Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro

Title: Digital Deception

Abstract:  

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about significant advancements, but it has also given rise to digital deceptions, including highly sophisticated techniques such as DeepFake technology. This presentation explores various examples of AI-driven deceptions, illustrating how they manipulate audio-visual content to spread misinformation, compromise privacy, and pose ethical challenges. DeepFakes, among other AI-generated forgeries, serve as a focal point, highlighting their potential to undermine trust in digital media. To address these challenges, the latter part of the presentation delves into countermeasures, ranging from fostering AI awareness and ethical use to deploying advanced AI detection tools. These measures aim to equip individuals, organizations, and policymakers with the knowledge and resources necessary to combat AI-driven digital deception effectively, ensuring a safer and more trustworthy digital ecosystem.

Biography:

Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro, Professor of Computer Science, and Rector at Institute of Business Management, has received BSc (Hons) and M.Sc degrees in Computer Science from University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan and his PhD in Computer Applications from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China and became the first Pakistani to receive all three degrees in the field of Computer Science.  He has more than 29 years of extensive and diverse experience as an administrator, computer programmer, researcher, and teacher.  As an administrator, He served as Coordinator, Head of Department, Head of Faculty, Dean of Faculty, Head of Academic Affairs and having wide experience in accreditation related matters, including ABET USA, HEC Pakistan, KHDA Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers.  He has been a senior member of IEEE since 2005 and IEEE Member since 2000.  He is currently serving as Chair IEEE Karachi Section and IEEE Computer Society R10 Southern Area Coordinator of Computer Society. He is member Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs by Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG) of ICANN, Member Editorial Board of several research Journals and also served as Technical Program Committee Member of several national and international conferences. He received the ISOC Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for the 68th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Meeting.  He is also the first Pakistani to became IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor (2021-2023) and also became the first and only Pakistani to be selected by the IEEE Computer Society to the ‘Inaugural Class of IEEE Computer Society’ as Distinguished Contributor (2021) in the field of Computer Science.