PhD Candidate Solveig Thrun talking to high school students about UiT's AI study programme
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Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence

PhD Candidate Solveig Thrun talking to high school students about UiT's AI study programme

Visual Intelligence inspires future students at the UiT Open Day

Visual Intelligence researchers came to the UiT Open Day to inform the students about UiT's study programme, and inspire them to pursue AI-related studies and career paths.

Visual Intelligence inspires future students at the UiT Open Day

Visual Intelligence researchers came to the UiT Open Day to inform the students about UiT's study programme, and inspire them to pursue AI-related studies and career paths.

By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Officer at SFI Visual Intelligence

As part of the event, PhD Fellow Solveig Thrun, Integreat PhD Fellow Youssef Wally, and AI students hosted a stand activity to showhow AI can be used to detect people and various objects—drawing on past and ongoing research projects from SFI Visual Intelligence and the UiT Machine Learning Group.

We hope to see many new faces at the AI study programme this fall. Thanks again for stepping by our stand to learn more about the UiT study life.

UiT AI students, PhD Candidate Solveig Thrun, and Integreat PhD Candidate Youssef Waly at the Open Day. Photo: Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence.
Youssef Waly talking to high school students at the Open Day. Photo: Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence.

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