Follow-up funding secured: C4T project on deep fakes selected for BMBF “DATIpilot” funding programme
C4T provides framework for further developing research project on protecting authorship of information on social media
Especially in critical political situations, information on social media is at high risk of manipulation. The project of the CyberSec Research and Transfer Centre (FTZ) at HAW Hamburg under the direction of Professor Volker Skwarek on the “non-repudiation” of authorship of information on social media takes this as its starting point.
Thanks to two successive grants from Calls for Transfer (C4T), the original idea and software could be developed further – an important step on the way for the successful bid for follow-up funding.
Initially, C4T funded the realisation of an open-source application that enables verifiably tamper-proof video recordings to be made with mobile phones. The second grant was subsequently used to develop an application that generates a “non-repudiable” identity for a mobile phone and stores it on a blockchain as a decentralised, public system. Similar to the use of an invisible watermark, this drastically reduces the risk of information being manipulated on social media.
C4T provides the foundation for follow-up funding
The further development of the initial idea facilitated by C4T enabled Professor Skwarek’s research project to reach a level of maturity that made an application for follow-up funding possible. The project’s success in the “DATI Innovation Sprint” is a huge boost given the competition among more than 3,000 submitted bids. Together with its partner Chainstep GmbH, the project “Robust Signature of Audiovisual Media against (deep) Fakes (SaM-fake)” is now authorised to submit an application for funding under the DATIpilot funding guidelines. DATIpilot is a call by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and aims to promote innovation and transfer projects specifically in the areas of technological and social innovation.
HAW Hamburg press release
More on C4T
You can find further information on the programme and answers to frequently asked questions here:
Calls for Transfer funding guidelines: PDF download
Application form: Download
Contact
Contact person for Calls for Transfer
Mareike Post
Project Manager of the “Calls for Transfer” funding programme
Hamburg Innovation GmbH
Tel: +49 40 76629-3153
Email: post@hamburginnovation.de
C4T stories
RELA
TED
Hamburg Innovation Summit: Connect. Collaborate. Create.
The Hamburg Innovation Summit (HHIS) will take place on 12 September 2024, including the presentation of the Hamburg Innovation Awards (HHIA). The event in the
Strong partnership paves the way for worldwide application: research team at UHH cooperates with Siemens Healthineers on innovative imaging method
The medical imaging method developed with the aid of Calls for Transfer should now be destined for use in laboratories around the world. To date,
Startup Port founders honoured
For start-ups supported by Startup Port, this year’s GründerGeist start-up competition awards were a huge success, and especially so for mo:re from Hamburg University of
Calls for Transfer opens up new perspectives: innovative imaging procedure to get next-stage funding from Joachim Herz Foundation
The initial spark and ultimately the decisive breakthrough for the research work was achieved thanks to funding from Calls for Transfer. Now the innovative, X-ray-based