The company's interest in Visual Intelligence is to utilize new developments in artificial intelligence (AI) to improve and automate interpretations of data, while providing the centre with data, problem formulations, and different forms of guidance.
The Norwegian oil exploration and development company Aker BP joined the Visual Intelligence (VI) consortium in Spring 2024.
Aker BP is engaged in exploration, field development and production of oil and gas on the Norwegian continental shelf. The company produces energy and provides raw materials to a wide range of products used in our daily lives.
Aker BP aims to change the oil and gas industry through different measures, such as by reducing emissions and creating new industries. The company is familiar with methodologies which VI has developed within the energy sector.
Senior Advanced Data Scientist Odd Kolbjørnsen is a principal investigator at Aker BP and deputy member of the VI board. He is excited for the future collaboration between the company and the other consortium partners.
- Visual Intelligence is a really exciting research centre with several competent partners. The research field continues to grow in a rapid pace and it is great to be a part of a collaborative environment which helps us in staying updated, says Kolbjørnsen.
The company's interest in VI is to utilize new developments in artificial intelligence (AI) to improve and automate interpretations of data, while providing the centre with data, problem formulations, and different forms of guidance.
- Aker BP has a diverse set of data in 2D, 3D and 4D which can offer new and exciting challenges to our analyses. Our researchers also seek to supervise PhD students as a way of establishing a collaborative research environment.
As there is a limited amount of training data within the field, Aker BP is also interested in developing techniques which reduce this need, as well as methodologies which utilize context and dependencies to improve results.
- We believe such needs correspond well with research challenges addressed by Visual Intelligence, Kolbjørnsen adds.
Centre director Robert Jenssen welcomes Aker BP to the VI consortium and believes that the research centre is significantly strengthened by the addition of the company.
- Aker BP is a heavy industry partner, and we are glad that they have reached out to Visual Intelligence to find the competence they seek. With the company on board, our role as a leading AI centre will be further consolidated.
- I would like to thank my co-director Anne Solberg for her grand efforts in the process, and for her sustained communication with Aker BP on our behalf, Jenssen adds.
The Visual Intelligence Annual Report 2025, highlighting the centre's progress, activities, achieved innovations, staff, funding, and publications for 2025, is now available to read on our websites.
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Congratulations to Centre Director Robert Jenssen, who received UiT's Research and Development Award at the university's annual celebration.
Visual Intelligence researchers contributed to the Pioneer Centre for AI workshop on Electronic Health Records research. The aim was to strengthen ties between the two centres on EHR-related research.
Tre av studentene i sivilingeniør i Kunstig Intelligens ved UiT skal delta i NM i KI. Slik gikk det da de ble intervjuet ved hjelp av kunstig intelligens (News article on nordlys.no).
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Rami Al-Belmpeisi is a PhD Research Fellow in the Visual Computing section at DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark. He visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from November 2025 to February 2026.
Visual Intelligence researchers came to the UiT Open Day to inform the students about UiT's study programme, and inspire them to pursue AI-related studies and career paths.
Congratulations to our colleague Michael Kampffmeyer, who received the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Young Researchers in 2026.
We happily welcome Rahul Baburajan as a new PhD Research Fellow at SFI Visual Intelligence's hub in Tromsø.
Congratulations to our colleague Sarina Thomas, who has been recognized as one of Norway's Top 50 Women in Tech!
Elisabeth Wetzer forsker på hvordan maskiner kan lære å analysere medisinske bilder – og samtidig forstå hva legene faktisk ser etter (Norwegian news article on dagsavisen.no)
Visual Intelligence researchers organized a preparatory course for UiT AI students who are attending this year's Norwegian AI Championship.
We happily welcome Veronica Lachi and Qing Liu as new Associate Professors at SFI Visual Intelligence.
Artur Radzivil is a PhD Research Fellow at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. He visited Visual Intelligence in Oslo from September to November 2025.
Congratulations to Marius Aasan, who successfully defended his PhD thesis at the University of Oslo on February 10th.
We had the pleasure of talking to UiT students about the career opportunities at SFI Visual Intelligence and UiT at TEKdagen 2026.
Centre Director Robert Jenssen met with Sigrun Aasland, Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education, alongside UiT and Aker Nscale representatives to give an update on Aker Nscale's AI Giga Factory in Narvik, Norway.
Zheming Xu is a PhD Research Fellow at Beijing Jiaotong University. She visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from September 2025 to January 2026.
Få kvinner søker seg til fag innenfor kunstig intelligens. Det kan skape blindsoner, mener ekspert (Norwegian news story in NRK.no).
Visual Intelligence was represented by Centre Director Robert Jenssen, Associate Professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm, and VI Alumna Sara Björk at the Arctic Frontiers side session "How can AI and satellite collaboration strengthen Arctic resilience?".
Petter Tømmeraas, Director of Data Center Services at Aker Nscale, visited SFI Visual Intelligence to learn more about our research projects and AI startups established by former UiT students.