Media City Bergen companies pitch ideas for master projects
In Media City Bergen, master students can collaborate with companies such as TV 2 Digital, NRK, Vimond, Bergens Tidene, Mjoll and Everviz.
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- It is very good to have the opportunity to collaborate with the industry. We are much closer to "real life" here, says master's student Kristin Mjelde, MA in Media and Interaction Design, UiB in MCB.
It is very good to have the opportunity to collaborate with the industry. We are much closer to "real life" here.
Kristin Mjelde, master student
The Pitch: Innovation, media technology and production
How can one develop technology that can detect "fake news"? What should new digital weather services look like? Can we use artificial intelligence in streaming services in a good way? What are new ways to use digital maps in storytelling? How can we leverage media technology to develop slow TV concepts?
These are some of the topics the companies want to collaborate with students on at the Master of Media and Interaction Design, at the Department of Information and Media Science, UiB in Media City Bergen.
Lisa Marie Solheim and Stine Olsen Helland, master students at MA in media and interaction design and Steinar Søreide, Chief Technology Officer, Mjoll
- This is a really exciting opportunity for us to get in touch with and collaborate with the students, says Frode Drønen, Chief Technology Officer, in TV 2 Digital.
The students and companies discussed the ideas to find common interests with the goal of collaboration on the master's thesis.
It is important that our students work on authentic projects, which are similar to the situation in the industry.
Kristine Jørgensen, professor
Frode Haugland Pedersen, Product lead Regional, Bergens Tidene / Schibsted
«MCB natives»
- The Master's students are "MCB natives". They have "grown up" here and understand how collaboration happens in MCB. It is a perfect match for connecting industry and research,”says Kristine Jørgensen, professor and director of the Master's program in Media and Interaction Design, UiB in MCB.
UiB offers six study programmes with close industry collaboration in Media City Bergen - including the dedicated technology and innovation programmes BA and MA in Media and Interaction Design, as well as PhD in Media Technology and Innovation.
- In Media City Bergen, we combine education and research, industry and practice, and innovation competence in new and novel ways, says Ole J.Mjøs, Professor and Academic Director for UiB in the media cluster.
Frode Drønen, Chief Technology Officer, TV 2 Digital.
Thomas Hellum, Project Leader, NRK.