BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MediaFutures - ECPv6.15.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mediafutures.no X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MediaFutures REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Oslo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241031T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241031T150000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20241024T111949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T094413Z UID:19603-1730383200-1730386800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Pixar Animations Studios from film to streaming: What are the lessons? DESCRIPTION:The Media Cluster in Bergen welcomes you to the lecture “Studios from film to streaming: What are the lessons?” by Pixar’s Bill Wise on October 31st at 14:00. \nJoin Bill Wise\, a veteran of Pixar Animation Studios\, as he shares his wealth of experience from almost three decades of storytelling\, visual effects\, and technical leadership. Having contributed to iconic films like Toy Story\, The Incredibles\, and WALL-E\, and recently leading projects for Pixar/Disney+\, Bill provides a behind-the-scenes look at Pixar’s evolution from blockbuster films to streaming platforms. \nIn this insightful session\, Bill will explore the challenges and innovations Pixar faced as it transitioned into the world of streaming. He’ll discuss the impact of this shift on production pipelines\, storytelling techniques\, and the creative process\, offering lessons learned from his time as a Supervising Technical Director and Visual Effects Supervisor. Bill’s journey includes working on Oscar-winning films like For the Birds and Brave\, and he will offer key takeaways from his recent projects for Disney+\, including his work on visualizing and producing content for this new era. \nWhether you’re a fan of Pixar or interested in the future of animation and streaming\, this session promises a fascinating look at how one of the world’s most beloved studios adapted to the changing media landscape URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/my-pixar-journey-40-years-of-arts-science-film/ LOCATION:Media Lab\, 9th floor\, tower 3\, Media City Bergen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/463967036_1282817286390282_3028238296015749159_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241114T094500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241115T151500 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20231124T145938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T150912Z UID:16960-1731577500-1731683700@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 2024 DESCRIPTION:MediaFutures is a centre for research-based innovation with the goal to develop responsible media technology\, leveraging AI technology\, for the media sector. \nThe centre is a consortium of the most important media players in Norway. The University of Bergen is the host of the centre. User partners include NRK and TV 2\, the two main TV broadcasters in Norway\, Schibsted\, including Bergens Tidende (BT)\, and Amedia\, the two largest news media houses in Scandinavia/Norway\, as well as the world-renowned Norwegian media tech companies Vizrt and Faktisk.no. The centre collaborates with renowned national research institutions including the University of Oslo\, the University of Stavanger and NORCE\, and works together with high-profile international research institutions. \nThis years Media Futures Annual Meeting will be held at November 14-15 at Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen in Norway. The 2024 Annual Meeting constitutes a forum for the exchange of scientific results and industry insights within the field of responsible media technology. \nThis year’s focus topic are Trust and Usability of Generative AI . \nFollowing last year’s success\, the 2024 Annual Meeting is expected once again to attract\, and bring together Norwegian and international researchers\, and industry practitioners with the intent of engaging in discussions on different topics. \nJoin us for inspirational keynote talks\, prototype demonstrations\, presentations held by our researchers\, and industry partners\, and poster session. \n \n REGISTRATION CLOSED\n \n \n \n \n \n KEYNOTE SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vanessa Murdock\n Sr Manager Applied Science - Amazon Web Services \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynote Speech\n Title:  Responsible AI in the Generative Era \nAbstract:  Responsible AI (RAI) seeks basic guarantees of fairness\, safety\, privacy\, robustness\, controllability\, explainability\, transparency\, and governance for traditional ML systems and generative AI systems. With recent legislation\, including the EU AI Act\, RAI has become a central focus of the AI/ML product development cycle. This talk provides an overview of the current practices for measuring and mitigating RAI dimensions in generative systems\, and recent research in AWS AI/ML. \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Vanessa Murdock leads a research group in AWS AI/ML\, whose focus is Responsible AI (fairness\, safety\, privacy\, robustness\, and veracity).  In addition to doing fundamental research in RAI topics\, her team builds tools for assessing aspects of responsible AI\, used in AWS Services such as Bedrock\, Rekognition and Transcribe.  Prior to joining AWS\, she led a science team in Alexa Shopping focused on recommender systems\, search and HCI. Her team provided the machine learning that backed Amazon’s Choice\, and Alexa Shopping List\, in addition to contributing content moderation for the generative AI system Rufus. She was previously at Microsoft\, working on location inference and notifications at Bing and Cortana. Prior to Microsoft\, Murdock led the Geographic Context and Experience Group at Yahoo! Research in Barcelona\, which centered on geographic information retrieval and user-generated content. She has been awarded 20 patents\, resulting in a Master Inventor Award from Yahoo! (2012). She received the OAA Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Young Alum from the University of Massachusetts in 2014. She is currently serving as the Chair of the ACM SIGIR Executive Committee.  Murdock received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval\, advised by Bruce Croft. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alejandro (Alex) Jaimes\n Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of AI - Dataminr \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynote Speech\n Title: Responsible AI in Critical Real-Time Applications \nAbstract: Dataminr’s AI Platform discovers the earliest signals of events\, risks\, and threats from billions of multi-modal inputs from over one million public data sources. It uses Predictive AI for detecting events\, Generative AI for describing them\, and ReGenerative AI for generating live briefs that continuously update as events unfold. The events discovered by the platform help first responders quickly respond to emergencies\, they help corporate security teams respond to risks (including Cyber risks)\, and they help news organizations discover breaking events so they can provide fast and accurate coverage. Building and deploying a large-scale AI platform like Dataminr’s is fraught with research and technical challenges. This includes tackling the hardest problem in AI (determining the real-time value of information)\, which requires combining a multitude of AI approaches. In this talk\, I will briefly describe the main use cases of the work which I do\, but I will focus specifically on Responsible AI: in the domains we work\, the alerts we send out save lives\, which implies the need for many levels of decision-making that can be impacted by AI. I will describe a framework on the deployment of responsible AI that is based on the types of decisions in which AI is involved\, and the types of factors that need to be considered in deploying AI in critical applications. \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Alex Jaimes is the Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of AI at Dataminr. His work centers on blending qualitative and quantitative approaches to understand user behavior and drive product innovation. \nWith over 15 years of global experience\, Alex has contributed to research with real-world impact at companies such as Yahoo\, KAIST\, Telefónica\, IDIAP-EPFL\, Fuji Xerox\, IBM\, Siemens\, and AT&T Bell Labs. Previously\, he served as Head of R&D at DigitalOcean\, CTO at AiCure\, and Director of Research and Video Products at Yahoo\, where he led teams of scientists and engineers across New York City\, Sunnyvale\, Bangalore\, and Barcelona. \nHe has also been a visiting professor at KAIST. A prolific author\, Alex has published extensively in top conferences like KDD\, WWW\, RecSys\, CVPR\, and ACM Multimedia\, and is a regular speaker at international academic and industry events. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Day 1 \n\n\n\nOPENING SESSION\n\n\n09:45\nRegistration & Coffee & Event Information\n\n\n10:15\nPoster & Demo Exhibition Vol. 1\n\n\n12:00\nLunch \n\n\nKEYNOTES SESSION\n\n\n13:00\nWelcome Address: Siri Gloppen (UiB)\, Christian Birkeland (TV2)\, Christoph Trattner (MediaFutures)\n\n\n13:15\nFirst Keynote Speech: Vanessa Murdock (Amazon Web Services): "Responsible AI in the Generative Era"\n\n\n13:45\nModerated QA with Alain D. Starke (University of Amsterdam)\n\n\n14:00\nCoffee Break \n\n\n14:15\nSecond Keynote Speech: Alex Jaimes (Dataminr): "Responsible AI in Critical Real-Time Applications"\n\n\n14:45\nModerated QA with Mehdi Elahi (MediaFutures)\n\n\n15:00\nCoffee break & Group Picture\n\n\n TACKLING MIS- & DISINFORMATION SESSION\n\n\n15:15\nPresentation: Project Reynir Results: Christoph Trattner & Helge O. Svela\n\n\n15:45\nPanel: Kayleen Devlin\, (BBC Verify)\, Helge O. Svela (Media Cluster Norway)\, Vinay J. Setty (Factiverse\, UiS)\, Sergej Stoppel (Wolftech)\, Morten Langfeldt Dahlback (Faktisk.no)\, Moderation: Bjørnar Tessem (MediaFutures)\n\n\nFINAL SESSION\n\n\n16:30\nInteractive Poster & Demo Pitches Vol. 2\n\n\n18:00\nPoster & Demo Award\n\n\n19:30\nConference Dinner (Scandic Ørnen)\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Day 2 \n\n\n\nOPENING SESSION\n\n\n09:45\nRegistration & Coffee & Event Information\n\n\nINSIGHTS & INNOVATION SESSION \n\n\n10:15\nBook Teaser: John Magnus R. Dahl (MediaFutures): "Making a World with the Smartphone"\, Moderation: Peder Haugfos\n\n\n10:45\nCoffee Break\n\n\n11:00\nPresentation by Sanja Šćepanović (Nokia Bell Labs\, Cambridge): "Responsible AI: Innovating from Design to Deployment"\, Moderation: Morten Fjeld (MediaFutures)\n\n\n12:00\nLunch \n\n\nAI & NEWS SESSION\n\n\n13:00\nPresentation by Kayleen Devlin (BBC Verify): "BBC Verify: tackling falsehoods in an age of uncertainty"\, Moderation: Christopher Senf (MediaFutures)\n\n\n13:45\nCoffee Break\n\n\n14:00\nPresentation by Lubos Steskal & Chris Ronald Hermansen (TV2): "Real Journalist\, Virtual Avatar: What We Learned from Peeking into Pandora's Box with KI-Kjetil"\, Moderation: Samia Touileb (MediaFutures)\n\n\n14:30\nPresentation by Damian Trilling (University of Amsterdam): "Responsible Recommender Systems for News" Moderator: Erik Knudsen (MediaFutures)\n\n\n15:15\nEnd. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The program is tentative and subject to change. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kayleen Devlin\n Senior Journalist at BBC Verify \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Kayleen Devlin is a senior journalist at BBC Verify. She has extensive experience of working on open-source investigations and covering disinformation from the Ukraine and Israel Gaza wars. As well as this\, she has also covered topics ranging from climate denial around COP26 and election related disinformation in the Philippines and the US midterm and presidential elections. \n \n \n \n \n \n BBC Verify: tackling falsehoods in an age of uncertainty\n In a year filled with global conflicts and elections\, communicating credible information in a timely manner has never felt more important. BBC Verify senior journalist\, Kayleen Devlin\, joins us to discuss some of the approaches her team takes when it comes to tackling misleading posts online. What are some of the main themes that have cropped up this year? And how much has generative AI disrupted the landscape? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sanja Šćepanović\n Senior Research Scientist\, Nokia Bell Labs \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Sanja is an applied mathematician with MSc in cybersecurity and cryptography and a PhD in data science. Almuna of Internation Space University and ex of ICEYE\, she has a keen interest in space technology and research (e.g.\, AI for Earth Observation). \nHer professional experiences include government institutions\, two startups\, CERN\, and Bell Labs. During her doctoral studies with EIT Digital\, she has also taken business\, innovation and entrepreneurship courses\, working on startup ideas in some of them. \nHer example research projects include public and population health studies using social networks\, human dynamics using mobile phone data\, and urban vitality using satellite data. \n \n \n \n \n \n Responsible AI: Innovating from Design to Deployment\n Abstract: This talk presents the work of the Responsible AI (RAI) team at Nokia Bell Labs\, Cambridge. It covers the six RAI pillars and solutions for designing\, deploying\, and monitoring responsible AI systems. Discover AI Design\, a collaborative approach for holistic AI system design\, and ExploreGen\, which helps foresee and manage potential uses and risks of AI technology. See how NLPGuard prevents over-reliance on protected attributes when monitoring a toxicity classifier. Finally\, gain insights into how AI incidents are portrayed in the news media. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Damian Trilling\n Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Damian Trilling is a full professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and holds the Chair for Journalism Studies. \nDamian Trilling\, with a background in social sciences and a role in a humanities department\, integrates multiple perspectives\, especially in computational methods. His research focuses on how citizens engage with news and current affairs amid today’s media landscape\, examining the roles of journalists\, news media\, social platforms\, and technology. \nInitially using surveys\, Trilling now leverages digital trace data\, such as browser history donations\, to study news consumption and sharing across formats\, including high- and low-quality news and misinformation. He has also contributed insights on shareworthy news and large-scale sharing on platforms like Facebook. \nTrilling investigates feedback loops in media—how popular content reinforces itself\, the effects of personalization\, and audience metrics on news production. He also critiques the “filter bubble” concept\, preferring a nuanced view on personalized news flows. \nA proponent of computational communication\, Trilling co-founded *Computational Communication Research*\, and co-authored a book on computational analysis. His interests include machine learning\, event identification across media\, and experimental tools for recommender systems and data donation. \n \n \n \n \n \n Responsible recommender systems for news\n News organizations increasingly use recommender systems on their websites\, and also for streaming platforms that offer content regarding news and current affairs\, recommender systems are essential. From a user perspective\, such systems can help surfacing relevant content; and from a commercial perspective\, they can lead to higher click-through rates and revenues. At the same time\, there are growing concerns that too much emphasis on clicks may be detrimental to delivering a responsible journalistic product. In this talk\, I show recent developments that allow to leverage recommendation techniques to achieve desirable outcomes such as broadening users’ horizon without sacrificing user satisfaction. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Siri Gloppen\n Dean of SV-faculty at UiB \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Siri Gloppen is a Professor of Political Science and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences. She directs LawTransform\, the CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation\, and heads the Bergen School of Global Studies. Her work focuses on the intersections of law\, politics\, and social change\, and she is actively involved in global development and policy research initiatives. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christian Birkeland\n Chief Digital Officer at TV2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Birkeland holds a Master of Science in Engineering from NTNU in Trondheim and has a background as CEO of RiksTV. \nChristian Birkeland is part of the executive management team at TV 2 and the chairman of the steering board in SFI MediaFutures. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christoph Trattner\n Director\, SFI MediaFutures \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Christoph Trattner is currently appointed as Lead Professor (1404) by the University Board of the University of Bergen (UiB). At UiB\, he serves as the Founder and Center Director of the Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation\, known as SFI MediaFutures\, which has secured funding and in-kind contributions totaling approximately 300 million NOK. \nAdditionally\, he is the Founder and Leader of the DARS research group\, Norway’s largest research group specializing in Recommender Systems. He holds a PhD (with distinction)\, MSc (with distinction)\, and BSc in Computer Science and Telematics from Graz University of Technology in Austria and is an ACM Senior Member.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Helge O. Svela\n CEO at Media Cluster Norway \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Svela is an award winning investigative journalist and editor. As a journalist in Bergens Tidende\, Svela won a Skup-diploma for the fact checking initiative faktasjekk.no. Svela held various leadership positions over 11 years in Bergens Tidende\, og was in charge of the newspaper’s coverage of the 2011 terrorist attack. Svela has also led various innovation initiatives in Bergen Tidende\, among them New digital formats\, which won a silver medal in the 2022 INMA Awards for innovation in newsroom. He started as the CEO of Media Cluster Norway in September 2022. Media Cluster Norway is a media and media tech cluster with around 90 member companies. Svela chairs the ITPC working group on Provenance Best Practices and Implementation.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chris Ronald Hermansen \n Project Manager for editorial AI at TV 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Chris Ronald Hermansen is the project manager for editorial AI at TV 2. Over the past 15 years\, he has worked as a journalist\, news editor\, and project manager in various media companies. In recent years\, he served as the editorial manager for TV 2’s news department in Bergen. Hermansen holds a law degree. \nLubos Steskal is a data scientist and AI developer at TV 2’s editorial AI team\, and he is also the industry lead of the Media Futures language technology work package. Combining academic and industry experience\, he has worked extensively with natural language processing and machine learning across various sectors. His background includes positions at the University of Bergen\, Sbanken\, and several startups\, bringing a unique perspective to the intersection of AI\, journalism and media. \n \n \n \n \n \n Real Journalist\, Virtual Avatar: What We Learned from Peeking into Pandora's Box with KI-Kjetil\n ‘KI-Kjetil’\, the first AI avatar of a news personality in Norwegian media\, serves as an interactive chatbot focusing on U.S. presidential election coverage. Based on journalist and news anchor Kjetil H. Dale\, this talk presents the journey of developing and deploying KI-Kjetil\, from evaluating editorial questions and challenges through technical implementation and towards operational monitoring. We explore the editorial rationale behind creating an AI clone of a news anchor\, discuss our project objectives\, and evaluate their outcomes. The presentation opens a discussion about the broader implications of AI avatars in journalism\, examining their impact on public trust and the ethical dimensions of deploying AI-powered representations of real journalists. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John Magnus R. Dahl\n Postdoctoral Researcher in SFI MediaFutures \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n John Magnus R. Dahl is Postdoc in WP1 Understanding Media Experiences at MediaFutures. He holds a MA in Rhetoric\, Argumentation and Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD from the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen. Dahl is interested in the relationship between culture\, communication\, and politics in a broad sense\, as well is the development of ethnographic methods within media studies and rhetoric. He is currently working on a project of how Norwegian public broadcasters relate to\, or do not manage to relate to\, the media experiences and social and cultural needs of young people. \n \n \n \n \n \n Making a world with the smartphone\n In this talk\, postdoc John Magnus R. Dahl presents insights from his forthcoming book\, the first book from MediaFutures – In The Palm of Their Hands: Teenage Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices (expected spring 2025). \nBased on an ethnographic fieldwork where Dahl observed six teen boys online and offline over 18 months\, this books seeks to answer how the smartphone impacts the life of young people. The central argument is that the smartphone gives teenagers agency – agency to find out who they want to be\, to connect with the people and communities that matter to them and to the wider world. This is why the smartphone is conceptualised as a worldmaking device. \nIn addition\, Dahl has found that the smartphone use is fundamentally gendered – used to enact masculinities\, different ways of being a man – and that it is used differently by those who are “different” – ethnic minorities and queer people. For them\, worldmaking through the smartphone is even more important. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sergej Stoppel\n Chief Innovation Officer at Wolftech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Sergej  is the Chief Innovation Officer at Wolftech\, where he leads a culture of innovation across interdisciplinary teams\, transforming industry standards for a platform serving over 20\,000 global professionals. With a PhD in Computer Science and recipient of the Eurovis Best Dissertation Award\, Sergej combines research-driven strategic planning with a passion for customer-centric solutions. He is a recognized AI expert and thought leader\, regularly speaking at key industry events and driving sustainable growth through strategic partnerships and groundbreaking AI solutions for media professionals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morten Langfeldt Dahlback\n Head of Innovation and Technology at Faktisk.no \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Morten Langfeldt Dahlback leads the technology and development efforts at Faktisk.no. He also heads the EU project NORDIS\, a Nordic collaboration aimed at countering misinformation and disinformation. Dahlback holds a PhD in philosophy and has previously worked as a commentator for Adresseavisen and as an analyst for The Economist Intelligence Unit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vinay Setty\n Associate Professor at Universitet i Stavanger \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Vinay Setty is the founder and CTO of Factiverse and an associate professor at University of Stavanger. Setty’s research area broadly encompasses NLP\, information retrieval and deep neural networks for language technologies. He specializes in fact-checking\, question answering\, and conversational search. He has published in several top-tier conferences within the area of information retrieval and web mining such as SIGIR\, The Web Conf\, WSDM\, CIKM etc. \n Furthermore\, he also won the 2020 SR Bank Innovation prize in Norway for commercializing neural network technology for fake news detection. Setty’s startup Factiverse has also won digital trust challenge and NORA AI startup award and has secured a US Patent on deep neural networks for false claim detection. Setty has a PhD in Computer Science from University of Oslo and a postdoc from Max-Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EXHIBITION AND DEMO PITCHES\n \n \n \n \n \n Demos \n\n\n\nName\nTitle\n\n\nKhadiga Seddik \nBeyond Political Personalization: Enhancing News Recommendation with Headline Style Customization Using ChatGPT\n\n\nBilal Mahmood\nLarge Language Models as Editors Picking Related News Articles\n\n\nSnorre Alvsvåg\nSequential Recommender systems in action in the Video Domain: A TV 2 Demonstration\n\n\nFazle Rabbi & Svenja Forstner \nAi Conflict Analysis Tool\n\n\nPete Andrews \nAI Co-Moderator: Enhancing Broadcasted Political Debates\n\n\nHuiling You & Svenja Forstner\nEvent Extractor Model\n\n\n\n \nPoster \n\n\n\nName\nTitle\n\n\nJeng Jia-Hua\nNegativity Sells? Using an LLM to Affectively Reframe News Articles in a Recommender System\n\n\nSindre Berg Sæter\nMetadata Analysis of Images and Videos\n\n\nAdane N. Tarekegn\nCSAI: New Cluster Validation Index based on Stability Analysis\n\n\nBeatrix Chik Wu\nNews Report Adaptation for Synthetic Voice Presentation\n\n\nSohail Khan\nCLIPing the deception: Adapting Vision-Language Models for Universal Deepfake Detection\n\n\nJørgen Eknes-Riple\nEmotional Reframing Recommended News Articles\n\n\nBjørn Kjartansson Mørch\nAnalysis of Popularity Bias Effect in Media Recommendation\n\n\nTord Berget Monclair\nPersonalised News Recommendation in the Sports Domain\n\n\nSnorre Åldstedt\nInvestigating and Measuring Bias in Generative Language Models\n\n\nPeter Røysland Aarnes\nNumPert: When Numbers Shift\, does Prediction Hold?\n\n\nMartin Salterød Sjåvik\nSubtler biases in LLMs\n\n\nMarianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus\nNews experience: understanding the resonance between content\, practices & situatedness in everyday life\n\n\nTobias Jovall Wessel\nEmpowering Real-Time Media Research With NewsCatcher API\n\n\nBilal Mahmood\nCan Large Language Models Support Editors Pick Related News Articles?\n\n\nAyoub El Majjodi\nAdvancing Visual Food Attractiveness Predictions for Healthy Food Recommender Systems\n\n\nThorstein Lium Fougner\nEnhancing Enterprise streaming platforms with contextual post-filtering\n\n\nGloria Anne Babile Kasangu\nPicture this: How Image Filters affect trust in online news\n\n\nIngunn Statle Nævdal\nPersonalised news summarisation\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LOCATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nBoth days of the Annual Meeting will take place at the Conference Centre at Scandic Ørnen. \nScandic Ørnen is located in Lars Hilles Gate 18\, right next to the main bus terminal.The closest public transport stop is “Bergen Busstasjon”\, the main bus terminal. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n https://maps.app.goo.gl/oHBxMur84ReqdFVx7 URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/annual-meeting-2024/ LOCATION:Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-49-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241125T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241127T160000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20240425T101410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T132403Z UID:18078-1732525200-1732723200@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:NIKT 2024 DESCRIPTION:University of Bergen will arrange Norwegian Conference for ICT Research and Education (NIKT) from 25.-27. November 2024 in Bergen. NIKT is an important national meeting place for researchers\, teachers\, masters and PhD students in information and communication technology\, computer science\, information science and information systems. A conference for ICT-researchers in Norway bringing together people from the following fields: \n\n\nNIK – Norwegian Informatics Conference \n\n\nNOKOBIT – Norwegian Conference for Organizations’ Use of IT \n\n\nNISK – Norwegian Information Security Conference \n\n\nUDIT – Norwegian Conference for Education and Didactics in IT subjects \n\n\nThe conference is hosted by Department of Information Science and Media Studies at Faculty of Social Science\, University of Bergen and funded by SFI MediaFutures and SLATE. \nThe academic content of the conference will consist of a number of peer reviewed articles that present new research\, supplemented by the contributions of four invited speakers on current topics in ICT research\, innovation and education. In addition\, held in conjunction with the conference\, there will be a meeting of the national ICT fagråd as well as a number of thematic workshops and lightning-talk poster presentations. \nOne of the three keynote speakers will be Björn Þór Jónsson\, Associate Professor\, CRESS\, at the Department of Computer Science in Reykjavik University. \nBjörn Þór is working within the broad field of Multimedia Analytics\, applying Multi-Dimensional Analysis concepts and techniques to multimedia. A strong focus is on interactive learning at scale\, resulting in the Exquisitor prototype\, which can interact with a collection of 100M images in real-time on a standard laptop. Over the last decade\, his research has focused primarily on the performance of very large scale content based multimedia retrieval. This research has led to the traditional international publications and graduate degrees\, but also to two patent applications and a start-up company\, Videntifier Technologies. He has taught classes on the database design and implementation\, the architecture and performance of database systems\, the architecture and performance of SSDs\, big data management\, and on advanced database systems\, such as multimedia systems\, stream query processing and database client caching. \nThe second keynote speaker is Per Thorsheim. \nWith close to 30 years of experience in information security\, he is a passionate and knowledgeable leader in this area. His core competencies include operational security management\, policy development and implementation\, hardening and security patch management\, defence in depth\, risk analysis\, awareness training\, and incident handling. He also has a strong interest and expertise in passwords and password research\, having founded and organized the first and only conference dedicated to passwords and digital authentication: #PasswordsCon. Per is a frequent speaker\, writer & media commentator on security-related topics\, and is currently holding the CISA and CRISC credentials from ISACA.\n\nThere will be 2 more keynote speakers in the conference.\n\nImportant deadlines:\n1 September: Abstract submission \n8 September: Full paper submission \n11 October: Notification of acceptance \n25 October: Camera ready paper \n1 November: Registration URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/nikt-2024/ LOCATION:Nygårdsgaten 5\, Nordre Allmenning 3 at Læringsarenaen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-17.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241205T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241205T124500 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20241120T104421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T145837Z UID:19837-1733392800-1733402700@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Workshop: From Research to Academic Startup DESCRIPTION:Curious about how to bring your research to life outside academia? This workshop provides a chance to explore just that. Through inspiring talks of start-up founders\, hands-on activities\, and networking\, you’ll get a taste of what it takes to turn research into a startup venture. \nHighlights include: \n– An introduction to VIS’ brand-new entrepreneurship program for researchers\, TILT\, tailored to provide researchers and graduate students with entrepreneurial skills\, expert advisory services and access to capital and networks. Recruitment of pilot participants in progress! \n– Inspirational stories from innovators who’ve made the transition to startup founders \n– Case work to start building an entrepreneurial mindset \nProgram Outline \n\n10:00 – 10:15: Coffee and mingling\n10:15 – 11:00: Introducing VIS & TILT & ADA incubator\n11:00 – 11:50: Small Group Activity – Designing a Start-Up Plan\n12:00 – 12:45: Inspirational Talks:\n\nLuqman Wadood\, Founder and CEO of UngDebatt (Bergen)\nJonathan Geffen\, Co-Founder and CTO of the gaming start-up Cross Hatch (Berlin)\nHåvard Tveit\, Co-founder and CEO Everviz (Bergen)\nGaute Kokkvoll\, Head of Product at Factiverse (Bergen)\n\n\n\nSign up and mark your calendar for December 5th and join us to see how your research might create impact beyond the university! \nRegister here: Registration for “From Research to Academic Startup” Workshop 05.12 10:00-12:45 \nNB! Registration deadline 02.12.2024 \nAudience: Open to all\, with a special focus on PhD students\, post-docs\, and researchers at UiB Infomedia & SFI MediaFutures interested in exploring the path from academia to entrepreneurship. \nLanguage: English URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/from-research-to-academic-startup/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/DALL·E-2024-11-25-11.55.30-A-black-and-white-illustration-for-a-workshop-about-turning-research-into-startups-focusing-on-innovation-and-entrepreneurship.-The-image-features-a-.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241210T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241210T120000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20241014T081244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T104332Z UID:19487-1733828400-1733832000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:The Human Quotient for Better AI Systems DESCRIPTION:Ujwal Gadiraju is a tenured Assistant professor in the Software Technology Department of the faculty of Electrical Engineering\, Mathematics\, and Computer Science at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He co-directs the TU Delft “Design@Scale” AI Lab and is a member of the program management team of the TU Delft AI Labs. \nHe is the Vice-Chair of CHI Netherlands\, representing the human-computer interaction community of academics and industry practitioners in the Netherlands\, and has served as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Ujwal leads a research line on Human-Centered AI and Crowd Computing\, actively collaborating with experts in healthcare\, finance\, and education and working with a variety of industry partners and NGOs to tackle important societal problems. \nBefore joining the WIS group\, Ujwal worked at the L3S Research Center as a Postdoctoral researcher between 2017-2020. He received a PhD degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in Computer Science with a summa cum laude recognition from the Leibniz University of Hannover\, Germany\, in 2017\, an MSc. Computer Science degree from TU Delft\, the Netherlands\, in 2012\, and a B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering degree from VIT University\, India in 2010. \nHis research interests lie at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)\, Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, and Information Retrieval (IR). Ujwal has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in these fields. His work has been recognized with several honors\, including 10 paper awards at top-tier HCI and AI conferences. His current research focuses on creating novel methods\, interfaces\, systems\, and tools to overcome existing challenges on the path toward building more effective and inclusive AI systems and facilitating appropriate reliance of humans on such systems. For more information\, see https://ujwalgadiraju.com. \nTalk abstract: \nThe unprecedented rise in the adoption of artificial intelligence techniques and automation in many contexts is concomitant with the shortcomings of such technology concerning robustness\, interpretability\, usability\, trustworthiness\, and explainability. Crowd computing offers a viable means to leverage human intelligence at scale for data creation\, enrichment\, and interpretation\, demonstrating a great potential to improve the performance of AI systems and improve the appropriate adoption of AI systems in general. How can we build AI systems that can augment human capabilities across different tasks and improve human experiences in various contexts? What can we do to facilitate appropriate trust and reliance of people on AI systems? By drawing from a series of recent empirical studies\, this talk will highlight the intriguing and pertinent role of human input in propelling better AI technology in the quickly evolving age of generative models. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/ujwal-gadiraju/ LOCATION:MediaFutures\, Media Futures HQ\, 3rd floor\, Bergen\, 5008 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/ujwal-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241216T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20241216T170000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20241017T073651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T075138Z UID:19502-1734364800-1734368400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Rethinking Trust: Unveiling the Dynamics of Trust and Distrust DESCRIPTION:Title: Rethinking Trust: Unveiling the Dynamics of Trust and Distrust  \nResearch on trust is highly interdisciplinary and has produced an impressive body of knowledge about its forms\, causes and consequences. However\, existing research agendas have notable biases\, two of which are the focus of this presentation: first\, research privileges trust while marginalising distrust\, resulting in an incomplete and flawed understanding; second\, it engages in sweeping generalisations\, overlooking distinctions between trust in people\, institutions and machines. This presentation proposes ways to conceptualise trust and distrust as complementary phenomena and explores the specific dynamics that govern trust relationships with humans\, institutions and machines.  \nBio:  \nChristian Lahusen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Siegen\, Germany.  In his work Lahusen has paid special attention to the relation between state authorities and citizens\, focusing on both the attitudinal and the behavioural levels. He has been studying political and civic engagement\, in later years with a strong focus on solidarity and trust. His work documents the importance of citizens’ empowerment\, but also the situational and contextual conditions that hamper it. His recurrent involvement in large-scale interdisciplinary research projects has led to a number of co-authored publications. He has published extensively in the fields of political sociology\, contentious politics and societal integration and has led several national and international research projects in these areas. Lahusen was the coordinator of the Horizon 2020 project Enlightened trust: An examination of trust and distrust in governance – conditions\, effects and remedies.  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/rethinking-trust-unveiling-the-dynamics-of-trust-and-distrust/ LOCATION:U.Phil Auditorium CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/ahusen.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250107T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250107T170000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20241014T073456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T091732Z UID:19469-1736236800-1736269200@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference DESCRIPTION:Deep learning is an emerging subfield in machine learning that has in recent years achieved state-of-the-art performance in image classification\, object detection\, segmentation\, time series prediction and speech recognition to name a few. This conference will gather researchers both on a national and international level to exchange ideas\, encourage collaborations and present cutting-edge research. \nKeynote topic: A technical talk on recommender systems\, focusing on how this technology is often used to enhance misinformation and create echo chambers\, and what can be done to combat this. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/northern-lights-deep-learning-conference/ LOCATION:Tromsø CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/nldl-25.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250204T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250205T170000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20250106T120003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T120753Z UID:20017-1738656000-1738774800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Lerchendalkonferansen 2025 DESCRIPTION:The Lerchendal conference serves as an important meeting place for approximately 200 leaders and talents from politics\, business\, and academia. It is a platform where Norway’s key decision-makers and innovators come together to discuss\, share\, and shape the future. \nThe conference is the perfect arena for those who want to shape the future\, broaden their perspective\, and gain new knowledge. \nMediaFutures centre leader Christoph Trattner will hold a presentation on Day 1 of the conference. He will focus on our research on misinformation\, addressing its broader meaning on democracy\, the economy\, and other societal areas. \n—————————————————————————————————————————————————- \nDesinformasjon og falske nyheter – hvordan det kan true sikkerhet og demokrati\n\n\nInnlegget holdes på engelsk \n\n\nChristoph Trattner\, Professor\, Director MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology and Innovation\, Universitetet i Bergen\n—————————————————————————————————————————————————-\nThis Year’s Theme: Geopolitics and the Technological Race\nHow does the global power struggle impact technology\, business\, and value creation? \nThe conference is a collaboration between the Research Council of Norway\, Tekna\, NTNU\, and SINTEF. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/lerchendalkonferansen-2025/ LOCATION:Scandic Nidelven\, TRONDHEIM CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Skjermbilde_6-1-2025_13033_www.tekna_.no_.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250227T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250227T200000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20250210T124535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T092137Z UID:20228-1740675600-1740686400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:AI & Media: The Transformative Impact of AI in the Media Industry DESCRIPTION:Our Innovation Coordinator\, Christopher Senf\, and PhD candidate\, Peter Andrews\, have been invited to speak at Oslo AI’s next event at Google’s office on Misinformation and Disinformation in the Age of AI. They will introduce the Center and present a live demo of the AI Moderator. \nTopic: AI & Media: The Transformative Impact of AI in the Media Industry \nSpeakers:\nChristian Schüssler Oslo Kreativ AI\nIgor Pipkin\, PhD DN Media Group\nChristopher Senf\, PhD (SFI MediaFutures\,UiB) and Peter Andrews\, PhD candidate (SFI MediaFutures\, UiB) \nChristian Schüssler\, Founder of Reimagine AS and organizer of Oslo Kreativ AI (kreativai.no) \n\n“The Future of Visual Storytelling”\nJoin film director and founder of Reimagine and Oslo Kreativ AI\, Christian Schüssler\, on an inspiring journey into the next era of media\, creativity and storytelling. We explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the creative process\, empowering artists\, and unlocking a new realms of visual expression and narrative possibilities.\n\nIgor Pipkin\, PhD\, Head of Data & Insights at DN Media Group (dngroup.com) \n(more to come) \nJoin us for an insightful event featuring three expert talks on the revolutionary impact of AI in the media industry\, from streamlining content creation to transforming audience engagement. Discover how cutting-edge AI technologies are reshaping the future of media and entertainment. \n~~~~~~~~~~ \nAgenda (preliminary):\n17:00-17:30 – Arrive at Google office for food\, soft drinks and networking\n17:30-17:40 – Welcome and introduction by the Oslo.AI team\n17:40-19:40 – Presentations with Q&A\n19:40-20:00 – Wrap-up and short mingling \n~~~~~~~~~~ \nThis event is organized by Oslo.AI\, the largest community for AI enthusiasts and professionals in Norway with 3500 members. Oslo AI was founded with the goal of spreading knowledge on how artificial intelligence can be applied to contribute to creating a better society. Oslo AI strives to create an active and engaged AI community\, the main focus being quarterly AI events with a specific theme. Their mission is to be the meeting place for people interested in how applied AI shapes business\, technology\, and society. \nThis in-person event is made possible by the Oslo AI team and their sponsors: Google\, Inmeta & Microsoft. \nRegister for a free ticket here: https://lnkd.in/d_kZQieK URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/ai-media-the-transformative-impact-of-ai-in-the-media-industry/ LOCATION:Google\, Bryggegata 6\, Oslo\, 0254 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/oslo-ai-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250313T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250313T100000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20250217T095453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T095453Z UID:20375-1741856400-1741860000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Announcement of the 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, 13 March\, the 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize will be announced at the University Aula in Bergen. \nAt 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 and the Nils Klim Prize. We will also hear the citations from the Academic Committees\, before the Holberg Prize Academic Director\, Professor Bjørn Enge Bertelsen\, will lead a conversation between experts on the Laureates and their scholarly work. \nThere will be a musical performance\, and a light breakfast will be served. \nWe ask that those who wish to attend the event in person to register. \nThe livestream requires no registration. \nDoors open 8:40 \nAbout the Prizes\nThe Holberg Prize is awarded annually to a scholar who has made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities\, social sciences\, law or theology. The recipient must have had a decisive influence on international research. The Prize is worth NOK 6\,000\,000. \nThe Nils Klim Prize is awarded annually in the above fields\, to a young researcher. The candidate must be a citizen of a Nordic country or be formally affiliated with a Nordic research institution. Also\, the candidate must be under 35 years of age at the nomination deadline. The Prize is worth NOK 500\,000. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/announcement-of-the-2025-holberg-prize-and-nils-klim-prize/ LOCATION:University Aula\, UiB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/prisutdeling-senneset.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250403T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250403T163000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224815 CREATED:20250321T152101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T133519Z UID:20540-1743694200-1743697800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Bilal Mahmood DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, April 3rd\, PhD candidate Bilal Mahmood will have his mid-term evaluation. \nMain supervisor: Mehdi Elahi \nCo-Supervisor: Samia Touileb \nExternal Evaluator: Sole Pera URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mid-term-evaluation-of-phd-candidate-bilal-mahmood/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events,WP2 User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/bilal.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T101500 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250321T154003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T123002Z UID:20553-1743758100-1743761700@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Jia-Hua Jeng DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, April 4\, PhD candidate Jia-Hua Jeng will have his mid-term evaluation. \nMain supervisor: Christoph Trattner \nCo-Supervisors: Erik Knudsen\, Alain Starke \nExternal Evaluator: Sole Pera URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mid-term-evaluation-of-phd-candidate-jia-hua-jeng/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events,WP2 User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/jeng.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T104500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T130000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250210T133947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T073320Z UID:20232-1743763500-1743771600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Talks on Responsible Recommender Systems DESCRIPTION: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). \n\n10:45 – 11:45 | Sole Pera on “Into the AI-Known: How Search and Recommender Systems Shape Children’s Online Experiences & the Path to Safer Information Access”\n12:00 – 13:00 | Lukas Wegmeth & Tobias Vente\, “Green Recommender Systems – Minimizing Carbon Footprint for Sustainable Personalization”\n\nSole Pera\, Associate Professor @ Delft University of Technology \nTime: 10:45 – 11:45 \nTitle: “Into the AI-Known: How Search and Recommender Systems Shape Children’s Online Experiences & the Path to Safer Information Access” \nAbstract: In the AI era\, search and recommendation systems increasingly shape how children perceive the world and interact with digital media. However\,  these systems are seldom designed with young users in mind\, leading to exposure to content that is misleading\, inappropriate\, or simply not aligned with their needs. While AI has the potential to improve online information access\, ensuring safe\, effective\, and age-appropriate digital experiences remains a challenge. In this talk\, we will explore how mainstream search and recommendation algorithms influence what children encounter online. Along the way\, we review current research\, discuss the challenges and opportunities in building safer digital environments\, and consider the ethical implications of designing AI-driven information access systems that prioritize children’s rights and well-being. \nDr. Maria Soledad Pera is an Associate Professor at the Web Information Systems group of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI)\, Delft University of Technology. Sole’s main area of expertise is in Information Retrieval with emphasis on non-traditional population. \nLukas Wegmeth & Tobias Vente\, PhD candidates at University of Siegen \nTime: 12:00 – 13:00 \nTitle: “Green Recommender Systems – Minimizing Carbon Footprint for Sustainable Personalization” \nAbstract: Did you know one recommender systems research paper emits ~3\,300 kgCO₂e — the same as one person flying from New York to Melbourne? This talk unveils the urgent need for Green Recommender Systems and delivers actionable guidelines to achieve them. We quantify the carbon footprint of training and inference\, comparing deep learning and traditional algorithms. The goal? High-performance recommender systems that don’t cost the Earth. Discover how to minimize the carbon footprint while maintaining performance through energy-aware design\, efficient hardware\, and transparent reporting. This is a call to action: by rethinking how we design and measure recommenders\, we can pioneer sustainable AI that benefits both users and the planet. \nLukas Wegmeth is a Ph.D. Student of the Intelligent Systems Group at the University of Siegen. Before joining the ISG he completed his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Medical Computer Science at the University of Siegen. During his time as a graduate student\, Lukas set his focus on the topic of Machine Learning and collaborated with different chairs of the University of Siegen to work on and release scientific research papers in the field. Lukas is currently analysing recommender systems from an energy efficiency context\, measuring amongst other power consumptions. \nTobias is a joint Ph.D. candidate at the ISG – Intelligent Systems Group (University of Siegen) in Siegen\, Germany and the ADReM – Adrem Data Lab (University of Antwerp) in Antwerp\, Belgium\, working on model selection and automation in recommender systems. Generally\, his research interests revolve around Recommender Systems\, specifically applying ideas from AutoML (Automated Machine Learning) to information retrieval and recommender systems. \nTo follow the talks online\, follow us on zoom: \nhttps://uib.zoom.us/j/65989683261?pwd=DCf1f1O3qFTMoltYavbf9e4h0m8qTy.1 URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/responsible-recommender-systems/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-76-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T150000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250321T152847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T133219Z UID:20549-1743775200-1743778800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Khadiga Seddik DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, April 4th\, PhD candidate Khadiga Seddik will have her mid-term evaluation. \nMain supervisor: Erik Knudsen \nCo-Supervisor: Damian Trilling\, Alain Starke (Step-in) \nExternal Evaluator: Sole Pera \n\nTitle: The Influence of News Recommender technology on Shaping Selective Exposure and Sharing. \nAbstract:  \nDespite the benefits the news recommenders provide\, overly personalized news recommendations and too much exposure to like-minded news can pose a threat to democracy by leading to filter bubble\, echo-chambers\, and political polarization. These negative consequences are not given\, but they could depend on conditions and factors under which news recommenders amplify or reduce selective exposure. Many studies argue that news recommenders can be programmed to promote factors that reduce selective exposure because they are programmed by human beings\, and they are dependent on the decisions surrounding the implementation and design of the technology. However\, programming recommender systems to shape selective exposure is not a straightforward task\, as we don’t know which factors the recommenders should be designed to promote\, as well as how the recommenders should promote them. In this research project I investigate the heavily debated consequences of news recommender technologies\, selective exposure and selective of like-minded news. The aim is to shift the scholarly attention from uncovering whether the current recommenders amplify or reduce selective exposure to understanding the conditions under which recommender systems do so\, given that they are designed for that purpose. By doing so\, we shift the responsibility for the democratic implications of recommenders from the technology itself to the decisions surrounding the implementation and design. \nThe project is a part of a larger project\, the NEWSREC project (https://www.newsrec.ai). The main objective of NEWSREC project is to study\, understand\, and assess the precise conditions under which algorithmic news recommenders have positive or negative effects on the democratic role of the news media by focusing on both the input side and the output side of news recommenders. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mid-term-evaluation-of-phd-candidate-khadiga-seddik/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events,WP1 Understanding Media Experiences,WP2 User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/khadiga.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250509T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250509T140000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250505T074036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T074129Z UID:20888-1746788400-1746799200@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:MIX Innovation Day 2025 DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe MIX Innovation Day has been held for several years\, and is a vibrant arena where bachelor and master students in MIX present their design solutions and prototypes. A jury evaluates the prototypes and hands out the MVP Award – the Minimum Viable Proptotype Award. \nAt the MIX Innovation Day 2025 you can learn more about seventeen different designs created to tackle real-world challenges across a range of industries\, including computer games\, apps and  web sites for partners as diverse as the Media Cluster Norway\, Bergen Bysykkel and Parkinsonforbundet. \nSIGN UP HERE\nProgram\nThe event takes place in the Atrium at Media City Bergen\, Lars Hilles gate 30\, next to the Bergen Light Rail station Nygård. \n11:00 – 11.05. Welcome. \nOur master of ceremony Joao Ribeiro will introduce the event. \n11.05 – 12:00: Bachelor webdesign projects. \nThe five bachelor projects will be presented in a series of pitches with comments from the jury. Read all about the projects below. \n12:00 – 13:30: Master safari and lunch. \nThe twelve master projects will be presented simultaneously at a “safari” where the audience walk from stand to stand and talk with the students and discuss the projects’ merits. Read all about the projects below. \nYou will also be able to enjoy your free lunch during this session. \n13:30 – 13.40. Launch of “Håndbok i innovasjon for studenter”. \nTekLab recently published the free online book “Håndbok i innovasjon for studenter” and today it will be officially launched. The TekLab project has spent several years writing it\, and a large numer of students and teachers have been involved in the project. \n13.40 – 14:00: Awards ceremony. \nThe jury will announce the winners of the MVP Award for the bachelor and master projects. \nThe MVP Award\nA jury of professional designers will evaluate the projects and give the students valuable  feedback. The jury will hand out the MVP award to the project that has the best chance of becoming a real product in the media industry\, hence the name “minimum viable product” (MVP). There are separate prizes for the bachelor and master programs. The prize has been awarded for several years in a row\, and you can read about the winners from 2024 and the winner from 2023. \nThe jury is: \n\nPrecilia Isaksen is a UX consultant at Bouvet. She was named Designer of the Week by UX Norway in 2024. Precilia is a former MIX student and has previously worked at TV 2.\nSofija Ivanova is a service designer at Youwell\, a patient and health technology company. She is a board member of IxDA Bergen and has worked at several design agencies.\nIselin Kornli holds an MSc in innovation and entrepreneurship and has spent the past nine years leading innovation projects\, coaching cross-functional teams\, and helping to establish innovation environments in several major companies.\n\nWe are really grateful that Precilia\, Sofija and Iselin will join us as jury members. \nOrganization\nThe event is organized by The department of information science and media studies at UiB in collaboration with Agenda Vestlandet. Agenda Vestlandet was established by Sparebanken Vest to drive the green transition in Vestlandet\, and it supports research\, innovation\, and dialogue around regional challenges and opportunities. \nThe event is prepared and managed by MIX master students Anine Glenne Arnesen and Julie Teilstad Østby  in collaboration with Joao Ribeiro\, lead open innovation manager at GALP and a teacher at UiB\, and professor Lars Nyre. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mix-innovation-day-2025/ LOCATION:Media City Bergen\, Atrium CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Skjermbilde_5-5-2025_93957_teklab.uib_.no_.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250603T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250603T150000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250324T070120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T090812Z UID:20568-1748942100-1748962800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Phd Defense of Sohail Ahmed Khan DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn 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 and cheapfakes. The dissertation analyses current verification practices in journalism\, maps existing tools and workflows\, and uncovers a clear gap between technological advances and newsroom practices. \nThrough the thesis\, Sohail contributes both a critical review of the current verification landscape and new AI-based methods for detecting deepfakes and cheapfakes. The research also emphasises the need for closer collaboration between researchers and journalists\, and highlights initiatives to build a research community around these challenges\, including through international media verification competitions. \nOpponents: \n\nProfessor Giulia Boato\, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science\, University of Trento\nAssociate Professor Nhien-An Le-Khac\, School of Computer Science\, University College Dublin\n\nChair of the committee: Professor Bjørnar Tessem \nChair of the defense: Professor Knut Helland \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/sohail-phd-defense/ LOCATION:Ulrike Pihls Hus\, Ulrikes aula\, Professor Keysers gate 1\, Bergen\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events,WP3 Media Content Production & Analysis ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/sohailphddefense.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250623T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250623T200000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250519T110045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T110045Z UID:20967-1750694400-1750708800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:AI\, rights and development of Norwegian language models DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn Norway\, there is broad political agreement that we need Norwegian language models. Public and private AI services should reflect the Norwegian and Sámi languages\, history\, and culture\, and there is a need for Norwegian alternatives to international services. \nMuch is at stake. AI services are already weakening the economic foundation for\, among others\, translators\, illustrators\, and those who write and publish educational materials. At the same time\, the National Library has documented that language models improve when trained on protected content\, such as books and newspapers. \nDo Norwegian authors and publishers have a social responsibility to contribute content to Norwegian models if they are compensated?Would such agreements drain an already vulnerable cultural sector by accelerating a shift where human creativity loses ground?Perhaps this is a unique opportunity to set a precedent: that training on protected material must be paid for. New income streams for the cultural field could enable the creation and publication of new works of great value to society. \nPanel discussion featuring experts in the field: \n\n\nTrine Skei Grande\, CEO of the Norwegian Publishers Association \n\n\nEspen Ytreberg\, author and professor of media studies \n\n\nLilja Øvrelid\, professor and head of the Language Technology Group at the Department of Informatics\, University of Oslo\, MediaFutures Work Package 5 member \n\n\nHege Munch Gundersen\, CEO of Kopinor \n\n\nThe event is free and open to all. Welcome! URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/ai-rights-and-development-of-norwegian-language-models/ LOCATION:Union Scene\, Drammen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/norske-sprakmodeller-event-drammen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250626T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250626T210000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250616T100736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T123503Z UID:21065-1750964400-1750971600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Pint of Science x MediaFutures DESCRIPTION:Had Enough of Office Talk and Formal Seminars? \nYeah\, us too. \nThat’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 in Bergen. \nPint of Science is a global\, non-profit movement where thousands of researchers in 500+ cities share their work in pubs\, cafés\, and public spaces. No slides packed with jargon. No academic gatekeeping. Just real science\, served with a drink. \nThis evening’s theme: The Future of Media Technology\nExpect three short and super accessible talks from our MediaFutures researchers\, each just 10–15 minutes long. They’ve boiled down their work to the juicy bits so you can sip your beer and still get smarter. \nThe vibe? Casual\, fun\, and all about conversation. You’ll get to meet the scientists\, ask questions\, and even take part in a quick quiz to wrap up the night. \nSo whether you’re a media geek\, techie\, curious mind\, or just someone looking for a different kind of night out\, grab a friend or come solo and join us for a pint of science (or soda). \nWe can’t wait to meet you and hear what you think the future of media should look like. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Samia Touileb\n Associate Professor \n Talk Title: Bias in Large Language Models \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Yuki Onishi\n Researcher \n Talk title: Can eye gaze show us what future TV production galleries looks like? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Andrews\n PhD Candidate \n Talk Title: Enhancing Debates with a AI Powered Political Co-Pilot URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/pint-of-science-x-mediafutures/ LOCATION:Staatsraaden bar\, Bergen\, Bradbenken 2\, Bergen\, 5003\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Slice-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250812T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250812T154500 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250321T155953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T131638Z UID:20561-1755010800-1755013500@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Arendalsuka: "AI in the media: Empowering editors and safeguarding democracy" DESCRIPTION: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. \nProgram\nSession 1: Introducing SFI MediaFutures (10 min.):  \n15:00—15:02:   \n“A Research Centre for Responsible MediaTechnology and Innovation”  \nAnne Nielsen (Head of Administration @ SFI MediaFutures)   \n15:02—15:10:   \n“MediaFutures in Action: Combating Visual Misinformation with C2PA”  \nChristoph Trattner (Director @ SFI MediaFutures)   \nSession 2: AI as a Tool to Empower Editors (20 min.):   \n15:10—15:20:   \n“Real Journalist\, Virtual Avatar: What We Learned at TV2 from Peeking into Pandora’s Box with KI-Kjetil” (10 min.)   \nLubos Steskal and Chris Ronald Hermansen (AI Team @ TV2)   \n15:20—15:30:   \n“Leveraging AI for Fac- Checking and Investigative Journalism” (10 min.)   \nMorten Langfeldt Dahlback (Head of Innovation @ Faktisk.no)   \nSession 3: AI as a Tool to Preserve Democracy (15 min.):   \n15:30—15:35  \n“Reimagining Debate with AI: Fighting Disinformation with a Political Co-Moderator” (5 min.)  \nChris Senf (Innovation Coordinator @ SFI MediaFutures)   \n15:35—15:45:  \n“Truth Tech: How AI Verifies Political Claims” (10min.)  \nGaute Kokkvoll (Head of Product @ Factiverse)  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/arendalsuka-ai-in-the-media-empowering-editors-and-safeguarding-democracy/ LOCATION:Arendalsuka\, Arendal\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-121.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250822T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250822T110000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250820T082533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T082553Z UID:21455-1755856800-1755860400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Book Launch: Schibsted – The Digital Transformation of a Nordic Media Giant DESCRIPTION:How do you steer one of the Nordics’ largest media companies through the digital revolution while aiming to grow stronger on the other side? \nWe 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 international journey. \nJoining the discussion are Kjersti Løken Stavrum\, CEO of the Tinius Trust (Schibsted’s owner) and Chair of the Schibsted Board\, and Didrik Munch\, former CEO of Schibsted Norway and a key figure in building the company’s strong position. The conversation will be moderated by Sølve Rydland\, Political Editor at Bergensavisen (BA). \nTogether\, they will explore some of the big questions: \n\n\nWhat have been Schibsted’s greatest successes—and crises? \n\n\nWhich turning points shaped its digital expansion? \n\n\nWhy was the company split? \n\n\nWhat is at stake in the battle against global platform giants? \n\n\nAnd what lies ahead for a company determined to become the Nordic region’s leading media destination? \n\n\nThis is a rare opportunity to gain firsthand insights into the past\, present\, and future of one of the most influential media companies of our time. \nOrganizers: The Centre for Investigative Journalism (SUJO)\, the Media Industry and Journalism Research Group (Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, University of Bergen)\, and Media Cluster. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/book-launch-schibsted-the-digital-transformation-of-a-nordic-media-giant/ LOCATION:Medielab\, tower 3\, 9. floor\, Media City Bergen. CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/schibsted-book-launch.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250827T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250827T160000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250808T084513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T090009Z UID:21386-1756304100-1756310400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Towards Responsible AI for Local Journalism DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\nAbout Reshmi Pillai: \n\n\nDr Reshmi Pillai is a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Communication Science at the Vrije University Amsterdam\, the Netherlands\, in the project “Towards Responsible AI for Local Journalism”. Earlier\, she was a Lecturer (Docent 4) in the Masters’ Information Studies program in the Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam (2019-2023). In 2021\, she was awarded Ph.D. for her thesis titled “Expressions of psychological stress on twitter: detection and characterisation”\, from the University of Wolverhampton\, UK. \n\n\nIn her research\, Reshmi explores human-centred AI applications to support societally embedded workflows and challenges—particularly in journalism. Collaborating with a Dutch news media organization\, she led design thinking sessions to identify practical challenges in newsroom settings. This led to several applied projects grounded in Natural Language Processing including: a graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation system that provides contextual background to journalists from sources like Wikipedia and news archives\, experimental prompting strategies for rewriting news headlines on social media in varied linguistic styles\, the development of LLM-based news reader personas to explore cultural inclusivity and evaluations of text simplification models to assess their treatment of stylistic and rhetorical devices. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/towards-responsible-ai-for-local-journalism/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-122.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250905T121500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250905T140000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250815T101341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T102108Z UID:21401-1757074500-1757080800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Book launch: Teen Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the launch of Dr. John Magnus R. Dahl’s book : Teen Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices. 5th of September we invite to an event in which our previous Postdoctoral researcher Dahl presents how he spent two years on ethnographic fieldwork\, following six teenage boys on- and offline to find out how they use their smartphones to create a world for themselves and their peers. \nHe asked himself: What is it like to be a young man in the age of the smartphone? \nHe concludes\, among other things\, that the smartphone is a crucial tool for creating the kinds of social relationships the boys consider important\, and thus a way to increase freedom and agency in their own lives. Furthermore\, he shows that this is especially significant for minority boys: queer boys and boys with immigrant backgrounds use their phones differently than straight\, white boys. \nJohn Magnus R. Dahl \nThe launch will take the form of a book conversation between Dahl and Professor Kristine Jørgensen\, project leader of Understanding Masculinity in Gaming\, followed by an opportunity for questions. The conversation will be held in English. and light refreshments will be served. \nThe book is published by Palgrave Macmillan and is based on the research Dahl conducted as a postdoctoral fellow at MediaFutures (UiB) from 2021 to 2024. He is now employed as Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen. \nThe e-book is available here\, and a longer article about the book’s findings can be read here (in Norwegian). URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/book-launch-teen-boys-and-their-smartphones-as-worldmaking-devices/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/img_0678-e1755252939870.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250915T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250921T170000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250728T080506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T080624Z UID:21342-1757923200-1758474000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Innovasjonsuken OPP - 2025 DESCRIPTION:This is Vestlands innovation festival and platform for networking and sharing knowledge. OPP celebrates each year entrepreneurship together with several local partners to highlight their work on innovation. In short\, OPP is gathering events from local innovative companies during these two weeks to focus on how innovation can look like in the region of Vestlandet. \nWe want to feature some of these events which are relevant for MediaFutures followers and supports: \nDemo Day Vestlandet\nWednesday 17.09 kl. 12:00 – 18:00 \nThormøhlensgate 51 \nDemo Day Vestlandet annually connects good ideas with capital. Here\, selected startup companies from Vestlandet get the opportunity to pitch their ideas in front of a packed audience of investors. A whole day is filled with presentations and exciting meetings. Demo Day Vestlandet is a unique meeting place for you who are an early-stage investor. Every year\, 150 investors and funds gather for a party day in Bergen in connection with the OPP Innovation Week. We invite the most exciting\, and investor-ready\, companies in the west (Rogaland\, Vestland and Møre og Romsdal) to a day filled with exciting meetings\, presentations and entertainment. Here you get insight into what is happening in the early-stage investor environment and which ideas and companies are worth investing in. You also get the opportunity to meet other investors to expand your network and connections. \nUiB Innovation Day: 200 years of research and innovation\nFriday 19.09 kl. 09:00 – 15:00 \nLæringsarena\, UiB\, Nygårdsgaten 5 \nOn September 19\, the University of Bergen is pleased to invite you to UiB Innovation Day\, a meeting place for researchers\, students and partners from the business and public sectors in the region. The day will focus on research and innovation at all UiB faculties\, where we will showcase some of the most exciting projects being developed at UiB with the goal of strengthening collaboration between research and the society around us. The Innovation Day will also mark 200 years of research and innovation in Bergen\, including an anniversary exhibition on the occasion of the University Museum of Bergen’s 200th anniversary. \nPopOPP\nFriday 19.09 kl. 16:30 – Saturday 20.09 kl. 00:00 \nMarineholmen \nOn Friday\, September 19\, students and young adults with drive and ideas will gather for a festival experience a little out of the ordinary. It’s about progress. About creating. About connecting to something bigger. What can you expect? Scenes. Flavors. Atmospheres. People you haven’t met before. Questions you haven’t asked yet. And hopefully a lot of answers. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/innovasjonsuken-opp-2025/ LOCATION:Bergen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/innovasjonsuken-opp25.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250916T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250916T180000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250911T080105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T090207Z UID:21576-1758040200-1758045600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:The future of mobile human-machine interaction DESCRIPTION:The use of portable devices is now ubiquitous in our society. Our daily lives are shaped by ever-evolving interactive devices and applications from touch-based smartwatches and tablets to large digital screens. \nAlthough smart devices like laptops\, tablets\, and smartphones are mobile\, users are usually either stationary or risk their physical safety by using such devices while moving. The health consequences of today’s mobile devices are well documented. These include\, among other things\, how a predominantly sedentary lifestyle affects health and well-being. \nThis lecture will present innovative thinking\, design\, and engineering in the field of mobile human-computer interaction (HCI). At the end\, there will be time for questions from the audience. \n\nDate: Tuesday\, September 16\, 2025\nLocation: Realfagbygget\, Auditorium 2 (basement)\, Allegaten 41\nTime: The lecture starts at 16:30 Light refreshments will be served outside the auditorium from 16:00\n\nThe meeting is open to everyone and will be in Norwegian. \nAbout the Speaker \nMorten Fjeld is a professor in human-computer interaction (HCI) at the University of Bergen and Chalmers University of Technology. He researches interactive systems with a focus on tangible and mobile interaction. Fjeld holds a double master’s degree in applied mathematics from NTNU and ENSIMAG Grenoble\, as well as a PhD from ETH Zurich\, where he also received the ETH medal in 2002. He has been a visiting professor in Singapore\, Japan\, and Switzerland\, and has extensive industry experience in fluid mechanics\, simulators\, and user interfaces. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/the-future-of-mobile-human-machine-interaction/ LOCATION:Realfagbygget\, Auditorium 2 (basement)\, Allegaten 41 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/colourbox26213572.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250929T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250929T140000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250905T080105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T090710Z UID:21526-1759137300-1759154400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Human-AI Interaction for video Content: Designing and Engineering Multimodal Conversational Agents DESCRIPTION:Our PhD Candidate Peter Andrews will defend his thesis on September 29th at the University of Bergen. \nTrial lecture starts at 09:15 and the defense at 10.30. \nWe want to encourage you to attend his trial lecture and defense\, and learn more about HCI. \nTitle: \nHuman-AI Interaction for video Content: Designing and Engineering Multimodal Conversational Agents \nAbstract: \n\nAs young adults increasingly shift away from conventional news sources\, interactive and AI-driven media present a new frontier for their engagement in news consumption. Young adults often prefer more interactive video content on streaming platforms\, challenging the traditional model of passive video consumption.  Second screening\, interacting with a second device while watching a primary display\, has emerged to satisfy the need for interaction and support with additional content and context. However\, second screening can hinder comprehension\, revealing the need to synchronize the experience. \n\n\nThis thesis unifies the second screening experience with Computer Vision (CV) and Deep Learning (DL)\, thereby building an interactive video framework following the \textit{From Video to Data} $\to$ \textit{From Data to Narrative} $\to$ \textit{From Narrative to Interaction} paradigm. The result is a Multimodal Conversational Agent (MCA) that can hyper-contextualize video content. This video framework encompasses three research questions: 1)  How can recent advances in computer vision and artificial intelligence facilitate interaction with video content? 2) How can interactive video increase subjective understanding of the content? 3) How do young adults perceive the user experience of interactive video for news broadcasts? Answering these questions gives a better grasp of what is needed to build an end-to-end interactive video framework with AI. At the same time\, empirical research can show how the capabilities of the framework can improve user experience and comprehension. \n\n\nTo address these questions\, I develop prototypes for interactive video in sports (football) and politics. I approached the video framework in a modular manner with four in-house design prototypes – FootyVision\, the Automated Commentary System (ACS)\, AiCommentator\, and AiModerator. Collectively\, these four prototypes demonstrate how CV- and NLP-based event detection and LLM-powered MCAs can synchronize and facilitate real-time interaction with video content. I tested prototypes in lab-based mixed method studies and found that interactive video with MCA can enhance engagement\, immersion\, and subjective understanding. However\, a Human-AI Interaction (HAI) trade-off between automation and user control occurs. While a high degree of automation can tightly synchronize the experience\, it comes at the cost of user control. The affordances of MCA include multimodal feedback and remediation. Multimodal feedback supports subjective understanding\, which aligns with the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML). Remediation involves repurposing traditional roles in innovative ways. MCAs achieve this by transforming sports commentators and political moderators into remediated personas\, thus leading to increased engagement. Moreover\, MCAs can also push the user into a more objective viewing state\, highlighting a trade-off between objectivity and emotional involvement. Finally\, trust is paramount for high-stakes environments where transparency is crucial. \n\n\nOverall\, my research challenges traditional linear media by integrating CV\, DL\, and NLP into an interactive framework that facilitates on-demand information augmented by the information space. However\, future systems must address key concerns regarding the aforementioned trade-offs and the management of cognitive load. I recommend variable autonomy and transparency to give the user control over the experience\, reinforcing both trust and understanding through Human-Centered AI (HCAI). By synthesizing these findings in human-AI interaction (HAI) and multimedia learning frameworks\, my work provides valuable insights for researchers\, developers\, and broadcasters looking to engage the next generation of news consumers through interactive video. \n\nOpponents:\n\nDr. (Research Director\, DR2) Petra Isenberg \, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique\, Université Paris-Saclay\nProf Huamin Qu\, Department of Computer Science and Engineering\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\n\nHead of committee\nProf Miroslav Bachinski \nModerator of the defense\nProf Bjørnar Tessem URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/phd-defense/ LOCATION:Jusbygget\, Auditorium 3 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-131-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251003T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251003T120000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250818T082952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250818T083409Z UID:21426-1759482000-1759492800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Research Ethics Day at the UiB 2025 DESCRIPTION:It is fundamental for a knowledge-based society that the research underpinning policy is trustworthy. It is thus crucial that research is conducted to the highest ethical standards. To increase awareness of the importance of research ethics at the University of Bergen\, we have established an annual research ethics day. This year’s conference has the main theme of ‘Research Ethics After AI.’ We look forward to a day of meaningful discussion on this important topic. \nRegister here by latest 02.10.2025 – 16.00\n  \nRESEARCH ETHICS AFTER AI\nPROGRAMME\n\n\n\n\n08.30\nLight breakfast buffet\n\n\n09.00\nIntroduction of today´s programme: Marit Bakke\, Professor\, Dean\, Faculty of Medicine\, UiB\, and Chair of the Programme Committee\n\n\n09.05\nWelcome address:  Kjell Morten Myhr\, Professor\, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation\, UiB\n\n\n09.10\nSession 1: Big\, Biased\, and Synthetic: Data after AI   \nHow is AI changing and challenging practices of data collection\, generation and validation?   \nKeynote Anna Feigenbaum\, Professor of Media and Digital Storytelling\, School of Social & Political Sciences\, University of Glasgow \nTitle: Dancing with Robots? AI\, Participation and Ethical Interactivity. \nA conversation:   \n\nBudhaditya Chattopadhyay\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Faculty of Fine Art\, Music and Design\, UiB\n\n\nAnna Feigenbaum\, Professor of Media and Digital Storytelling\, School of Social & Political Sciences\, University of Glasgow\n\n\nTorger Kielland\, Professor\, Faculty of Law\, UiB.\n\n\nHelge Ræder\, Professor\, Vice Dean for Innovation\, Faculty of Medicine\, UiB\n\nModerator: Gabriele de Seta\, Researcher and Project Leader\, Department of Linguistic\, Literary and Aesthetic Studies\, Faculty of Humanities\, UiB\n\n\n10.00\nBreak\n\n\n10.20\nSession 2: Trust in the black box: Data Analysis after AI  \nHow is AI changing and challenging practices of data analysis? \nA conversation: \n\nJulien Brajard\, Senior Researcher\, Climate Modeling\, NERSC.\n\n\nPekka Parviainen\, Associate Professor\, Machine Learning Group\, Department of Informatics\, Faculty of Science and Technology\, UiB.\n\n\nAnne Sigrid Refsum\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, AI STORIES project\, Department of Linguistic\, Literary and Aesthetic Studies\, Faculty of Humanities\, UiB\n\nModerator: Nathalie Reuter\, Professor\, Department of Chemistry\, Faculty of Science and Technology\, UiB\n\n\n11.10\nSession 3: Building Ethical Literacy: Towards a New Era of Research Ethics.  \nHow do we prepare researchers for an AI-driven research landscape? \nPresentation by: Lina Harder\, PhD Candidate\, Project: Extending Digital Narrative\, Center for Digital Narrative\, Department of Linguistic\, Literary and Aesthetic Studies\, Faculty of Humanities\, UiB \nA conversation: \n\nAnders Goksøyr\, Professor\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Faculty of Science and Technology\, UiB and Deputy Member of the National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology – NENT.\nKari Steen-Johnsen\, Research Professor\, Institute for Social Research\, UiO and Deputy chair of the National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities – NESH\nIngrid Miljeteig\, Professor\, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care\, Faculty of Medicine\, UiB and Deputy Member of the National Research Ethics Committees- NEM\n\nModerator: Ragna Aarli\, Professor\, Faculty of Law\, UiB\n\n\n12.00\nClosing remarks: Marit Bakke\, Professor\, Dean\, Faculty of Medicine\, UiB\, and Chair of the Programme Committee\n\n\n12.05\nLunch\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/research-ethics-day-at-the-uib-2025/ LOCATION:Storsalen\, Nygårdsgaten 5\, University of Bergen\, 5015 Bergen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/forskningsetiskdagokt2024_v1_0.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251014T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251014T150000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20251006T113725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T113725Z UID:21696-1760450400-1760454000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Disinformation and Trust in Science in the U.S. and Beyond DESCRIPTION:2025 has been a year of unprecedented cuts to global development aid\, significant political tensions\, and increased attacks on science and academia. What are the implications of these developments for health globally\, health research\, and trust in science in general? \nThe Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (BCEPS) has invited Professor Ezekiel Emanuel from the University of Pennsylvania\, a world-leading bioethicist\, to shed light on recent changes and current impacts of this challenging political climate on disinformation and trust in science\, especially in the context of health research and policy. \nThis is a unique chance to hear directly from a leading American researcher\, physician\, and writer\, who has also been instrumental in US health policy under the Obama and Biden administrations. He contributes actively to the public debate about current US policies in the press and social media. After the presentation\, there will be time for a Q&A session with the audience. \nThe event will be held in English and is free and open to the public. \nTIME: 14 October\, kl. 1400 – 1500 \nPLACE: Alrek (Årstadveien 17)\, room Midgard\, \nAbout Professor Ezekiel (Zeke) Emanuel \nProfessor Emanuel received his MD from Harvard Medical School and his PhD in Political Philosophy from Harvard University. He is a practicing breast oncologist and currently serves as Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a special advisor to WHO Director General Dr. Tedros and previously served as a Special Advisor for Health Policy under President Obama\, where he was instrumental in drafting the Affordable Care Act. Later\, he served on the Biden-Harris Transition Covid Advisory Board. Professor Emanuel has published widely in leading scientific journals and has been described as the most cited bioethicist ever. He also contributes regularly to the New York Times. Professor Emanuel is a research team leader within the Bergen Centre of Ethics and Priority Setting in Health at the University of Bergen. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/disinformation-and-trust-in-science-in-the-u-s-and-beyond/ LOCATION:Årstadveien 17 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/thumbnail_Zeke-Emanuel-Oct.-14_screens.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251023T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251023T150000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20251008T145134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T094227Z UID:21716-1761210900-1761231600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Recommender Systems and Nudges for Healthier Food Choice DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to the trial lecture and public defence of Ayoub el Majjodi\, PhD candidate at SFI MediaFutures. \nDate: 23 OctoberVenue: Auditorium 2 Jussbygget\, UiB \nTime: 9:15 \nPhD Thesis:Recommender Systems and Nudges for Healthier Food Choices \nThesis Summary: \nRecommender systems are widely used to address the challenge of information overload by presenting users with the most relevant content through personalization techniques. In the food domain\, decision-making is particularly complex due to the multifaceted nature of food choices\, which are influenced by a range of individual\, contextual\, and environmental factors. Despite this complexity\, recommender systems have shown considerable promise in modeling real world food preferences and supporting users in navigating food related decisions. Their adoption in food applications has been steadily increasing\, reflecting the growing importance and difficulty of making informed\, personalized\, and health-conscious dietary choices. Nonetheless\, these systems have often been shown to generate predom- inantly popular food options\, which tend to be less healthy. As users interact with such systems\, they are repeatedly exposed to unhealthy choices\, which in turn reinforces their preferences for these items. This feedback loop causes algorithms to prioritize popular yet nutritionally poor options\, ultimately amplifying unhealthy eating behaviors with potential negative implications for public health. At the same time\, digital nudging has emerged as a promising strategy for influencing user behavior in subtle and non intrusive ways. How- ever\, limited research has investigated how digital nudges and recommender systems can be effectively combined particularly in user-centered settings aimed at supporting informed decision-making and promoting behavioral change. To address this gap\, this thesis adopts a Design Science Research methodology to design\, implement\, and evaluate food recommender systems augmented with digital nudges. The research is documented across several peer-reviewed manuscripts and supported by both offline algorithmic evaluations and online user experiments. These studies examine how various preference elicitation methods\, nudging techniques\, and user characteristics such as food knowledge and dietary goals interact to shape user experience and behavior. The findings reveal that several nudging techniques warrant further investigation in the con- text of food recommender systems\, particularly through user-centric evaluation approaches. Moreover\, while digital nudges can support healthier food choices\, their effectiveness varies depending on personalization\, user familiarity\, and system design. Interestingly\, non-personalized recommendations with clear nutritional labeling were often more effective in encouraging healthy decisions than personalized options. Additionally\, the interplay between preference elicitation methods\, user knowledge\, and nudging strate- gies significantly influenced user choices\, interactions\, and overall experience. This thesis contributes to the fields of recommender systems and persuasive technologies by demonstrating how digital nudges and system design features jointly influence health related decision-making. It emphasizes the importance of user-centric evaluation and lays the foundation for future research on adaptive nudging\, long-term behavior change\, and real- world deployments in food-related digital platforms. \nOpponents:Associate Professor Alan Said\, University of Gothenburg\, SwedenAssistant Professor Julia Neidhardt\, TU Vienna\, Austria \nChair of the Committee:Associate Professor Erik Knudsen\, Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, University of Bergen \nDefense Chair:Associate Professor Samia Touileb\, Research Leader at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, University of Bergen URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/recommender-systems-and-nudges-for-healthier-food-choice/ LOCATION:Auditorium 2 Jussbygget CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-131-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251113T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251113T190000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224816 CREATED:20250210T134415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T091546Z UID:20239-1763024400-1763060400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 25: Our public flagship conference DESCRIPTION:On November 13\, we are inviting to our yearly international flagship conference on media technology and AI. This is a public event and this year’s focus is: \nNavigating Uncertainty with AI: Battling Misinformation & Empowering Users\n— and we’d love for you to join us. Please register below. \nThe day is open to everyone: media professionals\, researchers\, students\, technologists\, and anyone curious about where media tech and AI are headed. It is a great opportunity to network\, learn\, and explore what is happening locally\, nationally and internationally. \nYou can expect a full day of demonstrations\, posters\, presentations and panel talks\, all centred on what is hot in media technology and AI right now. From theoretical frameworks to hands-on research and practical tools\, the event offers a broad look at current projects and ongoing developments in the field. \nTry out demos we have built\, exchange ideas\, and expand your view on how media tech can be developed and made more responsible for the future. \n \n Registration closed\n \n \n \n \n \n The deadline to register has passed. We can put you on the waiting list if you send us an email with your name and affiliation to office@mediafutures.no. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n KEYNOTE SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cornelia Bjørke-Hill\n Director Communication \n Microsoft Norway \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Cornelia Bjørke-Hill is Communications Lead at Microsoft Norway\, driving strategic narratives that connect global innovation with local impact. With over a decade in communications\, including eight years as comms director within the HR tech industry\, and more than 20 years in broadcast journalism for leading Norwegian media\, Cornelia brings deep expertise in storytelling and trust-building. At Microsoft\, she focuses on making AI relevant for Norway by translating global technology trends into meaningful value creation. \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynote Speech\n Title: Reinventing Communication with AI \nAbstract: \nIn her talk\, “Reinventing Communications with AI\,” she reveals how intelligent tools amplify creativity and impact—without losing the human touch. Through real-world examples from her own craft\, Cornelia demonstrates how AI can transform manual tasks into a strategic advantage\, helping organizations communicate with clarity\, authenticity\, and purpose while using AI to use the human brain where it delivers the most impact. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alex Connock \n Senior Fellow & Professor \n University of Oxford \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Dr Alex Connock is an academic in the media business and AI\, who has written a trilogy of books spanning the contemporary media business  –  Media Management and Artificial Intelligence (2022)  Media Management and Live Experience: Sports\, Culture\, Entertainment and Events (2024) and Entrepreneurship in Media and Entertainment (2025.)   \nHe is also a leading international and industry speaker on the media business and how it is being changed by AI.  \nAcademically\, Alex is Senior Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School\, teaching AI\, Marketing and Media Business courses at BA\, MBA and EMBA level.  He co-launched and ran Oxford postgraduate diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Business from 2021-3. and is Lecturer at St Hugh’s College\, Oxford in Management.    \nAlex is also Professor in Media and Artificial Intelligence at Exeter University\, and Professor in Media Innovation and Sunderland University.  He has a PhD in video optimisation for e-commerce and degrees from Oxford (PPE) Columbia (Journalism) and INSEAD (MBA).   \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynote Speech\n Title: How can AI be your Superpower in 2026? \nAbstract: \nEveryone in media is now using AI to some extent.  After years of holding back\, many media companies are overtly all-in on it.  Many others are still publicly reticent – whilst secretly going all-in behind the scenes.   So three years after Chat GPT turned the world of content upside down\, what are the particular\, new AI strategies that will win for media producers and owners in 2026 ?   Dr Alex Connock has specialised in the field at Oxford University since 2019 and wrote a globally successful book on it in 2022\, republished from Türkiye to Korea.  He will offer his latest thoughts on this fascinating and ever-changing subject.  He will cover not only generative AI (words\, images\, sound and video) but also other areas of AI which sometimes get less coverage in media circles\, but ought to: AI agents\, Machine Learning techniques in research\, recommendation algorithms and how to win at them\, Intellectual Property and how to think about it\, compliance\, entrepreneurship\, bias\, geopolitics and AGI.  In almost every case\, Alex will explain how the received wisdom in the media industry is as wrong as it is right – and often both at the same time.  And subsequent to that\, in case anyone thinks AI is old hat\, he’s also writing a new book on the Media and Quantum Computing\, so he will offer some initial thoughts on that mind-expanding area as well: the real Black Mirror. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n08:00\nRegistration opens\n\n\n08:55\nEvent Intro & Housekeeping\n\n\n09:00\nWelcome Addresses: Lars Nyre (UiB)\, Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen (UiB)\, Christian Birkeland (TV2)\, Christoph Trattner (MediaFutures)\n\n\nKeynotes\n\n\n09:15\n1st Keynote: “Reinventing Communication with AI” (Cornelia Bjørke-Hill\, Microsoft Norway)\n\n\n09:45\nModerated Q&A by Mehdi Elahi (MediaFutures & UiB)\n\n\n10:00\n2nd Keynote: “How can AI be your Superpower in 2026?” (Alex Connock\, Oxford University)\n\n\n10:30\nModerated Q&A by Alain Starke (MediaFutures & UvA)\n\n\n10:45\nConference Picture & Coffee Break\n\n\nSession 1: Reimagining Media: Industry at the AI Crossroads\n\n\n11:05\nTalk One: “Multimodal AI Agents in the Media Industry” (Zhixian Bao\, Google Norway)\n\n\n11:20\nTalk Two: “AI Agents in Action: Transforming Work in Media & Entertainment” (Maxim Salnikov\, Microsoft Norway)\n\n\n11:35\nTalk Three: “At the Crossroads of AI and Journalism: Competing\, Collaborating\, and Co-Creating the Future of Media” (Victorina Demirel\, Schibsted)\n\n\n11:50\nModerated Q&A by Andreas Lothe Opdahl (MediaFutures & UiB)\n\n\n12:05\nLunch Break\n\n\nSession 2: Computing for Society: Modeling Trust & Interactions\n\n\n13:15\nTalk One: “Integrating AI into Platform Writing Tasks? Not So Fast” (Mor Naaman\, Cornell Tech)\n\n\n13:30\nTalk Two: “AI-generated stories: the nostalgia of large language models” (Jill Walker Rettberg\, Center for Digital Narrative)\n\n\n13:45\nTalk Three: “Slow AI: When the Journey is the Destination” (Ingmar Weber\, University of Saarland)\n\n\n14:00\nModerated Q&A by Erik Knudsen (MediaFutures & UiB)\n\n\n14:15\nCoffee & Cake Break\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nSession 3: Building Trust: Personalisation\, Engagement & Misinformation\n\n\n14:35\nTalk One: “Beyond facts: Messaging strategies to counter health misinformation” (Daniel Catalán Matamoros\, UC3M MediaLab)\n\n\n14:50\nTalk Two: “Conversational and Understandable News” (Bart Goethals\, Froomle\, University of Antwerp)\n\n\n15:05\nTalk Three: “AI DAY at ORF; Where Technology Meets Content” (Stefan Kollinger\, ORF)\n\n\n15:20\nModerated Q&A by Lilja Øvrelid (MediaFutures & UiO)\n\n\n15:35\nCoffee Break\n\n\nPanel Session: Inside the Newsroom: Norwegian Media’s AI Journey\n\n\n15:55\nCompany Pitches: Magnus Aabech (DN Group)\, Chris R. Hermansen (TV2)\, Jan Stian Vold (Bergens Tidende)\, Erik Bonesvoll (Amedia)\, Victorina Demirel (Schibsted)\n\n\n16:10\nModerated Debate by Morten Langfeldt Dahlback (Faktisk.no)\n\n\n16:40\nRefreshment Break\n\n\nDemo & Poster Session\n\n\n16:55\nMediaFutures’ Gaze-Tracking Project: Yuki Onishi (MediaFutures)\, Nataliya Nymo (VIZRT) & Snorre Alvsvåg (TV2)\n\n\n17:05\nMediaFutures’ AI Video Editor Project: Adane Tarekegn (MediaFutures) & Lubos Steskal (TV2)\n\n\n17:10\nPoster Pitches\n\n\n17:30\nInteractive Demos & Networking\n\n\n18:30\nPoster Awards\n\n\n19:00\nConference Dinner\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Program is subject to change. \n \n \n \n \n \n CONFERENCE DINNER\n \n \n \n \n \n Location: Roast Restaurant\, Scandic Ørnen\, top floor \n\n\n\n19:00\nWelcome Reception\n\n\n19:30\nFirst Course & Director’s Speech\n\n\n20:00\nSecond Course & Show with Bergen Improteater\n\n\n20:30\nThird Course & Live music with Raa Duo\n\n\n21:00\nParty with DJDottir\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Maxim Salnikov\n Applied AI Engineer \n Microsoft Norway \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Maxim Salnikov is a tech and cloud community enthusiast based in Oslo. With over two decades of experience as a web developer\, he shares his extensive knowledge of the web platform\, cloud computing\, and AI by speaking at and providing training for developer events worldwide. By day\, Maxim plays a crucial role in supporting the development of cloud and AI solutions within European companies\, serving as the Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft focusing on the AI-native developer tools & platforms. During evenings\, he can be found running events for Norway’s largest web and cloud development communities. Maxim is passionate about exploring and experimenting with Generative AI possibilities\, including AI-assisted development. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: AI Agents in Action: Transforming Work in Media & Entertainment \nAbstract: \nAs the media and entertainment industry faces unprecedented change\, organizations are turning to AI agents to boost productivity\, address workforce capacity gaps\, and unlock new value. This session explores how AI agents are reshaping roles\, workflows\, and leadership. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Daniel Catalán Matamoros\n Professor & Director \n UC3M MediaLab \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Daniel Catalán is a full professor of communication with nearly 20 years of experience in research and field work. He has held positions in major international organisations\, including WHO\, ECDC\, and UNHCR\, and currently directs the UC3M MediaLab. Author of over 200 publications with more than 4\,000 citations (h-index = 34)\, he has led and participated in numerous national and international research projects. His work focuses on media effects\, health misinformation\, risk communication\, and public understanding of digital technologies. In October 2025\, he chaired the European Congress on Disinformation and Fact-Checking\, which gathered more than 450 delegates from 58 countries. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Beyond facts: Messaging strategies to counter health misinformation \nAbstract: \nFacts often fail to change perceptions or beliefs based on health misinformation. Our experimental research explores alternative messaging strategie\, such as narrative storytelling and humour\, to improve engagement\, build trust\, and foster dialogue with skeptical audiences. We examine how different ways of framing health messages affect credibility perceptions\, emotional response\, and behavioural intentions. Our results show that messages that feel personal and emotionally engaging make people more open and less defensive\, and they work better than messages based only on data and statistics. The presentation will also share practical lessons for communicators and health organisations on how to create messages that are persuasive and trustworthy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zhixian Bao\n AI Specialist \n Google Norway \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Zhixian Bao works as an AI/ML specialist covering EMEA North at Google Cloud. Working in industry for 10 years\, she is driven by a passion for using technology to empower both individuals and organizations to solve complex business challenges and create values. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Multimodal AI Agents in the Media Industry \nAbstract:  \nThe session will explore the emerging role of Multimodality AI Agents\, marking a critical shift in artificial intelligence from efficiency tools to drivers of innovation. The industry anticipates a transition where AI agents move beyond simple output generation to autonomous action. These advanced systems will leverage deep contextual understanding\, real-time information access\, and diverse modalities. The future trajectory of this technology points toward sophisticated multi-agent ecosystems capable of complex reasoning and tool utilization. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bart Goethals\n Computer Science Prof. & CEO at Froomle \n University of Antwerp    \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Bart Goethals is full professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Antwerp in Belgium where he leads the Adrem Data Lab\, which performs fundamental research on artificial intelligence and data science. \nHe is founder and CEO of Froomle\, a university spin-off company that provides a Recommender Systems Platform to the News and Media industry. \nHis primary research interests are the study of data mining and recommender systems. He received several awards for his theoretical studies on frequent itemset mining. He was general chair of IEEE ICDM 2012 and program chair of ECML PKDD 2008\, and SIAM DM 2010 and will be program chair of ACM RecSys 2026. \nHe has served as general chair of the ECML PKDD Steering Committee\, action editor of the Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery journal\, and associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems\, IEEE Transactions of Knowledge and Data Engineering\, the Knowledge and Information Systems journal\, and Recommender Systems Section Editor of Frontiers on Big Data\, and he was Editor-in-Chief of the ACM SIGKDD Explorations newsletter. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Conversational and Understandable News  \nAbstract: \nIn this talk\, I present Froomle Voice\, a personalised conversational news assistant that delivers news tailored to individual interests\, and our recent work on making recommendations understandable — to increase transparency\, user trust\, and editorial oversight. The presentation will demonstrate these technologies and discuss their implications for responsible AI in the media sector. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ingmar Weber\n Alexander von Humboldt Professor \n Saarland University \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Ingmar Weber is an Alexander von Humboldt Professor for AI and Chair for Societal Computing at Saarland University. His work looks at how data and AI can be used to understand and support social development. Previously\, he held positions at the Qatar Computing Research Institute\, Yahoo Research Barcelona\, and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He is among the 2% of most cited researchers and is currently leading a EUR 29M initiative to use novel data sources to measure societal phenomena and to support timely decision making. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Slow AI: When the Journey is the Destination \nAbstract: A common software design mantra is “don’t make the user think”. Using software should be effortless and help get the user’s job done as quickly as possible. While this is often desirable\, this efficiency-first approach can be detrimental for democracies where engagement with societal discussions\, rather than just ticking a box should be the goal. In our group\, we explore how “slow AI” could be used to make people think more\, not less. Examples range from using LLMs for informing voters during elections\, to a debate-yourself setup to promote tolerance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victorina Demirel\n Data & AI Activation and Governance Lead \n Schibsted New Media \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Victorina works at the intersection of data\, AI\, and strategy at Schibsted\, one of the Nordics’ leading media groups. She focuses on how media can harness AI responsibly through strong governance and strategic collaboration\, ensuring user trust and the sustainability of independent journalism. Victorina’s work centers on redefining how trusted media engage audiences and navigate the uncertainty that characterizes today’s rapidly evolving information landscape. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: At the Crossroads of AI and Journalism: Competing\, Collaborating\, and Co-Creating the Future of Media \nAbstract:As generative AI reshapes how information is created\, distributed\, and consumed\, media companies stand at a defining crossroads. On one side\, big tech platforms—OpenAI\, Google\, and others—are rapidly changing audience behavior and diverting traffic. On the other\, they represent potential allies in building frameworks that safeguard independent journalism and empower users with trustworthy information. \nIn this talk\, I will explore how we\, as a modern media company\, navigate this tension between competition and collaboration. How can we shape the rules of engagement to ensure media’s continued relevance and resilience in the age of AI? And how do we reimagine our role—not just as content providers\, but as active co-creators of an information ecosystem where truth\, trust\, and technology can coexist? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mor Naaman\n Professor & Associate Dean \n Cornell Tech \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n I am the Don and Mibs Follett professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech where I lead the Social Technologies research group and serve as the associate dean for faculty affairs. Previously\, I was an assistant professor at Rutgers SC&I\, led a research team at Yahoo! Research Berkeley\, and got a PhD from Stanford. Before all that\, I played professional basketball in Israel. I sometimes consult or even co-found startups. \nMy research focus is on topics related to Technology\, Media and Democracy\, and in particular the trustworthiness of our information ecosystem. We use a wide range of tools—from machine learning\, to computational social science\, to online experiments\, to qualitative methods—to understand and try to address these challenges\, with an increasing focus on the impact of AI-mediated communication. Our sponsors over the years included\, among others\, Yahoo\, Google\, Facebook and the National Science Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Integrating AI into Platform Writing Tasks? Not So Fast \nAbstract: \nOnline platforms increasingly integrate LLM-based writing tools\, raising questions about GenAI’s impact on individuals’ content production and outcomes. In this project\, we had a unique opportunity to measure the impact of such tool introduced by Change.org\, an online petition platform. The results provide causal evidence that in-platform AI writing tools can profoundly reshape online content\, but the tools practical utility for improving desired outcomes may be less beneficial than anticipated\, and they introduce unintended consequences like content homogenization. This finding adds to a growing body of work showing the potential impact of AI-mediation communication on media. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jill Walker Rettberg\n Professor & Co-Director \n Center for Digital Narrative \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Jill Walker Rettberg is Professor of Digital Culture and Co-Director of the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen. She leads the project AI STORIES: Narrative Archetypes of Artificial Intelligence\, which is funded by an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. Jill’s books include Machine Vision: How Algorithms are Changing the Way We See the World (Polity 2023) and Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies\, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves (2014). She is currently a member of an expert committee for Teknologirådet’s report on artificial intimacy\, and is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: AI-generated stories: the nostalgia of large language models \nAbstract: What are the dominant narratives of generative AI\, and what is at stake in their circulation? The AI STORIES project starts from the hypothesis that LLMs replicate and perhaps increase certain narrative patterns\, which could mean that we lose diversity in storytelling. Research so far suggests this is true – the thousands of AI-generated stories we have analysed in the AI STORIES project emphasise stability and nostalgia\, telling remarkably similar stories of threatened communities saved by reconnecting with heritage. LLMs also excel at simile and at affirmation\, generating additive texts – more and more and more – rather than critical analysis. What does this mean for media\, journalism and research? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Stefan Kollinger\n Chief Innovation Officer \n ORF \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Stefan Kollinger is an experienced professional in the field of media technology and digitalization\, currently serving as the Chief Innovation Officer at ORF. In this role Stefan focuses on leading strategic initiatives from AI to Smart Producing to promote technological innovations and integrate digital solutions into the company’s existing operational processes. His work involves close collaboration with various departments to ensure that ORF remains at the forefront of digital transformation and efficiently uses the latest technologies to enhance program quality and reach. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: AI DAY at ORF; Where Technology Meets Content \nAbstract: \nAt the Media Futures event\, Stefan Kollinger will present strategic action fields and emerging opportunities for integrating artificial intelligence into content creation\, production\, and distribution at ORF. His talk explores how AI can drive innovation\, enhance storytelling\, and open new pathways for public media in a rapidly evolving digital ecosystem where technology and creativity meet to shape the future. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Snorre Alvsvåg\n Backend Developer \n TV2 \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lubos Steskal\n Strategic AI Advisor \n TV2 \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nataliya Nymo\n Senior UX Designer \n Vizrt \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Yuki Onishi\n Researcher \n MediaFutures \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Adane Tarekegn\n Researcher \n MediaFutures \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morten Langfeldt Dahlback\n Head of Innovation & Tech \n Faktisk.no \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PANEL SESSION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jan Stian Vold\n Utviklingsredaktør \n Bergens Tidende \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Erik Bonesvoll\n Utviklingsredaktør \n Amedia \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Magnus Aabech\n Utviklingsredaktør \n DN Media Group \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chris Ronald Hermansen\n Head of Editorial AI \n TV2 \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victorina Demirel\n Data & AI Activation and Governance Lead \n Schibsted New Media \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WELCOMING NOTE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lars Nyre\n Professor & Deputy Leader \n Infomedia\, UiB \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christian Birkeland\n Chief Digital Officer \n TV2 \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christoph Trattner\n Professor & Director \n MediaFutures\n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen\n Dean SV-Faculty \n UiB \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christopher Senf\n Innovation Coordinator \n MediaFutures & UiB \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anastasiia Klimashevskaia\n Researcher \n MediaFutures & UiB \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alain Starke\n Assistant Professor \n MediaFutures & UvA \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DEMOS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nName\nTitle\n\n\nProfessor Andreas L. Opdahl & Øyvind Skjervheim\nDemokratibasen: Data-Driven Democracy in Action\n\n\nDr. Yuki Onishi\nGaze Tracking Project with TV2 and Vizrt\n\n\nTobias Jovall Wessel \nVerified Satirical Reframing: AI Reframing with Fact-Checking as a Tool for Next-Generation Journalism\n\n\nVegard Erlend Bolstad\nInteractive Podcast Project: SuperPods\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n POSTERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nTobias Jovall Wessel\nUsing Large Language Models to ‘Lighten the Mood’:Satirically Reframing News Recommendations to Reduce News Avoidance\n\n\nMapalo Kayeyi\nStill More of The Same: A Longitudinal Evaluation on Ceiling Effects in a New Recommender System\n\n\nHalvor Nedrebø\nEnriching User Recommendation Experience Through Incorporation of Sequential Recommendation\n\n\nOlav Gangenes\nAnalysis of User Interactions with a Personalized News Recommender System\n\n\nMarlene Holzleitner\, Dietmar Jannach\nControlled Personalization in Legacy Media Online Services: A Case Study in News Recommendation\n\n\nAdane Tarekegn\nAutomated News Clip Generation via Robust Video Summarization\n\n\nPeter Røysland Aarnes\nNumerical Perturbations to Probe Language Models for Veracity Prediction\n\n\nBilal Mahmood\nLLM-Powered Tool to Support Editors & Journalists Select Related News Articles\n\n\nVegard Steinhaug Brevik\nA Hybrid Approach to Mitigate Popularity Bias in Recommender Systems\n\n\nJeng Jia-Hua\nThe role of GPT as an adaptive technology in climate change journalism\n\n\nYuki Onishi\nDesigning User-centric TV Production Control Rooms: from Eye-gaze to Understanding Decision-making.\n\n\nVegard Erlend Bolstad\nSuperPods\n\n\nKhadiga Seddik\nCan style personalization\, rather than political personalization\, increase engagement with diverse political news?\n\n\nJiajing Wan\nPersonalizing News Headlines with Retrieval-Augmented Generation\n\n\nYelyzaveta Lysova\nWhen AI Becomes a Chef: Leveraging LLMs to Generate and Promote Healthy Recipes on Online News Platforms\n\n\nSvenja Lys Forstner\nReducing selective news avoidance of young audiences with personalized content adaptations and explanations\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LOCATION\n \n \n \n \n \n Scandic Ørnen is located at Lars Hilles Gate 18\, right next to the main bus terminal.The closest public transport stop is “Bergen Busstasjon”\, the main bus terminal. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/annual-meeting-25/ LOCATION:Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-138-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251204T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251204T120000 DTSTAMP:20260511T224817 CREATED:20251201T084826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T085050Z UID:22036-1764842400-1764849600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:UiB AI #17 Open Artificial Intelligence DESCRIPTION:This UiB AI seminar is organized by the Faculty of Law and raises the question: Can AI models be open in the same way as open-source software\, and should they be? \nOpen artificial intelligence refers to AI systems whose underlying programs and infrastructure\, training data\, model architecture\, and model weights are wholly or partly openly available\, allowing anyone to study\, modify\, and redistribute them. Large models such as ChatGPT\, Claude\, and Gemini offer access to their models\, but this access is limited to using the model. Other actors\, such as Meta’s Llama and the Chinese model DeepSeek\, present themselves as open\, but in reality provide only access to model weights and the ability to run the model locally. Their use is also subject to license terms that restrict both further distribution and commercial use. \nBut what does it actually mean for an AI model to be open? Can there be limitations on the use of open AI models? And should such models really be open\, given that openness may also make misuse easier? \nThe seminar will be streamed and recorded and given in Norwegian. \nPROGRAM: \n10:00 Coffee/tea and mingling \n10:15–11:30 Presentations \n\n\nTorger Kielland\, Professor at the Faculty of Law \n\n\nPål Grønås Drange\, Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics\, Faculty of Science and Technology \n\n\n11:30 Light lunch and mingling URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/uib-ai-17-open-artificial-intelligence/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/pingvin-eventbilde.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR