Bots, Androids and Academia: A Tail of Fraud Detection.

In this presentation, I will summarize my experience dealing with malicious actors who attempted to infiltrate my research study. I will discuss what happened, outline the stages we went through, the fixes we implemented, and our decision-making process. I will also conclude with a broader discussion of the state of behavioral science in addressing such cyber threats. More generally, I will discuss how technology companies and tech-savvy individuals can help the social sciences/Academia protect themselves from deceptive actors and raise …