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Hany Farid

Hany Farid is a computer scientist whose work centers on authenticating images, video and audio, including AI-generated media. He is on the faculty at Dartmouth College, where he returned in 2026 after joining UC Berkeley in 2019 with a joint appointment in electrical engineering and computer sciences and the School of Information. In 2022 he worked with Matyáš Boháček on a deepfake detector for videos of Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and in 2024 he co-founded GetReal Security. Dartmouth named him the 2025 winner of the McGuire Family Prize for Societal Impact, and he earlier received an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 2002 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006.

Timeline

  1. 1989–1997

    A computer science PhD

    He earns an undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester in 1989. He completes a computer science PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997.

  2. 2002–2006

    Sloan and Guggenheim fellowships

    He receives an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 2002 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006.

  3. 2016

    A book on photo forensics

    In 2016 he publishes Photo Forensics, a guide to authenticating digital images, and he is named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

  4. 2019–2026

    A joint appointment at Berkeley

    After 20 years at Dartmouth, he joins UC Berkeley in 2019 with a joint appointment in electrical engineering and computer sciences and the School of Information. In 2021 he becomes associate dean and head of the School of Information.

  5. 2022

    A deepfake detector for Zelenskyy

    In 2022 he works with Matyáš Boháček on a deepfake detector for faces, voices, hand gestures and upper body movements. He uses the detector on videos of Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He also writes for The Conversation on text-to-image AI and how Google, OpenAI and Stability AI approached releasing their image generators.

  6. 2024

    Co-founding GetReal Security

    In 2024 he co-founds GetReal Security, which authenticates digital media, including AI-generated images, videos and audio. The company announces its launch from stealth after two years of incubation by Ballistic Ventures and Farid.

  7. 2025

    The McGuire Family Prize

    Dartmouth names him the winner of the 2025 McGuire Family Prize for Societal Impact, a $100,000 prize.

  8. Since 2026

    Back at Dartmouth

    He returns to the Dartmouth faculty in 2026, after leaving the Berkeley School of Information.

Sources and credits

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  1. Hany Farid | Department of Computer Science web.cs.dartmouth.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Hany Farid to Receive McGuire Prize for Societal Impact | AI at Dartmouth ai.dartmouth.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Hany Farid Awarded McGuire Prize for Digital Forensics Work | Department of Computer Science web.cs.dartmouth.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Professor Hany Farid to Depart UC Berkeley | UC Berkeley School of Information ischool.berkeley.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Hany Farid Uses Deepfake Detector on Videos of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy | UC Berkeley School of Information ischool.berkeley.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Text-to-image AI: powerful, easy-to-use technology for making art – and fakes theconversation.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Hany Farid’s GetReal Security Launches | UC Berkeley School of Information ischool.berkeley.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.