• The 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing

    Bergen

    CSCW is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners, CSCW explores the technical, social, material, and theoretical challenges of designing technology to support collaborative work and life activities. The 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work […]

  • Talks by Google Deepmind researcher

    UiB Bergen , Norway

    SFI MediaFutures hosts two talks with Google Deepmind researcher Nitesh Goyal, invited and introduced by work package 4 co-leader professor Morten Fjeld. Tesh (Nitesh) Goyal leads research at the intersection of AI and Safety at Google Deepmind. His work at Google has led to the launch of ML based tools like SynthID to enable AI […]

  • Recommender Systems and Nudges for Healthier Food Choice

    Auditorium 2 Jussbygget

    We are pleased to invite you to the trial lecture and public defence of Ayoub el Majjodi, PhD candidate at SFI MediaFutures. Date: 23 OctoberVenue: Auditorium 2 Jussbygget, UiB Time: 9:15 PhD Thesis:Recommender Systems and Nudges for Healthier Food Choices Thesis Summary: Recommender systems are widely used to address the challenge of information overload by presenting users with […]

  • Beyond Accuracy: Exploring Fairness and Generative AI in (News) Recommender Systems

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    We want to invite to a lunch seminar with Thomas E. Kolb, PhD candidate from TU Wien (Austria) and member of the CDL-RecSys. Thomas is visiting MediaFutures for two months (until November 14) as part of an Erasmus traineeship. His research focuses on news recommender systems, particularly on fairness and bias over time. Friday, 24th […]

  • Intelligente Bergen 2025

    Universitetsaulaen i Bergen

    UiB AI invites you to the fourth edition of the annual conference Intelligente Bergen, on Thursday, November 6. The title of this year's conference is "Artificial Intelligence - Human Transformation". The conference will be held in Norwegian. Intelligente Bergen brings together businesses, the public sector, researchers, and students in the Bergen region to showcase research […]

  • Annual Meeting 25: Our public flagship conference

    Scandic Ørnen, Bergen

    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: Navigating Uncertainty with AI: Battling Misinformation & Empowering Users — and we’d love for you to join us. Please register below. The day is open to everyone: media […]

  • Evaluation of norwegian language models: language and law

    Spiserommet, Domus Academica Oslo

    In this seminar, Lilja Øvrelid and Hans Christian Farsethås will give an overview of Norwegian language models and how they are evaluated. They will outline the main features of current evaluation methodology, review existing Norwegian evaluations, and highlight where new approaches are needed—particularly in specialist domains such as law. Lilja Øvrelid, WP5 leader in MediaFutures, […]

  • UiB AI #17 Open Artificial Intelligence

    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? Open artificial intelligence refers to AI systems whose underlying programs and infrastructure, training data, model architecture, and model weights are wholly or partly openly […]

  • News experience: Understanding why and how audiences interact with news beyond audience metrics

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

    We are pleased to invite you to the trial lecture and public defence of Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus, PhD candidate at SFI MediaFutures. Date: 9 DecemberVenue: Ulrikes Aula, Ulrike Pihls hus Time: The trial lecture starts at 09:15 and the defense begins at 10:30. PhD Thesis:News experience: Understanding why and how audiences interact with news beyond audience metrics Thesis […]

  • Research on Norwegian Open Large Language Models at UiO

    Seminar room Logo 2438, UiO

    The Language Technology Group (LTG) at the Department of Informatics hosts a seminar on open large language models for the languages of Norway, with emphasis on ongoing experimentation at LTG with end-to-end model training and evaluation, as well as the introduction of an experimental chatbot prototype. Large language models (LLMs) are the main engine under […]

  • Popularity Bias in Recommender Systems​

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

    We are pleased to invite you to the trial lecture and public defence of Anastasiia Klimashevskaia, PhD candidate at SFI MediaFutures. Date: 15 December Venue: Ulrikes Aula, University of Bergen Time: To be confirmed PhD Thesis:Beyond Popularity: Investigating and Mitigating Bias in Recommender Systems Thesis Summary:Recommender systems are powerful tools shaping what users see and […]

  • Winter School at the Northern Lights Deep Learning (NLDL) Conference

    UiT Campus

    MediaFutures associate professor Samia Touileb will be speaker at the Winter School at the Northern Lights Deep Learning (NLDL) Conference 2026!  The NLDL Winter School consists of tutorials by experts in the field and is co-hosted by NORA as part of the NORA Research School. For registration, please use https://www.nldl.org/attend/registration Getting formal ECTS Credits: UiT The Arctic University of Norway […]