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  • Announcement of the 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize

    University Aula, UiB

    On Thursday, 13 March, the 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize will be announced at the University Aula in Bergen. At the event, the Rector of the University of Bergen, Margareth Hagen, will present welcoming remarks. The Chair of the Holberg Prize Board, Professor Jørgen Sejersted, will announce the recipients of the Holberg Prize […]

  • Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Bilal Mahmood

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    On Thursday, April 3rd, PhD candidate Bilal Mahmood will have his mid-term evaluation. Main supervisor: Mehdi Elahi Co-Supervisor: Samia Touileb External Evaluator: Sole Pera

  • Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Jia-Hua Jeng

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    On Friday, April 4, PhD candidate Jia-Hua Jeng will have his mid-term evaluation. Main supervisor: Christoph Trattner Co-Supervisors: Erik Knudsen, Alain Starke External Evaluator: Sole Pera

  • Talks on Responsible Recommender Systems

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    April 4, MediaFutures sets the stage for a joined event featuring a series of talks, including contributions from Sole Pera (TU Delft) and the PhD candidates Lukas Wegmeth and Tobias Vente (University of Siegen). 10:45 - 11:45 | Sole Pera on "Into the AI-Known: How Search and Recommender Systems Shape Children's Online Experiences & the Path to […]

  • Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Khadiga Seddik

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    On Friday, April 4th, PhD candidate Khadiga Seddik will have her mid-term evaluation. Main supervisor: Erik Knudsen Co-Supervisor: Damian Trilling, Alain Starke (Step-in) External Evaluator: Sole Pera Title: The Influence of News Recommender technology on Shaping Selective Exposure and Sharing. Abstract:  Despite the benefits the news recommenders provide, overly personalized news recommendations and too much […]

  • MIX Innovation Day 2025

    Media City Bergen, Atrium

    Teklab from the Infomedia department in UiB invites to its yearly MIX Innovation Days. Happening in Media City Bergen on Friday May 9th at 11 o'clock, the final year students in media and interaction design (MIX) will pitch their design prototypes and value propositions at a lively event with co-students, university colleagues and industry partners. […]

  • Phd Defense of Sohail Ahmed Khan

    Ulrike Pihls Hus, Ulrikes aula Professor Keysers gate 1, Bergen, Norway

    On Tuesday, June 3rd, PhD candidate Sohail Ahmed Khan will defend his PhD thesis "Computational Visual Content Verification". The trial lecture starts at 09.15, and the defense starts at 10.30. In his dissertation, Sohail Khan explores how newsrooms verify visual user-generated content (UGC) and examines growing challenges related to manipulated media content such as deepfakes […]

  • AI, rights and development of Norwegian language models

    Union Scene, Drammen

    Artificial intelligence (AI) and language technology have developed rapidly in recent years. The language models used in AI services are trained on vast amounts of text, often without permission from or compensation to the rights holders. In Norway, there is broad political agreement that we need Norwegian language models. Public and private AI services should […]

  • Pint of Science x MediaFutures

    Staatsraaden bar, Bergen Bradbenken 2, Bergen, Norway

    Had Enough of Office Talk and Formal Seminars? Yeah, us too. That’s why we’re shaking things up and teaming up with Pint of Science to bring research out of the lecture halls and into your local bar! Join us for our very first Pint of Science night, right in the cosy atmosphere of Staatsraaden bar […]

  • Arendalsuka: “AI in the media: Empowering editors and safeguarding democracy”

    Arendalsuka Arendal, Norway

    MediaFutures Centre Leader Christoph Trattner, Innovation Coordinator Christopher Senf and MediaFutures Industry Partners will talk about AI in the Media: Empowering Editors and Safeguarding Democracy. Program Session 1: Introducing SFI MediaFutures (10 min.):  15:00—15:02:   “A Research Centre for Responsible MediaTechnology and Innovation”  Anne Nielsen (Head of Administration @ SFI MediaFutures)   15:02—15:10:   “MediaFutures in Action: Combating Visual Misinformation with […]

  • Book Launch: Schibsted – The Digital Transformation of a Nordic Media Giant

    Medielab, tower 3, 9. floor, Media City Bergen.

    How do you steer one of the Nordics’ largest media companies through the digital revolution while aiming to grow stronger on the other side? We invite you to a conversation with Ole J. Mjøs, author and Professor of Media Studies at the University of Bergen, who has closely studied Schibsted’s strategic choices, digital transformation, and […]

  • Towards Responsible AI for Local Journalism

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    We hereby invite you to a talk by Dr. Reshmi Pillai, Vrije University, Amsterdam, on responsible AI for local journalism where she presents an ongoing research project. The studies include a graph-based retrieval augmented generation for news background information, text simplification of news reports, usage of LLM personas for news feedback for journalists.  About Reshmi […]