This online research seminar will be led by Dr. Kiril Avramov, The University of Texas. 

This talk is based on a multi-author paper in progress with a working title, “The Language of Doubt.” It will cover insights from the grant research project: “Identifying Disinformation Using Rhetorical Devices in Natural Language Models”. This project has been executed with research teams from Sandia National Labs and North Carolina State University. The presentation focuses on the insights these teams have gained through examining how Russian propaganda exploits 'the language of uncertainty' and its application to disinformation detection algorithms.

About the speaker

Kiril Avramov is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies (DSES) and a Fellow at the Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds courtesy appointments at the Department of Government and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Co-Director of the Global Disinformation Lab.

A link to join the event can be found here. 

This talk is organised in conjunction with the Disinformation Research Cluster.