UiB Innovation Festival: From research to change
Nygårdsgaten 5, Nordre Allmenning 3 at LæringsarenaenYou are invited to the UiB Innovation Festival that will take place on September 20th from 9 to 14:30 at Nygårdsgaten 5. The festival is your opportunity to engage with the broad spectrum of innovation emerging from our university, discuss how to balance the open science with protecting intellectual property, and reflect on how UiB can […]
MediaFutures seminar
OnlineTitle: Facing disinformation in social media with focus on its social impact The integration of social media into our daily lives has been both transformative and essential, offering numerous advantages in how we communicate, share information, and engage with the world. However, alongside these benefits comes a growing concern: the widespread dissemination of misinformation. This […]
Future Week 2024
Media City Bergen, AtriumFuture Week is an annual conference on media technology and editorial innovation. The conference focuses on the intersection of new technology and journalism. With around 300 participants, Future Week is an informal, boutique conference where editorial teams meet product developers and media technologists. We feature engaging speakers from newsrooms and media technology companies, both from […]
Pixar Animations Studios from film to streaming: What are the lessons?
Media Lab, 9th floor, tower 3, Media City BergenThe 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. Join 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. […]
Annual Meeting 2024
Scandic Ørnen, BergenMediaFutures is a centre for research-based innovation with the goal to develop responsible media technology, leveraging AI technology, for the media sector. The 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 […]
NIKT 2024
Nygårdsgaten 5, Nordre Allmenning 3 at LæringsarenaenUniversity 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 […]
UiB AI #12: Aligning AI with Human Values. Challenges and Solutions
Storsalen, Nygårdsgaten 5, first floorThe event aims to bring together experts, researchers, and industry professionals to explore, discuss, and advance our understanding of the challenges and solutions related to aligning artificial intelligence systems with human values and goals. The objectives and expected outcomes of this seminar are as follows: - Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges […]
Workshop: From Research to Academic Startup
SFI MediaFutures, MCBCurious 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. Highlights include: - An introduction to VIS’ brand-new entrepreneurship program […]
The Human Quotient for Better AI Systems
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorUjwal 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. He is the Vice-Chair of CHI […]
Bias in Hate Speech Detection: Challenges and Solutions
SFI MediaFutures, MCBSFI MediaFutures invites to a seminar on bias in hate speech detection hold by Debora Nozza, on 12 of December in our office in Bergen. Abstract: Online hate speech is on the rise, often leading to offline harm. While NLP methods, including LLMs, offer tools for detection, fine-tuning these models can introduce severe unintended bias—performing […]
Rethinking Trust: Unveiling the Dynamics of Trust and Distrust
U.Phil AuditoriumTitle: Rethinking Trust: Unveiling the Dynamics of Trust and Distrust Research 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 […]
Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference
TromsøDeep 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. Keynote […]