Open science fair at the Science Center of North Norway.
Visual Intelligence researchers participated in this year's Forskningsdagene: an annual national research festival which aims to stimulate the general public's interest and curiosity in research.
Visual Intelligence researchers actively participated in this year's Forskningsdagene: an annual national research festival which aims to stimulate the general public's interest and curiosity in research.
By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Officer at SFI Visual Intelligence
Visual Intelligence participated in several activities and initiatives as part of Forskningsdagene 2025. The aim behind these activities was to disseminate general knowledge about AI and deep learning and Visual Intelligence's research activities to the general public.
The topic of this year's Forskningsdagene was "Safety". The festival was organized from September 17th to 28th 2025.
Visual Intelligence researchers kickstarted Forskningsdagene 2025 with the event "How to Tackle Bias and Protect Privacy in the Age of AI?"—which gathered AI, cybersecurity and law experts from UiTThe Arctic University of Norway discuss this eponymous question at Verdensteateret Kino in Tromsø, Norway.
The event's aim was to shed light on the inherent biases and privacy concerns related to AI, and discuss potential measures for combatting these technological issues.
The discussion was preceded by a screening of the award-winning documentary "Coded Bias"—which investigates the bias in AI algorithms after M.I.T. Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini uncovered flaws in facial recognition technology.
The following experts met at Verdensteateret:
The Norwegian government is working on making its own law for artificial intelligence. It will be similar to the EU's "AI Act", but adapted to Norwegian conditions and regulations. But why does Norway need its own AI law? And what will it mean for you and I?
In a popular science article, PhD Candidate Eirik Agnalt Østmo explains how the law is important for ensuring that we feel safe in a society where AI is being used in more areas. The entire article can be read at UiT Labyrint.
Similarly to last year's Forskningsdagene, Visual Intelligence hosted a stand activity next to the AI exhibition as part of an open science fair at the Science Center of North Norway on September 21st. Both children and parents came to the centre's stand to try out the exhibition's AI-based games.
During the fair, the AI exhibit project group beta-tested an AI-based photo booth which is able to take photos of people and transform them into different styles, ranging from comic books to claymation style characters.
The project group also launched and set up a collection of popular science posters. The posters' aim is to explain general knowledge on artificial intelligence and selected research activities and results from Visual Intelligence.
Nordlys, the largest news agency in Northern Norway, wrote a news article about the exhibition in 2024. Read more about it on Nordlys (NB! Requires a subscription).
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?".
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.
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.
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270 KI-eksperter fra nært og fjernt møtes ved UiT for å dele siste forskningsnytt. Et av formålene er å styrke internasjonale bånd og samarbeid på tvers av det globale KI-miljøet (Norwegian news article on uit.no)
Med ferske millioner på konto skal Senter for pasientnær kunstig intelligens (SPKI) ved UNN bidra i et stort nasjonalt KI-prosjekt de neste fire årene (News article on unn.no)
We happily welcome Zijun Sun as a new Doctoral Research Fellow at SFI Visual Intelligence in Tromsø, Norway.
The Visual Intelligence Management Team, Robert Jenssen, Line Eikvil, Anne Solberg, and Inger Solheim, wishes everyone a happy holiday season and new year!
Several of our researchers represented SFI Visual Intelligence at EurIPS 2025 – the NeurIPS-endorsed European AI conference.
Congratulations to Senior Research Scientist Anders Waldeland, who was awarded the Digital Trailblazer Award 2025 at the Dig X Subsurface conference in Oslo, Norway.
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence that can automatically measure the heart's structure – both quickly and accurately (Popular science article on sciencenorway.no)