Seeing Is Believing October 10, 2008
Posted by Matthew Woolums in 21st-Century, Articles/Videos, Tools.add a comment
The idea that we are preparing our students for jobs that don’t exist yet is often repeated. For an example of a job that is solving a problem we didn’t know existed, the Nova mini series, scienceNOW, recently featured Hany Farid, a Dartmouth professor who is credited with starting the field of digital forensics. The episode linked below is a great 13 minute video of how tools are developed to assist us in our need to differentiate between the authentic and the touched-up when it comes to digital images. From what I can tell, jobs in the future are going to need a lot of Math!
NOVA | scienceNOW | Profile: Hany Farid | PBS
Interesting coincidence, there is a current commotion about the SAT scores of a vice presidential candidate, and whether the scores published are real or fakes. Looks like digital forensic scientists will have a lot of work if they can get someone to pay them for it.
