Siwei Lyu
Also known as S. Lyu
Siwei Lyu is a computer science researcher whose work spans digital media forensics, computer vision and machine learning. He earned degrees at Peking University and Dartmouth, and held research posts at Microsoft Research Asia, NYU and the University at Albany. In 2018, his team published a method that uses eye blinking to expose AI-generated fake face videos; in 2022, he co-directed UB’s Center for Information Integrity. As of October 2026, he directs UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and serves as a SUNY Distinguished Professor.
Timeline
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1997–2005
Degrees at Peking and Dartmouth
He earns a B.S. in Information Science from Peking University in 1997, an M.S. in computer science and technology there in 2000, and a computer science Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in 2005.
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2001–2008
Research at Microsoft and NYU
In 2001, he works as an assistant researcher at Microsoft Research Asia. From 2005 to 2008, he serves as a postdoctoral research associate at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and New York University’s Center for Neural Science.
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2008–2020
A vision lab at Albany
From 2008 to 2020, he serves as founding director of the University at Albany’s Computer Vision and Machine Learning Lab.
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2018
An eye-blink deepfake method
His research spans digital media forensics, computer vision and machine learning. With Yuezun Li and Ming-Ching Chang, he publishes a 2018 method that uses eye-blink detection to expose fake face videos generated with neural networks.
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2022
Co-directing an integrity center
In 2022, he and David Castillo serve as co-directors of UB’s Center for Information Integrity, bringing researchers from different fields together to study online disinformation.
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2022
An IAPR fellowship
IAPR names him a Fellow in 2022 for contributions to digital media forensics.
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2025
SUNY Distinguished Professor
In 2025, the SUNY Board of Trustees appoints him a Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.
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Since January 2026
Director of UB’s AI institute
In January 2026, he becomes director of UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. He is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and SUNY Empire Innovation Professor.
Sources and credits
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- Siwei Lyu home page
- In Ictu Oculi: Exposing AI Generated Fake Face Videos by Detecting Eye Blinking
- To fight online disinformation, UB launches Center for Information Integrity
- Alphabetical List of IAPR Fellows
- Siwei Lyu named SUNY Distinguished Professor
- Siwei Lyu named director of Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science