• Opphavsrett for journalister – Hva du må vite om bruk og deling av innhold?

    Media City Bergen, Medielaben i 9. etasje, tårn 3

    Hva kan du bruke fritt, og hva krever tillatelse? Hva gjelder for lenking, embedding og bruk av innhold fra sosiale medier? Hvordan påvirker kunstig intelligens opphavsretten? Bli med på en hands-on workshop med advokat Jon Wessel-Aas, en av Norges fremste eksperter på medierett. Her får du konkrete svar på de viktigste spørsmålene om opphavsrett – […]

  • AI anno 2030: In the Public Interest?

    Universitetsaulaen, Muséplassen 3

    UiB AI is collaborating with NORA on a CuttingEdgeAI seminar in the University Aula in Bergen. The idea behind the seminar is to bring together some of the foremost AI researchers in Norway to discuss where we stand in terms of research, which areas Norway has the opportunity to make its mark on and what […]

  • Announcement of the 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize

    University Aula, UiB

    On Thursday, 13 March, the 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize will be announced at the University Aula in Bergen. At 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 […]

  • The Language of Coordination: From Humans to AI Agents

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    We are thrilled to welcome Luca Maria Aiello, Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, to the MediaFutures seminar series. As 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," […]

  • Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Bilal Mahmood

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    On Thursday, April 3rd, PhD candidate Bilal Mahmood will have his mid-term evaluation. Main supervisor: Mehdi Elahi Co-Supervisor: Samia Touileb External Evaluator: Sole Pera

  • Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Jia-Hua Jeng

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    On Friday, April 4, PhD candidate Jia-Hua Jeng will have his mid-term evaluation. Main supervisor: Christoph Trattner Co-Supervisors: Erik Knudsen, Alain Starke External Evaluator: Sole Pera

  • Talks on Responsible Recommender Systems

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    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). 10:45 - 11:45 | Sole Pera on "Into the AI-Known: How Search and Recommender Systems Shape Children's Online Experiences & the Path to […]

  • Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Khadiga Seddik

    SFI MediaFutures, MCB

    On Friday, April 4th, PhD candidate Khadiga Seddik will have her mid-term evaluation. Main supervisor: Erik Knudsen Co-Supervisor: Damian Trilling, Alain Starke (Step-in) External Evaluator: Sole Pera Title: The Influence of News Recommender technology on Shaping Selective Exposure and Sharing. Abstract:  Despite the benefits the news recommenders provide, overly personalized news recommendations and too much […]

  • MIX Innovation Day 2025

    Media City Bergen, Atrium

    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. […]

  • Trust and trustworthiness: The Rhetorical History of Trust in the Nordics

    University of Bergen, Lauritz Meltzers hus (SV-bygget), Room: Vesletinget (Floor 2)

    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. What 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 […]

  • Phd Defense of Sohail Ahmed Khan

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

    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. In 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 […]

  • Japan-Norway Encounters  日本とノルウェーの出会い x Bergen HCI summer seminar

    Morning: Auditorium Egget, Studentsenteret Finding your way, afternoon: Nordre Allmenning 3, Nygårdsgaten 5

    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). We are proud to announce that we also […]