ACM UMAP 2021 - The 29th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization will be held fully online from Utrecht, the Netherlands between June 21-25, 2021. Christoph Trattner, Centre director of MediaFutures,...
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Heart disease, strokes and type 2 diabetes can be all linked to our diet – but how can human-centered data science make us healthier?
The first CEDAS (Center for Data Science at the University of Bergen) was held between 1-2 June 2021 where our Centre Director Christoph Trattner was invited to deliver a talk on human-centered data science. The conference featured several keynote presentations and...
Open positions at MediaFutures: PhD and Postdoc
MediaFutures has currently three open positions: PhD positions PhD position in Computer Science/HCI at MediaFutures:Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation Organisation: MediaFutures, Department of Information Science and Media Studies,...
Online conference 25 May: The fight against desinformation and fake news
On the morning of Tuesday 25 May, Media City Bergen / NCE Media organizes an online conference titled "Kampen mot desinformasjon og falske nyheter; Hvor står vi i dette «våpenkappløpet», og hvilken rolle kan teknologien spille i bekjempelse av falsk informasjon?" (The...
Three upcoming MediaFutures Seminars in May
MediaFutures is happy to invite you to join our three seminars in May. First up is our invited speaker, Professor Neil Maiden, Professor of Digital Creativity, Cass Business School, City University of London, who will give a talk about JECT.AI – a new digital product...
Video recordings of previous seminars are available
If you missed out on our previous seminars, we have made recordings available for you to watch at any time. We will be posting the recordings on the corresponding seminar events, so make sure to check out our passed events if you missed out. We leave these three...
Promotion to Full Professor: Congratulations Professor Marija Slavkovik!
Dr. Marija Slavkovik, WP2 Co-Leader, has been assessed as qualified for promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor. We congratulate Marija on the achievement! The good news about Marija's promotion was made official by the Board of the Faculty of Social...
The MediaFutures Annual Report is now out!
The MediaFutures Annual Report 2020 has just been published. The report is a public document and can be downloaded below. In this first report we give an overview of the centre's vision and objectives, partners, work packages and planned and ongoing activities. Enjoy!...
Grand Challenge on Cheapfakes Detection
MediaFutures researcher, Duc Tien Dang Nguyen, is co-organising a Cheapfakes detection challenge together with YouTube, TUM and SimulaMet. The University of Bergen, YouTube, TUM and SimulaMet have announced a Grand Challenge on Cheapfakes Detection as part of...
Open position @MediaFutures: Communications Officer
MediaFutures is looking for a for a dedicated part time (50 %) Communications Officer who will have a key role in raising awareness of our centre's activities and results. Organisation: MediaFutures, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of...