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Media City Bergens’ Future Week: Workshop on Disinformation and Fake News
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. As part of MCB Future Week, MediaFutures is organizing […]
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Data Science and AI in excellence research centers in Chile: IMFD, CENIA and I-Health
Data Science and AI in excellence research centers in Chile: IMFD, CENIA and I-Health
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 […]
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MediaFutures Seminar: Hidden in Plain Sight: Microcelebrities navigating visibility and surveillance on Twitter with Özlem Demirkol Tønnesen, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bergen
MediaFutures Seminar: Hidden in Plain Sight: Microcelebrities navigating visibility and surveillance on Twitter with Özlem Demirkol Tønnesen, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bergen
Özlem Demirkol Tønnesen from the University of Bergenwill give a seminar on June 9th. TITLE: Hidden in Plain Sight: Microcelebrities navigating visibility and surveillance on Twitter WHEN: 9 June, 12:00 - 13:00 WHERE: MediaFutures ABSTRACT: On social media, microcelebrities and influencers play various roles and hold immense power as “focusers of attention” (Tufekci, 2013). This project […]
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Symposium – Towards a Fairer Future of Education: Algorithmic Inequality and Learning Analytics
Where & When: Scandic Hotel Ørnen in Bergen, Wednesday June 13th. Invitation: SLATE Research Centre and MediaFutures invite you to the symposium "Towards a Fairer Future of Education: Algorithmic Inequality and Learning Analytics"! The emerging applications of Learning Analytics and AI in education that employ student data to improve learning and teaching is gaining worldwide […]
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MediaFutures Seminar: Metrics for Measuring Normative Diversity in News Recommendations with Sanne Vrijenhoek from the University of Amsterdam
MediaFutures Seminar: Metrics for Measuring Normative Diversity in News Recommendations with Sanne Vrijenhoek from the University of Amsterdam
Sanne Vrijenhoek from the University of Amsterdam will give a seminar on June 16th TITLE: Metrics for Measuring Normative Diversity in News Recommendations WHEN: 16 June, 12:00 - 13:00 ABSTRACT: 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. […]
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MediaFutures Seminar: Reaching New Audiences with Generative AI with Lydia Chilton, an Assistant Professor from Columbia University
MediaFutures Seminar: Reaching New Audiences with Generative AI with Lydia Chilton, an Assistant Professor from Columbia University
Lydia Chilton from Columbia University will give a seminar on June 29th TITLE: Reaching New Audiences with Generative AI WHEN: 29 June, 15:00 - 16:00 Presentation: https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Chilton_ReachingNewAudiences_June2023.pdf ABSTRACT: Writing 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 […]