From the left: Centre Director Robert Jenssen, Petter Tømmeraas, UiT Vice Rector Bente Haug, Dean Bjørn-Morten Batalden
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.
Petter Tømmeraas, Director of Data Centre Services at Aker Nscale, visited SFI Visual Intelligence to learn more about our research projects and AI startups established by former UiT students.
By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Officer at SFI Visual Intelligence
The visit's background is the 10-year agreement between Aker Nscale and UiT to develop and strengthen AI competence and innovation in Narvik and North Norway.
Robert Jenssen presented SFI Visual Intelligence: a Norwegian Centre for Research-Based Innovation which researches and develops AI solutions in close collaboration with Norwegian industry and public sector partners.
Solveig Thrun and Christian Salomonsen, two VI PhD Research Fellows, showcased their projects and how these can contribute to more efficient and innovation-driven healthcare services in and outside Norway.
Thrun's project focuses on risk-based screening with AI for early detection of breast cancer in collaboration with industry partner Cancer Registry of Norway (Kreftregisteret).
Salomonsen's project uses deep learning to non-invasively estimate the arterial input function, a critical component of dynamic PET imaging which is required for drug development and cancer research. His project is done in collaboration with partner Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge.
Associate Professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm presented our ongoing collaboration with industry partner KSAT – Kongsberg Satellite Services – which includes projects on sustainable oil spill monitoring and vessel detection.
Johannes H. Nilsen presented Abdera.ai: an AI startup formed by him and former Visual Intelligence master student Erland Grimstad. Abdera offers AI-driven solutions for moderating comment sections and discussions on social media and online fora.
UiT Innovation Coordinator Anna Dranovska told Tømmeraas about Medsensio: a health technology company which offers AI systems to automatically detect abnormal lung and heart sounds.
UiT Prorector for Research Jørgen Berge, Vice Rector Bente Haug, and Dean Bjørn-Morten Batalden was also present alongside Tømmeraas and Visual Intelligence's researchers for a fruitful discussion about the presented projects and startups.
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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?".
We happily welcome Keyne Oei and Boye Sjo as new PhD Research Fellows at SFI Visual Intelligence in Tromsø and Oslo respectively.
Congratulations to Børge Solli Andreassen, who successfully defended his PhD thesis at the University of Oslo on December 18th 2025.
Attracting 280 international AI researchers, the Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference (NLDL) 2026 was successfully organized from January 5th to 9th 2026 at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway.
Visual Intelligence hosted a special NLDL 2026 mentoring session for young researchers with Professor Mihaela van der Schaar – a globally renowned AI researcher and expert
Centre Director and NLDL General Chair Robert Jenssen was interviewed by NRK about this year's Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference.