Associate Professor Veronica Lachi presenting at the AI Night at Fint Kafé and Bar in Tromsø city centre.
Visual Intelligence researchers contributed with various activities during Forskningsdagene 2026: Norway's annual research festival.
Visual Intelligence researchers contributed with various activities during Forskningsdagene 2026: Norway's annual research festival.
By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Officer at SFI Visual Intelligence
Forskningsdagene seeks to stimulate the general public's interest and curiosity in research. Visual Intelligence's aim behind the activities was to spread knowledge and information about AI, deep learning, and the centre's research activities to the general public.
The topic of Forskningsdagene was "Trust". The festival was organized from September 17th to 27th 2026.
At the AI Night at Fint Kafé and Bar, our researchers Veronica Lachi, Keyne Kassapa Oei, Lars Uebbing and Christian Salomonsen presented the latest research from Visual Intelligence to a packed audience in Tromsø city centre. Around 45 people came to the event to learn about the latest AI research, explained in simple terms.
The talks ranged from how AI can help detect diseases within our body to how it can monitor the Arctic climate. These were the titled presentations:
Visual Intelligence PhD Fellow Harald Lykke Joakimsen showcased his research at Forsker Grand Prix: the national popular science competition where PhD researchers from across Norway compete to become Norway's best science communicator.
Harald's research focuses on developing deep learning models for detecting oil spills in the ocean, together with VI industry partner Kongsberg Satellite Services. His research shows how AI and deep learning can become crucial tools for keeping the oceans, marine ecosystems and coastal communities cleaner
The local competition took place at Bryggeriet Scene on September 17th.
Why should we think twice before using AI as a therapist, romantic partner, or to help out with schoolwork?
In a popular science article for youths aged 10 - 14, Associate Professor Elisabeth Wetzer gives four good reasons why not to blindly trust AI.
Even though AI can help us with many different things, we shouldn't always trust what it says. Here are Wetzer's tips:
1. AI can make up things that are not true
2. AI learns things about you – without you even knowing it
3. AI can discriminate against people
4. AI rarely disagrees with us
The article is written in Norwegian and translated to Norwegian. Both articles are published on forskning.no and sciencenorway.no
Read the full article here on sciencenorway.no.
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100 researchers, user partners and invited guests gathered in Oslo, Norway for the Visual Intelligence Days: the centre's annual conference for sharing knowledge and updates on the latest research and innovations.
Why should we think twice before using AI as a therapist, romantic partner, or to help out with homework? AI expert Elisabeth Wetzer explains (Popular science article on sciencenorway.no / forskning.no).
Associate Professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm was interviewed by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) about the ongoing debate on whether to halt current and future AI development
Representatives from the Research Council of Norway came to Visual Intelligence's hub in Tromsø for a site visit meeting.
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Harald Lykke Joakimsen, a PhD Candidate at Visual Intelligence's hub in Tromsø, will compete in Forsker Grand Prix: Norway's national popular science competition.
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Congratulations to Centre Director Robert Jenssen, who was appointed as a new fellow of the International Associaton for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).
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Why should we think twice before using AI as a therapist, romantic partner, or to help with homework? AI expert Elisabeth Wetzer explains.
Athinoulla Konstantinou is a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen. She visited Visual Intelligence's hub in Tromsø to work with equivariant modelling.
Visual Intelligence gathered experts from Norwegian politics, research council, industry, the public sector, and academia to discuss the value of Norwegian AI competence and Norwegian-developed models.
Visual Intelligence researchers are attending two AI-oriented events at Arendalsuka 2026: Norway's largest annual political festival.
Visual Intelligence hosted over 45 international AI researchers for the DL2026 workshop at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
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.