Anders Tungeland Gjerdrum from Microsoft presenting his project proposals to UiT students
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Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence

Anders Tungeland Gjerdrum from Microsoft presenting his project proposals to UiT students

Successful Industry Pitch Day at UiT

Visual Intelligence and the Digital Innovation Lab invited industry professionals to present ideas for master's projects to computer science and machine learning students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Successful Industry Pitch Day at UiT

Visual Intelligence and the Digital Innovation Lab invited industry professionals to present ideas for master's projects to computer science and machine learning students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Advisor at SFI Visual Intelligence

The event sought to connect students with different companies, giving them inspiration for potential research topics to explore in their master thesis in close collaboration with Norwegian companies, the public sector and other organizations

The proposed projects included developing AI methods for co-assisted exam grading, valuation of start-up companies, oceanography, improving user research, and medical translation and transcription

Big thanks to Microsoft, oceanbox.io, Tvibit, Internia, DIPS AS, Schilly, and Mammon Valuation for coming to Tromsø, Bodø, and Mo i Rana to pitch their projects.

Thanks to Benjamin Ricaud, Anna Dranovska, and Lars Ailo Bongo from the Digital Technology Innovation Lab for organizing this year's Pitch Day.

Associate professor Benjamin Ricaud giving an introduction to the UiT Pitch Day. Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence
Ismet Bachtiar (Tvibit) presenting at the UiT Pitch Day. Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence
UiT students in Tromsø listening attentively to the companies' project pitches. Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence
Odd Levi Paulsen (Internia) presenting at the UiT Pitch Day. Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence
Bjørn Fjukstad (DIPS) presenting at the UiT Pitch Day. Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence
Jonas Juselius (Oceanbox) presenting at the UiT Pitch Day. Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence

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