How Artificial Intelligence Can Stop Trafficking

| September 26, 2016

ISI’s Pedro Szekely talks with PBS NOVA about the DIG open-source system that can help fight crime.

Pedro Szekely

ISI research lead and USC research associate professor Pedro Szekely is quoted on the PBS NOVA science show’s website about AI’s potential for disrupting sex trafficking.

The September 21, 2016 NOVA Next article, How Artificial Intelligence Can Stop Sex Trafficking, cites the DIG open-source system that transforms web pages into searchable escort ads.

DIG was also featured in a Spring 2016 USC Viterbi Engineer article on the pioneering work by Szekely and Craig Knoblock, research director of information integration at ISI and a USC research professor.

Published on September 26th, 2016

Last updated on July 14th, 2021

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