With the Erasmus+ project Decide, we are developing effective strategies for addressing unconscious biases, targeting both education and all other (professional) contexts where unbiased decision-making is crucial."
The Horizon Europe project TITAN was launched on 1 September 2022. TITAN is developing a new technology to teach people faster and better fact-checking through AI. Our researchers are involved in user research.
The EPIC project is developing an intelligent Newsroom Computer System (NRCS) as a Software-as-a-Service (SAAS), supporting editorial teams in story-based news production across various modalities, channels, and devices. The project integrates multimodal news content following the principles of modular journalism.
In a time where technological progress continues to push the boundaries of human interaction with media, the 'Xited' project takes center stage in researching the enhancement of the media experience through immersive technologies. With a focus on innovative technologies such as extended reality and metaverse applications, this project explores how the integration of augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), and the metaverse can provide valuable additions to the experiences of media users.
With the News Wisecracks! project, we make children (aged 8-12) more resilient against disinformation by focusing on news wisdom, both on the side of (youth) journalists and children.
We are validating a method in which we measure employee engagement based on text analysis of internal texts (e.g. email traffic) and predict it in the long term.
During the 3D workflow, there are many conversions: from 3D scanning, modelling and texturing, visualising 3D in AR and VR to 3D printing in full colour. This research maps the management of colour and texture through these steps.
With the social media and influencer marketing barometer (SMI barometer for short), we monitor the trends of Belgian young people aged 16-24 in the adoption, use and evaluation of social media and influencer marketing.