▁Engine ers ▁( PE CASE ), ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Award ed ▁by ▁President ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama . ▁ ▁Research ▁ ▁Mi hal ce a ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁research ▁in ▁natural ▁language ▁processing , ▁mult im od al ▁processing , ▁computational ▁social ▁sciences . ▁In ▁a ▁collaboration ▁she ▁leads ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan , ▁Mi hal ce a ▁has ▁created ▁software ▁that ▁can ▁detect ▁human ▁lying . ▁In ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁video ▁cli ps ▁of ▁high ▁profile ▁court ▁cases , ▁a ▁computer ▁was ▁more ▁accurate ▁at ▁detect ing ▁de ception ▁than ▁human ▁jud ges . ▁ ▁Mi hal ce a ' s ▁lie - d ete ction ▁software ▁uses ▁machine ▁learning ▁techniques ▁to ▁analyze ▁video ▁cli ps ▁of ▁actual ▁tri als . ▁In ▁her ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁study , ▁the ▁team ▁used ▁cli ps ▁from ▁The ▁In noc ence ▁Project , ▁a ▁national ▁organization ▁that ▁works ▁to ▁re ex am ine ▁cases ▁where ▁individuals ▁were ▁tried ▁without ▁the ▁benefit ▁of ▁DNA ▁testing ▁with ▁the ▁aim ▁of ▁ex on er ating ▁wrong fully ▁conv icted ▁individuals . ▁After ▁ident ifying ▁common ▁human ▁gest ures , ▁they ▁trans cribed ▁the ▁audio ▁from ▁the ▁video ▁cli ps ▁of ▁tri als ▁and ▁analyz ed ▁how ▁often ▁subjects ▁l abeled ▁de cept ive ▁used ▁various ▁words ▁and ▁phr ases . ▁The ▁system ▁was ▁ 7 5 % ▁accurate ▁in ▁ident ifying ▁which ▁subjects ▁were ▁de cept ive ▁among ▁ 1 2 0 ▁videos . ▁That ▁puts ▁Mi hal ce a ’