Visual Intelligence Board meeting in November 2023. From left to right: Robert Jenssen (Director), Anita Schumacher (Chair), André Teigland (Norwegian Computing Center), Erik Steen (GE Vingmed Ultrasound), Line Eikvil (co-Director), Anne Solberg (co-Director), Arne Smalås (UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Gudmundur Jøkulsson (KSAT), Olav Gaute Hellesø (UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Inger Solheim (administrative coordinator), Tom-Robert Elvebu (Helse Nord IKT).
Gudmundur Jøkulsson, Kongsberg Satellite Services succeeds Anita Schumacher, CEO University Hospital of North Norway as chair of the Visual intelligence Board from 2024.
Anita Schumacher, CEO University Hospital of North Norway, has served as Chair of the Board since the establishment of Visual Intelligence in 2020. After three years of service, it is time to pass on the task. Gudmundur Jøkulsson, Kongsberg Satellite Services has accepted UiT's (the host institution of Visual intelligence) request to to be Chair for the next three year period.
Visual Intelligence has been fortunate to have Anita Schumacher, Director of the University Hospital of North Norway, to Chair the Board of the centre since its start in December 2020. In this period, Schumacher has overseen Visual Intelligence’s research and innovation to develop the next generation deep neural networks to provide new image analysis solutions of importance for the industry and public sector centre partners and for the Norwegian society as a whole. «It has been thrilling to participate closely in the development of the use of artificial intelligence at its early stage, within healthcare as well as other disciplines. I look forward to see how the collaborative initiative between UiT and several interesting partners, including the University Hospital of North Norway, continues to develop in the years to come. On this area there will be new and exciting projects on a regular basis!» says Schumacher.
The next phase in Visual Intelligence’s exciting journey will be overseen by Gudmundur Jøkulsson from Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), appointed new Chair of Board. «I am grateful for the opportunity to follow the Visual Intelligence program on the way forward in this exciting research area as the Chair. The program objectives on innovation, and the aim to bring the forefront of deep learning research close to industry and healthcare applications, I am sure will provide both new derived information and insights into image data analysis processes with the partners organizations – as well to create new opportunities for advanced research initiatives and activities in the field of AI.» says Jøkulsson.
Registration for the Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference 2026 is officially open. Early bird fees are available before December 1st 2025.
Det skal eksperter på kunstig intelligens, cybersikkerhet og juss fra UiT Norges arktiske universitet diskutere på Verdensteatret Kino den 17. september. Arrangementet er gratis og åpen for alle (Norwegian news article at uit.no)
The presentations from the Visual Intelligence Workshop on Foundation Models are now available on the Visual Intelligence YouTube channel.
Congratulations to Nikita Shvetsov for successfully defending his PhD thesis and achieving the PhD degree in Science at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on August 27th 2025.
Det sa digitaliseringsminister Karianne Tung (Ap) da hun besøkte UiT Norges arktiske universitet i Tromsø for å lære mer om utdanning og toppforskning på kunstig intelligens ved universitetet (Norwegian news article at uit.no)
A new study shows how deep learning can achieve human-level performance in estimating uncertainty when classifying foraminifera (News story at EurekAlert.org)
Congratulations to Iver Martinsen and Durgesh Kumar Singh, who successfully defended their PhD theses at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on August 20th and 21st respectively.
Visual Intelligence brought together academia, industry, the institute sector, the Research Council of Norway, and Norwegian politics to discuss why and how Norwegian academia and industry should collaborate more closely to develop innovative artificial intelligence.
João Campagnolo is a PhD Candidate in the Neuroscience Department of the University of Copenhagen (KU). He visited SFI Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from April to May 2025.
Students from EUGLOH partner institutions can now apply for an exclusive mobility scholarship worth 2 900 EUR for the NLDL 2026 Winter School. Application deadline October 3rd 2025
Visual Intelligence will be well represented at MICCAI 2025—one of the leading AI conferences on medical imaging and computer assisted intervention—with three recently accepted research papers.
More than 50 attendees from the Norwegian AI research community gathered in Tromsø, Norway for two days of insightful presentations, interactive technical sessions, and scientific and social interactions.
Last week, we wished Aasland—accompanied by Political Advisor Munir Jaber and Senior Adviser Finn-Hugo Markussen—welcome to the Norwegian Computing Center (NR). One of the visit's goals was to showcase ongoing Visual Intelligence projects at NR.
Alba Ordoñez and Anders U. Waldeland presented ongoing work on seismic foundation models and an interactive seismic interpretation engine at EAGE Annual 2025 in Toulouse, France.
Østmo was invited to Abels tårn—one of the largest popular science radio shows in Norway—to answer listener-submitted questions related to artificial Intelligence (AI). The live show took place at Blårock Cafe in Tromsø, Norway on June 12th.
VI industry partner Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) received an Industrial PhD grant from the Research Council of Norway. The project will be closely connected to Visual Intelligence's "Earth observation" innovation area.
Visual Intelligence Researchers Amund Vedal and Arnt Børre Salberg recently presented ongoing Visual Intelligence research at a plankton-themed workshop organized by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
We happily welcome Dennis Adamek, who recently started as a Doctoral Research Fellow at Visual Intelligence in Tromsø in April 2025.
Congratulations to Professor Lars Ailo for receiving the NORA Award for Diversity in AI at the NORA Annual Conference in Halden, Norway.
Teresa Dorszewski is a PhD Candidate at the Section for Cognitive Systems at the Technical University of Denmark. She visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from January to April 2025.