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MediaFutures Seminar: Digital backbones: Data streams in the digital infrastructure and consequences for the media industries with Helle Sjøvaag and Raul Ferrer Conill from the University of Stavanger
Helle Sjøvaag and Raul Ferrer Conill from the University of Stavanger will give a seminar on February 14th. TITLE: Digital backbones: Data streams in the digital infrastructure and consequences for the media industries WHEN: 14 February, 12:00 - 13:00 WHERE: MediaFutures & ZOOM: https://uib.zoom.us/j/63852177471?pwd=RlN2am9QUGRFaWF3QXVCT3lYazBaUT09 Meeting ID: 638 5217 7471 Password: bVRYrT8h ABSTRACT: Digital infrastructures consist of […]
Cutting-edge AI: Large Language Models
MediaFutures researchers Samia Touileb and Lilja Øvrelid will partake in a series event "Cutting-Edge AI" organized by the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium (NORA). The event concerns Large Language Models such as ChatGPT; the technology, its implication on society and the ethical aspect, and will take place on February 21st at Domus Bibliotheca, Oslo. For more information visit: […]
Visual storyteller or brander
En presentasjon om to måter for hvordan redaksjonelle miljøer kan bruke tredjepartsplattformer for å nå unge mennesker med kvalitetsjournalistikk og mulige utfall for disse veivalgene. Presentasjonen bygger på Peder Haugfos’ masteroppgave ved NTNU/TU Berlin, og er basert på intervjuer og innholdsanalyse av NRK P3 og VGs avdeling Z. Peder Haugfos er nå prosjektleder ved Media City […]
AI learn: Fra forskning til anvendt teknologi
Norwegian Cognitive Center inviterer til et frokostmøte "AI learn: Fra forskning til anvendt teknologi" hvor MediaFutures forsker og arbeidspakke 4-leder Njål Borch skal vise sitt arbeid rundt tilpasset medieinnhold. Mer informasjon: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-learn-fra-forskning-til-anvendt-teknologi-tickets-518704548267?aff=erelexpmlt&fbclid=IwAR3fYf1-ZlMtGLUunHs6KXbFPNlB--z20ShCaFHYEN4weHcy1DX0IoWfeVQ
The Nordic Seminar on eXplainable AI (XAI)
The Nordic Seminar on eXplainable AI (XAI) aims to update each other on ongoing XAI research in Norway and create and build a community for XAI in Norway. The seminar is organised over two days (March 29 - March 30) as a joint effort between the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, UiB and Department […]
Personalisation Day. The first Nordic workshop on personalisation and recommender systems.
We invite all researchers and practitioners in the Nordics to the first Nordic Personalisation day in Oslo for a full day of talks and discussions on personalisation and recommender systems. The day will be full of both research and industrial talks on personalisation. There will also be plenty of time to meet peers and exchange […]
Kritisk blikk på ChatGPT og AI-generert innhold
Torsdag 30. mars klokken 14.00–15.30 inviterer vi deg til biblioteket på Universitet i Stavanger for å lære mer om hvordan du forholder deg til tjenester som ChatGPT og AI-generert innhold når du jobber som journalist. Hanne Louise Åkernes (BT) og vår forsker Samia Touileb kommer for å snakke om tematikken fra to ulike perspektiv. Hanne Louise […]
MediaFutures and SUJO Joint Guest Lecture: Countering Russian Disinformation with Maksym Balaklytskyi from Kharkiv National University
Maksym Balaklytsky from Kharkiv National Univeristy in Ukraine will give a seminar on April 12th. TITLE: Countering Russian Disinformation WHEN: 12 April, 12:00 - 13:00 WHERE: MediaFutures ABSTRACT: Russian propaganda has played a major role in the country's aggression against Ukraine since 2014. It takes many forms, including imperialism, globalism, and a longing for […]
MediaFutures Seminar: Computing Biases in Recommender Systems with Marko Tkalčič, University of Primorska
Marko Tkalčič from the University of Primorska in Koper, Slovenia will give a seminar on April 14th. TITLE: Computational Psychology in Recommender Systems WHEN: 14 April, 13:30 - 14:1 ABSTRACT: Recommender systems are systems that help users in decision-making situations where there is an abundance of choices. We can find them in our everyday lives, […]
Mid-term evaluation of PhD candidate Sohail Ahmed Khan
We are delighted to invite you to the public part of the mid-term evaluation of Sohail Ahmed Khan on April 25th at 14:30. The event will take place at MediaFutures Meeting Room (MCB, 3rd floor).During the presentation, Sohail will discuss his work on "Computational Visual Content Verification," which is part of MediaFutures' WorkPackage-3. He will […]
Meeting grand challenges together: actionable knowledge through collaboration in research and innovation
The conference will explore collaboration across sectors to bring forth knowledge that is actionable and relevant for solving pressing issues. Academia and other actors in society need to jointly identify challenges and questions that are societally urgent and academically relevant, critically examine our different roles in knowledge production and the tools and frameworks that can […]
Norway Fintech Festival – Game Show: Generative AI and the unknown use cases – All against 1
On Wednesday April 26th, our researcher Samia Touileb will participate in a session on Generative AI at the Norway Fintech Festival. You can read more about it and get tickets here.