From the left: Selma Skar Baglo, Petter Bjørklund, Samuel Kuttner, and Benjamin Ricaud at the science fair at the Science Centre of Northern Norway. Photo: UiT.
Visual Intelligence researchers participated in various dissemination activities throughout Forskningsdagene 2024. The activities aimed to disseminate general knowledge about deep learning and Visual Intelligence's research activities to the general public.
Visual Intelligence researchers participated in various dissemination activities throughout Forskningsdagene 2024. The activities aimed to disseminate general knowledge about deep learning and Visual Intelligence's research activities to the general public.
By Petter Bjørklund, Communication Advisor at SFI Visual Intelligence
Forskningsdagene (The National Science Week in Norway) is an annual research festival in Norway. The festival aims to stimulate the general public's curiosity and interest in science and research through various popular science events across Norway. The overarching theme of Forskningsdagene 2024 was "Health". This year's festival was organized from September 18th to 29th 2024.
Researchers from the Visual Intelligence consortium in Tromsø participated in various dissemination activities throughout the research festival. The activities aimed to disseminate general knowledge about deep learning and Visual Intelligence's research activities.
AI has the potential to transform the health sector in various ways. In a popular science article for children aged 12 to 14, centre director Robert Jenssen and associate professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm discuss the potential of AI within healthcare and its current applications at healthcare institutions in Scandinavia.
The story was featured on UiT The Arctic University of Norway's popular science magazine Labyrint and the popular science news platform ung.forskning.no.
Associate professors Benjamin Ricaud and Samuel Kuttner have worked extensively the past year with developing an AI exhibition for children at the Science Centre of Northern Norway. The exhibit aims to stimulate children's interest and understanding for AI technologies.
The exhibition was officially launched as part of an open science fair at the science centre on September 22nd. Children of all ages and parents got to test out the latest addition throughout the event. Approximately 1000 unique visitors participated in the open event.
The launch was accompanied by a stand activity which aimed to give children and parents an introduction to AI. Ricaud, Kuttner, VI communication advisor Petter Bjørklund and UiT student Selma Skar Baglo were present at the launch and stand activity.
Nordlys, the largest news agency in Northern Norway, wrote a news article about the exhibition. Read more about it on Nordlys (NB! Requires a subscription)
PhD candidate Jørgen Aarmo Lund took part in the popular science event "På helsa løs" at Vertshuset Skarven on September 26th. The event invited UiT researchers to present their academic work to the general public. Around 55 people participated in the popular science event.
Lund gave a presentation titled "Voffor det då? Om "forklarbarhet" i helse-KI". The talk addressed the importance of explainable AI models within healthcare.
After the presentation, the audience got the opportunity to ask questions to Lund about the presented topic.
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.
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.