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).
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)
Congratulations to Jørgen Agersborg, who successfully defended his PhD thesis at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on November 28th.
State Secretary Marianne Wilhelmsen visited UiT The Arctic University of Norway to learn more about SFI Visual Intelligence and UiT's AI initiatives in education and research.
KI-chatboten Grok har fortalt brukere at verdens rikeste mann er både smartere og sprekere enn noen andre i verden – inkludert basketballstjernen LeBron James og Leonardo da Vinci (Norwegian news article on tv2.no)
Forskere har utviklet kunstig intelligens som automatisk kan måle hjertets struktur – både raskt og presist (Norwegian popular science article on forskning.no)
The Visual Intelligence Graduate School gathered our early career researchers for a 3-Day Science Communication workshop at Skibotn field station outside of Tromsø, Norway.
Onsdag inngikk Aker Nscale og UiT Norges arktiske universitet en ti-årig samarbeidsavtale for å utvikle og styrke kompetansemiljøene for kunstig intelligens i Narvik og Nord-Norge. Aker Nscale garanterer for 100 millioner kroner i avtaleperioden (news story on uit.no)
Centre Director Robert Jenssen and PhD Candidate Lars Uebbing had two fruitful days together with researchers at The Alan Turing Institute's headquarters in London
Centre Director Robert Jenssen represented Visual Intelligence at Outlook North in Harstad, Norway
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.