Panel discussion during the Arendalsuka event. From the left: Kerstin Bach (NorwAI), Anne Kjersti Fahlvik (RCN), Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad (Ap), André Teigland (NR), Cathrine Tegnander (Aker BP), Sven Størmer Thaulow (NorwAI/Vend Marketplaces ASA), and Robert Jenssen (UiT/Visual Intelligence).
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.
SFI Visual Intelligence brought together representatives from 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.
By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Advisor at SFI Visual Intelligence
Watch the entire panel discussion here.
Research-based innovation involves collaborations between research institutions and R&D active companies which seeks to address long-term needs, solve relevant societal challenges, and securing future value creation.
A close collaboration between Norwegian academia and industry is essential to leverage AI's potential and strengthen AI Norway's international competitiveness. Research-based AI innovation is a key priority area in the Norwegian long-term plan for research and higher education 2023-2032.
While Norwegian industry's R&D investments have increased in recent years, it invests less in R&D activities compared to the OECD partners. What should we do to strengthen research-based AI innovation in Norway? What opportunities does this represent—both for the academic and industrial sectors? What are the challenges, and what should Norwegian academia, the institute sector, and industry do to solve them?
At the event "Forskningsdrevet innovasjon innen KI: Hvordan styrker vi det sammen?", SFI Visual Intelligence brought together representatives from 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. The event took place at Kunstig intelligens-teltet at Arendalsuka 2025.
The following participated in the event:
Visual Intelligence hosted over 45 international AI researchers for the DL2026 workshop at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Visual Intelligence will be well represented at MICCAI 2026, one of the leading AI conferences on medical imaging and computer assisted intervention, with two accepted research papers.
Visual Intelligence co-organized and attended the "Foundations of Arctic AI and Generative Forecasting": an inaugural workshop in the P1 Arctic AI program.
PhD Candidates Solveig Thrun and Christian Salomonsen attended the Datacloud Global Congress' Talent in Tech programme, which invited emerging talent to a unique programme designed to inspire, educate, and connect young professionals with senior leaders from global tech giants.
We warmly welcome Georgios Leontidis as a new Professor at SFI Visual Intelligence's hub at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Centre Director Robert Jenssen was interviewed by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) about the Japan-Norway AI Innovation Forum in Tokyo, Japan.
En ny AI-løsning utviklet ved UiT kan gjøre det enklere å avdekke feilrapportering og ulovlig fiske. Nå skal Norges Råfisklag teste teknologien i praktisk bruk (News article on kystogfjord.no)
Principal Investigator Kristoffer Wickstrøm was interviewed by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) about the Artificial Intelligence Day at UiT- The Arctic University of Norway.
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En ny, åpent tilgjengelig KI-modell kan endre hvordan geologer tolker seismikk. Den norske grunnmodellen lover raskere analyser, lavere terskel for innovasjon og nye måter å forstå undergrunnen på.
Centre Director Robert Jenssen was interviewed by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) about AI in fisheries and this year's UArctic (University of the Arctic) Congress on the Faroe Islands.
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Professor and AI expert Robert Jenssen is attending the Japan-Norway AI Innovation Forum and Japan-Norway Research Symposium, two high-level meetings with Norwegian and Japanese government leaders, business actors and researchers.
Visual Intelligence researchers Solveig Thrun and Kristoffer Wickstrøm took their research out of the lab and to Tromsø city centre as part of Pint of Science 2026.
Subsurface Digital Manager and former Visual Intelligence board member Cathrine Tegnander will serve as the elected leader of Visual Intelligence's board.
The Call for Papers and Abstracts for the Northern Lights Deep Learning (NLDL) Conference 2027 is officially announced – with submission deadlines on August 7th and Mid-September 2026 respectively.
The field of Visual Intelligence is continuously transforming. Chief Research Scientist Arnt-Børre Salberg dives deeper into the current trends in the field of visual intelligence as of early 2026.
Generativ kunstig intelligens er imponerende, men ikke alltid så nyttig til å løse industrielle problemer (Norwegian op-ed in digi.no).
Congratulations to Marit Dagny Kristine Jenssen, who successfully defended her PhD thesis at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on April 10th
The NCS model, a seismic foundation model trained on data from the Norwegian data repository for subsurface data, is now available as an open-source model, allowing anyone to download, utilize, and further develop the model.
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.