The growing threat posed by deepfake videos, capable of manipulating realities and disseminating misinformation, drives the urgent need for effective detection methods. This work investigates and compares different approaches for identifying deepfakes, focusing on the GenConViT model and its performance relative to other architectures present in the DeepfakeBenchmark. To contextualize the research, the social and legal impacts of deepfakes are addressed, as well as the technical fundamentals of their creation and detection, including digital image processing, machine learning, and artificial neural networks, with emphasis on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), and Transformers. The performance evaluation of the models was conducted using relevant metrics and new datasets established in the literature, such as WildDeep-fake and DeepSpeak, aiming to identify the most effective tools in the battle against misinformation and media manipulation. The obtained results indicated that GenConViT, after fine-tuning, exhibited superior performance in terms of accuracy (93.82%) and generalization capacity, surpassing other architectures in the DeepfakeBenchmark on the DeepSpeak dataset. This study contributes to the advancement of deepfake detection techniques, offering contributions to the development of more robust and effective solutions against the dissemination of false information.

In this paper, a deep neural network approach and a neuro-symbolic one are proposed for classification and regression. The neuro-symbolic predictive models based on Logic Tensor Networks are capable of discriminating and in the same time of explaining the characterization of bad connections, called alerts or attacks, and of normal connections. The proposed hybrid systems incorporate both the ability of deep neural networks to improve on their own through experience and the interpretability of the results provided by symbolic artificial intelligence approach. To justify the need for shifting towards hybrid systems, explanation, implementation, and comparison of the dense neural network and the neuro-symbolic network is performed in detail. For the comparison to be relevant, the same datasets were used in training and the metrics resulted have been compared. A review of the resulted metrics shows that while both methods have similar precision in their predictive models, with Logic Tensor Networks being also possible to have interactive accuracy and deductive reasoning over data. Other advantages and disadvantages such as overfitting mitigation and scalability issues are also further discussed.

ABSTRACT: Commercial drones are not yet dimensioned to perform indoor autonomous tasks, since they use GPS for their location in the environment. When it comes to a space with physical obstacles (walls, metal, etc.) between the communication of the drone and the satellites that allow the precise location of the same, there is great difficulty in finding the satellites or it generates interference for this location. This problem can cause an unexpected action of the drone, a collision and a possible accident can occur, The work to follow presents the development of a drone capable of operating in a physical space (indoor), without the need for GPS. In this proposal, a prototype of a system for detecting the distance (lidar) that the drone is from the walls is also developed, with the aim of being able to take this information as the location of the drone.

The growing of cities has resulted in innumerable technical and managerial challenges for public administrators such as energy consumption, pollution, urban mobility and even supervision of private and public spaces in an appropriate way. Urban Computing emerges as a promising paradigm to solve such challenges, through the extraction of knowledge, from a large amount of heterogeneous data existing in urban space. Moreover, Urban Computing correlates urban sensing, data management, and analysis to provide services that have the potential to improve the quality of life of the citizens of large urban centers. Consider this context, this chapter aims to present the fundamentals of Urban Computing and the steps necessary to develop an application in this area. To achieve this goal, the following questions will be investigated, namely: (i) What are the main research problems of Urban Computing?; (ii) What are the technological challenges for the implementation of services in Urban Computing?; (iii) What are the main methodologies used for the development of services in Urban Computing?; and (iv) What are the representative applications in this field?