Y. KELLY WU
Rochester, NY
kellywu@mail.rit.edu | linkedin.com/in/kelly-wu-0b0134163/
EDUCATION
August 2021 - Present
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Wright
B.Sc in Mathematics and Economics, Georgetown University
August 2017 - May 2021
Minor in Fine Art
RESEARCH INTEREST
Deepfake Detection, Explainable AI (XAI), Human-computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Vision, Misinformation
EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant
August 2021 - Present
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
- Designing and conducting user studies through surveys and interviews to understand the needs of journalists and forensic analysts for deepfake detection tools.
- Investigating novel deepfake detection methods that provide user-friendly explanations for the detection results.
- Mentoring Undergraduate and Master students for their capstone projects.
PUBLICATIONS
- Saniat Javid Sohrawardi, Y. Kelly Wu, Andrea Hickerson, and Matthew Wright. Dungeons & Deepfakes: Using scenario-based role-play to study journalists’ behavior towards using AI-based verification tools for video. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2024.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Graduate Teaching Assistant. Cyber Analytics and Machine Learning, RIT, 10/2022 - 12/2022
- Teaching Assistant. Data Visualization & Graphics, Georgetown University, 09/2020 - 05/2021
PRESENTATION & TALKS
- Digital Media Forensics Ontology. SemaFor PI Meeting 03/2024
- Deepfake 101. SWGDE 01/2024
- Information Security Policy. RIT, 11/2022
- Deepfake for Software Ethics Seminar. RIT 10/2022, 10/2023
- We DeFake Deepfakes for Lunch. University of South Carolina 06/2022
- Deepfakes: Crime and Solutions. SCBLA 04/2022
PROJECTS
- [2023-2024] Building an Analysts-centered Deepfake Detection Tool.
- [2023] Usability Study and User-Centered Design in IoT Security Solutions.
- [2022] Exploring User-friendly Explanations for Deepfakes Detection.
- [2020] Natural Scenes Image Classification Using k-NN, SVM, and Random Forest.
- [2019] Women’s Education Level and its Effect on Women’s Decision-Making Power in Ethiopia.
SKILLS
- Statistics and Data: R, Stata
- Programming Language: Python, MATLAB, C++ (Basic)
- Office Management and Design: Canva, Prezi, Basecamp, HubSpot
- Language: Chinese (Native), English (Bilingual proficiency)
AWARDS
- Second Honor. Georgetown University Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
- Dean’s List. Georgetown University Fall 2020, Spring 2021
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Guest. Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE)
- Poster Jury. Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) ‘24.