Engineering Innovations: Can We Trust the Media We Consume?

In this episode of Engineering Innovations, host Kristin Malavenda from Purdue University's Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering discusses the realm of digital media with Professor Edward J. Delp. As a distinguished expert in image and video processing, multimedia forensics, and digital watermarking, Professor Delp shares insights into his decades-long research. They explore the complexities behind digital media, from efficient video compression to the detection of manipulated and synthetic media. Professor Delp highlights the implications of deepfakes, the ethical and technical challenges in digital forensics, and the educational approaches needed to navigate this rapidly evolving field.Prof. Edward J. Delp's Video and Image Processing Laboratory (VIPER): https://engineering.purdue.edu/~ips/ Purdue ECE: http://engineering.purdue.edu/ECE Facebook: http://facebook.com/purdueece Twitter: https://twitter.com/PurdueECE @PurdueECE Instagram: https://instagram.com/purdue.ece LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/purdue-ece Purdue University's Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, founded in 1888, is one of the largest ECE departments in the nation and is consistently ranked among the best in the country.