BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MediaFutures - ECPv6.15.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MediaFutures X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mediafutures.no X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MediaFutures REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Oslo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251106T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251106T150000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050806 CREATED:20250728T081539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T105546Z UID:21349-1762419600-1762441200@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Intelligente Bergen 2025 DESCRIPTION: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. \nIntelligente Bergen brings together businesses\, the public sector\, researchers\, and students in the Bergen region to showcase research on and applications of artificial intelligence. The conference takes place in the University Aula\, Muséplassen 3 (entrance via the Museum Garden\, toward the Student Center). \nThe conference explores new opportunities for collaboration and opens dialogue across disciplines and sectors. The goal is to connect researchers\, industry\, students\, and the public sector\, and to show how AI is being used\, studied\, and developed across a wide range of sectors in the region. The 2025 conference will place special emphasis on transformation and adaptation. \nThe conference is free of charge\, but requires registration.Register for Intelligente Bergen 2025 here. \nProgram\n08:15–09:00 – Registration and coffee/teaEntrance through the Museum Garden or via Godt Brød and down the stairs. Find your name badge and go up one floor for coffee/tea and to meet other attendees. \n09:00–10:10 – Introduction and keynote talks \n\n\nDag Stenvoll\, Coordinator for UiB AI: “AI and Transformation: Intelligente Bergen 2025” \n\n\nMorten Goodwin\, Professor at the University of Agder: “Artificial Intelligence: A New Era for Humanity” \n\n\nNora Gjøen-Gjøsæter\, Head of Artificial Intelligence at Kantega: “What’s Preventing Western Norway Companies from Creating Value with AI?” \n\n\n10:10–10:40 – Break \n10:40–11:30 – Artificial Intelligence and Transformation\, Part 1 \n\n\nPål A. Reiersgaard\, Area Manager for Platform and Head of Technology & Development\, Lerøy Seafood Group: “AI Accelerating the Ocean Industries” \n\n\nKjetil Århus\, Director of Digitalization\, City of Bergen: “AI and Municipal Transformation” \n\n\nKjetil Høydal\, Innovation Engineer\, Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency: “Drones – A Paradigm Shift in the Defense Sector” \n\n\n11:30–12:15 – Bergen’s New AI Center: AI-LEARNIn June\, the Research Council of Norway awarded NOK 200 million to the Artificial Intelligence Centre for the Empowerment of Human Learning\, as part of the national AI initiative. The center is led by the University of Bergen (UiB) and NTNU and includes 30 partners. \nSpeakers in this session include Barbara Wasson (UiB\, Center Director)\, Alexander Joyce (KS/Vestfold County Council)\, Øystein Nordberg (Midlaier AS)\, and Ingunn Ness (SLATE)\, discussing the potential of such a center for the Bergen region. \n12:15–13:00 – Lunch \n13:00–13:45 – Artificial Intelligence and Transformation\, Part 2 \n\n\nHelene Frihammer\, Regional Director\, NHO Vestland: “Let’s Hope AI Takes Our Jobs!” \n\n\nSusan Johnsen\, Former Managing Director\, Allegro: “AI Took Our Jobs” \n\n\nBenedicte Mosby Irgens\, Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics\, UiB: “Foreign Languages and the New Language Technologies” \n\n\nVegard Slettvoll\, Medical Student\, UiB: “AI in Health and Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges” \n\n\nDamoun Nassehi\, Associate Professor\, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care\, UiB: “Socrates AI” \n\n\nXieqi Shi\, Professor of Dentistry\, UiB: “Deep Learning in Dental Radiological Diagnostics” \n\n\n13:45–14:30 – AI as a Cause and Tool for TransformationThe closing panel discussion addresses key issues that emerged throughout the day. How can AI help meet the need for transformation—caused by factors like an aging population and the green transition? And how does the rapid development of AI itself demand transformation in our workplaces and society at large? \nPanelists: \n\n\nOdd Gurvin\, Senior Consultant\, Innovation Infrastructure\, Vestland County Council \n\n\nNora Gjøen-Gjøsæter\, Head of Artificial Intelligence\, Kantega \n\n\nPål Grønås Drange\, Associate Professor\, Department of Informatics\, UiBModerator: Inge Jonassen\, Professor/Department Head and Chair of the UiB AI Steering Group \n\n\n14:30–15:00 – Fruit and Networking URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/intelligente-bergen-2025/ LOCATION:Universitetsaulaen i Bergen CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/ib_konferansen_bilete_til_side_2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251024T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251024T130000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050806 CREATED:20251020T081632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T080239Z UID:21787-1761307200-1761310800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Beyond Accuracy: Exploring Fairness and Generative AI in (News) Recommender Systems DESCRIPTION:We want to invite to a lunch seminar with Thomas E. Kolb\, PhD candidate from TU Wien (Austria) and member of the CDL-RecSys. \nThomas 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. \nFriday\, 24th of October\, Thomas will present his recent work and share insights from his ongoing research in this area. \nBio: \nThomas is conducting research as part of his Ph.D. on the subject of long-term dynamics of bias and fairness in cross-domain recommender Systems. To analyse these dynamics in a real world environment his lab works together with a company within the domain of news\, books and lifestyle. The exploration of long-term dynamics in this field has immense potential for the development of fairer recommender systems. He firmly believes in the significance of providing the research community with fresh insights to foster the creation of responsible and fair recommender systems. \nAbstract: \nRecommender systems have become a key technology in digital media environments\, yet their success cannot be measured by accuracy alone. In this talk\, Thomas E. Kolb will first provide an overview of the lab’s current research activities across domains such as\, e-commerce\, fashion\, and news. He will then present his past and current work on evaluating and designing recommender systems from a beyond-accuracy perspective\, including insights on what makes up a “good reading recommendation” in news contexts based on the lab’s industry collaborations. The talk concludes with an outlook on recent trends in conversational and generative recommender systems\, based on insights from his tutorial at the ACM Recommender Systems Conference. \nYou can follow the talk live by joining zoom: https://uib.zoom.us/j/69085222716?pwd=t7lotTdLgtpTLRzcWnmB4DgTNUiNd6.1 URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/beyond-accuracy-exploring-fairness-and-generative-ai-in-news-recommender-systems/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-136-8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251023T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251023T150000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050806 CREATED:20251008T145134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T094227Z UID:21716-1761210900-1761231600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Recommender Systems and Nudges for Healthier Food Choice DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to the trial lecture and public defence of Ayoub el Majjodi\, PhD candidate at SFI MediaFutures. \nDate: 23 OctoberVenue: Auditorium 2 Jussbygget\, UiB \nTime: 9:15 \nPhD Thesis:Recommender Systems and Nudges for Healthier Food Choices \nThesis Summary: \nRecommender systems are widely used to address the challenge of information overload by presenting users with the most relevant content through personalization techniques. In the food domain\, decision-making is particularly complex due to the multifaceted nature of food choices\, which are influenced by a range of individual\, contextual\, and environmental factors. Despite this complexity\, recommender systems have shown considerable promise in modeling real world food preferences and supporting users in navigating food related decisions. Their adoption in food applications has been steadily increasing\, reflecting the growing importance and difficulty of making informed\, personalized\, and health-conscious dietary choices. Nonetheless\, these systems have often been shown to generate predom- inantly popular food options\, which tend to be less healthy. As users interact with such systems\, they are repeatedly exposed to unhealthy choices\, which in turn reinforces their preferences for these items. This feedback loop causes algorithms to prioritize popular yet nutritionally poor options\, ultimately amplifying unhealthy eating behaviors with potential negative implications for public health. At the same time\, digital nudging has emerged as a promising strategy for influencing user behavior in subtle and non intrusive ways. How- ever\, limited research has investigated how digital nudges and recommender systems can be effectively combined particularly in user-centered settings aimed at supporting informed decision-making and promoting behavioral change. To address this gap\, this thesis adopts a Design Science Research methodology to design\, implement\, and evaluate food recommender systems augmented with digital nudges. The research is documented across several peer-reviewed manuscripts and supported by both offline algorithmic evaluations and online user experiments. These studies examine how various preference elicitation methods\, nudging techniques\, and user characteristics such as food knowledge and dietary goals interact to shape user experience and behavior. The findings reveal that several nudging techniques warrant further investigation in the con- text of food recommender systems\, particularly through user-centric evaluation approaches. Moreover\, while digital nudges can support healthier food choices\, their effectiveness varies depending on personalization\, user familiarity\, and system design. Interestingly\, non-personalized recommendations with clear nutritional labeling were often more effective in encouraging healthy decisions than personalized options. Additionally\, the interplay between preference elicitation methods\, user knowledge\, and nudging strate- gies significantly influenced user choices\, interactions\, and overall experience. This thesis contributes to the fields of recommender systems and persuasive technologies by demonstrating how digital nudges and system design features jointly influence health related decision-making. It emphasizes the importance of user-centric evaluation and lays the foundation for future research on adaptive nudging\, long-term behavior change\, and real- world deployments in food-related digital platforms. \nOpponents:Associate Professor Alan Said\, University of Gothenburg\, SwedenAssistant Professor Julia Neidhardt\, TU Vienna\, Austria \nChair of the Committee:Associate Professor Erik Knudsen\, Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, University of Bergen \nDefense Chair:Associate Professor Samia Touileb\, Research Leader at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, University of Bergen URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/recommender-systems-and-nudges-for-healthier-food-choice/ LOCATION:Auditorium 2 Jussbygget CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-131-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251022T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251022T140000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050806 CREATED:20251001T091623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T084206Z UID:21639-1761124500-1761141600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Talks by Google Deepmind researcher DESCRIPTION:SFI MediaFutures hosts two talks with Google Deepmind researcher Nitesh Goyal\, invited and introduced by work package 4 co-leader professor Morten Fjeld. \nTesh (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 Literacy\, AIStudio and MakerSuite to enable creatives for leveraging AI to bring their ideas to life\, Harassment Manager to empower targets of online harassment\, ML based moderation to reduce online toxic content production on platforms like OpenWeb\, and multiple NLP based tools that reduce biased sensemaking. He received his MSc in Computer Science from UC\, Berkeley and RWTH Aachen\, prior to receiving his PhD from Cornell University in Information Science. His research has been supported by the German Govt.\, and National Science Foundation. Frequently collaborating with industry (Google Research\, Yahoo Labs\, HP Labs\, Bloomberg Labs)\, he has published in top-tier HCI venues (eg. CHI\, CSCW\, FAccT)\, received three best paper honorable mention awards (CHI\, CSCW) and his work is frequently covered in the press. Tesh also serves on the ACM SIGCHI Steering Committee\, as appointed Adjunct Professor at New York University and Columbia University\, and as ACM Distinguished Speaker. \n  \nTalk 1: Wednesday 22 October 09:15 – 10:00 : Designing AI Responsibly | Case Studies from Practice \nLocation: Egget/UiB Auditorium \nAs an HCI Researcher\, my work pushes boundaries for inclusive AI/ML models. In this talk I will share case studies about building these models and challenges in their large scale adoption. Some of these models are commonly used to detect toxicity in online conversations. These models are trained on datasets annotated by human raters and require relatively large datasets. In the first case study\, I will explore how raters’ self-described identities impact how they annotate toxicity in online comments. In a second case study\, I will share how our collective scholarship presents a gap at evaluating Responsible AI tools that inspect such AI/ML models. I will end with recommendations for an inclusive and equitable RAI practice. \n  \nTalk 2: Wednesday 22 October 13:00- 14:00 : Designing for Sensemaking Translucence | A Crime-Solving Case Study \nLocation: Room Stortinget\, UiB \nSolving crimes correctly is a critical and life-altering problem where intelligence analysts are constantly struggling against their biases. Despite recurring themes of how AI should be designed responsibly to support these use cases/users in 50+ years of scholarship\, we have barely started to scratch the surface. In this lecture\, I introduce the notion of Sensemaking Translucence into biases\, fairness and equity related challenges. I then provide examples of how AI can support Sensemaking Translucence. My work finally makes the case that it is important to design from a human centered perspective by leveraging AI to support these Human AI Collaboration workflows. \nFor questions please contact: Morten.Fjeld@uib.no URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/21639/ LOCATION:UiB Bergen\, Norway CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-136-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251018T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251022T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050806 CREATED:20251010T081224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T082102Z UID:21731-1760774400-1761152400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:The 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW) will be held in Bergen\, Norway on October 18 — 22\, 2025. MediaFutures is one of the sponsors of the conference. WP4 leader Morten Fjeld is one of the industry and sponsorship chairs\, and Frode Guribye one of the local organisation chairs. \nOpening Keynote: Kari Kuutti\nKari Kuutti is a professor emeritus (HCI & CSCW) at INTERACT research unit in the University of Oulu\, Finland. Back in 1996\, his professorship was the first one in Finland dedicated to HCI and CSCW. He has also served as a professor at the Department of Computer Science of Helsinki University of Technology (currently Aalto University)\, and as an adjunct professor at Helsinki University of Arts and Design (currently a part of Aalto University) and at the Department of Education at University of Helsinki. He has been a visiting scholar at the Design School in the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong and at the Interaction Design Centre in the University of Limerick. 2020 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the European Society of Socially Embedded Technology (EUSSET). \nKuutti has published over 120 research articles\, and he is recognized for his efforts to bring practice-based approaches into the analysis and design of cooperative systems\, especially for his promotion of cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) for the purpose. He has been actively involved both in national and in European research collaboration. A large part of his work has been linked to developing support for collaborative and distributed design efforts\, not only academically but also with industrial partners\, such as Airbus and Nokia Mobile Phones. \nClosing Keynote: Gina Neff\nGina Neff is the Professor of Responsible AI at Queen Mary University London. She runs the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge. She is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for UKRI Responsible AI UK and Associate Director of the ESRC Digital Good Network. \nProfessor Neff serves on the boards of the Social Science Research Council\, the Institute for the Future of Work and Reset.tech. She holds a doctorate in sociology and undergraduate degrees in Economics and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures\, all from Columbia University. Her books include Venture Labor (MIT Press 2012)\, Self-Tracking (MIT Press 2016) and Human-Centered Data Science (MIT Press 2022). \nHer academic research has won both engineering and social sciences awards. Oxford awarded her a 2019 Teaching Excellence Award for her leadership of doctoral programmes at the Oxford Internet Institute. She led the team that won the 2021 Webby for the best educational website on the Internet for the A to Z of AI\, which reached over one million people in 17 different languages as part of Google’s AI skills training. \n \nThe program info is available on the SIGCHI web app\, which you will be able to use for easier planning. \nFor workshops\, see: https://cscw.acm.org/2025/index.php/workshops/ \nNote: All presentations in the main room (Peer Gynt-salen) will be livestreamed and will be viewable by both in-person and virtual attendees. \n  \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/the-28th-acm-sigchi-conference-on-computer-supported-cooperative-work-social-computing/ LOCATION:Bergen ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Skjermbilde_10-10-2025_10133_cscw.acm_.org_.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251014T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251014T150000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050806 CREATED:20251006T113725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T113725Z UID:21696-1760450400-1760454000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Disinformation and Trust in Science in the U.S. and Beyond DESCRIPTION:2025 has been a year of unprecedented cuts to global development aid\, significant political tensions\, and increased attacks on science and academia. What are the implications of these developments for health globally\, health research\, and trust in science in general? \nThe Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (BCEPS) has invited Professor Ezekiel Emanuel from the University of Pennsylvania\, a world-leading bioethicist\, to shed light on recent changes and current impacts of this challenging political climate on disinformation and trust in science\, especially in the context of health research and policy. \nThis is a unique chance to hear directly from a leading American researcher\, physician\, and writer\, who has also been instrumental in US health policy under the Obama and Biden administrations. He contributes actively to the public debate about current US policies in the press and social media. After the presentation\, there will be time for a Q&A session with the audience. \nThe event will be held in English and is free and open to the public. \nTIME: 14 October\, kl. 1400 – 1500 \nPLACE: Alrek (Årstadveien 17)\, room Midgard\, \nAbout Professor Ezekiel (Zeke) Emanuel \nProfessor Emanuel received his MD from Harvard Medical School and his PhD in Political Philosophy from Harvard University. He is a practicing breast oncologist and currently serves as Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a special advisor to WHO Director General Dr. Tedros and previously served as a Special Advisor for Health Policy under President Obama\, where he was instrumental in drafting the Affordable Care Act. Later\, he served on the Biden-Harris Transition Covid Advisory Board. Professor Emanuel has published widely in leading scientific journals and has been described as the most cited bioethicist ever. He also contributes regularly to the New York Times. Professor Emanuel is a research team leader within the Bergen Centre of Ethics and Priority Setting in Health at the University of Bergen. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/disinformation-and-trust-in-science-in-the-u-s-and-beyond/ LOCATION:Årstadveien 17 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/thumbnail_Zeke-Emanuel-Oct.-14_screens.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251003T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251003T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250818T082952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250818T083409Z UID:21426-1759482000-1759492800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Research Ethics Day at the UiB 2025 DESCRIPTION:It is fundamental for a knowledge-based society that the research underpinning policy is trustworthy. It is thus crucial that research is conducted to the highest ethical standards. To increase awareness of the importance of research ethics at the University of Bergen\, we have established an annual research ethics day. This year’s conference has the main theme of ‘Research Ethics After AI.’ We look forward to a day of meaningful discussion on this important topic. \nRegister here by latest 02.10.2025 – 16.00\n  \nRESEARCH ETHICS AFTER AI\nPROGRAMME\n\n\n\n\n08.30\nLight breakfast buffet\n\n\n09.00\nIntroduction of today´s programme: Marit Bakke\, Professor\, Dean\, Faculty of Medicine\, UiB\, and Chair of the Programme Committee\n\n\n09.05\nWelcome address:  Kjell Morten Myhr\, Professor\, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation\, UiB\n\n\n09.10\nSession 1: Big\, Biased\, and Synthetic: Data after AI   \nHow is AI changing and challenging practices of data collection\, generation and validation?   \nKeynote Anna Feigenbaum\, Professor of Media and Digital Storytelling\, School of Social & Political Sciences\, University of Glasgow \nTitle: Dancing with Robots? AI\, Participation and Ethical Interactivity. \nA conversation:   \n\nBudhaditya Chattopadhyay\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Faculty of Fine Art\, Music and Design\, UiB\n\n\nAnna Feigenbaum\, Professor of Media and Digital Storytelling\, School of Social & Political Sciences\, University of Glasgow\n\n\nTorger Kielland\, Professor\, Faculty of Law\, UiB.\n\n\nHelge Ræder\, Professor\, Vice Dean for Innovation\, Faculty of Medicine\, UiB\n\nModerator: Gabriele de Seta\, Researcher and Project Leader\, Department of Linguistic\, Literary and Aesthetic Studies\, Faculty of Humanities\, UiB\n\n\n10.00\nBreak\n\n\n10.20\nSession 2: Trust in the black box: Data Analysis after AI  \nHow is AI changing and challenging practices of data analysis? \nA conversation: \n\nJulien Brajard\, Senior Researcher\, Climate Modeling\, NERSC.\n\n\nPekka Parviainen\, Associate Professor\, Machine Learning Group\, Department of Informatics\, Faculty of Science and Technology\, UiB.\n\n\nAnne Sigrid Refsum\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, AI STORIES project\, Department of Linguistic\, Literary and Aesthetic Studies\, Faculty of Humanities\, UiB\n\nModerator: Nathalie Reuter\, Professor\, Department of Chemistry\, Faculty of Science and Technology\, UiB\n\n\n11.10\nSession 3: Building Ethical Literacy: Towards a New Era of Research Ethics.  \nHow do we prepare researchers for an AI-driven research landscape? \nPresentation by: Lina Harder\, PhD Candidate\, Project: Extending Digital Narrative\, Center for Digital Narrative\, Department of Linguistic\, Literary and Aesthetic Studies\, Faculty of Humanities\, UiB \nA conversation: \n\nAnders Goksøyr\, Professor\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Faculty of Science and Technology\, UiB and Deputy Member of the National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology – NENT.\nKari Steen-Johnsen\, Research Professor\, Institute for Social Research\, UiO and Deputy chair of the National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities – NESH\nIngrid Miljeteig\, Professor\, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care\, Faculty of Medicine\, UiB and Deputy Member of the National Research Ethics Committees- NEM\n\nModerator: Ragna Aarli\, Professor\, Faculty of Law\, UiB\n\n\n12.00\nClosing remarks: Marit Bakke\, Professor\, Dean\, Faculty of Medicine\, UiB\, and Chair of the Programme Committee\n\n\n12.05\nLunch\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/research-ethics-day-at-the-uib-2025/ LOCATION:Storsalen\, Nygårdsgaten 5\, University of Bergen\, 5015 Bergen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/forskningsetiskdagokt2024_v1_0.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250929T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250929T140000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250905T080105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T090710Z UID:21526-1759137300-1759154400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Human-AI Interaction for video Content: Designing and Engineering Multimodal Conversational Agents DESCRIPTION:Our PhD Candidate Peter Andrews will defend his thesis on September 29th at the University of Bergen. \nTrial lecture starts at 09:15 and the defense at 10.30. \nWe want to encourage you to attend his trial lecture and defense\, and learn more about HCI. \nTitle: \nHuman-AI Interaction for video Content: Designing and Engineering Multimodal Conversational Agents \nAbstract: \n\nAs young adults increasingly shift away from conventional news sources\, interactive and AI-driven media present a new frontier for their engagement in news consumption. Young adults often prefer more interactive video content on streaming platforms\, challenging the traditional model of passive video consumption.  Second screening\, interacting with a second device while watching a primary display\, has emerged to satisfy the need for interaction and support with additional content and context. However\, second screening can hinder comprehension\, revealing the need to synchronize the experience. \n\n\nThis thesis unifies the second screening experience with Computer Vision (CV) and Deep Learning (DL)\, thereby building an interactive video framework following the \textit{From Video to Data} $\to$ \textit{From Data to Narrative} $\to$ \textit{From Narrative to Interaction} paradigm. The result is a Multimodal Conversational Agent (MCA) that can hyper-contextualize video content. This video framework encompasses three research questions: 1)  How can recent advances in computer vision and artificial intelligence facilitate interaction with video content? 2) How can interactive video increase subjective understanding of the content? 3) How do young adults perceive the user experience of interactive video for news broadcasts? Answering these questions gives a better grasp of what is needed to build an end-to-end interactive video framework with AI. At the same time\, empirical research can show how the capabilities of the framework can improve user experience and comprehension. \n\n\nTo address these questions\, I develop prototypes for interactive video in sports (football) and politics. I approached the video framework in a modular manner with four in-house design prototypes – FootyVision\, the Automated Commentary System (ACS)\, AiCommentator\, and AiModerator. Collectively\, these four prototypes demonstrate how CV- and NLP-based event detection and LLM-powered MCAs can synchronize and facilitate real-time interaction with video content. I tested prototypes in lab-based mixed method studies and found that interactive video with MCA can enhance engagement\, immersion\, and subjective understanding. However\, a Human-AI Interaction (HAI) trade-off between automation and user control occurs. While a high degree of automation can tightly synchronize the experience\, it comes at the cost of user control. The affordances of MCA include multimodal feedback and remediation. Multimodal feedback supports subjective understanding\, which aligns with the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML). Remediation involves repurposing traditional roles in innovative ways. MCAs achieve this by transforming sports commentators and political moderators into remediated personas\, thus leading to increased engagement. Moreover\, MCAs can also push the user into a more objective viewing state\, highlighting a trade-off between objectivity and emotional involvement. Finally\, trust is paramount for high-stakes environments where transparency is crucial. \n\n\nOverall\, my research challenges traditional linear media by integrating CV\, DL\, and NLP into an interactive framework that facilitates on-demand information augmented by the information space. However\, future systems must address key concerns regarding the aforementioned trade-offs and the management of cognitive load. I recommend variable autonomy and transparency to give the user control over the experience\, reinforcing both trust and understanding through Human-Centered AI (HCAI). By synthesizing these findings in human-AI interaction (HAI) and multimedia learning frameworks\, my work provides valuable insights for researchers\, developers\, and broadcasters looking to engage the next generation of news consumers through interactive video. \n\nOpponents:\n\nDr. (Research Director\, DR2) Petra Isenberg \, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique\, Université Paris-Saclay\nProf Huamin Qu\, Department of Computer Science and Engineering\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\n\nHead of committee\nProf Miroslav Bachinski \nModerator of the defense\nProf Bjørnar Tessem URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/phd-defense/ LOCATION:Jusbygget\, Auditorium 3 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-131-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250916T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250916T180000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250911T080105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T090207Z UID:21576-1758040200-1758045600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:The future of mobile human-machine interaction DESCRIPTION:The use of portable devices is now ubiquitous in our society. Our daily lives are shaped by ever-evolving interactive devices and applications from touch-based smartwatches and tablets to large digital screens. \nAlthough smart devices like laptops\, tablets\, and smartphones are mobile\, users are usually either stationary or risk their physical safety by using such devices while moving. The health consequences of today’s mobile devices are well documented. These include\, among other things\, how a predominantly sedentary lifestyle affects health and well-being. \nThis lecture will present innovative thinking\, design\, and engineering in the field of mobile human-computer interaction (HCI). At the end\, there will be time for questions from the audience. \n\nDate: Tuesday\, September 16\, 2025\nLocation: Realfagbygget\, Auditorium 2 (basement)\, Allegaten 41\nTime: The lecture starts at 16:30 Light refreshments will be served outside the auditorium from 16:00\n\nThe meeting is open to everyone and will be in Norwegian. \nAbout the Speaker \nMorten Fjeld is a professor in human-computer interaction (HCI) at the University of Bergen and Chalmers University of Technology. He researches interactive systems with a focus on tangible and mobile interaction. Fjeld holds a double master’s degree in applied mathematics from NTNU and ENSIMAG Grenoble\, as well as a PhD from ETH Zurich\, where he also received the ETH medal in 2002. He has been a visiting professor in Singapore\, Japan\, and Switzerland\, and has extensive industry experience in fluid mechanics\, simulators\, and user interfaces. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/the-future-of-mobile-human-machine-interaction/ LOCATION:Realfagbygget\, Auditorium 2 (basement)\, Allegaten 41 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/colourbox26213572.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250915T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250921T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250728T080506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T080624Z UID:21342-1757923200-1758474000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Innovasjonsuken OPP - 2025 DESCRIPTION:This is Vestlands innovation festival and platform for networking and sharing knowledge. OPP celebrates each year entrepreneurship together with several local partners to highlight their work on innovation. In short\, OPP is gathering events from local innovative companies during these two weeks to focus on how innovation can look like in the region of Vestlandet. \nWe want to feature some of these events which are relevant for MediaFutures followers and supports: \nDemo Day Vestlandet\nWednesday 17.09 kl. 12:00 – 18:00 \nThormøhlensgate 51 \nDemo Day Vestlandet annually connects good ideas with capital. Here\, selected startup companies from Vestlandet get the opportunity to pitch their ideas in front of a packed audience of investors. A whole day is filled with presentations and exciting meetings. Demo Day Vestlandet is a unique meeting place for you who are an early-stage investor. Every year\, 150 investors and funds gather for a party day in Bergen in connection with the OPP Innovation Week. We invite the most exciting\, and investor-ready\, companies in the west (Rogaland\, Vestland and Møre og Romsdal) to a day filled with exciting meetings\, presentations and entertainment. Here you get insight into what is happening in the early-stage investor environment and which ideas and companies are worth investing in. You also get the opportunity to meet other investors to expand your network and connections. \nUiB Innovation Day: 200 years of research and innovation\nFriday 19.09 kl. 09:00 – 15:00 \nLæringsarena\, UiB\, Nygårdsgaten 5 \nOn September 19\, the University of Bergen is pleased to invite you to UiB Innovation Day\, a meeting place for researchers\, students and partners from the business and public sectors in the region. The day will focus on research and innovation at all UiB faculties\, where we will showcase some of the most exciting projects being developed at UiB with the goal of strengthening collaboration between research and the society around us. The Innovation Day will also mark 200 years of research and innovation in Bergen\, including an anniversary exhibition on the occasion of the University Museum of Bergen’s 200th anniversary. \nPopOPP\nFriday 19.09 kl. 16:30 – Saturday 20.09 kl. 00:00 \nMarineholmen \nOn Friday\, September 19\, students and young adults with drive and ideas will gather for a festival experience a little out of the ordinary. It’s about progress. About creating. About connecting to something bigger. What can you expect? Scenes. Flavors. Atmospheres. People you haven’t met before. Questions you haven’t asked yet. And hopefully a lot of answers. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/innovasjonsuken-opp-2025/ LOCATION:Bergen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/innovasjonsuken-opp25.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250905T121500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250905T140000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250815T101341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T102108Z UID:21401-1757074500-1757080800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Book launch: Teen Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the launch of Dr. John Magnus R. Dahl’s book : Teen Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices. 5th of September we invite to an event in which our previous Postdoctoral researcher Dahl presents how he spent two years on ethnographic fieldwork\, following six teenage boys on- and offline to find out how they use their smartphones to create a world for themselves and their peers. \nHe asked himself: What is it like to be a young man in the age of the smartphone? \nHe concludes\, among other things\, that the smartphone is a crucial tool for creating the kinds of social relationships the boys consider important\, and thus a way to increase freedom and agency in their own lives. Furthermore\, he shows that this is especially significant for minority boys: queer boys and boys with immigrant backgrounds use their phones differently than straight\, white boys. \nJohn Magnus R. Dahl \nThe launch will take the form of a book conversation between Dahl and Professor Kristine Jørgensen\, project leader of Understanding Masculinity in Gaming\, followed by an opportunity for questions. The conversation will be held in English. and light refreshments will be served. \nThe book is published by Palgrave Macmillan and is based on the research Dahl conducted as a postdoctoral fellow at MediaFutures (UiB) from 2021 to 2024. He is now employed as Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen. \nThe e-book is available here\, and a longer article about the book’s findings can be read here (in Norwegian). URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/book-launch-teen-boys-and-their-smartphones-as-worldmaking-devices/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/img_0678-e1755252939870.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250902T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250902T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250822T114228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T114228Z UID:21462-1756803600-1756814400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:UiB AI #16 Trustworthy AI DESCRIPTION:Over the past decade\, artificial intelligence has achieved major technological breakthroughs and has become part of research\, education and working life. However\, for AI to gain widespread acceptance in society\, it is crucial that the systems that use artificial intelligence are reliable. Today’s AI systems lack scientific definitions and clear criteria for values such as fairness\, responsibility\, security\, privacy and other important ethical aspects. There are also serious weaknesses in the legal frameworks within which AI systems operate\, as well as problems with the accuracy and robustness of the systems. \nTo address these challenges and strengthen high-quality AI research at UiB\, the Trond Mohn Research Foundation (TMF) and the University of Bergen have developed and co-financed the Trustworthy AI research programme. This seminar will present insights from this research programme. \nThe seminar is held in English. \nPROGRAMME \n09:00 Coffee/tea and mingling \n09:15 Welcome and today’s programme. TBC \n09:20 “The Trustworthy AI research programme”. NN\, Trond Mohn Research Foundation & Barbara Wasson\, TAIS \n09:35 “Algorithmic Foundations of Trustworthy AI”. Fedor Fomin from the Department of Informatics\, UiB & Thomas Ågotnes\, Department of Information Science & Media Studies \n09:55 “”TRUSTworthy AI models to predict progression to complications in patients with Diabetes”. Valeriya Lyssenko from the Mohn Research Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine\, UiB & Iain Johnston\, Department of Mathematics \n10:15 Break and coffee \n10:30 “Artificial Intelligence in Education: Layers of Trust”\, Barbara Wasson & Fride Klykken\, Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE) & Alessia Di Muro\, Faculty of Law \n10:50 “PANEL “Conceptions of Trust & Trustworthy AI”\, Participants TBD\, Barbara Wasson (moderator) \n11:15 Discussion \n11:30ish Light lunch and mingling \nModerator: Dag Stenvoll\, coordinator of UiB AI URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/uib-ai-16-trustworthy-ai/ LOCATION:Storsalen\, Nygårdsgaten 5 (første etasje) CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/an_academic_seminar_illustration_titled_trustworthy_ai_synergy_tais._the_scene_is_set_in_a_moder.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250901T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250901T130000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250804T090043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250901T065919Z UID:21372-1756728000-1756731600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:CANCELLED: MediaFutures Lunch seminar with Assistant Professor Jeremy Barnes DESCRIPTION:Dear all\, \nThe upcoming seminar with Jeremy Barnes is cancelled. Unfortunately\, our invited guest has fallen ill and is unable to travel to Bergen to join us. We were very much looking forward to the discussions and insights he was planning to share\, and we hope to reschedule his visit at a later date. Thank you all for your interest in the seminars\, and I hope to see you at other future events. Have a great week! \n  \nWP5 invites to a MediaFutures lunch seminar with Assistant Professor Jeremy Barnes\, IXA Taldea / HiTZ Zentroa\, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). \n\n\nTittel: Challenges for automatic summarization evaluation in low-resource languages\n\nAbstract:\nIn this talk\, I will describe a transferable methodology for determining how effective available metrics are at identifying quality differences in automatic news summary quality in Basque and Spanish. After collecting a metevaluation dataset (BASSE) to evaluate five criteria (coherence\, consistency\, fluency\, relevance\, and 5W1H)\, we benchmark how well automatic evaluation metrics and LLM judges are able to capture differences in these criteria. Our results suggest that proprietary LLM judge models currently give the most consistent results across criteria\, while a careful combination of automatic metrics can give similar results.\n\nThe event will also be streamed. Click here to join digitally: https://uib.zoom.us/j/65787045468?pwd=oV4KpB0qW3zDcKjRSo6k5TxWEm1bcV.1 URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mediafutures-lunch-seminar-with-assistant-professor-jeremy-barnes/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/lunch-seminar.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250827T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250827T160000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250808T084513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T090009Z UID:21386-1756304100-1756310400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Towards Responsible AI for Local Journalism DESCRIPTION:We hereby invite you to a talk by Dr. Reshmi Pillai\, Vrije University\, Amsterdam\, on responsible AI for local journalism where she presents an ongoing research project. The studies include a graph-based retrieval augmented generation for news background information\, text simplification of news reports\, usage of LLM personas for news feedback for journalists.  \n\nAbout Reshmi Pillai: \n\n\nDr Reshmi Pillai is a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Communication Science at the Vrije University Amsterdam\, the Netherlands\, in the project “Towards Responsible AI for Local Journalism”. Earlier\, she was a Lecturer (Docent 4) in the Masters’ Information Studies program in the Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam (2019-2023). In 2021\, she was awarded Ph.D. for her thesis titled “Expressions of psychological stress on twitter: detection and characterisation”\, from the University of Wolverhampton\, UK. \n\n\nIn her research\, Reshmi explores human-centred AI applications to support societally embedded workflows and challenges—particularly in journalism. Collaborating with a Dutch news media organization\, she led design thinking sessions to identify practical challenges in newsroom settings. This led to several applied projects grounded in Natural Language Processing including: a graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation system that provides contextual background to journalists from sources like Wikipedia and news archives\, experimental prompting strategies for rewriting news headlines on social media in varied linguistic styles\, the development of LLM-based news reader personas to explore cultural inclusivity and evaluations of text simplification models to assess their treatment of stylistic and rhetorical devices. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/towards-responsible-ai-for-local-journalism/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-122.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250822T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250822T110000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250820T082533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T082553Z UID:21455-1755856800-1755860400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Book Launch: Schibsted – The Digital Transformation of a Nordic Media Giant DESCRIPTION:How do you steer one of the Nordics’ largest media companies through the digital revolution while aiming to grow stronger on the other side? \nWe invite you to a conversation with Ole J. Mjøs\, author and Professor of Media Studies at the University of Bergen\, who has closely studied Schibsted’s strategic choices\, digital transformation\, and international journey. \nJoining the discussion are Kjersti Løken Stavrum\, CEO of the Tinius Trust (Schibsted’s owner) and Chair of the Schibsted Board\, and Didrik Munch\, former CEO of Schibsted Norway and a key figure in building the company’s strong position. The conversation will be moderated by Sølve Rydland\, Political Editor at Bergensavisen (BA). \nTogether\, they will explore some of the big questions: \n\n\nWhat have been Schibsted’s greatest successes—and crises? \n\n\nWhich turning points shaped its digital expansion? \n\n\nWhy was the company split? \n\n\nWhat is at stake in the battle against global platform giants? \n\n\nAnd what lies ahead for a company determined to become the Nordic region’s leading media destination? \n\n\nThis is a rare opportunity to gain firsthand insights into the past\, present\, and future of one of the most influential media companies of our time. \nOrganizers: The Centre for Investigative Journalism (SUJO)\, the Media Industry and Journalism Research Group (Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, University of Bergen)\, and Media Cluster. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/book-launch-schibsted-the-digital-transformation-of-a-nordic-media-giant/ LOCATION:Medielab\, tower 3\, 9. floor\, Media City Bergen. CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/schibsted-book-launch.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250812T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250812T154500 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250321T155953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T131638Z UID:20561-1755010800-1755013500@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Arendalsuka: "AI in the media: Empowering editors and safeguarding democracy" DESCRIPTION:MediaFutures Centre Leader Christoph Trattner\, Innovation Coordinator Christopher Senf and MediaFutures Industry Partners will talk about AI in the Media: Empowering Editors and Safeguarding Democracy. \nProgram\nSession 1: Introducing SFI MediaFutures (10 min.):  \n15:00—15:02:   \n“A Research Centre for Responsible MediaTechnology and Innovation”  \nAnne Nielsen (Head of Administration @ SFI MediaFutures)   \n15:02—15:10:   \n“MediaFutures in Action: Combating Visual Misinformation with C2PA”  \nChristoph Trattner (Director @ SFI MediaFutures)   \nSession 2: AI as a Tool to Empower Editors (20 min.):   \n15:10—15:20:   \n“Real Journalist\, Virtual Avatar: What We Learned at TV2 from Peeking into Pandora’s Box with KI-Kjetil” (10 min.)   \nLubos Steskal and Chris Ronald Hermansen (AI Team @ TV2)   \n15:20—15:30:   \n“Leveraging AI for Fac- Checking and Investigative Journalism” (10 min.)   \nMorten Langfeldt Dahlback (Head of Innovation @ Faktisk.no)   \nSession 3: AI as a Tool to Preserve Democracy (15 min.):   \n15:30—15:35  \n“Reimagining Debate with AI: Fighting Disinformation with a Political Co-Moderator” (5 min.)  \nChris Senf (Innovation Coordinator @ SFI MediaFutures)   \n15:35—15:45:  \n“Truth Tech: How AI Verifies Political Claims” (10min.)  \nGaute Kokkvoll (Head of Product @ Factiverse)  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/arendalsuka-ai-in-the-media-empowering-editors-and-safeguarding-democracy/ LOCATION:Arendalsuka\, Arendal\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-121.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250626T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250626T210000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250616T100736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T123503Z UID:21065-1750964400-1750971600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Pint of Science x MediaFutures DESCRIPTION:Had Enough of Office Talk and Formal Seminars? \nYeah\, us too. \nThat’s why we’re shaking things up and teaming up with Pint of Science to bring research out of the lecture halls and into your local bar! Join us for our very first Pint of Science night\, right in the cosy atmosphere of Staatsraaden bar in Bergen. \nPint of Science is a global\, non-profit movement where thousands of researchers in 500+ cities share their work in pubs\, cafés\, and public spaces. No slides packed with jargon. No academic gatekeeping. Just real science\, served with a drink. \nThis evening’s theme: The Future of Media Technology\nExpect three short and super accessible talks from our MediaFutures researchers\, each just 10–15 minutes long. They’ve boiled down their work to the juicy bits so you can sip your beer and still get smarter. \nThe vibe? Casual\, fun\, and all about conversation. You’ll get to meet the scientists\, ask questions\, and even take part in a quick quiz to wrap up the night. \nSo whether you’re a media geek\, techie\, curious mind\, or just someone looking for a different kind of night out\, grab a friend or come solo and join us for a pint of science (or soda). \nWe can’t wait to meet you and hear what you think the future of media should look like. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Samia Touileb\n Associate Professor \n Talk Title: Bias in Large Language Models \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Yuki Onishi\n Researcher \n Talk title: Can eye gaze show us what future TV production galleries looks like? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Andrews\n PhD Candidate \n Talk Title: Enhancing Debates with a AI Powered Political Co-Pilot URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/pint-of-science-x-mediafutures/ LOCATION:Staatsraaden bar\, Bergen\, Bradbenken 2\, Bergen\, 5003\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Slice-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250623T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250623T200000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250519T110045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T110045Z UID:20967-1750694400-1750708800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:AI\, rights and development of Norwegian language models DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence (AI) and language technology have developed rapidly in recent years. The language models used in AI services are trained on vast amounts of text\, often without permission from or compensation to the rights holders. \nIn Norway\, there is broad political agreement that we need Norwegian language models. Public and private AI services should reflect the Norwegian and Sámi languages\, history\, and culture\, and there is a need for Norwegian alternatives to international services. \nMuch is at stake. AI services are already weakening the economic foundation for\, among others\, translators\, illustrators\, and those who write and publish educational materials. At the same time\, the National Library has documented that language models improve when trained on protected content\, such as books and newspapers. \nDo Norwegian authors and publishers have a social responsibility to contribute content to Norwegian models if they are compensated?Would such agreements drain an already vulnerable cultural sector by accelerating a shift where human creativity loses ground?Perhaps this is a unique opportunity to set a precedent: that training on protected material must be paid for. New income streams for the cultural field could enable the creation and publication of new works of great value to society. \nPanel discussion featuring experts in the field: \n\n\nTrine Skei Grande\, CEO of the Norwegian Publishers Association \n\n\nEspen Ytreberg\, author and professor of media studies \n\n\nLilja Øvrelid\, professor and head of the Language Technology Group at the Department of Informatics\, University of Oslo\, MediaFutures Work Package 5 member \n\n\nHege Munch Gundersen\, CEO of Kopinor \n\n\nThe event is free and open to all. Welcome! URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/ai-rights-and-development-of-norwegian-language-models/ LOCATION:Union Scene\, Drammen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/norske-sprakmodeller-event-drammen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250612T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250612T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250523T075240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250523T075349Z UID:20979-1749718800-1749729600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:fAIrgov-sluttkonferanse DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence is often described as the electricity of our time\, and its development is accelerating. But what does this mean for the public sector\, and what is needed to maintain public trust?\n\nPublic Fairness Perceptions of Algorithmic Governance (fAIrgov) is a research project at NORCE that\, since 2018\, has been exploring Norwegian attitudes toward the use of AI in the public sector. They now invite you to their final conference: a morning of reflections\, insights\, and discussion\, featuring contributions from both researchers and public sector representatives. \nBoth academic and administrative staff at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies are welcome to attend the conference! \n Registration form(Limited number of seats!) \nDetails of the fAIrgov Final Conference:\n\nDate: June 12\nTime: 09:00–12:00\nVenue: Lillesalen\, Kulturhuset i Bergen\, Vaskerelven 8\, 5014 Bergen\nAfterwards: Lunch and informal research meetups from 12:00–14:00\n\nPreliminary Program:\n\n09:00–09:30 – Doors open\, coffee and mingling\n09:30–09:45 – Opening remarks by Camilla Stoltenberg\n09:45–10:05 – Case: AI in the Norwegian Tax Administration\, by Nina Serdarevic\n10:05–10:25 – Case: AI in NAV (Labour and Welfare Administration)\, by Robindra Prabhu\n10:25–10:45 – Break\n10:45–11:05 – Public support for AI\, by Mikael Poul Johannesson\, NORCE\n11:05–11:50 – Panel debate: What does it take for the Norwegian public sector to be ready for the AI revolution?– with Camilla Stoltenberg\, Annette Fagerhaug Stephansen\, Sveinung Arnesen\, Nina Serdarevic\, Robindra Prabhu\n11:50–12:00 – Closing remarks by Sveinung Arnesen\, fAIrgov project leader\n12:00–14:00 – Lunch and informal networking with researchers\n\nThe conference is free and open to everyone. It is particularly relevant for public sector employees\, researchers\, policymakers – and anyone curious about how AI might transform the public sector and affect us as citizens. \nFollow the event Is the Norwegian Public Sector Ready for the AI Revolution? on Facebook for updates and a link to the livestream if you’d like to attend digitally. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/fairgov-sluttkonferanse/ LOCATION:Lillesalen\, Kulturhuset i Bergen Vaskerelven 8\, 5014 Bergen CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Skjermbilde_23-5-2025_95155_bookdown.org_.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250606T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250606T133000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250210T133803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T081115Z UID:20235-1749213000-1749216600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Boosting User Trust to Increase the Uptake of Recommendations DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to welcome Professor Shlomo Berkovsky to MediaFutures for a special guest talk on June 6! Professor Berkovsky leads the Clinical AI and Sensing Technologies research stream at the Centre for Health Informatics\, Macquarie University. His work explores the intersection of AI\, health\, and media technologies\, including research on food recommender systems and user trust in recommendation interfaces. \nAbstract of the talk: \nThe level of trust a user places in a recommender is crucial to the success of recommendations. Although prior work established factors that build and sustain user trust\, their comparative power and impact on the uptake of recommendations received less attention. We conducted a user study examining the impact of various recommendation interfaces and content selection strategies on user trust. Following this\, we conducted another study that evaluated the impact of including proponents (people or avatars) in the recommendation interface. We will discuss these results and implications on use and misuse in future recommendation interfaces. \nAbout the Speaker: \nShlomo Berkovsky is the leader of the Interactive Medical AI research stream at Macquarie University. The stream focuses on the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning methods to develop usable patient models and personalised predictions of diagnosis and care. The stream also studies how clinicians and patients interact with health technologies and how Large Language Models can improve patient care. His other areas of expertise include user modelling\, online personalisation\, and behaviour change technologies. \nWe’ll meet you at 12:25 in the atrium of Media City Bergen and take you up to the MediaFutures office on the 3rd floor together. \nFood will be served! \nIf you cannot join in person\, you can follow the presentation on zoom by clicking here: https://uib.zoom.us/j/65067583768?pwd=tJ39Ta5UIRjZsuwYtbVbULafFOAbUV.1 URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/shlomo-berkovsky/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-21-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250604T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250604T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250530T083115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T084718Z UID:20998-1749031200-1749056400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Japan-Norway Encounters  日本とノルウェーの出会い x Bergen HCI summer seminar DESCRIPTION:On the 4th of June\, MediaFutures professor Morten Fjeld as part of the HCI research group presents the HCI summer seminar with a special program for the attendees and three test-defenses of PhDs in HCI. Amongst them will be MediaFutures PhD candidate Peter Andrews (see program below). \nWe are proud to announce that we also got visiting researchers from the Tohoku University in Japan holding a presentation\, as well as members of the UiB HCI research group presenting their work. \nHuman-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a subject with implications for research and development (R&D) in areas such as education\, health\, engineering\, architecture\, and media. While innovation is key in advancing HCI itself\, innovation is also needed to advance research and industry in these areas.  \nDuring this event you will be able to see selected results of the UiB HCI infrastructure project. Presentations will show cutting-edge research demonstrations including conversational agents (Peter)\, motion capture (Miroslav)\, gaze tracking (Yuki)\, AR/VR technology (Paulina\, Floris)\, and digital biomarkers (Vegard).  Some of these projects are partially supported by the UiB digital accessibility initiative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Program\n Check out the Program below by clicking on the date. \n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday June 4th\n Locations: \n9.45-13.00 – Auditorium Egget Studentsenteret\, Finding your way\, Room layout \n13.00- 17.00 – Nordre Allmenning 3 Nygårdsgaten 5\, Conference center \n\n\n\nTime\nWednesday June 4th\n\n\n9:00\nPicking up at Terminus entrance\n\n\n9:15\nQuick guidance at the Museum Garden\n\n\n9:45\nWelcome and opening remarks of HCI summer seminar / Announcements\n\n\n10:00\n\nPhD defense rehearsal talk:Human-AI Interaction for Video Content: Designing and Engineering Multimodal Conversational Agents \nPeter Andrews\, PhD candidate\, UiB\, Bergen \nAbstract: This thesis unifies the second screening experience with Computer Vision (CV) and Deep Learning (DL)\, thereby building an interactive video framework following the From Video to Data → From Data to Narrative → From Narrative to Interaction paradigm. The result is a Multimodal Conversational Agent (MCA) that can hyper-contextualize video content. This video framework encompasses three research questions:1) How can recent advances in computer vision and artificial intelligence facilitate interaction with video content?2) How can interactive video increase subjective understanding of the content?3) How do young adults perceive the user experience of interactive video for news broadcasts? \nAnswering these questions gives a better grasp of what is needed to build an end-to-end interactive video framework with AI. At the same time\, empirical research can show how the capabilities of the framework can improve user experience and comprehension. \nTo address these questions\, I develop prototypes for interactive video in sports (football) and politics. I approached the video framework in a modular manner with four in-house design prototypes – FootyVision\, the Automated Commentary System (ACS)\, AiCommentator\, and AiModerator. Collectively\, these four prototypes demonstrate how CV- and NLP-based event detection and LLM-powered MCAs can synchronize and facilitate real-time interaction with video content. I tested prototypes in lab-based mixed method studies and found that interactive video with MCA can enhance engagement\, immersion\, and subjective understanding. However\, a Human-AI Interaction (HAI) trade-off between automation and user control occurs. While a high degree of automation can tightly synchronize the experience\, it comes at the cost of user control. The affordances of MCA include multimodal feedback and remediation. Multimodal feedback supports subjective understanding\, which aligns with the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML). Remediation involves repurposing traditional roles in innovative ways. MCAs achieve this by transforming sports commentators and political moderators into remediated personas\, thus leading to increased engagement. Moreover\, MCAs can also push the user into a more objective viewing state\, highlighting a trade-off between objectivity and emotional involvement. Finally\, trust is paramount for high-stakes environments where transparency is crucial. \nTest opponent: Shlomo Berkovksy\, Macquarie U.\, Australia \n\n\n\n11:00\n\nKeynote: Synthetic versus Real Media: From the age of signal processing to the battle between AI models \nProf. Giulia Boato\, University of Trento\, Italy \nAbstract: Over the last few decades\, the realism of synthetic media has increased dramatically. The multimedia research community has developed techniques to distinguish real and fake media\, initially focusing on images and\, more recently\, videos. Early methods relied heavily on signal processing and artefact detection. However\, in recent years\, AI-generated media has become so hyper-realistic that it is perceived as “more real than real.” This has sparked the AI-versus-AI battle towards new defensive models. \nBio: Giulia Boato is a Full Professor at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science\, University of Trento\, Italy. Since 2012\, she has pioneered research at the intersection of signal processing\, physiological signal analysis\, and\, more recently\, advanced deep learning methods to distinguish between virtual and real humans. Her work also addresses various forms of digital media manipulation\, with a recent focus on deepfake detection and forensic analysis in open-world scenarios such as social media. She has authored over 140 publications in international journals. Her research spans image and signal processing\, multimedia data protection\, and digital forensics. She is an elected member of both the IEEE Multimedia Signal Processing Technical Committee (MMSP TC) and the IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee (IFS TC). \n\n\n\n12:00\nLunch\, Cafe Smauet\n\n\n\n13:00 \n(40 mins) \n\n\nShort presentation: Tohoku University ICD lab \nProf. Yoshifumi Kitamura (10 min): on the ICD Lab \nAssist. Prof. Miao Cheng (5 min): Understanding emotion from bodily movements: database and cultural influence \nManato Abe\, PhD student (5 min): Force Sensor Data Feedback Method for Industrial Robot-Arm Operation \nRyo Ooka\, PhD student (5 min): Robotics-Enabled Spatial Information Experiences: Novel Presentation with Interactive Displays and Comfortable Furniture \nHongyue Xu\, Master student (5 min): From Vision to Emotion: The Future of Human Health in the Age of AI \nYuhui Wang\, Master student (5 min): Toward Practical VR: Designing Human-Centered Systems for Training and Well-being \nAkira Murakami\, Master student (5 min): Robotic Partitioning System for Adaptive Workspaces \n\n\n\n\n13:50 \n(50 mins) \n\n\nShort presentation: UiB HCI group \nProf. Morten Fjeld (5 min): From interactive tabletops to in-motion UIs \nProf. Frode Guribye (5 min): Research topic tbd \nAssoc. Prof. Miroslav Bachinski (5 min): Simulating Users for Human-Computer Interaction \nYong Ma\, Postdoc (5 min): Emotion-aware voice UIs \nPavel Okopnyi\, Postdoc (5 min): Design Automation \nYuki Onishi\, Postdoc (5 min): Production control room optimization with eye tracking technology \nPaulina Becerril Palma\, PhD student (5 min): Accessible Mixed Reality \nMahya Jahanshahikhabisi\, PhD student (5 min): A Digital Approach to Dementia Research: Integrating Digital Tools\, AI\, and Personalized Interventions in Dementia Management \nVegard Bolstad\, Master student (5 min): Drawn to Mind: Instrumenting fine motor hand movement for cognitive assessment and identification of digital biomarkers for dementia \nAndreas Tjeldflaat\, Bachelor student (5 min): Tangible Privacy and Privacy Perception \n\n\n\n14:40\nCoffee break\n\n\n15:00\n\nPhD defense rehearsal talk: AR for Maritime Collaboration: Using Augmented Reality to Facilitate Team Decision-Making\, Team Situation Awareness\, and Communication in Maritime Operations \nFloris Hendrikus Johannes van den Oever\, PhD candidate\, UiB\, Bergen \nAbstract: High-quality collaboration is crucial for safe and efficient maritime operations. Collaboration is a factor in maritime operations\, such as ship navigation\, port construction\, and maintenance of offshore units. A challenge for collaboration is that crewmembers have to share their different perspectives and information. Augmented reality (AR) has the potential to improve maritime collaboration through facilitating team decision-making\, team situation awareness (TSA)\, and communication. This PhD project investigated the potential of AR in facilitating collaboration within maritime operations. It comprised three core studies: a systematic literature review\, a laboratory study using virtual reality (VR)\, and a field study employing AR. The literature review examined current AR applications across various maritime operations\, including ship navigation\, construction\, and maintenance. The laboratory and field studies focused on the use of AR for collaborative ship navigation\, emphasizing three key constructs of collaboration: team decision-making\, TSA\, and communication\, along with user experience\, and the advantages and disadvantages of AR. Findings indicate that AR can aid communication by simplifying information gathering\, displaying the same information to multiple crewmembers\, displaying complementary information to different crewmembers\, and providing visual tools like point of interest highlighting and crosshairs. \nTest opponent: Prof. Yoshifumi Kitamura\, Tohoku\, Japan \n\n\n\n15:40\n\nPhD defense rehearsal talk:Nature–Machine Entanglement: Interacting with Biologically-Informed Flying Robots \nZiming Wang\, PhD candidate\, Chalmers/Luxembourg/Stanford \nAbstract: Nature and humanity have engaged in continuous\, evolving interactions throughout history and across technological epochs. I hypothesize that integrating natural characteristics into robot design can enrich HCI by leveraging our deep-rooted familiarity and affinity with the natural world. To explore this\, I conducted investigations focusing on close-range interactions with flying robots across various proxemic conditions\, employing a mixed-methods approach. \nTest opponent: Prof. Yoshifumi Kitamura\, Tohoku\, Japan \n\n\n\n17:00\nClosing remarks\n\n\n19:00\nInformal discussion and food/drinks\, Amundsen Bar\, Terminus\n\n\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday June 5th\n \n\n\nThursdayJune 5th\n\nVenue\n\n\n10:00\nPicking up at Terminus entrance\n\n\n\n10:15 \nGuided tour or MediaFutures office/research facility\n\nMediaFutures\, Media City Bergen \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Friday June 6th\n \n\n\n12.25\nPick up 12:25 in the atrium of Media City Bergen\n\nMediaFutures\, Media City Bergen \n\n\n\n12:30-13:30 \nGuest lecture: Boosting User Trust to Increase the Uptake of Recommendations\, Shlomo Berkovksy\, Macquarie U.\, Australia\nMediaFutures\, Media City Bergen URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/bergen-hci-summer-seminar-2025-visit-from-tohoku-university/ LOCATION:Morning: Auditorium Egget\, Studentsenteret Finding your way\, afternoon: Nordre Allmenning 3\, Nygårdsgaten 5 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/screenshot_2023-09-23_at_21.15.03.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250603T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250603T150000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250324T070120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T090812Z UID:20568-1748942100-1748962800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Phd Defense of Sohail Ahmed Khan DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, June 3rd\, PhD candidate Sohail Ahmed Khan will defend his PhD thesis “Computational Visual Content Verification”. The trial lecture starts at 09.15\, and the defense starts at 10.30. \nIn his dissertation\, Sohail Khan explores how newsrooms verify visual user-generated content (UGC) and examines growing challenges related to manipulated media content such as deepfakes and cheapfakes. The dissertation analyses current verification practices in journalism\, maps existing tools and workflows\, and uncovers a clear gap between technological advances and newsroom practices. \nThrough the thesis\, Sohail contributes both a critical review of the current verification landscape and new AI-based methods for detecting deepfakes and cheapfakes. The research also emphasises the need for closer collaboration between researchers and journalists\, and highlights initiatives to build a research community around these challenges\, including through international media verification competitions. \nOpponents: \n\nProfessor Giulia Boato\, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science\, University of Trento\nAssociate Professor Nhien-An Le-Khac\, School of Computer Science\, University College Dublin\n\nChair of the committee: Professor Bjørnar Tessem \nChair of the defense: Professor Knut Helland \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/sohail-phd-defense/ LOCATION:Ulrike Pihls Hus\, Ulrikes aula\, Professor Keysers gate 1\, Bergen\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events,WP3 Media Content Production & Analysis ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/sohailphddefense.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250519T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250519T160000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250506T080622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T080622Z UID:20902-1747652400-1747670400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Trust and trustworthiness: The Rhetorical History of Trust in the Nordics DESCRIPTION:With talks by some of the best national and international researchers in trust and trustworthiness\, this seminar explores trust as a historical\, societal\, and rhetorical phenomenon. \nWhat is trust and trustworthiness in a rhetorical perspective? Can we talk about cultures of trust? What is a culture of trust? How does trust develop historically\, and how do digital cultures influence trust and trustworthiness? Furthermore\, how may we theoretically account for rhetorical trust and methodologically explore it? \nThis open and free seminar explores such questions. The seminar is organized by the research project “Trustworthiness: The Rhetorical History of Trust in the Nordics”. \nThe project examines why the Nordics are consistently among the world’s most trusting countries and explores how this trust is used to explain the stability\, prosperity\, and even happiness of the citizens in the Nordic countries. \nToday\, however\, a wide range of factors threaten to overturn Nordic people’s propensity to trust each other\, including an increasingly fragmented media landscape\, as well as a more conflictual political atmosphere. \nThe renowned speakers in this open and free seminar addressees such issues of trust and trustworthiness. \nProgram\n11.00-11.05: Welcome \n11.05-11.25: The working group on Trustworthiness in the Nordic Countries: “Rhetorical trust” \n11:25-12.25: Ute Frevert (Max Planck Institute): “Rhetorics and Politics of Trust in Modern Societies – A Historian’s Perspective” \nThe talk asks why modern societies care about trusting relations? What do they need trust for? What kind of work does trust do? Is trust synonymous with calculativeness\, or does it go beyond an instrumental attitude? How do political systems – democratic and non-democratic handle trust? \n12.25-13.00: Lunch \n13.00-14.00: Helge Skirbekk (Oslo Met): “The historical development of Trust in Norway” \nNorway is still characterised by high levels of trust\, both in general and in public institutions. Why is this so\, and why did it become so? In what is referred to as the Nordic model\, there are several things that distinguish Norway from other Western countries. Among these are the high degree of labour organisation\, the relatively small income differences\, and the large extent of the public sector and the high level of taxes. But the high levels of trust cannot be understood without examining the relatively peaceful historical interactions between elites and population. Belonging to networks built on civic engagement can strengthen norms of mutual trust. I will investigate the emergence of unions and lay organisations\, and their interplay with political elites in order to find an answer to this question. \n14.00-14.45: Dag Wollebæk (Institute of Social Research): “Trust as sacred rhetoric” \nIn Norway\, trust has become a foundational element of the national self-image. In public discourse\, trust is often framed not merely as a strength\, but as a sacred value: a non-negotiable\, inviolable resource that must be protected at all costs. Drawing on the concept of sacred rhetoric (Marietta\, 2008)\, I argue that the way we talk about trust affects political debate and institutional accountability in profound ways. Sacred rhetoric shifts public argumentation from the weighing of evidence and compromise to the invocation of moral absolutes\, the discouragement of criticism\, and the protection of power. While this rhetoric may encourage compliance and cooperation\, it undermines deliberation and weakens critical vigilance. In this keynote\, I examine how the rhetorical sacralization of trust affects democratic discourse in Norway. I argue that desacralizing the rhetoric of trust and shifting the focus from preserving trust to deserving trust would be desirable — to cultivate a political culture where institutions are not shielded by sacred narratives\, but held accountable through reasoned scrutiny. \n14.45-15.00 Break \n15.00-15.30: Esther Oluffa Pedersen (Roskilde University): The Digital Society and Trust \nIncreasing digitalization raises the question how digital technologies influence relations of trust. This calls for an empirical and conceptual approach. Conceptually I argue that trust evolves between humans but is anchored within the individuals encountering each other with either trust or distrust. Affective and epistemic attitudes of trust or distrust are influenced by the individual’s prior experiences (e.g. betrayals of trust) and future goals (e.g. goals’ dependency on collaboration). Besides interpersonal relations trust also unfolds in institutional trust\, trust in oneself and trust in technology. Thriving interpersonal and institutional trust are characterized by mutual assessments of trustworthiness and thus by reciprocity. Trust in technology is different as the non-agential technology does not reciprocate. Many argue that we do not trust but simply rely on technology. It is\, however\, an empirical fact that the other trust relations are influenced by digital technologies. I will exemplify this with the case of the Danish tax authorities’ fully automated property assessments. The property assessments were digitalized with the explicit ambition to recreate trust in the system of property taxation. Besides exceeding the budget\, and as until now not completely implemented\, the system has also been sending erroneous assessments out to the citizens. \n15.30-16.00: Panel with presenters: How to study trust rhetorically and historically. \nWould you to attend the seminar? Please send an email to: Olivia.Akerholm@student.uib.no URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/trust-and-trustworthiness-the-rhetorical-history-of-trust-in-the-nordics/ LOCATION:University of Bergen\, Lauritz Meltzers hus (SV-bygget)\, Room: Vesletinget (Floor 2) CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/5621681458_cfc43b0191_o_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250509T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250509T140000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050807 CREATED:20250505T074036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T074129Z UID:20888-1746788400-1746799200@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:MIX Innovation Day 2025 DESCRIPTION:Teklab from the Infomedia department in UiB invites to its yearly MIX Innovation Days. Happening in Media City Bergen on Friday May 9th at 11 o’clock\, the final year students in media and interaction design (MIX) will pitch their design prototypes and value propositions at a lively event with co-students\, university colleagues and industry partners. \nThe MIX Innovation Day has been held for several years\, and is a vibrant arena where bachelor and master students in MIX present their design solutions and prototypes. A jury evaluates the prototypes and hands out the MVP Award – the Minimum Viable Proptotype Award. \nAt the MIX Innovation Day 2025 you can learn more about seventeen different designs created to tackle real-world challenges across a range of industries\, including computer games\, apps and  web sites for partners as diverse as the Media Cluster Norway\, Bergen Bysykkel and Parkinsonforbundet. \nSIGN UP HERE\nProgram\nThe event takes place in the Atrium at Media City Bergen\, Lars Hilles gate 30\, next to the Bergen Light Rail station Nygård. \n11:00 – 11.05. Welcome. \nOur master of ceremony Joao Ribeiro will introduce the event. \n11.05 – 12:00: Bachelor webdesign projects. \nThe five bachelor projects will be presented in a series of pitches with comments from the jury. Read all about the projects below. \n12:00 – 13:30: Master safari and lunch. \nThe twelve master projects will be presented simultaneously at a “safari” where the audience walk from stand to stand and talk with the students and discuss the projects’ merits. Read all about the projects below. \nYou will also be able to enjoy your free lunch during this session. \n13:30 – 13.40. Launch of “Håndbok i innovasjon for studenter”. \nTekLab recently published the free online book “Håndbok i innovasjon for studenter” and today it will be officially launched. The TekLab project has spent several years writing it\, and a large numer of students and teachers have been involved in the project. \n13.40 – 14:00: Awards ceremony. \nThe jury will announce the winners of the MVP Award for the bachelor and master projects. \nThe MVP Award\nA jury of professional designers will evaluate the projects and give the students valuable  feedback. The jury will hand out the MVP award to the project that has the best chance of becoming a real product in the media industry\, hence the name “minimum viable product” (MVP). There are separate prizes for the bachelor and master programs. The prize has been awarded for several years in a row\, and you can read about the winners from 2024 and the winner from 2023. \nThe jury is: \n\nPrecilia Isaksen is a UX consultant at Bouvet. She was named Designer of the Week by UX Norway in 2024. Precilia is a former MIX student and has previously worked at TV 2.\nSofija Ivanova is a service designer at Youwell\, a patient and health technology company. She is a board member of IxDA Bergen and has worked at several design agencies.\nIselin Kornli holds an MSc in innovation and entrepreneurship and has spent the past nine years leading innovation projects\, coaching cross-functional teams\, and helping to establish innovation environments in several major companies.\n\nWe are really grateful that Precilia\, Sofija and Iselin will join us as jury members. \nOrganization\nThe event is organized by The department of information science and media studies at UiB in collaboration with Agenda Vestlandet. Agenda Vestlandet was established by Sparebanken Vest to drive the green transition in Vestlandet\, and it supports research\, innovation\, and dialogue around regional challenges and opportunities. \nThe event is prepared and managed by MIX master students Anine Glenne Arnesen and Julie Teilstad Østby  in collaboration with Joao Ribeiro\, lead open innovation manager at GALP and a teacher at UiB\, and professor Lars Nyre. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mix-innovation-day-2025/ LOCATION:Media City Bergen\, Atrium CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Skjermbilde_5-5-2025_93957_teklab.uib_.no_.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T150000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050808 CREATED:20250321T152847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T133219Z UID:20549-1743775200-1743778800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Khadiga Seddik DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, April 4th\, PhD candidate Khadiga Seddik will have her mid-term evaluation. \nMain supervisor: Erik Knudsen \nCo-Supervisor: Damian Trilling\, Alain Starke (Step-in) \nExternal Evaluator: Sole Pera \n\nTitle: The Influence of News Recommender technology on Shaping Selective Exposure and Sharing. \nAbstract:  \nDespite the benefits the news recommenders provide\, overly personalized news recommendations and too much exposure to like-minded news can pose a threat to democracy by leading to filter bubble\, echo-chambers\, and political polarization. These negative consequences are not given\, but they could depend on conditions and factors under which news recommenders amplify or reduce selective exposure. Many studies argue that news recommenders can be programmed to promote factors that reduce selective exposure because they are programmed by human beings\, and they are dependent on the decisions surrounding the implementation and design of the technology. However\, programming recommender systems to shape selective exposure is not a straightforward task\, as we don’t know which factors the recommenders should be designed to promote\, as well as how the recommenders should promote them. In this research project I investigate the heavily debated consequences of news recommender technologies\, selective exposure and selective of like-minded news. The aim is to shift the scholarly attention from uncovering whether the current recommenders amplify or reduce selective exposure to understanding the conditions under which recommender systems do so\, given that they are designed for that purpose. By doing so\, we shift the responsibility for the democratic implications of recommenders from the technology itself to the decisions surrounding the implementation and design. \nThe project is a part of a larger project\, the NEWSREC project (https://www.newsrec.ai). The main objective of NEWSREC project is to study\, understand\, and assess the precise conditions under which algorithmic news recommenders have positive or negative effects on the democratic role of the news media by focusing on both the input side and the output side of news recommenders. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mid-term-evaluation-of-phd-candidate-khadiga-seddik/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events,WP1 Understanding Media Experiences,WP2 User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/khadiga.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T104500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T130000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050808 CREATED:20250210T133947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T073320Z UID:20232-1743763500-1743771600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Talks on Responsible Recommender Systems DESCRIPTION:April 4\, MediaFutures sets the stage for a joined event featuring a series of talks\, including contributions from Sole Pera (TU Delft) and the PhD candidates Lukas Wegmeth and Tobias Vente (University of Siegen). \n\n10:45 – 11:45 | Sole Pera on “Into the AI-Known: How Search and Recommender Systems Shape Children’s Online Experiences & the Path to Safer Information Access”\n12:00 – 13:00 | Lukas Wegmeth & Tobias Vente\, “Green Recommender Systems – Minimizing Carbon Footprint for Sustainable Personalization”\n\nSole Pera\, Associate Professor @ Delft University of Technology \nTime: 10:45 – 11:45 \nTitle: “Into the AI-Known: How Search and Recommender Systems Shape Children’s Online Experiences & the Path to Safer Information Access” \nAbstract: In the AI era\, search and recommendation systems increasingly shape how children perceive the world and interact with digital media. However\,  these systems are seldom designed with young users in mind\, leading to exposure to content that is misleading\, inappropriate\, or simply not aligned with their needs. While AI has the potential to improve online information access\, ensuring safe\, effective\, and age-appropriate digital experiences remains a challenge. In this talk\, we will explore how mainstream search and recommendation algorithms influence what children encounter online. Along the way\, we review current research\, discuss the challenges and opportunities in building safer digital environments\, and consider the ethical implications of designing AI-driven information access systems that prioritize children’s rights and well-being. \nDr. Maria Soledad Pera is an Associate Professor at the Web Information Systems group of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering\, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI)\, Delft University of Technology. Sole’s main area of expertise is in Information Retrieval with emphasis on non-traditional population. \nLukas Wegmeth & Tobias Vente\, PhD candidates at University of Siegen \nTime: 12:00 – 13:00 \nTitle: “Green Recommender Systems – Minimizing Carbon Footprint for Sustainable Personalization” \nAbstract: Did you know one recommender systems research paper emits ~3\,300 kgCO₂e — the same as one person flying from New York to Melbourne? This talk unveils the urgent need for Green Recommender Systems and delivers actionable guidelines to achieve them. We quantify the carbon footprint of training and inference\, comparing deep learning and traditional algorithms. The goal? High-performance recommender systems that don’t cost the Earth. Discover how to minimize the carbon footprint while maintaining performance through energy-aware design\, efficient hardware\, and transparent reporting. This is a call to action: by rethinking how we design and measure recommenders\, we can pioneer sustainable AI that benefits both users and the planet. \nLukas Wegmeth is a Ph.D. Student of the Intelligent Systems Group at the University of Siegen. Before joining the ISG he completed his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Medical Computer Science at the University of Siegen. During his time as a graduate student\, Lukas set his focus on the topic of Machine Learning and collaborated with different chairs of the University of Siegen to work on and release scientific research papers in the field. Lukas is currently analysing recommender systems from an energy efficiency context\, measuring amongst other power consumptions. \nTobias is a joint Ph.D. candidate at the ISG – Intelligent Systems Group (University of Siegen) in Siegen\, Germany and the ADReM – Adrem Data Lab (University of Antwerp) in Antwerp\, Belgium\, working on model selection and automation in recommender systems. Generally\, his research interests revolve around Recommender Systems\, specifically applying ideas from AutoML (Automated Machine Learning) to information retrieval and recommender systems. \nTo follow the talks online\, follow us on zoom: \nhttps://uib.zoom.us/j/65989683261?pwd=DCf1f1O3qFTMoltYavbf9e4h0m8qTy.1 URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/responsible-recommender-systems/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-76-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250404T101500 DTSTAMP:20260420T050808 CREATED:20250321T154003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T123002Z UID:20553-1743758100-1743761700@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Jia-Hua Jeng DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, April 4\, PhD candidate Jia-Hua Jeng will have his mid-term evaluation. \nMain supervisor: Christoph Trattner \nCo-Supervisors: Erik Knudsen\, Alain Starke \nExternal Evaluator: Sole Pera URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mid-term-evaluation-of-phd-candidate-jia-hua-jeng/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events,WP2 User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/jeng.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250403T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250403T163000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050808 CREATED:20250321T152101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T133519Z UID:20540-1743694200-1743697800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Bilal Mahmood DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, April 3rd\, PhD candidate Bilal Mahmood will have his mid-term evaluation. \nMain supervisor: Mehdi Elahi \nCo-Supervisor: Samia Touileb \nExternal Evaluator: Sole Pera URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mid-term-evaluation-of-phd-candidate-bilal-mahmood/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Events,WP2 User Modeling, Personalisation & Engagement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/bilal.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250321T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250321T133000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050808 CREATED:20250127T164617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T120307Z UID:20142-1742558400-1742563800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:The Language of Coordination: From Humans to AI Agents DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome Luca Maria Aiello\, Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen\, to the MediaFutures seminar series. \nAs global challenges like climate change\, pandemics\, and mass migration become increasingly urgent\, the need for mass coordination has never been greater. In his presentation\, “The Language of Coordination: From Humans to AI Agents\,” Professor Aiello will delve into the fascinating intersection of social science\, language\, and technology\, exploring how natural language can drive large-scale coordination in the public sphere. Drawing on his cutting-edge research\, he will demonstrate how insights from psychology and linguistics can be harnessed to understand and predict collective behavior\, and how these insights can be applied to artificial intelligence to create persuasive social agents capable of influencing public discourse on social media platforms. \nAbstract:\nA defining task for humankind is to achieve mass coordination to tackle global challenges such as climate change\, pandemics\, and mass migrations. Social science research has identified psycho-linguistic aspects of social interactions that can trigger spontaneous coordination when used strategically in the public debate. We created Natural Language Processing tools that can capture these social dimensions from conversations\, and found that they can explain and predict outcome of consensus and coordination. Furthermore\, we show that these dimensions can be used to prompt AI agents powered by Large Language Models to make them behave as persuasive social agents that could be seamlessly integrated in the public discourse of social media platforms. \nProfessor Aiello’s work is at the forefront of an emerging field that combines computational social science\, network science\, and artificial intelligence. By analyzing vast amounts of digital data\, he seeks to quantify human well-being and build systems that can improve it—whether in the context of health\, urban living\, or digital interactions. In his talk\, he will explore the psycho-linguistic aspects of human interaction and how they can be translated into actionable insights for both human and AI-driven coordination. \nProfessor Aiello will be visiting Bergen and the MediaFutures research center from March 19th to 22nd\, with his presentation scheduled for Friday\, March 21st. We encourage you to join us for this insightful seminar\, either in person or via the Zoom livestream. \n\nAbout Luca Maria Aiello \nLuca Maria Aiello is an Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen\, Denmark\, where he conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computational social science\, digital health\, network science\, and urban informatics. His work leverages large-scale digital data to explore and quantify key aspects of human life\, with a particular focus on how language and communication shape our collective behaviors and well-being. \nHis research interests span multiple fields\, including the role of language in coordinating social actions\, the application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to study social dynamics\, and the development of AI systems that can influence and improve social interactions. Through his research\, Professor Aiello aims to better understand how people interact\, how these interactions can be optimized to address pressing global issues\, and how AI can be used to augment\, rather than replace\, human communication. \nA recognized leader in his field\, Professor Aiello has contributed to numerous influential studies on the role of language in social media and digital interactions. One of his notable contributions includes a study published in Nature on the language of persuasion in social media\, which explores how certain linguistic features can be used to influence public opinion and behavior. \nCurrently\, his research focuses on using NLP techniques to quantify social and psychological experiences\, with applications ranging from improving public health to enhancing urban living environments. Through his work\, Professor Aiello continues to push the boundaries of what is possible at the intersection of social science and technology. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/responsible-ai-driven-media-tech/ LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-77-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250313T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250313T100000 DTSTAMP:20260420T050808 CREATED:20250217T095453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T095453Z UID:20375-1741856400-1741860000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Announcement of the 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, 13 March\, the 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize will be announced at the University Aula in Bergen. \nAt the event\, the Rector of the University of Bergen\, Margareth Hagen\, will present welcoming remarks. The Chair of the Holberg Prize Board\, Professor Jørgen Sejersted\, will announce the recipients of the Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize. We will also hear the citations from the Academic Committees\, before the Holberg Prize Academic Director\, Professor Bjørn Enge Bertelsen\, will lead a conversation between experts on the Laureates and their scholarly work. \nThere will be a musical performance\, and a light breakfast will be served. \nWe ask that those who wish to attend the event in person to register. \nThe livestream requires no registration. \nDoors open 8:40 \nAbout the Prizes\nThe Holberg Prize is awarded annually to a scholar who has made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities\, social sciences\, law or theology. The recipient must have had a decisive influence on international research. The Prize is worth NOK 6\,000\,000. \nThe Nils Klim Prize is awarded annually in the above fields\, to a young researcher. The candidate must be a citizen of a Nordic country or be formally affiliated with a Nordic research institution. Also\, the candidate must be under 35 years of age at the nomination deadline. The Prize is worth NOK 500\,000. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/announcement-of-the-2025-holberg-prize-and-nils-klim-prize/ LOCATION:University Aula\, UiB CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/prisutdeling-senneset.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR