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).
Senior Research Scientist Anders Waldeland is nominated for the Digital Trailblazer 2025 Award. The winner is announced at the Dig X Subsurface conference in Oslo, Norway in December.
Visual Intelligence researchers have developed an AI to automatically measure the heart's structure – both quickly and accurately. They believe it can help doctors detect and treat cardiovascular diseases faster.
Samuel Kuttner and Elin Kile presented research on PET and artificial intelligence at evening seminar on early detection of prostate cancer organized by the Norwegian Prostate Cancer Assocation.
Centre Director Robert Jenssen represented Visual Intelligence at Svarte Natta 2025 – North Norway's journalist and media conference organized by the Norwegian Union of Journalists.
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Preetraj Bhoodoo, who recently won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the PRESIMAL Autumn Reserach School 2025.
We happily welcome Sigurd Almli Hanssen and Adrian Duric as new PhD Candidates at SFI Visual Intelligence's hubs in Tromsø and Oslo respectively.
AI expert Eirik Agnalt Østmo explains that the law is intended to make AI technology safe for everyone (Popular science article on sciencenorway.no)
Aitor Sánchez is a PhD candidate at the Intelligent Systems Group of the University of the Basque Country in Spain. He visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from March to June 2025.
We happily welcome Nicolo Grometto as a new PhD Candidate at SFI Visual Intelligence in Bodø, Norway.
Visual Intelligence hosted a hybrid meeting with researchers from the Alan Turing Institute at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway.
Norge arbeider med å få på plass en egen lov for kunstig intelligens. Loven skal passe på at vi bruker KI på en trygg måte (Norwegian news article at uit.no).
85 researchers from the Visual Intelligence consortium convened for the Visual Intelligence Days: the annual workshop where researchers, user partners and invited guests convene to share knowledge and updates on the latest research and innovations within the centre.
Registration for the Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference 2026 is officially open. Early bird fees are available before December 1st 2025.
Det skal eksperter på kunstig intelligens, cybersikkerhet og juss fra UiT Norges arktiske universitet diskutere på Verdensteatret Kino den 17. september. Arrangementet er gratis og åpen for alle (Norwegian news article at uit.no)
The presentations from the Visual Intelligence Workshop on Foundation Models are now available on the Visual Intelligence YouTube channel.
Congratulations to Nikita Shvetsov for successfully defending his PhD thesis and achieving the PhD degree in Science at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on August 27th 2025.
Det sa digitaliseringsminister Karianne Tung (Ap) da hun besøkte UiT Norges arktiske universitet i Tromsø for å lære mer om utdanning og toppforskning på kunstig intelligens ved universitetet (Norwegian news article at uit.no)
A new study shows how deep learning can achieve human-level performance in estimating uncertainty when classifying foraminifera (News story at EurekAlert.org)
Congratulations to Iver Martinsen and Durgesh Kumar Singh, who successfully defended their PhD theses at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on August 20th and 21st respectively.
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.