9:00 - 10:00 PART 1 - Information and Q&A
9:00 Welcome by Rector Lars-Petter Jelsness-Jørgensen
9:05 The research initiative The Digital Society and the PhD program
by Pro-rector Education Annette Veberg Dahl and Research Director Trine Eker Christoffersen
9:20 The Digi thematic areas by the coordinators
DigiEd Professor Hilde Afdal and Professor Irina Engeness
DigiHealth Professor Vigdis Grøndahl and Professor Lilliana del Busso
DigiTech Associate Professor Jan Høiberg and Professor Ricardo Colomo-Palacios
DigiWork Professor Catharina Bjørkquist and Professor Jörg Kirchhoff
10:00 - 11:10 PART 2 - Presentation of research projects
Chair: Professor Camilla Ihlebæk and Professor Øystein Haugen
1) AI-Based Decision Support Systems in Health Care by Associate Professor Lars Vidar Magnusson
2) Artificial Intelligence for Assessment for Learning (AfL) to Improve Learning and Teaching in 21st Century (AI4AfL) by Associate Professor Hasan Ogul and Professor Irina Engeness
10:20 – 10:30 COFFE BREAK
3) The CACOV study - Remote management and monitoring of cancer patients in light of the COVID -19 pandemic by Associate Professor Ann-Chatrin Leonardsen
4) Data scientists in public organisations by Professor Catharina Bjørkquist
5) Autism and virtual reality interventions by Professor Anders Nordahl-Hansen
6) PARTiciPED - Empowering student teachers for cross-sectorial collaborations with The Cultural Schoolbag (TCS) in Norwegian Schools by Associate Professor Joakim Karlsen and Kristine Høeg Karlsen
11:10 - 11:45 LUNCH
11:45 - 12:45 PART 3
11:45 - 12:15 A relevant NRC call of broad interest for ØUC and partners by dean Harald Holone and research adviser Magdalena Edvardsen
12:15 – 12:45: Panel discussion about the research initiative The Digital Society
chair Associate Professor Henrik Sætra (Q&A function available)
Panel: our 3 new deans Harald Holone, Irina Engeness and Randi Magnus Sommerfelt
12:45 - 13:00 COFFE BREAK
13:00 - 14: 30 PhD students and projects
13:00 Presentation of the Ph.D. forum at Østfold University College by leader Camilla Gjellebæk
13:10 PhD Pitchathon chaired by Professor Hilde Afdal
PhD student Fred Rune Bjordal
Teacher Professionalism in the Age of Digitalization.
Main supervisor: Professor Hilde Afdal
PhD student Fahd Bin Malek Newaz
Co-design for Co-creation; Improving techniques for co-design in developing a toolkit for co-creating cultural heritage in XR (pARTiciPED.
Main Supervisor: associate professor Joakim Karlsen
PhD student Thor-David Halstensen
Explore and understand pre-tests of venous thromboembolism and to develop efficient models for predicting venous thromboembolism in outpatients using machine learning.
Main supervisor: Professor Vigdis Grøndahl
PhD student Klaudia Carcani
Co-designing cooperative artifacts with MACI people - A study of empowering practices and artifacts in rehabilitation and co-design.
Main Supervisor: Harald Holone
PhD student Ruth-Linda Mihaila Hansen
Digital technology for patients with dementia in nursing homes.
Main supervisor: Professor Ann Karin Helgesen
13:40 – 14:00 COFFE BREAK
PhD student Marie Støren Jareid
The changing dynamics of Chinese influencing operations on social media.
Main Supervisor: Ivar Jonsson
PhD student Ingjerd Skafle
Autism in social media.
Main supervisor: Anders Nordahl-Hansen
PhD student Ilka Nagel
Digital Competence in Teacher Education Curricula – Implications for Teacher Educator Knowledge.
Main supervisor: Professor Hilde Afdal
PhD student Erlend Ingridsønn Nordrum
Disruptive Technology and Social Inequality and Mobility
Main Supervisor: Harald Borgebund
PhD student Ammar Bahadur Singh
Agency in digital teaching and learning practices.
Main supervisor: Professor Irina Engeness
PhD student Selina Demi
Blockchain-oriented Requirements Traceability: A framework
Main Supervisor: Ricardo Colomo-Palacios
~ 14:30-14:40 ish
Concluding remarks by our new pro-rector for research Kristi Grønvold Bache
(Minor changes in the program might occur)