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.
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Congratulations to associate professor Ali Ramezani-Kebrya for receiving a prestigious FRIPRO grant from the Research Council of Norway!
KI har en tendens til å behandle menn og kvinner ulikt. Ekspert mener teknologien reproduserer gamle fordommer (Norwegian news story in NRK.no)
To UiT-forskere ser store etiske og juridiske problemer ved bruk av kunstig intelligens i kommunal saksbehandling (Norwegian news story in Nordlys.no).
Michael Kampffmeyer is one of UiT's youngest professors and has already distinguished himself through his contributions to AI research. He has now won UiT's award for young researchers at the university's annual celebration.
The fifth Visual Intelligence annual report, showcasing the centre's activities, results, staff, funding and publications for 2024, is now available on our web pages.
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I juni møtes det norske KI-miljøet i Tromsø for å presentere ny forskning og diskutere nye retninger innen feltet. KI-forskere inviteres til å delta og vise fram forskningen sin under konferansen.
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.
Kunstig intelligens (KI) endrer måten vi løser komplekse problemer på. Ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet leder professor Robert Jenssen Visual Intelligence, et senter for forskningsdrevet innovasjon som utvikler neste generasjons KI-metoder.
Visual Intelligence researchers had the great pleasure of talking to high school students about the AI study programme at UiT The Arctic University of Norway during the UiT Open Day.
Director Robert Jenssen represented Visual Intelligence at the CuttingEdgeAI seminar "KI anno 2023: I offentlighetens interesse?" at the University of Bergen on March 7th.
Det hender at kunstig intelligens behandler menn og kvinner ulikt. Hvordan skjer dette? KI-forsker Elisabeth Wetzer forklarer hva som ligger bak skjevhetene i teknologien (Popular science story in forskning.no and sciencenorway.no)
Congratulations to Visual Intelligence board member Viktoria Gulliksen Stray for being featured in Abelia and ODA-Nettverk's list of Top 50 Influential Tech Women in Norway 2025!
Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education, Sigrun Aasland (Ap) got to hear about Visual Intelligence's work toward developing the next generation of deep learning methodology at a visit to UiT in Tromsø
Hva er lov og hva er ikke lov? Det er blant spørsmålene studentene stiller seg. (NRK.no story featuring director Robert Jenssen)
We had the pleasure of talking to students about the exciting career opportunities at Visual Intelligence and UiT The Arctic University of Norway during TEKdagen 2025
Last week, we welcomed students from Breivang upper secondary school to a full-day practical session on AI and programming at UiT The Arctic University of Norway
We happily welcome Solveig Thrun, who recently started as a doctoral research fellow at Visual Intelligence in Tromsø in January 2025.
Visual Intelligence and UiT researchers organized a special curricular course on collaborative coding and reproducible research at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Andrew McDonald, a PhD student from University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey, presented his work on sea ice forecasting with diffusion models, as well as the downstream applications of those forecasts, at Visual Intelligence in Tromsø.
Deep learning researchers from 27 different countries congregated at the 8th edition of the NLDL conference. - I have seen several interesting posters and talks that have opened my mind about different paths to explore in my own research, says NLDL 2025 attendee Tiago Ramos.