Mobilisation seminar on AI for trust and sustainability
Storsalen, Nygårdsgaten 5, første etasje.In connection with the upcoming announcement of the AI billion, the Research and Innovation Department at UiB (Forsknings- og innovasjonsavdelingen FIA) invites academic communities researching artificial intelligence to a mobilization […]
CuttingEdgeAI: Open Norwegian language models as common property.
Domus Bibliotheca, Karl Johans gate 47, 0162, OsloEarlier this month, MediaFutures professor Lilja Øvrelid and Erik Velldal released in collaboration with other partners several Norwegian language models openly available and trained on open data. These have now […]
Building to learn, not to launch
Lauritz Meltzers Hus - SV-bygget - Fosswinckelsgate 6 - - Auditorium Storetinget 1st floor, BergenApril 16, Lasse Mejlvang Tvedt, and Christopher Pearsell-Ross from Futures Lab will hold a guest lecture in professor Frode Guribyes course, where they talk about how Schibsted works with prototyping […]
Christie Conference 2024
UiB Universitetsaulaen and onlineThe Christie Conference aims to be UiB's key forum connecting research, politics, administration, culture, society, and business. Held annually in late April at the University Aula, it's named after Wilhelm […]
Overview of Serendipity in Recommender Systems
MediaFutures MCB Store læringsrom, Læringslab 3rd floorMediaFutures and UiBs research group DARS which stands for Behavioral Data Analytics & Recommender Systems, is inviting to a seminar with the postdoctoral researcher Denis Kotkov from the University of Helsinki. Kotkov is working on […]
NMD: AI and the media industry: Where do we stand? Where do we go?
Dovregubben, GrieghallenWhen OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, it sparked a rapid democratization of generative AI technology. It also marked the beginning of a new era for the media industry. This […]
NMD: Media Survey 2024: American Conditions
GrieghallenAs part of this years Nordic Media Days, MediaFutures associate professor Erik Knudsen will present the Medieundersøkelse. Fall 2024 marks another presidential election in the United States, prompting this year's […]
NMD: ChatGPT, Copilot & Bard – How do Large Language Models Work?
Troldtog, GrieghallenLarge language models have taken over Norwegian media companies, and the technology is being used in increasingly more phases of news production, from idea development, transcription, translation, to summarization. But […]
Master Student Demonstration
Media City Bergen, AtriumUiBs media network Teklab is organising the first ever Master Student Demo at the program for media and interaction design (MIX). The event will take place in the Atrium in Media […]
Webinar on EU elections and how to prevent interference
digitalThe EU elections, Europe Day, Victory Day and Eurovision are approaching - and so are the opportunities for spreading false information and fomenting polarization. That's why Faktabari, in cooperation with […]
Academic breakfast with Erik Knudsen
Vrimearealet, SV-bygget, 3.etasjeThe SV-faculty invites all students and employees at UiB to attend Erik Knudsens presentation about news avoiders in Norway. Have you found yourself consciously avoiding news or specific news topics […]
Ethical considerations regarding the use of AI
Kode Permanenten, Nordahl Bruns gate 9, BergenWestern Norwegian Film Centre, in collaboration with the Zephyr Media Fund, BIFF, and the Film Association, invites you to industry days and a film festival at Kode Permanenten on May […]