Category: Press
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Civil War Photo Sleuth in TIME
Our Civil War Photo Sleuth project was featured in a TIME article by Olivia Waxman, “How Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Identify Thousands of Unknown Civil War Soldiers.” The article includes interviews with several prominent CWPS users showing how the software has benefited them by identifying unknown soldiers in Civil War-era photos. Congrats to Vikram Mohanty,…
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Presented on the future of AI at VT media event
Dr. Luther and Dr. Sylvester Johnson, director of the Center for Humanities at Virginia Tech, co-presented on “The future of AI and what it means for humans” to local journalists at a media event called “On the Record with Virginia Tech” on October 17, 2019. The press release for the event described it as follows:…
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More press for Civil War Photo Sleuth
Our Civil War Photo Sleuth project continues to attract press and media attention. Here is a roundup of additional articles since the last post: Smithsonian: The Computer Scientist Who Wants to Put a Name to Every Face in Civil War Photographs Roanoke Times: A Civil War find of a high tech kind Fox News: AI…
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Photo Sleuth press in Slate, Smithsonian, and more
Our Civil War Photo Sleuth project got a burst of publicity in recent weeks, leading to hundreds of new site registrations and contributions. Here is a round-up of some highlights: Slate Magazine: Who’s Behind That Beard? Smithsonian Magazine: Facial Recognition Software Is Helping Identify Unknown Figures in Civil War Photographs Family Tree Magazine: Applying Facial…
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Interviewed for VT Engineer magazine
Dr. Luther was one of four 2017 winners of the NSF CAREER Award who was interviewed for the inaugural issue of VT Engineer magazine. You can read the article here.
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Crowd sleuthing featured on local NPR affiliate
The Crowd Lab’s research on crowdsourced investigations was featured in an article, Crowd Sleuthing: Harnessing the Power of Crowds, by our local NPR affiliate, WVTF & Radio IQ. Dr. Luther is quoted multiple times discussing the lab’s Photo Sleuth and GroundTruth research projects, as well as general potential risks and benefits of crowd sleuthing. The…
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Incite featured on local NPR affiliates
WVTF & RADIO IQ, the NPR affiliate for Southwest Virginia, produced a radio segment and accompanying article about our Incite software and the Mapping the Fourth of July project. The story includes quotes by Dr. Luther and Mapping the Fourth project director Dr. Paul Quigley. Additionally, Richmond’s NPR affiliate produced a different radio segment and…
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Incite featured in VT News again
Coinciding with Independence Day, our Incite and Mapping the Fourth of July projects were again featured in VT News and on the university home page. The new press release covers the launch of our software and the accompanying exhibit on display in VT’s Newman Library throughout the month of July. Dr. Luther is quoted a couple…
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Received NEH grant to expand Incite to WW2 history
Dr. Luther is Co-PI for a new award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program. The title of the project is “The American Soldier Collaborative Digital Archive.” The one-year, $50,000 award will support planning to expand our Incite software, originally developed for crowdsourced Civil War history, to the new domain of…
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NSF CAREER Award in VT News
Dr. Luther’s NSF CAREER Award, a five-year grant to study expert-led crowdsourcing and build a platform for crowdsourced photo investigations called CrowdSleuth, was covered in a press release by Virginia Tech News. This news story appeared on the home page for vt.edu and the VT College of Engineering.