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Associate Professor of Computer Science Hany Farid has been awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation that will support his work in digital image forensics. According to the Guggenheim Foundation, fellows "are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment." Farid's work examines the mathematics and statistics behind digital media, including images, audio recordings, and video. He has developed algorithms that can determine whether digital media have been altered or manipulated, which can be applied to questions in court cases, of scientific legitimacy, and in art authentication. He is also interested in the digital reconstruction of ancient Egyptian tombs, where he creates undistorted panoramic views of tomb interiors.
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