Humaniora meets Artifical Intelligence
Universitetet i Bergen, Storsalen, Nygårdsgaten 5UHR-Humaniora and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bergen invite to a conference on artificial intelligence and the humanities on May 31st. The event will be in Norwegian. Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up new possibilities for how we communicate, create art, and participate in democracy. However, while the development of AI is […]
Political news analysis by YouTubers : Initial results from quantitative processing of a textual corpus
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorMediaFutures Work Package 1 and The Network for culture, inequality and democracy (KUD/CID) at Infomedia invite to a public lecture on the topic of alternative political analysis on YouTube, given by Quentin Gilliotte, Professeur Junior at Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris, France) There will be time for a Q&A. The productions on digital platforms are becoming an increasingly […]
One size fits one – accessibility through preferences
RemoteYngvar Nordberg, representing TV 2 Skole AS and WP4 on Media Content Interaction & Accessibility, will be an invited presenter at the COST LEAD-ME Seminar on "Media Accessibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, taking place on June 4, 2024, at the St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus. Remote participants are welcome: Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mdr-wyvp-ccm Yngvar Nordberg, TV […]
AI Regulation and Governance: A Cross-Jurisdictional Approach
Domus Bibliotheca, Karl Johans gate 47, 0162, OsloMediaFutures associate professor Samie Touileb is giving a keynote speech on AI technology at this conference. With the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act being adopted and various major jurisdictions deliberating AI policy at both national and international levels, this conference provides a timely platform to navigate the myriad legal and policy issues AI presents, from […]
Transparency, Privacy, and Fairness in Recommender Systems
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorMediaFutures has invited Dipl.Ing. Dr.techn. Dominik Kowald from Graz, Austria to talk about transparency, privacy and fairness in recommender systems. He is research area manager in Fair AI at the Know-Center and senior researcher and lecturer – ISDS (TU Graz). Recommender systems have become a pervasive part of our daily online experience by analyzing past usage […]
Making sense of news audiences and their experiences: Practices and responses to news in the age of datafication
Room 514, Fosswinckels gate 6Welcome to the Final Seminar of our Ph.D Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus. Commentator: Assistant Professor Joëlle Swart (University of Groningen). On June 18th, the Department of Information Science and Media Studies organizes a PhD Final Seminar for candidate Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus. The Final Seminar takes place toward the end of the PhD period, when the candidate is a few […]
Addressing the Next-Poster Problem: A Hybrid Recommender System for Streaming Platforms
Møterom 1 MCB09:30 Pre-discussion (attendants: Mehdi Elahi, Benjamin Kille) 10:00 start explanation followed by thesis presentation (attendants: all) Around 10:40 Interrogation (attendants: Alvsvåg, Mehdi Elahi, Benjamin Kille) Around 11:15 Consultation between censors (attendants: Mehdi Elahi, Benjamin Kille) Around 11:35: Results (attendants: all) Title: Addressing the Next-Poster Problem: A Hybrid Recommender System for Streaming Platforms Abstract: Recommendation strategies in the Movie […]
AI Solutions for Local Journalism Challenges: A Design Thinking Approach and Beyond
OnlineWP3 invites to a digital seminar on AI for local journalism. Speaker is the Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Reshmi G. Pillai from Vrije University Amsterdam. Journalism has been transformed by technological advancements over the last two decades, causing significant economic disruption among other challenges. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence has accelerated this paradigm shift, presenting tremendous […]
Advancing Image and Video Understanding Beyond Traditional Paradigms: Vocabulary-Free Classification and Zero-Shot Temporal Localization
Ulrike Pihls hus, Seminarrom 2BThe Department of Information Science and Media Studies and the I2S research group welcomes you to this seminar with Paolo Rota of University of Trento. The rapid evolution of vision-language models is transforming the landscape of image and video understanding, going beyond traditional classification and localization paradigms. We will explore two recent methodologies that challenge […]
Europe’s Digital Agenda: Is the AI Act the Final Act? In Search of Common Principles
Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31, 5006 Bergen AND ZoomOver the past five years the European Union legislature has passed a flurry of ambitious directives and regulations dealing with various aspects of Europe’s digital economy: the Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive (2019), the Open Data Directive (2019), the Data Governance Act (2022), the Digital Services Act (2022), the Digital Market Act (2022), the Data […]
Personalisation Day
Wallenberg Conference Center, Gothenburg, SwedenWe invite all researchers and practitioners in the Nordics to the second Nordic Personalisation day in Wallenberg Conference Center, Gothenburg. We aim on two days full of talks and discussions on ethics, responsibility in personalisation and recommender systems. There will also be plenty of time to meet peers both from industry and research and exchange ideas […]
Training workshop in Oslo: Accessibility in Digital Learning Resources
osloJoin our 2-Day training workshop on Accessibility in Digital Learning Resources! Are you passionate about making digital learning more interactive and accessible? Our upcoming workshop in Oslo, Norway, on Monday, September 16th, and Tuesday, September 17th, is the perfect opportunity for you! Focus Areas:- Tools for enhancing interactivity and accessibility in linear media experiences.- Balancing […]