MediaFutures Seminar: Visual Content Verification in the News Domain. PhD Candidate Sohail Ahmed Khan

Sohail Ahmed Khan, PhD Candidate from MediaFutures, University of Bergen, Norway will give a seminar on 25 February, at 11:00. TITLE: Visual Content Verification in the News DomainWHEN: Friday 25 February, 11:00-12:00WHERE: Zoom - https://uib.zoom.us/j/66009400805?pwd=MWpHZjdpK29TZTlSTVpZTXhDdkhSZz09 Meeting ID: 660 0940 0805 Password: qHdQfj1S ABSTRACT: The purpose of the talk is to get valuable comments and suggestions […]

MediaFutures Seminar: Detecting Fake News by Using Weakly Supervised Learning. Assoc. Prof. Özlem Özgöbek

Dr. Özlem Özgöbek, Associate Professor at NTNU, Norway will give a seminar on 17 March, at 13:00. TITLE: Detecting Fake News by Using Weakly Supervised LearningWHEN: Thursday 17 March, 13:00-14:00WHERE: Zoom - https://uib.zoom.us/j/64607939290?pwd=cStOdG90YWRjSW02RmN6TjAxakQwZz09 Meeting ID: 646 0793 9290 Password: m9hyue9C ABSTRACT: Spread and existence of fake news has been amplified by the advancements in internet and […]

UiB AI #2 But, why? – make AI answer!

Welcome to the second seminar in the UiB AI seminar series.  The event is open to all employees and students at UiB. Prior registration is required.  TITLE: UiB AI #2 But, why?  - make AI answer! WHEN: Friday 8 April, 10:00-12:00WHERE: Universitetsaulaen, Muséplassen 3, Bergen Seminar registration Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly involved in […]

MediaFutures Seminar: Fairness—Are algorithms a burden or a solution? Dr. Christine Bauer, Assistant Professor at Utrecht University

Dr. Christine Bauer, Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, will give a seminar on 21 April, at 13:00. TITLE: Fairness—Are algorithms a burden or a solution?WHEN: Thursday 21 April, 13:00-14:00WHERE: Zoom - https://uib.zoom.us/j/66369080035?pwd=MDFzdmV6TUdCVVZlZnhsNWc1eHlMUT09  Meeting ID: 663 6908 0035 Password: F9fN181n ABSTRACT: Recommender systems play an important role in everyday life. These systems assist users in choosing products […]

Human-Computer Interaction lecture series: Visual Attention in Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Interactions. Katarzyna Wisiecka, PhD Candidate in Psychology and Informatics at SWPS University & Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.

Katrzyna Wisiecka, PhD candidate in psychology and informatics at SWPS University & Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, will give a seminar on May 4th, at 11:15. TITLE: Visual Attention in Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Interactions WHEN: Wednesday 4 May, 11:15-12:00WHERE: MediaFutures and Zoom:  https://uib.zoom.us/j/61410167655?pwd=WFJXbGdMVXVuYk5sTDJ2bllPZ3Yydz09 Meeting ID: 614 1016 7655 Password: 9VA5L6D1   ABSTRACT: Computer-mediated interaction has become an integral part […]

Human-Computer Interaction lecture series: UX Research Design in Practice: Some Examples from Safety Critical Industrial Environments. Dr Duy Le, senior research scientist at VNUHCM University of Science, Vietnam

Dr. Duy Le, a senior research scientist and head of the Human-Computer Interaction division of SELab, VNUHCM University of Science, Vietnam, will give a seminar on May 4, at 14:15. TITLE: UX Research Design in Practice: Some Examples from Safety Critical Industrial Environments WHEN: Wednesday 4 May, 14:15-15:00WHERE: MediaFutures and Zoom: https://uib.zoom.us/j/69626023560?pwd=cVdKWjR1VithNUo4a1g0NTQ1OGpFdz09 Meeting ID: 696 2602 3560 […]

MediaFutures Seminar: Media entertainment experiences among youth on global platforms. Marika Lüders, Professor at the University of Oslo

Marika Lüders, Professor at the University of Oslo, will give a seminar on 13 May, at 12:00. TITLE: Media entertainment experiences among youth on global platformsWHEN: Friday 13 May, 12:00-13:00WHERE: Zoom - https://uib.zoom.us/j/68002953641?pwd=WGU1ZGFKUTNMZlZ0a29GaVlrWFJuUT09 Meeting ID: 680 0295 3641 Password: PEw18sgA ABSTRACT: The media and platforms taken for granted by those born since the turn of the […]

Wolftech & MediaFutures Joint Seminar: Human Interaction and Collaboration with Machine Learning Models. Hendrik Strobelt, IBM Research / MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

Hendrik Strobelt, the Explainability Lead at the MIT-IBM Watson AI lab, will give a seminar on 20 May, at 15:00. TITLE: Human Interaction and Collaboration with Machine Learning models WHEN: Friday 20 May, 15:00-16:00WHERE: Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErdeiurz0tGtGEcOjhfEQBEwTKqcblgjju  Meeting ID:  Password:  ABSTRACT: With the increasing adoption of machine learning models across domains, we have to think about the human […]

Future Week. MediaFutures Workshop: Towards Responsible Media Technology & Innovation

As part of the Media City Bergen Future Week, MediaFutures will hold workshop on June 9.  TITLE: Towards Responsible Media Technology & Innovation WHEN: Thursday 9 June, 09:30-12:00WHERE: Media City Bergen REGISTRATION: https://mediacitybergen.no/future-week-22/ In this workshop, you will learn from MediaFutures' young researchers in five work packages how new media technologies for media user engagement, media […]

MediaFutures WP1 DIGSSCORE-Workshop

  WP1 DIGSSCORE-Workshop Open for all MediaFutures Partners. The first part will be in English, and the second part will be in Norwegian/Scandinavian. WHERE: Zoom - https://uib.zoom.us/j/65597060274?pwd=Q0huZm9EY2s4VGJCSWdMdVRwTGRkZz09  Part 1 (10:00 - 11:00) Introduction to DIGSSCORE 10:00-10:05: Welcome 10:05-10:45: Introduction to DIGSSCORE by Erik Knudsen: What is it and what can MediaFutures partners use it for? […]

MediaFutures Seminar: Augment the Vision: To Help Users Deal with Different Domain Tasks. PhD Candidate, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Yuchong Zhang, PhD candidate at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, will give a seminar on 15 June, at 12:00. TITLE: Augment the Vision: To Help Users Deal with Different Domain TasksWHEN: Wednesday 15 June, 12:00-13:00WHERE: MediaFutures   ABSTRACT: One of the cutting-edge techniques—augmented reality (AR) (a variation of virtual reality (VR)), in which virtual objects […]

MediaFutures Seminar: Mind the Gaps and Normal Accidents with Dirk Hovy. Associate Professor, Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

Dirk Hovy, Associate Professor of computer science at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, will give a seminar on 16 June, at 14:00. TITLE: Mind the Gaps and Normal AccidentsWHEN: Thursday 16 June, 14:00-15:00WHERE: Zoom - https://uio.zoom.us/j/61874196241?pwd=RHJFZ1FYRzArdHkvbW9salZkd20yUT09   Meeting ID: 618 7419 6241 Password: 577113 ABSTRACT: NLP is now stable enough to be used in production systems, and […]