Technology Office Announces Winners of the FoolMe Hackathon

Abstract

The MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technology Office wrapped up the FoolMe Challenge, a hackathon that was part of the Laboratory’s ongoing effort to observe trends in the manipulation of information, anticipate the broader implications to national security, and develop mitigation strategies.

Teams worked to develop new methods of detecting manipulated images in six datasets that had been modified using different data poisoning techniques. The teams were judged based on the correct identification of manipulated images and the novelty of their problem-solving approach.