MediaFutures’ Work Package 3 Leader Bjørnar Tessem alongside Lars Nyre, Michel d.S. Mesquita& Paul Mulholland contributed with a chapter in the book “Futures of Journalism Technology-stimulated Evolution in the Audience-News Media Relationship».
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A Warm Welcome to Our Visiting Researchers
MediaFutures is delighted to welcome several visiting researchers and master students this year. Let us introduce them to you.
Media Forensics Web repository
PhD Candidate Sohail Ahmed Khan has created a Web repository containing diverse set of resources to assist journalists, fact-checkers, and the public in verifying visual user-generated content.
New Publication
Congratulations to MediaFutures’ WP4 Leader Morten Fjeld on his co-authored publication: “A Collaborative System of Flying and Ground Robots with Universal Physical Coupling Interface (PCI), and the Potential Interactive Applications”.
When AI is a jerk!
Listen to our researcher Samia Touileb taking about Artificial Intelligence in the UiB’s newest “Popviten” podcast.
Releasing a Prototype of an Automated Assistant for Twitter Fact-checking
A web-based application that could assist in debunking false/re-purposed information present in tweets related to news events has been developed by MediaFutures’ WP3 researchers. The preliminary version of the tool is now released, and ready to be tested.
MediaFutures’ Annual Report 2021 is now available
An online version of the MediaFutures Annual Report 2021 is now available. The report provides details on our performance in 2021, and includes information on activities, staffing and funding.
MediaFutures’ New Publication with Honorable Mention at the IEEE VR 2022 Conference
Research paper RedirectedDoors: Redirection While Opening Doors in Virtual Reality by MediaFutures’ WP4 leader Morten Fjeld, Yukai Hoshikawa, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kazuki Takashima, Morten Fjeld, Yoshifumi Kitamura received “Honorable Mention” at the IEEE VR 2022 Conference.
ERC Consolidator Grant for MediaFutures WP1 co-Leader Hallvard Moe
It is with great pleasure to inform that Hallvard Moe has been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for his research project PREPARE. The grant is considered Europe’s most competitive, with an overall success rate estimated at 12%.
Meet the Team. Interview with PhD Candidate Jonathan Geffen
In Meet the Team series we introduce our audience to the brilliant people working at MediaFutures. Get to know us better by discovering who we are and what we do.
This week we are interviewing Jonathan Geffen, PhD candidate, associated with Work Package 4 – Media Content Interaction & Accessibility.