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SUMMARY:Talks & Panel Event: From Memes to Mass Movements: How India's Gen Z is Shaping the Future
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED / POSTPONED\nUnfortunately\, our joint event with Det Moderne India has been postponed at short notice. \nOur main speaker\, Saurav Das of the Cockroach Janta Party movement\, is no longer able to join us due to recent political developments in India. A second speaker has also had to withdraw. \nAt the heart of this event is the exchange between voices from inside the movement and researchers working across media\, technology and political science. We therefore want to bring the conversation back when this exchange can take place as intended. \nWe are working on a new date and will share more information as soon as possible. Everyone who has registered for the event will be notified directly. \nStay tuned for a new date. \n MediaFutures × Det Moderne India\nWelcome to our joint event:India’s Digital Generation: From Memes to Mass Movements \nWhat happens when memes turn into a mass movement?\nIn India\, a new generation is finding its own ways to speak up\, organise and challenge established politics. The Cockroach Janta Party grew from digital satire and memes among Gen Z into a large protest movement – bringing questions of unemployment\, education and political accountability from social media into the streets. \nOn October 2\, MediaFutures and The Modern India (Det Moderne India) bring together an exceptional group of researchers and voices to explore what this tells us about the changing relationship between media\, technology\, political communication and democracy. \nWe are especially excited to welcome Saurav Das\, Chief Spokesperson of the Cockroach Janta Party\, joining us directly from India. \nHe will be joined by Rina Sunder\, Anwesha Dutta\, Siri Gloppen\, Özlem Demirkol-Tønnesen\, Manisha Pathak-Shelat and Chris Senf\, Ph.D.\, for talks and a panel discussion.From Memes to Mass Movements: How India’s Gen Z is Shaping the Future \nJoin us in Bergen (SFI MediaFutures\, Media City Bergen)Or join online More information & registration ↓ \n \nTentative event timeline \nFriday\, 4. September\n\n\n\nTime\nProgram\nDetails\n\n\n\n\n10:15\nWelcome\nChristopher Senf & Rina Sunder (SFI MediaFutures & Det Moderne India)\n\n\n10:20\nSetting the scene\nRina Sunder (Det Moderne India)\n\n\n10:30\nInside the Movement\nSaurav Das (Chief spokesperson of Cockroach Janta Party) /Online\n\n\n11:00\nTitle TBA\n Manisha Pathak-Shelat\, Associate Professor\, University of Wisconsin-Madinson /Recorded\n\n\n11:05\nWeapon & Shields: Law and protest movements in India\nSiri Gloppen\, Professor\, Department of Government (UiB)\n\n\n11:15\nPlayful\, Subversive\, Vernacular: Language of dissent and protest in a digital world\nOzlem Demirkol Tønnesen\, Postdoc Research Fellow\, Department of Infomedia (UiB)\n\n\n11:25\nMillennial with Gen Z: From the India We Inherited to the India We Imagine!!\nAnwesha Dutta\, Senior Researcher\, Chr. Michelsen Institute (UiB)\n\n\n11:35\nPanel Debate\nSaurav Das\, Siri Gloppen\, Ozlem Demirkol Tønnesen and Anwesha DuttaModerated by Christopher Senf\n\n\n11:55\nClosing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLink to the event.  \nJoin on Zoom. \n 
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/indias-digital-generation-from-memes-to-mass-movements/
LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB
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SUMMARY:PYData Seminar: Stop Early\, Decide Smarter: Bayesian Sequential Testing for LLM Benchmarking
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Marinelli will be holding a tutorial at PyData\, Amsterdam. \nEvaluating large language models is expensive. Standard benchmarking practices run fixed numbers of trials regardless of how quickly signal emerges\, wasting compute when differences are obvious and under-sampling when they are subtle. \nThis talk introduces Bayesian sequential stopping rules as a principled alternative. Rather than committing to a sample size upfront\, sequential methods continuously update a posterior over model performance and halt evaluation once sufficient evidence has accumulated\, or once further sampling is unlikely to change the conclusion. \nWe walk through the statistical foundations\, show how this framework applies to common benchmarking scenarios (accuracy comparisons\, pass@k\, agent task completion)\, and demonstrate a practical open-source Python implementation attendees can use immediately. Real benchmark datasets are used throughout to ground the approach. \nAudience: ML engineers\, researchers\, and data scientists who run model evaluations and care about making reliable comparisons without burning unnecessary compute. \nTakeaways: A conceptual understanding of sequential testing\, practical guidance on when and how to apply it\, and a working tool to take home. \nFixed-sample benchmarking is the default in NLP and LLM evaluation\, but it has two failure modes: it over-runs when models are clearly different early on\, and under-runs when tight comparisons require more evidence than the budget allows. Sequential hypothesis testing\, long standard in clinical trials and A/B testing\, offers a cleaner framework: keep sampling until a decision threshold is crossed\, or until a maximum budget is exhausted. \nThis talk applies that framework specifically to LLM and agent benchmarking and covers: \n\nThe statistical case: Why pass@k evaluation is often wasteful\, and what sequential Bayes factors and posterior stopping criteria offer instead\nDesign choices: Prior elicitation\, stopping thresholds\, and how to handle multi-model comparisons without inflating error rates\nPractical implementation: A walkthrough of a pip-installable Python package built on this framework\nLimitations and scope: When sequential testing helps\, when it doesn’t\, and how to sanity-check results\n\nThe talk is self-contained; attendees need only basic familiarity with probability and Python. \nOutline (30 min):\nMotivation: the cost of fixed-N benchmarking — 5 min\nSequential testing foundations (Bayes factors\, stopping rules) — 8 min\nDemo: the Python package on real benchmark data — 10 min\nDesign guidance\, edge cases\, and Q&A — 7 min
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/pydata-seminar-stop-early-decide-smarter-bayesian-sequential-testing-for-llm-benchmarking/
LOCATION:NDSM-Plein 85 1033 WC Amsterdam\, NDSM-Plein 85 1033 WC Amsterdam\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:Public Roundtable: Who Can We Trust? AI\, News\, and the Future of Public Truth
DESCRIPTION:Roundtable: Who can we trust? AI\, news\, and the future of public truth.\n\nArtificial intelligence is rapidly changing how news is produced\, distributed and encountered. It is becoming part of editorial workflows\, content moderation and recommendation systems\, influencing not only how journalists work\, but also what information reaches the public – and how we decide what to trust. \nWhat does this mean for the ethical foundations of journalism and news media? And how can we ensure that AI strengthens\, rather than undermines\, access to reliable information and democratic public life? \nThis public roundtable brings together Dr. David Danks\, Dr. Maralee Harrell\, Dr. Emily LaRosa\, Dr. Johnathan Flowers\, Dr. Kimon Kieslich and Dr. Natali Helberger – scholars whose work spans AI ethics\, philosophy\, public reasoning\, technology and society\, media governance and communication. Bringing these perspectives into the same conversation creates an opportunity to examine questions that cannot be addressed by technology\, journalism\, policy or ethics alone. Moderated by Dr. Christopher Senf. \nThe discussion will explore trust\, accountability\, public reasoning and justice in AI-mediated news environments\, including the implications of AI for journalism\, content moderation\, recommendation systems\, editorial practices and public access to reliable information. It will also ask a larger question: What ethical frameworks do we need as AI becomes increasingly embedded in the infrastructures through which societies understand themselves and the world? \nRather than a series of individual presentations\, the event takes the form of a public roundtable. The format is deliberately conversational: different disciplines\, approaches and positions can meet around the same questions\, allowing participants to respond to\, challenge and build on one another’s perspectives. Opening that conversation to the public also makes the discussion itself part of a wider process of reflection on how AI should shape our shared information environment. \nFor MediaFutures\, these questions go to the heart of the centre’s work on responsible AI for the media sector and its research into misinformation\, polarization\, discrimination and the conditions for healthy information ecosystems. \nI want to attend. Register Now. \nWhen: Friday\, October 2 – Venue: Scandic Ørnen \n\n\n\n\n15:00–17:00\nPublic Roundtable\nDiscussion on trust\, accountability\, public reasoning\, and justice in AI-mediated news environments.\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/public-roundtable-who-can-we-trust-ai-news-and-the-future-of-public-truth/
LOCATION:Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 26: Our public flagship conference
DESCRIPTION:Keep the date in your calendars! We are underway in planning the Annual Meeting for 2026! Please see the preliminary schedule below\, final program will be confirmed closer to the date.  \nThursday\, 5 November – Venue: Media City\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\nProgram \n\n\nDetails \n\n\n\n\n\n\n13:00–13:15 \n\n\nWelcome & framing \n\n\nChristopher Senf (MediaFutures) with Media Cluster Norway. Aims for the afternoon. \n\n\n\n\n13:15–14:00 \n\n\nSession A — Liquid content & journalism-as-a-service \n\n\nPaired industry + research talks (e.g. Schibsted / TV 2 with an Audience Understanding & Personalisation talk). \n\n\n\n\n14:00–14:30 \n\n\nTable discussion & project ideation \n\n\nFacilitated groups; capture concrete collaboration ideas. \n\n\n\n\n14:30–14:50 \n\n\nCoffee break \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n14:50–15:35 \n\n\nSession B — Young audiences\, trust & AI transparency \n\n\nPaired talks (e.g. Amedia / Bergens Tidende with a Curated Information Frameworks talk). \n\n\n\n\n15:35–16:00 \n\n\nTable discussion \n\n\nPriorities and open questions per group. \n\n\n\n\n16:00–16:15 \n\n\nCoffee break \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n16:15–16:55 \n\n\nSession C — Verification\, fact-checking & content moderation \n\n\nPaired talks (e.g. Faktisk.no / Factiverse with a moderation-research talk). \n\n\n\n\n16:55–17:30 \n\n\nWrap-up: shared priorities & next steps \n\n\nSynthesis of table outputs; commitments and follow-ups. \n\n\n\n\n19:30 \n\n\nConference Dinner \n\n\nROAST\, Scandic Ørnen  (separate registration) \n\n\n\n\nFriday\, 6 November – Venue: Scandic Ørnen\n\n\n\n\n08:15–09:00 \n\n\nRegistration & morning coffee \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n09:00–09:15 \n\n\nWelcome & opening \n\n\nChristoph Trattner — Director\, SFI MediaFutures \n\n\n\n\n09:15–09:55 \n\n\nKeynote 1 + Q&A \n\n\nProf. Claes de Vreese (University of Amsterdam) — AI\, public trust and the future of democracy  confirmed \n\n\n\n\n09:55–10:35 \n\n\nKeynote 2 + Q&A \n\n\nEzra Eeman (Director of Strategy & Innovation\, NPO) — AI and the transformation of media business models  confirmed \n\n\n\n\n10:35–11:00 \n\n\nCoffee break \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n11:00–12:00 \n\n\nSession 1 — AI & the Newsroom3 talks (15 min each) + joint Q&A \n\n\n• JC Lopez (Schibsted News Media) — AI & liquid news  confirmed• France TV — Skander Ben Attia (CTO) / director-level  confirmed• Prof. Johanna Pirker (TU Munich) — AI\, VR\, HCI & gamification  confirmed \n\n\n\n\n12:00–13:00 \n\n\nLunch \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n13:00–14:00 \n\n\nSession 2 — AI\, Verification & Trust3 talks (15 min each) + joint Q&A \n\n\n• Prof. Andreas Vlachos (Cambridge) — ML & automated fact-checking  confirmed• Maria Amelie (Factiverse)  TBC• BBC Verify —Kayleen Devlin  confirmed \n\n\n\n\n14:00–14:20 \n\n\nCoffee break \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n14:20–15:20 \n\n\nSession 3 — AI Safety & Democratic Impact3 talks (15 min each) + joint Q&A \n\n\n• Stuart Jennings (AI Security Institute; prev. BBC)  confirmed• Florent Daudens (Mizal AI; prev. Hugging Face)  TBC • Talk 3 — open slot; suggested: Sam Gregory (WITNESS) — provenance & synthetic-media authenticity  open slot — see notes \n\n\n\n\n15:20–15:40 \n\n\nCoffee break \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n15:40–16:40 \n\n\nPanel — Nordic News Media AICompany pitches + moderated debate \n\n\n15:40 — Company pitches (MediaFutures industry partners)  partners TBD16:00 — Moderated debateModerator TBC \n\n\n\n\n16:40–16:55 \n\n\nRefreshment break \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n16:55–17:40 \n\n\nDemo & Poster Session \n\n\n16:55 — Live demos · 17:15 — Poster pitches (lightning) \n\n\n\n\n17:40–18:15 \n\n\nNetworking reception \n\n\nDrinks; posters and demos remain open. \n\n\n\n\n18:15–18:30 \n\n\nPoster Awards & closing \n\n\nChristoph Trattner \n\n\n\n\n18:30 \n\n\nEnd of conference program \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/annual-meeting-26-our-public-flagship-conference/
LOCATION:Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen
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