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NewsIR’16

Overview Mainstream media outlets are often among the most relevant, influential and powerful sources of information. This ranges from the influence that newspapers have on elections to the damage to a brand’s reputation that a negative article on a popular blog can cause. Information Retrieval (IR) applied to news has been a popular research area for decades but it would be a mistake to assume that news search has been ‘solved’. Not only can algorithms still be improved but also...

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Concert – a.bel and Berklee College of Music

The concert "a.bel - New Music Interactive" had its second edition in the David Friend Hall, one of the auditoriums of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, on March 3, with a presence of about 100 spectators. "The concert was not exactly a replica since there was a new piece made by students from Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts Institute," explains Rui Penha, investigator of Telecommunications and Multimedia Centre of INESC TEC and responsible for the project. The idea of bringing...

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NEM e-Economy Day

e-Economy Day. A digital economy under debate. e-Economy intends to discuss a reality of the digital media ecosystem in Portugal, with special emphasis on three main areas: entrepreneurship, content distribution and game creation. More info here.