Sampol Conference 2023: (Limited) Technology: Progress or Downfall of Democracy?
UiB Bergen , NorwayThe Sampol Conference 2023 is organized by master's degree students at the Department of Comparative Politics (UiB) every other year. Its main objective is to provide a vibrant platform for constructive dialogue and exchange of ideas on significant societal and scientific issues. The conference has been held biennially since 1985, focusing on a wide range […]
Fact Checking and Fact-based journalism in the age of AI
Kristiania, Kirkegata 24-26, Oslo Kirkegata 24-26, Oslo, NorwayKristiania University College and MediaFutures partner Faktisk.no have the honour to invite to a full-day conference about the challenges and opportunities that AI presents in the field of fact-checking. How to distinguish between genuine and AI-generated content? The challenges arising from new AI technology in fact-checking are significant. How is this field evolving, and what […]
MediaFutures Annual Meeting 2023
MediaFutures is a centre for research-based innovation with the goal to develop responsible media technology, leveraging AI technology, for the media sector. The centre is a consortium of the most important media players in Norway. The University of Bergen is the host of the centre. User partners include NRK and TV 2, the two main […]
CuttingEdge AI: What do we do with one billion for artificial intelligence?
UiB AI, in collaboration with NORA, is excited to announce the Cutting Edge AI seminar taking place in Bergen on November 24th at the University Aula. Media Futures, a part of this collaboration, invites you to join us for an engaging discussion on the effective allocation of the government-promised AI billion. What is the actual […]
PhD halfway presentation by Peter Daniel Andrews
Nygårdsgaten 5, Nordre Allmenning 3 at LæringsarenaenOn November 28th, MediaFutures PhD candidate Peter Daniel Andrews will hold a midway presentation on his work. Anyone can drop by to listen and ask questions. Abstract Young adults rank among the least engaged consumers of digital news media. Generation Z predominantly engages with news through social media platforms, significantly altering traditional news consumption patterns. […]
Bergen-Boston Forum
Philosophy Department of the University of Bergen , NorwayWe are happy to invite to a two-day hybrid workshop about AI and the Future of Protest Politics: Politics and Emotions in the Age of Digital Transformation and Surveillance Capitalism. Our goal is to bring together prominent scholars from different disciplines to discuss the impact of AI-based platforms, and their underlying technological and economic principles, […]
What is News? Understanding news perceptions and practices among young adults
Digital media has fundamentally changed what news is: how it is produced, distributed, practiced and understood, particularly among young audiences, across the world. The concept of news is changing, as well as the information repertoires of young adults. These processes of transformation have had fundamental consequences not only for news industries, but also for news […]
Workshop on forthcoming AI calls from Horizon Europe and Digital Europe
OnlineNORA and the Oslo Cancer Cluster are collaborating to host a workshop that focuses on upcoming opportunities for EU funding in Artificial Intelligence. The session will highlight presentations covering AI subjects under Cluster 4: Digital, Industry, and Space within Horizon Europe and The Digital Europe Programme. Following these presentations, there will be group discussions in […]
Call for Papers / Datatech 2024
Geneva, SwitzerlandThe Data Technology Seminar (DTS), formerly known as the MDN Workshop, is an annual event and the perfect opportunity to network with like-minded professionals, learn about the latest trends and techniques in data-related projects, and set up collaborations with peers in the industry. The EBU Data Tech Seminar (DTS) stands as a unique industry event […]
A Norwegian Center for AI?
digitalMediaFutures partner NORA is organising a digital discussion on the allocation of the AI billion. In Norway, there is an ongoing discussion about how to best allocate the 'AI billion.' Some suggest that we should use various tools to support AI research, following the traditional approach of calling for proposals managed by The Research Council […]
Call for literature reviews: Nordicom Reviews special issue
Nordicom is inviting authors to submit extended abstracts for a special issue of Nordicom Review focusing on the relationship between media, communication, journalism, and democracy within the Nordic region. The call emphasizes literature reviews examining how these elements interplay and influence democratic processes. The submission deadline for abstracts is February 9, 2024. Selected authors will […]
More Room for Language: Investigating the Effect of Retrieval on Language Models
UiO, Room 4118, StyreromThe Language Technology Group (LTG) at University in Oslo is organising weekly RAG seminars. They do research on a number of topics related to Natural Language Processing (NLP), a subfield of Artificial Intelligence enabling computers to `make sense' of human language. This weeks speakers for the LTG research seminar are David Samuel, Lucas Charpentier and […]