Associate professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm and UiT PhD Fellow, Johan Mylius-Kroken hosting a stand activity at the Open Day
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Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence

Associate professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm and UiT PhD Fellow, Johan Mylius-Kroken hosting a stand activity at the Open Day

Visual Intelligence at the UiT Open Day in Tromsø

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.

Visual Intelligence at the UiT Open Day in Tromsø

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.

By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Advisor at SFI Visual Intelligence

Researchers Kristoffer Wickstrøm, Solveig Thrun, and Johan Mylius-Kroken hosted a stand activity, showing the students how AI is used to detect people and objects.

Additionally, PhD Fellow Christian Salomonsen gave an interactive mini-talk to students about AI and its applications in medicine and health, sheding light on the possibilities and challenges of using this technology in healthcare. A former UiT student, Salomonsen told the audience about the UiT student life and how it is to study AI at the university.

Thanks to all students who dropped by to hear more about the AI programme at UiT! We hope to see many new students in the coming fall‍‍.

Wickstrøm and Mylius-Kroken chatting with high school students about the AI study programme. Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence.
Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence.
PhD Fellow Christian Salomonsen giving a mini-talk to students about AI and its applications in medicine and health. Photo: Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence.

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