📜 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute welcomed a delegation on a working visit comprising Romanian scholar and lecturer Mihai Vacariu, a renowned expert in communication theory, philosophy, and cinema; Michael Way, patron of the British charitable foundation M St J Way Charitable Trust; and Lizum Lepcha Way, a specialist at the foundation.
📋 Topics discussed at the meeting included the use of technologies for automated data collection from social media and real-time analysis of information flows, as well as detecting manipulative content and tracing the sources from which it spreads.
⚙️ Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has experience in interdisciplinary research combining sociological methods, content analysis, and forecasting social processes. Relevant expertise and research are available at the Faculty of Sociology and Law and the Educational and Scientific Institute of Applied System Analysis.
✔️ Combining the university’s research approaches and technological capabilities with the expertise of international partners could provide a foundation for developing new tools to counter disinformation and strengthen information security.