IST faculty member awarded fellowship to study claim-making and fact-checking
IST faculty member awarded fellowship to study claim-making and fact-checking
Publish Date: 2026-05-12 08:33:00
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- Dongwon Lee, a professor from Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been awarded a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) in Germany.
- During his fellowship from July to September, Lee will focus on studying misinformation on a global scale and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in identifying false information online.
- The research aims to understand how false or misleading information spreads and how verification efforts evolve across different regions and languages.
- Lee will examine how generative AI influences the creation of claims and the activities of fact-checkers, leveraging a dataset of about 200,000 fact-checked claims from across the world in 39 languages.
- The goal of the research is to enhance the ability of fact-checkers, journalists, and government leaders to understand and combat misinformation worldwide.
- The fellowship reflects Lee’s contributions to addressing urgent challenges related to misinformation and AI, representing Penn State’s commitment to ethical AI innovation and discovery.
