Hany Farid
Donald Knuth Professor of Computation and Just Communities
Professor of Computer Science
Professor Farid's research focuses on digital forensics, forensic science, misinformation, image analysis, and human perception. He received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the University of Rochester in 1989, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Following a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, he joined the faculty at Dartmouth College in 1999 where he remained until 2019. After spending seven years on the faculty at UC Berkeley, he returned to Dartmouth in 2026. He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and am a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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Department(s)
Computer Science
Education
- B.S. University of Rochester
- M.S. State University of New York, Albany
- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
- Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT
Selected Publications
H. Farid. Mitigating the Harms of Manipulated Media: Confronting Deepfakes and Digital Deception, PNAS Nexus, 2025.
R. Wexler, S. Barrington, E. Cooper, and H. Farid. AI-Generated Voice Evidence Poses Dangers in Court, Lawfare, 2025.
S. Barrington, E.A. Cooper, and H. Farid. People are Poorly Equipped to Detect AI-powered Voice Clones, Scientific Reports 15, 11004, 2025.
Speaking Engagements
How to Spot Fake AI photos, TED, 2025, https://www.ted.com/talks/hany_farid_how_to_spot_fake_ai_photos