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:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240129T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240129T113000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080219 CREATED:20240125T105018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T105018Z UID:17596-1706522400-1706527800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:A Norwegian Center for AI? DESCRIPTION:MediaFutures partner NORA is organising a digital discussion on the allocation of the AI billion. \nIn 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 of Norway’s portfolio management. This method is well-established\, offering flexibility\, utilizing existing infrastructure\, and enabling quick announcements of proposal calls. \nOn the other hand\, others believe that we have a unique opportunity for a more concentrated and coordinated effort\, bringing together different disciplines\, stakeholders\, and sectors through a centralized solution\, which involves a distributed center approach. This could enhance coordination and create networks and meeting spaces that are challenging to establish using more conventional methods. \nSince the latter solution is less common and relatively unfamiliar in Norway\, we are actively seeking insights from various AI centers and networks in successful European nations to learn about their operational structures. \nProgram: \n10:00-10:05: Klas Pettersen\, CEO NORA\, Welcome and short introduction\n10:05-10:25: Serge Belongie\, Director\, Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence (Denmark)\n10:25-10:35: Questions to Serge Belongie\n10:35-10:55: Simon Reeve\, Director for Innovation\, The Alan Turing Institute (UK)\n10:55-11:00: Questions to Simon Reeve\n11:00-11:20: Samuel Kaski\, director\, Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI (Finland)\n11:20-11:30: Questions to Samuel Kaski/Petri Myllymaki (and others) URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/a-norwegian-center-for-ai/ LOCATION:digital CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/designeventfirstversion.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231217T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231217T000000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080219 CREATED:20231121T150711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231206T123219Z UID:16922-1702771200-1702771200@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Call for Papers / Datatech 2024 DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nThe EBU Data Tech Seminar (DTS) stands as a unique industry event singularly focused on exploring data and AI applications within the media landscape. It serves as an essential gathering\, an annual cornerstone attracting experts in data and AI technology\, pivotal in crafting the future solutions for media. DTS seamlessly blends a conference agenda with in-depth explorations and valuable networking opportunities. Set to take place in Geneva from March 12 to 14 in 2024\, DataTech 2024 promises an insightful experience. \nTHE CALL FOR PAPERS FOR DATATECH 2024 IS OPEN !\nTo submit your contribution proposal to the programme committee\, please fill in this form. The deadline is 17 December 2023. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/call-for-papers-datatech-2024/ LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland CATEGORIES:Call for papers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/DTS_web_image_1280x720.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231213T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231213T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080219 CREATED:20231206T121643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231206T121643Z UID:17090-1702458000-1702468800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Workshop on forthcoming AI calls from Horizon Europe and Digital Europe DESCRIPTION:NORA 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 breakout sessions. \nThe workshop will conclude with AI Sweden presenting their work and providing valuable insights into the prerequisites for achieving success with multimodal models in both Europe and the Nordic region. \nThis workshop offers a hybrid format\, allowing participants to attend either physically or online. However\, please be aware that physical attendance is restricted to 30 individuals on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/workshop-on-forthcoming-ai-calls-from-horizon-europe-and-digital-europe/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/dall·e-2023-11-24-11.42.23-a-promotional-poster-for-an-eu-info-event-focused-on-ai.-the-european-union-eu-flag-is-prominently-displayed-in-the-center-with-its-circle-of-gold-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231204T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231204T150000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080219 CREATED:20231124T134545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231129T133654Z UID:16953-1701695700-1701702000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:What is News? Understanding news perceptions and practices among young adults DESCRIPTION: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 research\, and journalism studies. How can we study news if we do not know what it is? \nThis seminar presents “What is News?”\, a research project approaching news as a concept in flux\, using phenomenological theory and an open methodology aiming at understanding the experience of news\, rather than news as a fixed concept. It discusses how the phenomenological approach may gain new insights into what news is\, and what information means to young people today. \nBy presenting the work with the forthcoming book Navigating the News: Young people\, Digital Culture and Everyday Life building on an extensive ethnography of news practices and perceptions among a broad range of youth in Sweden\, the seminar will discuss how the digitisation of news has shaped young people’s understanding of what news is\, how it is relevant\, trusted and used in the temporalities and spatialities of everyday life. The presentation pays attention to the blurring boundaries between news and social media\, highlighting how new media categories such as influencers\, memes and hybrid information can take on the status of news for young audiences. \nSpeaker: Stina Bengtsson\, professor\, Södertörn University\, Stockholm. \nStina Bengtsson is professor in Media and Communication Studies. She is currently doing research about media and everyday life\, digital media morality and ethics\, youth culture\, taste and power. She teaches the course Media and Everyday Life at the masters programme Media\, Communication and Everyday Life and are involved in courses also at the bachelor programmes second and third year. \nSign up By email to Lene Angelskår URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/what-is-news-understanding-news-perceptions-and-practices-among-young-adults/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-1-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231130T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231201T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080219 CREATED:20230530T100919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231129T103800Z UID:15242-1701335700-1701450000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Bergen-Boston Forum DESCRIPTION:We 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. \nOur 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\, on political discourse and protest.  \nThe event will draw on the Boston-Bergen Forum on Digital Futures—an international research network among the ‘Culture\, Society & Politics’ and the ‘Practical Philosophy’ research groups at UiB’s Philosophy Department\, the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston\, and the MIT Program Human Rights and Technology.  \nMediaFutures center director Christoph Tratter is co-leading the project together with Professor Franz Knappik (Bergen)\, Dr. Christopher Senf (Bergen) and Professor Nir Eisikovist (UMass). \n\nWHERE: The Philosophy Department in Bergen\, Sydnesplassen 12/13\, seminarrommet i 1. etasje \nAs it is a hybrid event\, you can join the event in person or via zoom. \nRegister here\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n1st Workshop Day\, Thursday\, November 30th\n\n\n\n09.15 am\nWelcome Note\n\n\n\nSection I:     Making AI Intelligible\n\n\n\n09.30 am\nKeynote by Herman Cappelen (Hong Kong\, online):“AI and The Commodification of Meaning”\n\n\n10.15 am\nQ&A (Moderation\, Jesse Tomalty)\n\n\n11.00 am\nRosalie Waelen (Bonn):“The Struggle for Recognition and AI’s Impact on Self-development”\n\n\n11.30 am\nQ&A (Moderation\, Chris Senf)\n\n\n12.30 am\nLunch break at Café Christie\n\n\nSection II:     Contesting the Attention Economy\n\n\n13.45 pm\nSebastian Watzl (Oslo):“What is Wrong with How Attention is Commodified?”\n\n\n14.30 pm\n James Williams: “tba” \n\n\n15.00 pm\nQ&A (Moderation\, Alec Stubbs)\n\n\nSection III:    Algorithms of (In)justice\n\n\n15.45 pm\nKjetil Rommetveit (Bergen):“(How) Can you code rights and morality into digital infrastructures and AIs?”\n\n\n16.15 pm\nAlec Stubbs (UMass\, Boston):“Generative AI and the future of Work”\n\n\n16:45 pm\nQ&A (Moderation\, Carlota Salvador Megias)\n\n\n17.30 pm\nEnd\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n2nd Workshop Day\, Friday\, December 1st\n\n\n\n10.00 am\nWelcome Note\n\n\n\nSection I:     Political Technologies\n\n\n\n10.15 am\n Eugenia Stamboliev (Vienna):“Protesting the Classification of Emotions (affects) and its Technological means”\n\n\n10.45 am\nJames Hughes (UMass\, Boston):“Communication Technologies: Hegemonic\, Radicalizing and Democratic”\n\n\n11.15 am\n Q&A (Moderation\, Alec Stubbs)\n\n\n12.15 am\nLunch break at Café Christie\n\n\nSection II:     Future of Protest Movements\n\n\n13:30 pm\n Paul Raekstad (Amsterdam):“Domination Without Dominators: The Impersonal Causes of Oppression”\n\n\n14:00 pm\nChristopher Senf (Bergen):“Algorithmic Exploitation of Recognition”\n\n\n14.30 pm\nQ&A (Moderation\, Ane Engelstad)\n\n\n15.15 pm\nCoffee break\n\n\nSection III     Activism and Philosophy in the Age of AI\n\n\n15.30 pm\nMaria Brincker (UMass Boston\, online):“What kind of space is a ‘platform’ with its own goals?”\n\n\n16.00 pm\nKade Crockford (ACLU Massachusetts & MIT Media Lab\, online):“All Politics is Local: Fighting Face Surveillance from the Ground Up in Massachusetts”\n\n\n16.30 pm\nQ&A (Moderation\, Chris Senf)\n\n\n17:30 pm\nEnd\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abstracts: \n1)   Herman Wright Cappelen (Hong Kong) \n“AI and the Commodification of Meaning” \nAI systems\, owned by private corporations\, will soon have the ability to control the meaning of the sentences we speak and interpret. This can be seen as a form of commodification of speech act content\, a more serious form of commodification than e.g.\, artistic commodification. The determination of meaning by AI raises concerns about corporate control over language\, reminiscent of Orwellian scenarios. Often\, the goals behind these communicative exchanges will be foreign to individuals\, who may not endorse or even be aware of them. The result is a form of meaning alienation.  \n2)   Rosalie Waelen (Bonn)  \n“The struggle for recognition and AI’s impact on self-development” \nCritical theories\, with their focus on power dynamics and emancipation\, offer a valuable basis for the analysis of AI’s social and political impact. Axel Honneth’s theory of recognition is one such critical theory. Honneth’s theory of recognition adds to the present AI ethics debate\, because it shines light on the different ways in which AI reinforces or exacerbates struggles for recognition. Moreover\, through the lens of Honneth’s theory of recognition\, one learns how AI can harm people’s self-development. This presentation highlights some of those contemporary struggles for recognition and their (potential) impact on people´s self-development.   \n3)   Sebastian Watzl (UiO Oslo) \n“What is Wrong with How Attention is Commodified?” \nOur attention is commodified: it is bought and sold in market transactions when individuals lend out the ability to control their attentional capacities in exchange (for example) for technological services. What is wrong with that? Attention markets\, we argue\, resemble labor markets. By drawing on the ethics of commodification and core features of attention\, we show that attention markets\, while not always morally wrong\, carry special moral risks: because of how attention shapes beliefs and desires\, subjective experience and action\, they are prone to be disrespectful\, alienating\, and provide fertile grounds for domination. Our analysis calls for regulatory interventions.  \n4)   James Williams  \ntba   \n5)   Kjetil Rommetveit (UiB Bergen) \n“(How) Can you code rights and morality into digital infrastructures and AIs?”     \nIn 1980 philosopher of technology Langdon Winner famously asked ‘Do Artifacts Have Politics?’ This question was followed up by Latour’s (1994) and Verbeek’s (2008) analyses of technological mediation of morality. Whereas these questions were once provocative\, in recent AI regulations they have become part of official governance mechanisms. In this talk I present some novel approaches to governance in the EU through\, specifically the risk-based approach and the design-based approach. Situating these within a wider techno-regulatory imaginary\, I provide examples of how these instruments play out in practice. I end on some critical questions: what kind of politics do in-built morality have? And what implications can be discerned for critical publics?    \n6)   Alec Stubbs (UMass Boston)  \n“Generative AI and the Future of Work” \nThis talk intertwines André Gorz’s post-work philosophy with Herbert Marcuse’s critical theory to envision a democratized future in which generative AI serves the productive aims of society. The talk evaluates the pitfalls of generative AI in reshaping labor\, including the likelihood of technological unemployment\, downward pressure on wages\, and deskilling of workers. The discussion also evaluates the potential of generative AI in reshaping labor\, emphasizing the need for a demand for the reduction of the workweek in leftist politics and labor struggles. Central to the argument is Gorz’s imperative to redefine work’s role in a technologically advanced\, equitable society.   \n7)   Eugenia Stamboliev (Vienna) \n“Protesting the classification of emotions (affects) and its technological means”  \nTo critique affect technology\, we need to politicize emotionality and affectivity newly. Today\, we are witnessing the emergence of intrusive algorithmic technologies\, such as AI\, in our daily lives. These technologies\, designed to measure and control lives\, information\, and data\, are intended to nudge and influence our political moods and public sentiments as much as they are to measure expressions and emotions. In this talk\, I will discuss the history of two types of “affect technologies” (AT) and offer some criticism on their goals and applications. First\, ATs intended to measure and classify emotions and affection emerged from the cognitive turn in computer studies. While popular\, these ATs are normatively problematic and flawed\, but still influence the design and economic models underlying many recognition systems. Second\, ATs expected to drive\, manage\, and influence political beliefs and public moods are underlining architectures that do more than manage emotions via technological means\, but they are part of the devaluation of emotions through political campaigning. Protesting the shortcomings of ATs\, means calling into question both the normative and political agendas underlying affect technologies\, as well as offering new and positive approaches on affectivity that are beyond the scope of measurement and control\, but remain politically crucial for democratic protest while avoiding commercial and technical exploitation.   \n8)   James J. Hughes (UMass Boston & IEET) \n“Communication Technologies: Hegemonic\, Radicalizing and Democratic” \nBooks\, radio and television all transformed political mobilization\, by both elites and radicals. How different is the Internet\, social media and algorithmically driven communication? Are we more likely to form radical sub-communities\, each with its own reality (e.g. MAGA)? Can we envision democratic countervailing institutions emerging from the “commodification\, outrageification\, and gamification of protest” by platform companies? Will the algorithmic rules and required moderation included in the EU AI Act\, DMA and DSA reduce ideological hegemony\, improve collaboration and decrease toxicity in these environments?   \n9)   Paul Raekstad (Amsterdam) \n“Domination Without Dominators: The Impersonal Causes of Oppression” \nSocial movements of the last centuries have been naming and analyzing the complex forms of personal and impersonal domination that they fight to overcome. Yet current theories of domination have largely been unable to make sense of the latter. Theories of domination as being subject to the will\, or arbitrary power\, of another rule them out\, while extant theories of impersonal domination are often unsystematic or narrowly focused. My paper tries to remedy this by developing a systematic theory of impersonal domination\, distinguish some important types thereof\, and show why it matters for universal human emancipation.    \n10)  Christopher Senf (UiB Bergen) \n“Algorithmic Exploitation of Recognition” \ntba   \n11)  Maria Brincker (UMass Boston) \n“What kind of space is a ‘platform’ with its own goals?” \nHow are we to understand our political actions on surveillance and algorithm-driven for-profit platforms? Current social media platforms present users with possibilities of building vast networks and achieving massive\, fast reach to highly dispersed groups. Hence\, they present incredible opportunities for expanded agency\, organizing\, and information sharing. However\, these platform ecosystems also present users with highly unusual affordance spaces\, which might pose challenges to our agency. Proprietary algorithms\, vast data harvesting and camouflaged behavior modification tools are used to drive platform company interests – often conflicting with those of users. We engage in political movements to shape the future\, but how do our actions on these platforms in fact shape our future and our extra-situational spaces?   \n12)  Kade Crockford (ACLU & MIT) \n“All Politics is Local: Fighting Face Surveillance from the Ground Up in Massachusetts” \nIn 2019\, the ACLU of Massachusetts launched a campaign to bring democratic control over government use of facial surveillance technology. Over the following two years\, we passed eight bans on government use of face surveillance in cities and towns across the state\, including in Massachusetts’ four largest cities: Boston\, Cambridge\, Springfield\, and Worcester. We also passed a state law creating some regulations on police use of the technology statewide. During this talk\, campaign leader Kade Crockford will discuss how the ACLU’s campaigners dreamed big\, built a coalition\, and fought from the ground up to defeat the narrative of technological determinism\, and how you can do it\, too. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/bergen-boston-forum-2023-2024/ LOCATION:Philosophy Department of the University of Bergen\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-1-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231128T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231128T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20231124T132658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231124T135718Z UID:16938-1701165600-1701172800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:PhD halfway presentation by Peter Daniel Andrews DESCRIPTION:On 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. \nAbstract \nYoung 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. While viewing video content\, Generation Z often simultaneously engages with social media and online resources\, redefining traditional viewing paradigms. Cross-device multitasking primarily facilitates the search for relevant information across multiple platforms\, thereby enhancing media contextualization. Simultaneously\, it leverages social media to transform individual experiences into collaborative endeavors. This project aims to encapsulate the cross-device experience into a single platform where young adults can interact with video content to explore information\, improving their understanding and accessibility of digital news media. Integrating an interactive platform atop video content provides a more immersive and engaging experience. However\, to make video interactive\, it is first necessary to extract contextual information so users can easily interact with content. Recent advances in Computer Vision (CV) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have allowed for more sophisticated video content analysis. Using Object Detection and Multi-Object Tracking (MOT)\, contextual data is drawn from the video content and linked to relevant identities. By linking these identities to an external dataset resource\, information regarding and surrounding content within the video becomes accessible for the user to assist in exploring digital news media. The user then has the freedom to explore and access information relevant to their understanding and experience. A dynamic interactive layer provides the necessary interface for users to engage directly with content extracted from the CV and AI backend. Utilizing Multimodal Conversational Agents (MCAs)\, users can interact seamlessly with the video content through natural language input while receiving feedback through multiple sensory modalities. The project uses quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the framework’s usability. The analysis aims to evaluate the feasibility of implementing such systems to assist young adults in comprehending news media video content. It also seeks to enhance user engagement and immersion\, justifying its continued and future application. This research aims to revolutionize how young adults interact with and comprehend news media by offering an interactive layer that facilitates a deeper understanding and engagement with content topics\, unlike traditional methods. By leveraging MCAs\, the project enhances comprehension and introduces a fun and immersive element to digital news consumption\, transforming it into an engaging and interactive experience. This approach counters the current trends of low engagement among young adults\, presenting a new paradigm for how they interact with and understand news media. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/phd-halfway-presentation-by-peter-daniel-andrews/ LOCATION:Nygårdsgaten 5\, Nordre Allmenning 3 at Læringsarenaen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-1-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231124T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231124T140000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20231030T122156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T122200Z UID:16717-1700820000-1700834400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:CuttingEdge AI: What do we do with one billion for artificial intelligence? DESCRIPTION: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 purpose of having one billion for artificial intelligence? \nThe government presented an ambitious national initiative in September\, focusing on research in artificial intelligence and digital security. The Prime Minister pledged a minimum investment of one billion Norwegian kroner over the next five years. Since then\, there has been a heated debate among various academic communities regarding the direction of this initiative. Should the emphasis be on developing AI technology\, or is it more crucial to research its applications and consequences? Is the debate merely a positioning of different academic communities seeking funding\, or is there a genuine disagreement about the future of artificial intelligence research? \nWe hereby invite you to a debate where we delve into how we should utilize the AI billion. We are bringing together representatives from the government\, administration\, research communities\, and business sectors to gain diverse perspectives on the path forward in Norway’s major investment in artificial intelligence. \nUiB AI\nFour times a year\, UiB AI organizes seminars that shed light on various aspects of artificial intelligence. The seminar series serves as a meeting point for UiB employees and students interested in topics related to artificial intelligence. Participation is free\, and the event is open to all interested individuals. \nUiB AI is an initiative aimed at coordinating and showcasing all research\, education\, and innovation activities related to artificial intelligence at the University of Bergen. It facilitates collaboration and connections between faculties and external partners outside UiB. \nNORA\nCutting Edge AI” is NORA’s seminar series where they explore the latest developments in artificial intelligence through hybrid seminars. \nNORA\, the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium\, is a Norwegian collaboration between eight universities\, three colleges\, and four research institutes focused on AI\, machine learning\, and robotics. NORA operates a national research school\, an industrial network\, and provides support to startup companies. It has established itself as a national authority\, consulted on matters of national importance. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/cuttingedge-ai-what-do-we-do-with-one-billion-for-artificial-intelligence/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/cuttingedgeai_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231118 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230819T092717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T201358Z UID:15921-1700092800-1700265599@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:MediaFutures Annual Meeting 2023 DESCRIPTION:MediaFutures is a centre for research-based innovation with the goal to develop responsible media technology\, leveraging AI technology\, for the media sector. \nThe 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 TV broadcasters in Norway\, Schibsted\, including Bergens Tidende (BT)\, and Amedia\, the two largest news media houses in Scandinavia/Norway\, as well as the world-renowned Norwegian media tech companies Vizrt\, Highsoft and the global tech and media player IBM. The centre collaborates with renowned national research institutions including the University of Oslo\, the University of Stavanger and NORCE\, and works together with high-profile international research institutions. \nThis years Media Futures Annual Meeting will be held at November 16-17 at Media City Bergen\, Norway\, the 2023 Annual Meeting constitutes a forum for the exchange of scientific results and industry insights within the field of responsible media technology. \nThis year’s focus topic are Generative AI and the EU AI Act. In particular\, we are interested in tackling questions related to as to what extent Generative AI and the EU AI Act will have an impact on the future of the media. \nFollowing last year’s success\, the 2023 Annual Meeting is expected once again to attract\, and bring together Norwegian and international researchers\, and industry practitioners with the intent of engaging in discussions on topics related to: \n\nAI Policy & Media Experiences\nAI Policy & Recommender Technology\nGenerative AI & Content Production\nGenerative AI & Media Interaction\nGenerative AI & Large Language Models\n\nJoin us for inspirational keynote talks\, prototype demonstrations\, presentations held by our researchers\, and industry partners\, and poster session. \nWe are pleased to announce the following high-profile keynote speakers and experts in the field of AI: Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Esther Paniagua. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration closed.For late registrations please emailoffice@mediafutures.no \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DIRECTIONS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Day 1\nThe venue for Day 1 is the Atlantis Auditorium at the Conference Centre at Media City Bergen. \nMedia City Bergen is in downtown Bergen\, close to the main bus terminal.The closest public transport stop is “Nygård” where you can take the “bybanen” light rail\, or buses 12 or 13. \nYou will find the registration desk in the Atrium once you enter Media City Bergen. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n https://maps.app.goo.gl/GpZtDYshog3BhwWbA  \n \n \n \n \n \n Dinner \nThe Conference Dinner\, for affiliates only\, will be at 20:00 of Day 1\, November 16th.It will be held at Kulturhuset I Bergen\, Vaskerelven 8. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n https://maps.app.goo.gl/XFQP4UCiYMq6aptx5  \n \n \n \n \n \n Day 2\nDay 2 of the Annual Meeting\, for affiliates only\, will take place at Storm 2 at the Conference Centre at Scandic Ørnen. \nScandic Ørnen is located in Lars Hilles Gate 18\, right next to the main bus terminal.The closest public transport stop is “Bergen Busstasjon”\, the main bus terminal. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n https://maps.app.goo.gl/oHBxMur84ReqdFVx7  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Day 1: Media City Bergen \n\n\n\nAI Policy Workshop\n\n\n09:00\nGetting on the EU Policy Train.Charlotte Eide and Vivil Haraldsen\n\n\n10:30\nA Brief Primer on Global AI Policy.Nicholas Diakopoulos\n\n\n11:00\nDeveloping Mitigation Strategies to Counter Negative Impacts of Generative AI .Kimon Kieslich and Nicholas Diakopoulos\n\n\nOpening Session\n\n\n12:00\nRegistration\n\n\n13:00\nWelcome Adresse by Christoph Trattner\, UiB Vice-Rector Pinar Heggernes\, and\, MCB CEO Helge O. Svela\n\n\nKeynote Session\n\n\n13:15\nKeynote: Ricardo Baeza-YatesGenerative AI: The End of the Digital Truth?\n\n\n14:00\nBreak\n\n\n14:15\nKeynote: Esther PaniaguaThrive or die? The future of journalism in the AI age\n\n\n15:00\nBreak\n\n\n15:15\nPanel on Generative AI & AI PolicyAndreas Bengtsson\, Ricardo Baeza-Yates\,Esther Paniagua and Marija Slavkovik.Moderator: Nick Diakopoulos\n\n\nPoster & Demo Session\n\n\n16:00\nDemo & Poster Exhibition\n\n\n17:30\nDemo & Poster Awards\n\n\n\n\n\n\n20:00\nConference Dinner\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Day 2 (Internal): Scandic Ørnen \n\n\n\nWork Package Sessions\n\n\n09:30\nInfo and announcements\n\n\n09:35\nWP1: Understanding Media Experiences\n\n\n10:00\nWP2: User Modeling\, Personalisation & Engagement\n\n\n10:20\nWP3: Media Content Production & Analysis\n\n\n10:45\nBreak + Group Photo\n\n\n11:05\nWP4: Media Content Interaction & Accessibility\n\n\n11:25\nWP5: Norwegian Language Technologies\n\n\n12:00\nLunch\n\n\nUniversity – Industry Collaboration Session\n\n\n13:00\nUniversity – Industry (UI) Collaboration Paper PresentationFlorence Jane Walker\, UiB\n\n\n13:20\nUniversity – Industry (UI) Collaboration Panel DiscussionFlorence Jane Walker\, Enrico Motta\,Irene Costera Meijer\, Eivind ThrondsenModerator: Leif Ove Larsen\n\n\n14:05\nBreak\n\n\nWorld Café Session\n\n\n14:25\nIntroduction to World Cafe\n\n\n14:30\nAI/UI/Policy World Cafe Session 1\n\n\n14:50\nAI/UI/Policy World Cafe Session 2\n\n\n15:10\nAI/UI/Policy World Cafe Session 3\n\n\n15:25\nSummary\n\n\n16:00\nEnd\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AI POLICY WORKSHOP\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From 9 to 12 on day 1 of the Annual Meeting\, MediaFutures will host a AI Policy Workshop. \nThe workshop is divided into 3 sessions: \n \n \n \n \n \n Getting on the EU Policy Train\n9am-10:30am \nCharlotte Eide and Vivil Haraldsen \nAre you interested in knowing more about EU policy making and opportunities to give input? \nAt this workshop you will get an overview of EU decision making processes relevant for the Research & Innovation sector\, see examples of how you can give your input to a specific policy area or to research and innovation priorities in EU programmes\, and explore upcoming opportunities for giving policy input in your field. \n \n \n \n \n \n A Brief Primer on Global AI Policy\n10:30am-11am \nNicholas Diakopoulos \nYou could spend all day every day reading about new AI policy proposals. Regulatory initiatives are well underway in the EU\, but things are also developing in China\, the US\, and via various global organizations. In this session we’ll cover some of the highlights so you have a better overview of what’s happening in the world of AI policy.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Developing Mitigation Strategies to Counter Negative Impacts of Generative AI \n11am-12pm. \nKimon Kieslich and Nicholas Diakopoulos \nWhat policies are actually going to work to reduce the negative impacts of generative AI in media and society? In this interactive session we’ll present scenarios and develop policy approaches that might actually work to reduce those impacts.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n KEYNOTE SESSION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ricardo Baeza-Yates\, Director of Research\, Institute for Experiential AI\, Northeastern University \nRicaro Baeza-Yates is Director of Research at the Institute for Experiential AI of Northeastern University. Before\, he was VP of Research at Yahoo Labs\, based in Barcelona\, Spain\, and later in Sunnyvale\, California\, from 2006 to 2016. He is co-author of the best-seller Modern Information Retreival textbook published by Addison-Wesley in 1999 and 2011 (2nd ed)\, that won the ASIST 2012 Book of the Year award. From 2002 to 2004 he was elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society and between 2012 and 2016 was elected for the ACM Council. In 2009 he was named ACM Fellow and in 2011 IEEE Fellow\, among other awards and distinctions. He obtained a Ph.D. in CS from the University of Waterloo\, Canada\, in 1989\, and his areas of expertise are web search and data mining\, information retrieval\, bias on AI\, data science and algorithms in general. \nWe are honored to have Ricardo Baeza-Yates as a keynote speaker at our Annual Meeting. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ricardo Baeza-Yates \n \n \n \n \n \n Abstract\n Generative AI: The End of the Digital Truth? \nThe Media of the future may be completely different from today’s\, consisting of a mixture of truths and falsehoods. Determining what was generated by a chatbot and what was generated by a human being will be almost impossible. In fact\, it will be difficult to know what data we can even use to continue improving the technology. Over time\, it may learn from itself\, becoming less and less human. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Esther Paniagua\, Columnist and author specializing in science\, technology\, and cybersecurity.  \nEsther Paniagua is an award-winning tech & society journalist and author. Esther is one of Spain’s Linkedin Top Voices in Technology & Innovation. She has been honored as one of the “Top 100 Women Leaders of Spain” and as one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Forbes. Her outstanding contributions to science\, technology\, and innovation journalism have earned her numerous awards. \nHer latest book\, Error 404. Are you ready for a world without the internet? (Debate\, 2021)\, has garnered critical acclaim. Originally published in Spanish\, it has been translated into German (Hoffman und Campe) and into Italian (Einaudi). “Error 404” will also be available in Polish\, Greek\, Croatian\, and Romanian soon. \nEsther is highly sought after as a speaker on topics related to digital governance\, tech ethics\, artificial intelligence\, and cybersecurity. Additionally\, Esther teaches AI Journalism at the Rey Juan Carlos University’s master’s degree program in Investigative Journalism\, New Narratives\, Data\, Fact-checking\, and Transparency. \nWe are thrilled to have Esther Paniagua as a keynote speaker at our Annual Meeting. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Esther Paniagua \n \n \n \n \n \n Abstract\n Thrive or die? The future of journalism in the AI age \nGradually and then suddenly\, AI has erupted into the media landscape. As we navigate this transformative era\, pressing questions arise: Can AI fulfill its promises of enhancing work efficiency\, boosting audience engagement\, generating substantial economic gains\, and liberating journalists from repetitive tasks? Or does it pose a threat to the very fabric of journalism\, within the backdrop of precariousness and content plundering?This talk aims to unravel the complex web of AI’s -and more specifically LLM’s- impact on journalism\, scaling automatic content generation and the proliferation of deepfakes in an already ‘infoxicated’ ecosystem. By exploring both utopian and dystopian scenarios\, we seek to 1) provide insights into the potential futures that media and journalism face and 2) provide proposals\, from an ethical and responsible media perspective\, to ensure that Journalism thrives (and does not die) in the AI age. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Panel on Generative AI & AI Policy \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Day 1 of the Annual meeting features a panel on Generative AI & AI Policy. Participants include our two keynote speakers\, Ricardo Baeza-Yates as well as Esther Paniagua. They are joined by head of Schibsted Futures Lab\, Andreas Bengtsson\, as well as head of the Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, Marija Slavkovik. The panel is moderated by Nicholas Diakopoulos. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n POSTER & DEMO SESSION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We invited students from all areas of media studies\, information sciences\, informatics and other related fields to submit poster and demo abstracts for our Annual Meeting on 16-17 November. \nThe demo and poster session will take place on-site at the Media City Bergen Atrium. The presenters of the demos and posters will be given the opportunity to pitch their posters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nName\nPoster\n\n\nAnastasiia Klimashevskaia\nEvaluating The Effects of Calibrated Popularity Bias Mitigation: A Field Study\n\n\nAyoub Majjodi\nHow the user’s food knowledge and nudges effect the user experience?\n\n\nBilal Mahmood\nEditorial Component in a News Recommender System\n\n\nHuiling You\nJSEEGraph: Joint Structured Event Extraction as Graph Parsing\n\n\nGloria Anne Babile Kasangu\nAffective News Framing\n\n\nMarianne Borchevink-Brækhus\nWhat does it mean when people spend less time on news?\n\n\nPeter Andrews\nAiCommentator: A Multimodal Conversational Agent for Embedded Visualization in Football Viewing\n\n\nSohail Khan\nDeepfake Detection: A Comparative Analysis\n\n\nJohn Magnus Dahl\nWhat if all your news were from…\n\n\nErik Knudsen\nNudge me towards a filter bubble!\n\n\nSamia Touileb\nMeasuring Normative and Descriptive Biases in Language Models Using Census Data\n\n\nDaniel Rosnes\nEvaluating Feature-Specific Similarity Metrics using Human Judgments for Norwegian News\n\n\nFlorence Walker\nI Dreamt of Something Lost\n\n\nVanessa Marie Haaland\nResponsible Personalization of Advertisement on News Websites\n\n\nAgnar haugbjørg Haugen\nExploring Political Engagement and Communication in Twitch Chat: A User-Centric Perspective\n\n\nAndreas Solberg Jensen\nPodcasts and platforms\n\n\nThomas Laag\nContext-awareness in media recommendations\n\n\nSnorre Alvsvåg\nPersonalized Playlists on TV 2 Play\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n In additon to the posters\, 11 demos will be displayed showcasing recent work. The following researchers will present demos: \n\nAnastasiia Klimanshevskaia\nAyoub Majjodi\nBilal Mahmood\nGloria Anne Babile Kasangu\nPeter Andrews\nSohail Khan\nJohn Magnus Dahl\nErik Knudsen\nDaniel Rosnes\nSamia Touileb\nHuiling You\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WP SESSIONS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WP Session Programme (Start of Day 2): \n\n\n\nWP1: Understanding Media Experiences\n\n\n09:35\nWP1 OverviewBrita Ytre-Arne\, UiB\n\n\n09:40\nBeyond «more time is better»: Understanding experiences of quick news use practicesMarianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus\, UiB\n\n\n09:50\nWhat smartphones actually mean to teenagers – insights from an ethnographic studyJohn Magnus Dahl\, UiB\n\n\nWP2: User Modeling\, Personalisation & Engagement\n\n\n10:00\nResponsible Personalization and Recommendation TechnologyMehdi Elahi\, UiB\n\n\n10:05\nWhen sport get personalAstrid Tessem\, TV2\n\n\n10:10\nForget about Erna\, here comes BERTThomas Husken\, BT\n\n\n10:15\nCalibrated Popularity Bias Mitigation: Evaluating the Effects OnlineAnastasiia Klimashevskaia\, UiB\n\n\nWP3: Media Content Production & Analysis\n\n\n10:20\nFact-Checking Complex ClaimsVinay Setty\, UiS\n\n\n10:35\nThe Need for Multimodal Verification: A Newsroom PerspectiveMorten Langfeldt Dahlback\, Faktisk.no\n\n\n10:45\nBreak + Group Photo\n\n\nWP4: Media Content Interaction & Accessibility\n\n\n11:05\nMultimodal Conversational Agents for Embedded Visualization in Football ViewingMorten Fjeld\, UiB\n\n\n11:15\nDynamic Aspect Ratio for Live News at TV2Ingar Arntzen\, NORCE\n\n\nWP5: Norwegian Language Technologies\n\n\n11:25\nWP5 OverviewLilja Øvrelid\, UiO\n\n\n11:30\nJSEEGraph: Joint Structured Event Extraction as Graph ParsingHuilin You\, UiO\n\n\n11:40\nThe EDEN dataset\, and application of JSEEGraph to NorwegianLilja Øvrelid\, UiO\n\n\n11:50\nSummarization benchmark for NorwegianSamia Touileb\, UiB\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY COLLABORATION SESSION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Day 2 of the Annual Meeting features a Session on University – Industry Collaboration. Participants are Florence Jane Walker\, Enrico Motta\, and Irene Costera Meijer\, who are currently working on a paper featuring aspects of collaboration between akademia and industry. The session starts with Florence Jane Walker presenting the findings of their study. Following the presentation the paper authors\, Florence\, as well as the co-authors Enrico Motta and Irene Costera Meijer is joined by Schibsted Academic Liason Eivind Throndsen in a panel. The panel is moderated by Leif Ove Larsen. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORLD CAFÉ\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of day 2 we will be hosting a World Café on the conference topics: \n\nGenerative AI\nAI Policy\nUniveristy Industry Collaboration\n\nThere will be 3 sessions where participants will be seated at one of the topics for each of the sessions. \nTable hosts: \nGenerative AI: \n\nNicholas Diakopoulos\nDietmar Jannach\n\nU-I Collaboration: \n\nEnrico Motta\nIrene Costera Meijer\n\nAI Policy \n\nKimon Kieslich\nOskar Juhlin\n\n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/annual-meeting-2023/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-4-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231101T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231101T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20231016T085959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T101337Z UID:16629-1698829200-1698854400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Fact Checking and Fact-based journalism in the age of AI DESCRIPTION:Kristiania 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. \nHow to distinguish between genuine and AI-generated content?\nThe challenges arising from new AI technology in fact-checking are significant. How is this field evolving\, and what methods are being employed to uncover AI-generated visual content? \nThe event is free of charge and is aimed at journalists and editors in Norwegian media\, representatives from Norwegian political parties\, intelligence services\, top executives\, employees of humanitarian and human rights organizations\, as well as researchers. \nThe event will be conducted in English. Please remember to register for the event. \nDeadline to register: 25.10.2023 \nThe conference will be also available via streaming. \nProgram\n09.00: Doors open \n09.30: Welcome & introduction by Morten L. Dahlback (Faktisk.no) and Nils Arne Bakke (Kristiania University College). \n10.00: Presentation by Mevan Babakar\, the News and Information Credibility Lead at Google. \n10.45: 15 min break \n11.00: Presentation by Andrew Dudfield\, interim CEO of Full Fact\, the UK’s largest independent fact-checking organization. \n11.45: 60 min lunch break \n12.45: Amnesty International’s AI-Generated Images: A Critical Assessment by Liv Hausken\, professor and the head of the research for Media Aesthetics at the University of Oslo. \n13.30: 15 min break \n13.45: Multimodal Generative AI and Synthetic Media: Current Threats and Responses from a Global Human Rights and Civic Journalism Perspective by Sam Gregory\, Executive Director of the independent fact-checking organization WITNESS. \n14.30: 15 min break \n14.45: Focus on the interaction between journalism and tech development by Pål Nedregotten\, Director of Technology at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). \n15.30: Closing remarks \nSmall changes in the program may occur\, potentially causing smaller moves of the time of the lunch break and the end. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/fact-checking-and-fact-based-journalism-in-the-age-of-ai/ LOCATION:Kristiania\, Kirkegata 24-26\, Oslo\, Kirkegata 24-26\, Oslo\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/eventkalender-3-e1697451209128.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231018T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231018T153000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20231011T084849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T085300Z UID:16596-1697617800-1697643000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Sampol Conference 2023: (Limited) Technology: Progress or Downfall of Democracy? DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nThe conference has been held biennially since 1985\, focusing on a wide range of topics\, including the fight against terrorism\, climate\, and social sciences. Over time\, the conference has established itself as a recognized platform for political science debate\, fostering an interdisciplinary environment that brings together students\, politicians\, businesses\, non-governmental organizations\, and public administration. \nThis year’s Sampol Conference is set to take place on October 18th at Universitetsaulaen at UiB! During this year’s conference\, we aim to explore the role of technology in society. The whole program can be found here. \nThe focus will be on how technology can be both the cause and the solution to many challenges affecting various aspects of society\, including states\, individuals\, research\, and businesses. Through debates\, lectures\, and panel discussions\, we intend to shed light on a range of topics: ethics and regulation of artificial intelligence\, research and user data from technology companies\, the use of technology by authoritarian regimes\, freedom of speech in the media\, radicalization and political mobilization\, as well as green sustainable development and innovation. The conference will also feature a traditional party debate on energy and renewable resources. \nBig Sciene panel\nMediaFutures researcher Samia Touileb will participate in the panel discussion on big data: Goldmine or Pitfall? scheduled from 11:15 to 12:00 on October 18th. This debate will raise questions about the role of independent research in modern times. \nTech giants like Google\, Twitter\, Facebook\, and Amazon\, possess vast amounts of user data\, and it’s entirely up to them whether to share this data with researchers for social science purposes or not. This post sheds light on the ethical dilemmas that arise when corporations control who sees what\, especially when the data they hold contains information about us\, the ordinary citizens. What does the future research landscape look like? What can we learn from such data sources? Join us for a presentation from our experts\, followed by an in-depth discussion on the opportunities\, limitations\, and ethics of “big data” in research. \nTickets for the day event can be purchased on the website of the conference. The tickets also include coffee and catering during the daytime part of the program. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/sampol-conference-2023-limited-technology-progress-or-downfall-of-democracy/ LOCATION:UiB Bergen\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/374158288_683259783827595_6307579928189668477_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231002T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20231003T163000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230911T143245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T144905Z UID:16285-1696253400-1696350600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Seminar on innovative human-computer interaction DESCRIPTION:The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research group at the University of Bergen in cooperation with MediaFutures invites to a two-day seminar addressing innovative HCI. \nEight research and industry leader from Norway\, Sweden\, Germany\, Switzerland\, and Japan will be holding presentations on topics such as medical sensing and human-workspace interaction. \nThe seminar will be rounded off with a panel discussion. No registration required. \nWe welcome all students\, researchers\, innovators\, and industry representatives who are interested to participate in the seminar. \nSpeakers\nMasahiro Takei\, Chiba University\, Japan \nLaura Anna Garrison\, Informatics\, VisGroup\, Univeristy of Bergen \nTor Gjøsæter\, Ilder AS\, Bergen\, Norway \nMohammad Khalil\, SLATE\, UiB\, Norway \nKazuyuki Fujita\, Tohoku University\, Japan \nWhere and When? \n\n\nMONDAY 2nd October 2023Venue: Storsalen\, Nygårdsgaten 5\, UiB\, Bergen \n\n\nRoom URL: https://www.uib.no/l%C3%A6ringsarenaen/162450/om-storsalen \n\n\n\nThe sessions are: 13:30 – 16:30: From Medical Sensing to Interactive Sensemaking \nTUESDAY 3rd October 2023Venue: Auditorium 129 at Bjørn Christiansens house\, Christies gate 12\, UiB\, Bergen (also shown in room 128) \n\n\nRoom URL: https://rom.app.uib.no/romInfo/q.php/206/129 and https://rom.app.uib.no/romInfo/q.php/206/128 \nThe sessions are: 12:15 – 14:00: Smart Workspaces14:30 – 16:30: From Research to Innovation \n\nMore information can be found on uib.no URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/seminar-on-innovative-human-computer-interaction/ LOCATION:UiB Bergen\, Norway CATEGORIES:Events,Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-1-e1694443737387.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230929T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230929T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230918T095908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T112908Z UID:16423-1695988800-1695992400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Irene Costera Meijer: TikTok as a case study to understand the layeredness of Media Experience: DESCRIPTION:Join our next Lunch Meeting with Irene Costera Meijer\, Professor of Journalism Studies and head of the Journalism Studies section at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. \nShe is also Work Package I Advisor and Key Researcher. Her research interests focus on audience studies and in particular on the impact of digitalization on changing practices of media consumption\, media experiences and news use. When doing research she often collaborates with media organisations.   \nWhere and When? \nAt MediaFutures\, 29.september at 12:00 \nAbstract:\nTikTok reaches around 44% of the 18-24 age group\, with 20% explicitly saying they use it for news (Newman et al.\, 2023). It is not surprising\, then\, that (news) media have migrated to TikTok to engage with younger audiences. Yet\, research shows that media struggle with reaching young people\, because conventional formats do not always correspond with how young people use and experience social media platforms. Nordic researchers have argued that newsrooms would benefit from a platform-specific content approach: beyond merely (re)”packaging” the news and neglecting the content\, they must learn to “speak the code of TikTok” to engage young audiences with their news. \nWe took a different non-news centric approach by analyzing how 99 young people (16 – 24) experience TikTok and whether there might be room for news in this experience. Experience may highlight positionality\, temporality\, embodiment\, ambivalence and interaction (Costera Meijer & Groot Kormelink\, 2021; Ytre-Arne et al.\, 2023). This approach allowed us to get insight into the RELATIVE value of news within their TikTok-experiences. \nIn my presentation I will show how the dimension of temporality – the discrepancy between love = ‘concurrent enjoyment’ and hate = ‘retrospective regret’ may offer valuable insights for public service media and news media to stand out on TikTok and be meaningful to a young audience. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/tiktok-as-a-case-study-to-understand-the-layeredness-of-media-experience/ LOCATION:MediaFutures\, Media Futures HQ\, 3rd floor\, Bergen\, 5008 CATEGORIES:Events,Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-1-12.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230928T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230928T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230918T130229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230918T132011Z UID:16432-1695909600-1695916800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Knowledge Café on PhD Teaching Duties DESCRIPTION:As part of our Knowledge Café seminar series\, MediaFutures will be organizing a seminar on teaching duties for PhD students at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies. \nDuring the meeting you will be introduced to some of the tools available at the university\, and that you might want to use during teaching. You will also get insights into what kind of teaching duties are required by the department\, and what it means in terms of efforts and work hours. \nAgenda\n14:00 – 15:00: Marit Midtun and Kristoffer Eik\, Læringslabben\, will introduce  Mitt UiB and other tools that can be used during teaching. \n15:00 – 15:15: Break \n15:15 – 15:45: Kine Lohne de Nijs and Knut Risnes\, Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, will give various important details about PhD’s teaching duties at the department. \n15:45 – 16:00: Discussions \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/knowledge-cafe-on-phd-teaching-duties/ LOCATION:MediaFutures\, Media Futures HQ\, 3rd floor\, Bergen\, 5008 CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-1-10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230922T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230922T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230915T131841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230922T133608Z UID:16378-1695384000-1695387600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Liisa Ovaska: From permissive to resistive tactics: How audience members act\, make sense and cope with audience-datafied journalism DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite to a seminar about Liisa Ovaska’s research paper on how audience members respond to audience-datafied journalism. Preliminary findings reveal a spectrum of strategies\, ranging from resistance to acceptance\, in how users engage with data-driven systems while consuming news. \nLiisa Ovaska is a doctoral researcher at Tampere University. In her dissertation Ovaska studies the effects of audience metrics on audience members’ relations to digital journalism.   \nWhere and When:\nAt MediaFutures\, 22.september at 12:00 \nAbstract:\n \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Although there exists a consensus of the fact that the usage of audience metrics has changed journalism\, the audience’s perception to audience-datafied journalism has received less attention. In the newsrooms\, metrics are used to collect data from audience and its behaviour\, and further used to adjust the news outputs.  \nThis talk will present Liisa Ovaska’s research paper\, which examines how the audience members make sense\, act and cope with audience-datafied journalism. Preliminary results suggest that the tactics varied from resistive to permissive: users tried either act against the datafied systems and minimise its impact to their news consumption or complied with the system by accepting it. The article is based on audience research conducted in the spring 2023. The data was produced by using group interviews and instant messaging group chats in which the participants reported of their encounters with datafied journalism for one week.   URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/from-permissive-to-resistive-tactics-how-audience-members-act-make-sense-and-cope-with-audience-datafied-journalism/ LOCATION:MediaFutures\, Media Futures HQ\, 3rd floor\, Bergen\, 5008 CATEGORIES:Events,Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-1-5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230919T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230919T173500 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230918T094635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230918T130940Z UID:16409-1695114000-1695144900@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:NORMalize at RecSys ’23 DESCRIPTION:MediaFutures Key Researcher Alain Starke is co-organizing a workshop on normative design and evaluation of recommender systems during the 17th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems\, RecSys ’23. \nNORMalize sets out to provide a platform for researchers and practicioners from different domains to discuss challenges related to the normative design and evaluation of recommender systems. \nIn this workshop they examine the question whether news recommenders should provide sufficiently diverse recommendations. Should we strive to expose users to content that contradicts their political beliefs? \nIt is RecSys’ first Workshop on Normative Design and Evaluation of Recommender Systems and will take place on Tuesday September 19\, 2023. Remote participation is possible.  \nAgenda:\nThe morning is an on-site\, while the afternoon offers a hybrid format.  \nMorning session\n09:00 – 09:10 Welcome & Introduction\n09:10 – 10:30 Interactive workshop\n10:30 – 11:15 Coffee break\n11:15 – 12:35 Interactive workshop\n12:35 – 14:00 Lunch break\n\nAfternoon session\n14:00 – 14:45 Keynote: Louisa Bartolo\n14:50 – 15:00 Towards a Pragmatic Approach for studying Normative Recommender Systems: exploring Power Dynamics in Digital Platform Markets\n15:00 – 15:10 Designing and Implementing Socially Beneficial Recommender Systems: An Interdisciplinary Approach\n15:10 – 15:20 Digital Humanism and Norms in Recommender Systems 15:20 – 16:05 Coffee break\n16:05 – 16:15 Improving and Evaluating the Detection of Fragmentation in News Recommendations with the Clustering of News Story Chains\n16:15 – 16:25 Enabling Serendipitous News Discovery Experiences by Designing for Navigable Surprise\n16:25 – 16:35 NPR: a News Portal Recommendations dataset\n16:35 – 16:45 Value-Based Nudging in News Recommender Systems – Results From an Experimental User Study\n16:45 – 16:55 Refining deliberative standards for online political communication: Introducing a summative approach to designing deliberative recommender systems\n16:55 – 17:05 Classification of Normative Recommender Systems\n17:05 – 17:35 Panel discussion & Closing URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/the-first-workshop-on-normative-design-and-evaluation-of-recommender-systems/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-1-4-e1695030500321.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230919T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230919T103000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230821T094440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T094443Z UID:15936-1695114000-1695119400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:BehavRec '23: Recommendations for Behavior Change DESCRIPTION:Join us at the “BehavRec ’23: Recommendations for Behavior Change” workshop\, a part of the 17th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys ’23) in Singapore from September 18th to 22nd\, 2023. \nThis workshop focuses on persuasive and behavior change recommender systems\, offering insights into designing recommendations that prompt positive behavior shifts. Explore a range of topics\, including behavior change recommender systems in health\, food\, education\, and more. Delve into user interfaces like visual\, context-aware\, and conversational interfaces. Discover innovative approaches such as controllability\, transparency\, and context-awareness in designing recommendations. Dive into the ethical and privacy aspects of behavior change technology and learn about theories of behavior change and persuasion. Explore evaluation methods and case studies. Submit your papers by August 3\, 2023\, through EasyChair. Join us to share\, learn\, and shape the future of behavior change technology. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/behavrec/ LOCATION:ACM RecSys\, Singapore CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/BehavRec-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230914T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230914T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230913T092716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T150006Z UID:16356-1694714400-1694721600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Kunstig intelligens – ChatGPT: Hvor står vi – hvor går vi? DESCRIPTION:The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is hosting a panel debate with MediaFutures researcher Samia Touileb as one of the participants. \nThe title of the panel is Artificial Intelligence – ChatGPT: Where do we stand – where are we going? and will feature introductions by Samia Touileb as well as professor of legal informatics at the University of Oslo\, Tobias Mahler. \nThe debate will be in Norwegian. \nThe debate will be streamed and shared at the youtube channel of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. \nPlease visit the event website for more information. \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/kunstig-intelligens-chatgpt-hvor-star-vi-hvor-gar-vi/ LOCATION:Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi\, Drammensveien 78\, Oslo\, Norway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_2253228203.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi":MAILTO:Post@dnva.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230816 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230819 DTSTAMP:20260406T080220 CREATED:20230212T142807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T093411Z UID:14488-1692144000-1692403199@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:NordMedia Conference 2023 DESCRIPTION:NordMedia23 will be organized in Bergen\, Norway from 16 – 18 August 2023. The theme of the conference is Technological Takeover? Social and Cultural implications – promises and pitfalls.  \nFor more information visit: https://nordmedianetwork.org/nordmedia-conference-2023/ \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/nordmedia-conference-2023/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/AdobeStock_180936342-1-scaled-e1676212440155.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230629T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230629T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230613T214314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230814T070211Z UID:15382-1688050800-1688054400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:MediaFutures Seminar: Reaching New Audiences with Generative AI with Lydia Chilton\, an Assistant Professor from Columbia University DESCRIPTION:Lydia Chilton from Columbia University will give a seminar on June 29th \n  \nTITLE: Reaching New Audiences with Generative AI \nWHEN: 29 June\, 15:00 – 16:00  \nPresentation: \nhttps://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Chilton_ReachingNewAudiences_June2023.pdf \nABSTRACT:  \nWriting a news article is a significant investment of time\, energy\, and intellect. For an article to have the impact it deserves\, it needs to reach the right audiences.  We demonstrate that generative AI tools can help journalists broaden their audience by transforming their content. Unlike previous technology\, generative AI is flexible enough to modify the length\, tone\, message\, and medium of content. But it needs human values and contextual understanding to guide it. We show how to turn articles into news illustrations for visual appeal on social media. We show how language models (like GPT 4) help find hooks to motivate topics so that they appeal to different audiences.  And we show how to transform a traditional news article into TikTok-style reels. We then reflect on how generative AI can breathe new life into existing content through transformation\, reuse\, and retargeting information. \n \n  \nBIO: \nLydia Chilton is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University. Her research is in computational design – how computation and AI can help people with design\, innovation\, and creative problem-solving. Applications include: creating media for journalism\, developing technology for public libraries\, improving risk communication during hurricanes\, helping scientists explain their work\, and improving mental health in marginalized communities. Dr. Chilton received her bachelor’s degree in computer science from MIT in 2007\, her Masters in Engineering from MIT in 2009 and her PhD from the University of Washington in 2016.  She was a post-doc at Stanford for 1 year before joining Columbia Engineering in 2017. \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mediafutures-seminar-reaching-new-audiences-with-generative-ai-with-lydia-chilton-an-assistant-professor-from-the-columbia-university/ CATEGORIES:Events,Seminar,WP3 Media Content Production & Analysis ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Chilton.Lydia_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230616T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230616T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230530T110452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T113510Z UID:15252-1686916800-1686920400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:MediaFutures Seminar: Metrics for Measuring Normative Diversity in News Recommendations with Sanne Vrijenhoek from the University of Amsterdam DESCRIPTION:Sanne Vrijenhoek from the University of  Amsterdam will give a seminar on June 16th \nTITLE: Metrics for Measuring Normative Diversity in News Recommendations \nWHEN: 16 June\, 12:00 – 13:00  \n \nABSTRACT: News recommenders have the potential to fulfill a crucial role in a democratic society\, directing news readers towards the information that is most important to them. However\, while much attention has been given to optimizing user engagement and enticing users to click\, much less research has been done on incorporating editorial values in news recommender systems. I will talk about our interdisciplinary work on defining normative diversity for news recommender systems\, challenges for implementation\, and the way forward. \n\n  \nBI: Sanne Vrijenhoek is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam and a member of the AI\, Media and Democracy Lab. Her work focuses on translating normative notions of diversity into quantifiable concepts that can be incorporated in news recommender system design. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mediafutures-seminar-with-sanne-vrijenhoek-from-the-university-of-amsterdam/ CATEGORIES:Events,Seminar,WP1 Understanding Media Experiences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/SVrijenhoek_1000.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230614 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230426T124333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T125336Z UID:15078-1686614400-1686700799@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Symposium - Towards a Fairer Future of Education: Algorithmic Inequality and Learning Analytics DESCRIPTION:Where & When: Scandic Hotel Ørnen in Bergen\, Wednesday June 13th. \nInvitation: SLATE Research Centre and MediaFutures invite you to the symposium “Towards a Fairer Future of Education: Algorithmic Inequality and Learning Analytics”! \nThe emerging applications of Learning Analytics and AI in education that employ student data to improve learning and teaching is gaining worldwide attention. How can data and analytics be used to empower learners\, and what is their impact on education? How can we ensure that AI and Learning Analytics are used to support learning while preserving their responsible usage? What are the challenges associated with striking this balance? What can constitute an equitable and fairer use of AI systems in education and Learning Analytics? \nThese are just some examples of the thought-provoking questions that we will highlight during the symposium!  \nThe event will be held in-person at Scandic Hotel Ørnen in Bergen on Wednesday June 13th. This is a physical symposium\, not a digital webinar\, and lunch\, coffee\, tea and snacks will be served.  \nThe symposium program will be announced as we get closer to the event itself\, but the registration form is already open! \nRegistration deadline is June 8th. \nORGANISING COMMITTEE:\n\n\n\n\n\nMohammad Khalil\n\nMohammad Khalil is a senior researcher at the Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology (SLATE) and the project leader of European Erasmus+ project Remote Intelligent Access to Labs in Higher Education (RIALHE). Khalil has a PhD degree in Engineering Sciences with distinction from Graz University of Technology. He worked as a Postdoc at Delft University of Technology in Technology Enhanced Learning. Khalil is the PI of three Peder Sather projects in joint collaboration with University of California Berkeley on Learning Analytics and Recommendation systems in higher education. He has also been involved in several European projects: Scaling up Educational Innovation in Schools (SEIS)\, Open Educational Resources in Computational Biomedicine (OERCompBiomed)\, and European Network for Virtual lab & Interactive SImulated ONline learning 2027 (ENVISION2027). \nKhalil is currently an associate editor of the International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) and served as a guest editor at the Journal of Computing in Higher Education\, Journal of Learning Analytics\, and the British Journal of Educational Technology. Khalil has more than 75 publications on ICT & learning. His key research interests include Technology Enhanced Learning\, AI in Education\, Learning Analytics\, and Privacy and Ethics. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMehdi Elahi\n\nMehdi Elahi is an Associate Professor at the University of Bergen (UiB)\, Norway. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in 2014 and since then published more than 90 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. His current #citation is 2900+ and his H-index is 25. His research has been mainly focused on AI\, Data Science\, and Cognitive Science\, with an emphasis on their potential industrial applications such as on Recommender Systems. He has also co-invented and co-owned an AI-related US-patent. Mehdi Elahi has been involved in the authorship of several EU grant proposals such as the large-scale grants\, recently funded with a budget of 30 Million Euro\, where he will serve as WP Leader for 8 years. Before that\, he has received prestigious research credits from giant IT industries (i.e.\, Amazon and Google). His research findings have been published in some of the most prestigious reference literature of the field including a recently authored book. He has organized International Data Challenges together with top Companies (i.e.\, Spotify and XING). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Wasson\n\nBarbara Wasson\, Director of the Centre for The Science of Learning and Technology (SLATE)\, University of Bergen\, Norway is a full Professor in the Department of Information Science & Media Studies. She was one of the founders of Kaleidoscope\, a European Network of Excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning\, sat on the executive committee\, and was leader of its CSCL SIG with over 400 members. She is currently co-leader of the Learning Analytics Community Europe SIG (LACE). Wasson is an expert evaluator in the European Commission. Wasson is/has been a PI for numerous national and international projects including the recent Trond Mohn project ‘AI and Education: Layers of Trust’. She has over 120 publications in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning. \nIn addition to her work for the Council of Europe\, she is a member of the Norwegian Government’s expert group on learning analytics\, which is looking at the technical\, pedagogical\, legal and ethical aspects of the implementation of learning analytics in the Norwegian educational sector. \n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information click here.   \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/symposium-towards-a-fairer-future-of-education-algorithmic-inequality-and-learning-analytics/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2023-04-26-at-14.40.36.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230609T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230609T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230602T165739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230602T170327Z UID:15301-1686312000-1686315600@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:MediaFutures Seminar: Hidden in Plain Sight: Microcelebrities navigating visibility and surveillance on Twitter with Özlem Demirkol Tønnesen\, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bergen DESCRIPTION:Özlem Demirkol Tønnesen from the University of Bergenwill give a seminar on June 9th. \nTITLE:  Hidden in Plain Sight: Microcelebrities navigating visibility and surveillance on Twitter\nWHEN: 9 June\, 12:00 – 13:00  \nWHERE: MediaFutures \nABSTRACT: \nOn social media\, microcelebrities and influencers play various roles and hold immense power as “focusers of attention” (Tufekci\, 2013). This project was formed as an intervention to the growing interest these content creators receive in academic research for their ability to guide their audiences towards products and lifestyles they promote\, while the similar effects they may produce when sharing political opinions\, viewpoints and behaviors are neglected. \nThis talk is based on Özlem’s PhD research into Turkish Twitter microcelebrities and how they express antigovernment viewpoints and navigate the tensions between self-expression and self-preservation under an authoritarian regimese. Drawing from an analysis of tweets by 97 microcelebrity accounts in the 3-months leading up to the 2018 Turkish elections\, she discusses how these accounts consider sharing political opinions and news as a duty despite apparent risks and express their thoughts through a narration of everyday life and daily events by formulating a language that is understood by subgroups who are acclimated to the platform culture. \nBIO: \nÖzlem Demirkol Tønnesen is a postdoctor fellow at the ERC-project PREPARE – Distributed and prepared. A new theory of citizens` public connection networks in the age of datafication. She completed her PhD at the  University of Southampton. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mediafutures-seminar-hidden-in-plain-sight-microcelebrities-navigating-visibility-and-surveillance-on-twitter-with-ozlem-demirkol-tonnesen-postdoctoral-fellow-at-the-university-of-bergen/ CATEGORIES:Events,Seminar,WP1 Understanding Media Experiences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/picture-406028-1683025124.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230607T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230607T140000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230607T083741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230607T083741Z UID:15331-1686139200-1686146400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Data Science and AI in excellence research centers in Chile: IMFD\, CENIA and I-Health DESCRIPTION:Associate Professor\, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Denis Parra is principal researcher at the excellence research centers CENIA (National Center for Research in Artificial Intelligence in Chile)\, iHealth\, and adjunct researcher at the IMFD (Millennium Institute for Research on Data Fundamentals). Prof. Parra research interests span Recommender Systems\, Intelligent User Interfaces\, Applications of Machine Learning (Healthcare\, Creative AI) and Information Visualization. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/data-science-and-ai-in-excellence-research-centers-in-chile-imfd-cenia-and-i-health/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Denis-Parra.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230605T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230607T150000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230418T132148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T092638Z UID:14985-1685966400-1686150000@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Media City Bergens' Future Week: Workshop on Disinformation and Fake News DESCRIPTION:In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022\, there has been a marked increase in the spread of disinformation and propaganda by the Kremlin. The abundance of fabricated narratives has renewed attention the potential that automated fact-checking technologies have in combating false information online. \nAs part of MCB Future Week\, MediaFutures is organizing a workshop on June 5 to address the issue of disinformation and fake news. The workshop will bring together media tech professionals and scientists to discuss the latest research and innovations in the field. \nProgram\nKl 12:00 – Welcome – Christoph Trattner \nKl 12:10 – Faktisk.no/IJ – Henrik Brattli Vold \nKl 12:40 – NORDIS – Laurence Dierickx \nKl 13:10 – Coffee and snacks \nKl 13:25 – MediaFutures – Duc Tien Dang Nguyen and Sohail Ahmed Khan \nKl 14:05 – Factiverse/UiS – Vinnay Setty  \nKl 14:35 – Discussion – Led by: Duc Tien Dang Nguyen \nKl 15:00 – End \nDescriptions of the talks and speakers\n \nFaktisk.no/IJ – How Faktisk Verifiserbar verifies the war \nSince the start of the war in Ukraine\, Faktisk Verifiserbar has been developing methods andworkflows to counter propaganda and get precise and verified information out from social media and into Norwegian newsrooms. During the course of these months\, the newsroom has educated more than 30 journalists in open-source intelligence (OSINT) gathering\, and their knowledge is being used to raise knowledge and awareness of the methods in many large newsrooms all over Norway. Henrik Brattli Vold will show you how they succeeded\, and how they taught themselves to work with free or inexpensive tools to unmask the Ukrainian stories. \nHenrik Brattli Vold is working at the Institute of Journalism in Pressens Hus\, and he is also a fellow ofthe Faktisk Verifiserbar newsroom. He has experience working in very different fields and mediums\, and he is now a journalism trainer. \n \n \n \n\n \nNORDIS – Fact-checking the Ukraine war \nAs part of the Nordic Observatory for Digital Media and Information Disorder (NORDIS)\, theUniversity of Bergen focused on the tools and technologies likely to support or augment fact-checking practices. The research in this context encompasses state-of-the-art fact-checkingtechnologies\, a study on the Nordic fact-checkers user needs\, and designing and developinga set of multimedia forensic tools to support a human-in-the-loop approach\, considering theend-user requirements. \nProfessional fact-checking activities can be schematized in a three-stage pipeline\, whichconsists of identifying claims\, verifying claims\, and providing a verdict. However\, this processis challenged by the complex application domain to which it relates – scientific\, economic\,political\, cultural\, social – and by the nature of the fact to check\, either textual or audiovisual.Hence\, to better understand the fact-checkers user needs and requirements in context\, westudied the challenges of the Russian-Ukrainian war\, which relates to the attempts tomanipulate public opinions through propaganda. What particular challenges do fact-checkersface? Does the socio-professional context affect the difficulties that fact-checkers encounter?Do fact-checkers perceive that they have adequate resources to perform their job efficiently? \nTo answer these questions\, the research method included structured interviews with fact-checkers and an online questionnaire distributed during the Global Fact 9 Conference\,organized in June 2022 in Oslo. 85 fact-checkers from 46 countries participated in thissurvey. Initial results showed that the main challenges they face concern access to reliablesources on either side of the conflict. They also underlined struggling to verify the informationpresented in manipulated context. Being a part of a global fact-checking network is viewedas an asset for exchanging information. Fact-checkers had mixed advice on the sufficiency ofthe tools at their disposal. However\, they agreed on the need for new technological tools toprovide context and accurate translations. \nLaurence Dierickx has a professional background in data and computational journalism. She holds a master’s degree in Information and communication science and technology and a PhD in Information and communication science. She is a researcher at the department of Information science and media studies at the University of Bergen and a data journalism teacher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). \n  \n\nMediaFutures: The Future of Mis/Disinformation: The Risks of Generative Models and Detection Techniques for Countering Them \n  \nIn this talk\, we will explore the current progress of generative models and theirpotential in spreading misinformation and disinformation. Since recently\, new generativemodels including GANs\, Diffusion Models\, Large Language Models have demonstratedremarkable progress in generating realistic fake (deepfake) content such as visuals\, audios\,and text. We will highlight the potential dangers that come with these powerful models\, aswell as provide an insight into the research efforts being devised in order to detect fakecontent generated using these models. Also\, the challenges associated with detecting suchcontent and the various efforts being devised to combat it will be briefly discussed. Overall\,the talk will highlight the importance of being vigilant against the spread of mis/disinformation and the critical role that the detection models might play in mitigating its impact. \n  \nSohail is a PhD candidate at MediaFutures and University of Bergen. He holds an MSc in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sheffield\, UK. Prior to joining MediaFutures\, Sohail worked as a research assistant at Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI\, Abu Dhabi\, UAE. Before that\, he worked as a remote research assistant at CYENS Centre of Excellence\, Nicosia\, Cyprus.  His research interests intersect deep learning\, computer vision and multimedia forensics. Sohail is currently associated with the MediaFutures’ WorkPackage 3\, i.e.\, Media Content Production and Analysis. \n  \n\n  \nMediaFutures: Detecting Cheapfakes – Lessons Learned from Three Years of Organizing the Grand Challenge \nThis talk discusses the challenges and lessons learned from three years of organizing agrand challenge focused on detecting out-of-context (OOC) images. Cheapfakes\, which referto non-AI manipulations of multimedia content\, are more prevalent than deepfakes and canbe created using editing software or by altering the context of a media through misleadingclaims. Detecting OOC media is much harder than fake media because the images andvideos are not tampered with. \nOur challenge aims to develop and benchmark models that can detect whether a given newsimage and its associated captions are OOC\, based on the recently compiled COSMOSdataset. Participants have developed state-of-the-art methods\, and we will discuss theevaluation metrics used in the challenge. We have also learned valuable lessons on thecomplexities and nuances of detecting OOC images and the importance of creating diverseand representative datasets. \nAdditionally\, we will share insights on the interdisciplinary collaboration needed to combatcheapfakes effectively. The talk highlights the significance of detecting OOC media in newsitems\, specifically the misuse of real photographs with conflicting captions. \n  \nDuc-Tien Dang-Nguyen is an associate professor of computer science at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, University of Bergen. His main area of expertise is on multimedia forensics\, lifelogging\, multimedia retrieval\, and computer vision. He is a member of MediaFutures WP3 – Media Content Analysis and Production in Journalism and The Nordic Observatory for Digital Media and Information Disorder (NORDIS). He is the author and co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed and widely cited research papers. He is a PC member in a number of conferences in the fields of lifelogging\, multimedia forensics\, and pattern recognition. He is co-organiser of over 40 special sessions\, workshops and research challenges from ACM MM\, ACM ICMR\, NTCIR\, ImageClef and MediaEval during the last 10 years. He is General Chair of MMM 2023 and TPC co-Chair of ACM ICMR 2024. \n  \n\n  \nFactiverse/UiS: Explainable AI for Automated Fact-Checking \nAutomated fact-checking using AI models has shown promising results to combatmisinformation\, thanks to several large-scale datasets which are available. However\, most models are opaque and do not provide reasoning behind their predictions. Moreover\, with the recent popularity of LLMs such as GPT-3/4 by OpenAI\, Llama by Meta and Bard by Google\, there is renewed worry of misinformation. In this talk\, I will enumerate the existing approaches w.r.t XAI for fact-checking and discuss the latest trends in this topic. The talk will also delve into what makes a good explanation in the context of fact-checking\, and identify potential avenues for future research to address the current limitations. \nVinay Setty is a co-founder and the CTO of Factiverse. He is also an Associate Professor at University of Stavanger. His research area broadly includes natural language understanding (NLU)\, information retrieval (IR) and text mining involving unstructured textual documents as well as structured knowledge graphs. Specifically\, automated fact-checking\, question answering and coversational search over knowledge graphs. These days he is spending more time on his startup Factiverse with the mission to automate fact-checking using cutting edge AI and NLP. He has won the SR-Bank Innovation Prize for 2020 using the deep neural networks for fake news detection. He has a PhD from University of Oslo and he was a Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany. \n  \nYou can sign up for the workshop here. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/media-city-bergens-future-week-workshop-on-disinformation-and-fake-news/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2023-04-18-at-15.20.20.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230511T124500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230511T134500 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230607T085016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230607T085215Z UID:15334-1683809100-1683812700@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Visualization for Mobile Devices and Embedded Experiences DESCRIPTION:Welcome to a new department seminar! \n  \nAbstract: \nMobile devices\, such as smartwatches\, fitness bands\, and phones record a variety of data with the goal of making it immediately available to wearers. Smartwatch faces\, for example\, have become mini data dashboards that can give an overview of data such as step counts\, heart rates\, locations\, sleep information or even device-external data such as the current temperature or weather predictions. Due to their small screen size and usage context\, mobile device screens pose several novel and interesting challenges to visualization: visualizations need not only to be small and glanceable but also often to be read in motion. In this talk\, I will present a summary of our past work on mobile device visualization and outline open research opportunities. \n  \nBio:  \nPetra Isenberg is a research director(DR) at the Inria Saclay Centre at Université Paris-Saclay\, France in the Aviz team and part of the Computer Science Laboratory (LISN) of the University Paris-Saclay. Her main research areas are visualization and visual analytics with a focus on visualization for non-desktop devices\, interaction\, and evaluation.  Petra’s research papers have received awards at premiere venues in Visualization and HCI such as IEEE VIS\, IEEE VAST\, ACM CHI\, or EuroVis. She is currently vice-chair of the IEEE VIS steering committee\, AEiC at IEEE CG&A\, and AE at Computer Graphics Forum. Prior to joining Inria\, Petra received her PhD from the University of Calgary in 2010 on collaborative information visualization\, and a Diplom Engineer degree in Computational Visualistics from the University of Magdeburg (2004).  \n\n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/visualization-for-mobile-devices-and-embedded-experiences/ CATEGORIES:Events,WP4 Media Content Interaction & Accessibility ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/petra_coll.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230510T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230510T133000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230428T112737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230505T070709Z UID:15098-1683720000-1683725400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Sammen med TekLab UiB inviterer vi til StudentDemo DESCRIPTION:Sammen med TekLab UiB har vi gleden av til å invitere alle til StudentDemo den 10.mai. \nSamarbeid med Akvariet i Bergen\nPå kurset MIX250: Bacheloroppgave i Medie- og interaksjonsdesign har studentene jobbet med Akvariet i Bergen med Aslak Sverdrup i spissen. Han er administrerende direktør for Akvariet\, og har dette semesteret hatt et tett samarbeid med studentene om deres prosjekter. Tidligere i vår presenterte Aslak hvilke type tjenester Akvariet var interessert i at studentene skulle utforske\, blant annet teknologi innen virtuell og utvidet virkelighet (VR/AR)\, interaktive skjermer og andre innovative løsninger for gode brukeropplevelser. Akvariets fremtidige planer om å bli til et nytt verdenshavsenter på Dokken ved navn “O” har også vært et sentralt tema for dette samarbeidet. \nResultatet av arbeidet er seks prototyper som er designet for ulike målgrupper og bruksområder\, og den 10.mai skal studentene presentere sine løsninger for Akvariet på Media City Bergen! \nLars Nyre er faglærer på kurset sammen med medlærere Julia Hellem Brandt og Helene Høylandskjær\, og lærer i designmetode Joao Ribeiro. Vi har også fått verdifulle bidrag fra Øyvind Steensen i Hidden\, Ronald Toppe i Scary Weather\, Audun Kløyve Gulbrandsen i Spello og Christen Hermansen i Future Solutions.  \nStudentDemoen arrangeres av TekLab ved Lars Nyre\, Julia Hellem Brandt og Helene Høylandskjær i samarbeid med NCE Media ved Helge O. Svela og Charlotte Vindenes og MediaFutures. \nTekLab er eit nettverk for forsking\, utdanning og innovasjon innan medie- og kommunikasjonssektoren. Nettverket formidlar nyheitssaker og resultat frå prototyping og evaluering utført av studentar på bachelor og master\, PhD-stipendiatar og seniorforskarar. \nTekLab utviklar nye samarbeid som kan fremje teknologiutvikling i skjæringspunktet mellom forsking og utdanning. TekLab samarbeider med lokale og nasjonale teknologifirma innan medie- og kommunikasjonssektoren. \nProgram\n12:00 – 12:05: Introduksjon ved Helge O. Svela og rektor ved Universitet i Bergen\, Margareth Hagen.  \n12:05 – 12:35: Åpent gulv\, demo av prototypene. Publikum får mulighet til å gå rundt og teste prototyper og prate med gruppene om deres prosjekt.  \n12:35 – 13:20: Pitch fra gruppene. Hver gruppe får 2 minutter til å pitche sine prototyper for ekspertpanelet og publikum. Ekspertpanelet vil etter hver pitch bruke 5 minutter på å stille spørsmål og gi tilbakemeldinger til gruppene.  \n13:20 – 13:30: Refleksjon om arbeidslivsrelevans. I samtale med Helge O. Svela skal rektor ved UiB\, Margareth Hagen\, tredjeårsstudent Martin Lund og andreårsstudent Fredrik Hajian reflektere om kurset og hvilken arbeidslivsrelevans den har.  \nEkspertpanel\nMargareth Hagen\, rektor ved Universitetet i Bergen.   \nAslak Sverdrup\, administrerende direktør for Akvariet i Bergen. \nJanicke Allers\, investor og rådgiver for start-up bedrifter. \nLeif Ove Larsen\, professor i medievitenskap ved Universitetet i Bergen.  \nPrototypene\nFiskAR: Oppdag havets hemmeligheter med FiskAR! Med vår prototype kan du med AR-teknologi oppleve dyrelivet i ditt nærområde på en interaktiv og engasjerende måte. Lær om ulike arter og hvordan forurensning truer havets økosystemer. Bli med på reisen for å øke bevisstheten rundt vår påvirkning på naturen. Prototypen er designet og utviklet av Hans Christian Haakonsen\, Precilia Isaksen\, Mathilde Solbakken Stenberg\, Sara Tumey Celik Nystad og Julia Dietze Paulsen. \nOppdag O: Har du noen gang drømt om å utforske havets mange skatter og hemmeligheter? I Oppdag O blir verdenskartet levendegjort med framtidens AR-teknologi for å gi en utforskende og lærerik «heads-up\, hands-free» opplevelse full av diskusjon\, samarbeid\, og fysisk bevegelse. Prototypen er designet og utviklet av Emma Husa\, Sara Rachel Johnsen\, Amalie Kjersem\, Håkon Lystad og Alrik Strandnæs Olsen. \nPingFinn: Pingfinn gir deg et innblikk i de unike personlighetene til pingvinene ved bruk av kunstig intelligens. Ta et bilde og bli kjent med pingvinene på Akvariet! Prototypen er designet og utviklet av Mohamedamin Ayanle Godor\, Markus Jin Hovland\, Hedvig Bache Hungnes\, Maja Sandvik og Amanda Jørgensen Værøy. \nHavkompis: Hvordan kan man skape engasjement og lærelyst om havet og dets beboere blant barn og unge på en underholdende måte? Havkompis er en interaktiv læringsplattform med formål om nettopp dette. Gjennom profiler om Akvariets ulike arter og enkle aktiviteter\, har vi som formål å spre kunnskap og læring på en måte som fanger barnas oppmerksomhet og bidrar til lærelyst. Prototypen er designet og utviklet av Emily Wei Stokke Dishington\, Adrian Reksten Ringdal\, Iselin Ågotnes Steffensen\, Marte Hestetun Svinø og Irene Ulveseth. \nArk: ARK er en plattform som skal bidra til en mer effektiv og trygg arbeidsflyt hos Akvariet\, og dermed sikre god dyrevelferd og mer tid til formidling for de ansatte! Prototypen er designet og utviklet av Helena Graver Arvidsson\, Kaja Qvigstad Eek\, Mari Elise Bøe\, Martin Lund og Anna Solvoll Saugestad. \nDypdykk: Den digitale læringsplattformen Dypdykk tilbyr skoleklasser et organisert\, fleksibelt og morsomt opplegg i forbindelse med et besøk på Akvariet! Prototypen er designet og utviklet av Emilie Engberg Andersen\, Lukas William Larsen\, Marie Moksheim\, Thea Torgrimsen Svinø og Johanna Utle. \nAlle prorotypene vil bli publisert på TekLab sin nettside på slutten av semesteret. Stay tuned! URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/sammen-med-teklab-uib-inviterer-vi-til-studentdemo/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/FORSIDE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230509T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230509T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230426T084604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T085541Z UID:15026-1683633600-1683637200@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:SXSW 2023: Siste nytt om teknologi\, medier og samfunn med Anders Hofseth fra NRKbeta DESCRIPTION:SXSW 2023: Siste nytt om teknologi\, medier og samfunn fra verdens største møteplass for smarte folk og klovner \n\n\nAnders Hofseth fra NRKbeta går igjennom hovedlinjene fra SXSW 2023-konferansen. \nHvor: MediaFutures\, Media City Bergen \nNår: 9. mai\, 12:00 \n \nAnders Hofseth er kommentator og strategisk rådgiver i NRKbeta\, rikskringkasterens innsiktsmiljø for skjæringen teknologi – medier – samfunn. Mye av jobben hans er å samle innsikt\, forsøke å forstå endringer\, og sette dem i kontekst for NRK\, så bedriften kan fortsette å løse allmennkringkasteroppdraget best mulig i skiftende tider. \n\n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/sxsw-2023-siste-nytt-om-teknologi-medier-og-samfunn-med-anders-hofseth-fra-nrkbeta/ CATEGORIES:Events,Seminar,WP1 Understanding Media Experiences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/image001.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230513 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230508T100836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230611T181423Z UID:15130-1683590400-1683935999@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Bergen HCI and Visualisation Days 2023 DESCRIPTION:MediaFutures invities to HCI and Visualisation Days 2023\nDAY 1: Tue 9th May 2023 (host: Morten) \n10:15: Interacting with AI: A visualization perspective: talk by Michael Sedlmair \nMeeting in smaller groups:  \nWe invite you to present your respective PhD/PostDoc projects\, followed by discussion\, thereby aiming to: \n\ni)  making your ongoing work know to experts in your field\nii) providing your with qualified feedback\n\niii) potentially opening doors for future collaboration \n14.00: Floris van den Oever\, PhD-student\, Psychology and InfoMedia\, Maritime Initiative\, UiB \nAR for ship bridges \n14.45: Ingar Arntzen\, PhD-student\, Norce Research\, UiT and MediaFutures WP4 Bridging the gap between Interactive and Linear Media Experiences\, by creating a programming model for timed application state \nDAY 2: Wed 10th May 2023 (smaller groups continued; host: Morten) \n10:00: Oda Elise Nordberg\, PhD student\, InfoMedia\,UiB Conversational news interactions \n10:45: Peter Okopny\, PhD-student\, InfoMedia\, UiB \nWhy don’t we have “Google Docs” for Video? \n12:15: Live demo of BSc-students AR prototypes; link to event \n14:00: Rikke Aas\, PhD-student\, Informatikk\, UiB \nResponsible Engagement in Humanized Visualizations \n14:45: Yong Ma\, PostDoc\, Medical faculty (K1)\, ANeED project\, UiB \nFrom Speech Emotion to Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) Detection \nDAY 3: Thu 11th May 2023 (host: Helwig) \n12.45: Visualization for Mobile Devices and Embedded Experiences: talk by Petra Isenberg \nDAY 4: Fri 12 May 2023 (host: Helwig) \nAfternoon: A hike\, if the weather allows! Details to follow.  \nVelkommen!Morten Fjeld\, InfoMedia\, UiB and Helwig Hauser\, Informatikk\, UiB \n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/bergen-hci-and-visualisation-days-2023/ CATEGORIES:Events,WP4 Media Content Interaction & Accessibility ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230428T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230428T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230425T083903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T115406Z UID:15027-1682683200-1682686800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:MediaFutures Seminar: Chatting Communities into Existence: Local Chat Groups as Emerging Civic Infrastructures with Emilija Gagrčin from the University of Mannheim DESCRIPTION:Emilija Gagrčin from the University of  Mannheim will give a seminar on April 28th \nTITLE: Chatting Communities into Existence: Local Chat Groups as Emerging Civic Infrastructures \nWHEN: 28 April\, 12:00 – 13:00  \n \nABSTRACT: \n\nThis presentation explores the civic potential of messenger groups. It zooms into the everyday communication in local chat groups\, focusing on the case study of building chat groups in urban neighborhoods from a comparative perspective. Drawing on interviews with building chat group members in Israel and Germany\, we investigate how building communities are co-constructed between platform affordances and user practices\, and how civic norms are negotiated between online and offline communication spaces. We map the uses\, gratifications\, and constraints of the chat groups and their relations with the spatial organization\, informational flows\, and socio-political environment in each community. \nBIO: \nDr. Emilija Gagrčin is a research associate at the University of Mannheim and affiliated with the ERC project PREPARE at the University of Bergen. \nHer research focus is on political media use. In particular\, she is interested in social\, normative\, and infrastructural aspects of digital political communication\, such as on social media and messenger apps. She focuses on norms and competencies necessary for a democratic coexistence in networked societies. \nDr. Emilija Gagrčin is affiliated with the Digital Political Inequality Lab at the University of California in Santa Barbara and the Weizenbaum Panel research group at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin. She is also a representative of Early-Career Scholars in the management team of the Political Communication Section of the European Communication Research and Education Conference (ECREA). \nOrganizer \nThis seminar is a collaboration between MediaFutures and the ERC project PREPARE.  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/mediafutures-seminar-chatting-communities-into-existence-local-chat-groups-as-emerging-civic-infrastructures-with-emilija-gagrcin-from-the-university-of-mannheim/ CATEGORIES:Events,Seminar,WP1 Understanding Media Experiences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Emilija-picture-for-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230426T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20230426T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080221 CREATED:20230425T090252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T090944Z UID:15038-1682523000-1682524800@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Norway Fintech Festival - Game Show: Generative AI and the unknown use cases - All against 1 DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday April 26th\, our researcher Samia Touileb will participate in a session on Generative AI at the Norway Fintech Festival.  \nYou can read more about it and get tickets here. \n  URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/norway-fintech-festival-game-show-generative-ai-and-the-unknown-use-cases-all-against-1/ CATEGORIES:Events,WP5 Norwegian Language Technologies ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2023-04-25-at-10.54.17.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR