The panelists during the UiT event at Arendalsuka 2024. From the left: Even Røed (AP), Mathias Hauglid (Wikborg Rein), Robert Jenssen (Visual Intelligence), Solveig Hofvind (Cancer Registry of Norway), Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo (UNN). Not present in the photo: Therese Blomsø (Helse Nord RHF), Rune Nordgård Andreassen (moderator, UiT).
Visual Intelligence was represented by director Robert Jenssen during the UiT event "Hvordan implementerer vi KI for bruk i helsesektoren på en trygg måte?". The event addressed how to safely implement artificial intelligence tools in the fields of health and medicine.
Visual Intelligence was represented by director Robert Jenssen during the UiT event "Hvordan implementerer vi KI for bruk i helsesektoren på en trygg måte?". The event sought to address how to safely implement artificial intelligence tools in the fields of health and medicine.
By Petter Bjørklund, Communication Advisor at Visual Intelligence.
A diverse panel of experts from fields such as machine learning, medicine and health, and law discussed the possibilites and challenges associated with the topic. Around 60 participants came to Bankgården to hear the panelists' views and perspectives.
Centre Director Robert Jenssen took part in the event, sharing his point-of-view on the topic from a machine learning perspective.
The event was divided into two parts. The first part consisted of three introductory talks by Jenssen, senior lawyer Mathias Hauglid, and leader of Mammografiprogrammet Solveig Hofvind. The remainder of the event was dedicated to a panel discussion between the participants.
Questions to the panel included issues associated with health personell's, politicians', and health executives' knowledge and competence of AI, and how the panel perceive the current tempo towards implementing AI-based solutions in the Norwegian health sector.
Other key talking points included how AI challenges current Norwegian legislation, and how to make sure AI systems properly guard patients' sensitive data.
Visual Intelligence thanks UiT The Arctic University of Norway for a well-organized and fruitful discussion on the relevant topic.
The panel included the following participants:
Even A. Røed, Storting Representative, Arbeiderpartiet
Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo, Head of Clinic of Surgery, Oncology and Women's Health, The University Hospital of Northern Norway
Solveig Hofvind, Head of Mammografiprogrammet, Cancer Registry of Norway, at Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Therese Hoseth Blomsø, Head of Department, Helse Nord IKT HF.
Mathias Hauglid, Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein.
Robert Jenssen, Centre Director, SFI Visual Intelligence.
Rune Nordgård Andreassen, moderator, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Alba Ordoñez and Anders U. Waldeland presented ongoing work on seismic foundation models and an interactive seismic interpretation engine at EAGE Annual 2025 in Toulouse, France.
Østmo was invited to Abels tårn—one of the largest popular science radio shows in Norway—to answer listener-submitted questions related to artificial Intelligence (AI). The live show took place at Blårock Cafe in Tromsø, Norway on June 12th.
VI industry partner Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) received an Industrial PhD grant from the Research Council of Norway. The project will be closely connected to Visual Intelligence's "Earth observation" innovation area.
Visual Intelligence Researchers Amund Vedal and Arnt Børre Salberg recently presented ongoing Visual Intelligence research at a plankton-themed workshop organized by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
We happily welcome Dennis Adamek, who recently started as a Doctoral Research Fellow at Visual Intelligence in Tromsø in April 2025.
Congratulations to Professor Lars Ailo for receiving the NORA Award for Diversity in AI at the NORA Annual Conference in Halden, Norway.
Teresa Dorszewski is a PhD Candidate at the Section for Cognitive Systems at the Technical University of Denmark. She visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from January to April 2025.
Centre Director Robert Jenssen was invited to give a keynote and participate in a panel discussion on AI as critical national infrastructure at the NORA Annual Conference 2025 in Halden, Norway.
Både forskere og statsråd mener kunstig intelligens bør tydelig merkes. Men forlaget som lager puslespillet som ekspertene mener er KI-generert, sier de ikke har noe med hvordan illustratører lager produktene sine (Norwegian news article by NRK)
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence to map specific immune cells in lung cancer tumors. It can lead to less costly examinations and more personalised cancer treatment (English news story on sciencenorway.no).
The Department of Physics and Technology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway is pleased to announce 4 exciting PhD Fellowships within machine learning at SFI Visual Intelligence. Application deadline: June 17th.
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Norsk forskning har utviklet kunstig intelligens som raskt kan analysere lungekreft. Ekspertene forklarer hvordan dette kan bidra til en mer effektiv og persontilpasset behandling (Norwegian news article in vg.no)
We invite submissions presenting new and original research on all aspects of Deep Learning for the Northern Lights Deep Learning (NLDL) Conference 2026.
Partiet Sentrum er blant dem som tar grepet. – Ganske smart, mener valgforsker (Norwegian news article in TV2.no)
Visual Intelligence will be well presented at ICML 2025—one of the leading international academic conference in machine learning—with four newly accepted research papers.
After four years of operation, an international AI expert panel was appointed to assess Visual Intelligence's progress and results. The evaluation was characterized by its excellent remarks on the centre's scientific quality and innovation output.
Senior Researcher Fredrik Dahl recently gave a talk about Norsk Regnesentral's work on developing AI algorithms for automatic analysis of image quality and cancer detection at Norsk Radiografforbund's mammography symposium in Oslo.
Han høster anerkjennelse for sitt forskningsarbeid innen utvikling av mer effektive KI-modeller (Norwegian news article in Nordlys).
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Congratulations to associate professor Ali Ramezani-Kebrya for receiving a prestigious FRIPRO grant from the Research Council of Norway!
KI har en tendens til å behandle menn og kvinner ulikt. Ekspert mener teknologien reproduserer gamle fordommer (Norwegian news story in NRK.no)