI in medical imaging
Interview with Regina Barzilay, distinguished professor for AI and Health at MIT (USA). She is also an AI faculty lead for Jameel Clinic, an MIT center for Machine Learning in Health. What is your view on the future of artificial intelligence in medical imaging for the next 10 years? Regina Barzilay:... -
Henry Ajder: "We need to make finding and accessing these tools as difficult as possible"
Interview with Henry Ajder, speaker and advisor helping organizations to navigate deepfakes, synthetic media, and the evolving AI ecosystem. In 2019, you released a report which found that 96 % of all deepfakes produced depict some kind of image abuse. What has changed since then? Henry Ajder:... -
Mariëtte van Huijstee: "Video footage is perceived as evidence"
Mariëtte van Huijstee is an expert on responsible business conduct. She focuses on technology, innovation companies’ societal responsibility and how ongoing digitalisation is changing the fabric of society. Are deepfakes going to play a decisive role in future fake news? Mariëtte van Huijstee:...