News from Visual Intelligence

Visual Intelligence evaluated by international experts: "The centre operates at an excellent level"

April 29, 2025

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.

Visual Intelligence at Norsk Radiografforbund's mammography symposium

April 24, 2025

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.

Nordlys: Michael ble professor som 32-åring – her er hans tips til unge

April 23, 2025

Han høster anerkjennelse for sitt forskningsarbeid innen utvikling av mer effektive KI-modeller (Norwegian news article in Nordlys).

Visual Intelligence PI awarded prestigious research grant

April 10, 2025

Congratulations to associate professor Ali Ramezani-Kebrya for receiving a prestigious FRIPRO grant from the Research Council of Norway!

NRK: Skjevhet i algoritmene: Slik diskriminerer KI kvinner

April 9, 2025

KI har en tendens til å behandle menn og kvinner ulikt. Ekspert mener teknologien reproduserer gamle fordommer (Norwegian news story in NRK.no)

Nordlys: KI-bruken i skolerapporten kan være lovbrudd

April 7, 2025

To UiT-forskere ser store etiske og juridiske problemer ved bruk av kunstig intelligens i kommunal saksbehandling (Norwegian news story in Nordlys.no).

Michael Kampffmeyer receives UiT's Young Researcher Award

April 4, 2025

Michael Kampffmeyer is one of UiT's youngest professors and has already distinguished himself through his contributions to AI research. He has now won UiT's award for young researchers at the university's annual celebration.

Visual Intelligence Annual Report 2024

April 2, 2025

The fifth Visual Intelligence annual report, showcasing the centre's activities, results, staff, funding and publications for 2024, is now available on our web pages.

uit.no: UiT er vertskap for landsdekkende KI-konferanse

April 1, 2025

I juni møtes det norske KI-miljøet i Tromsø for å presentere ny forskning og diskutere nye retninger innen feltet. KI-forskere inviteres til å delta og vise fram forskningen sin under konferansen.

Successful Industry Pitch Day at UiT

March 20, 2025

Visual Intelligence and the Digital Innovation Lab invited industry professionals to present ideas for master's projects to computer science and machine learning students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Dagens Næringsliv: Norges eldste fagmiljø innen KI

March 18, 2025

Kunstig intelligens (KI) endrer måten vi løser komplekse problemer på. Ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet leder professor Robert Jenssen Visual Intelligence, et senter for forskningsdrevet innovasjon som utvikler neste generasjons KI-metoder.

Visual Intelligence at the UiT Open Day in Tromsø

March 13, 2025

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 represented at CuttingEdgeAI seminar

March 11, 2025

Director Robert Jenssen represented Visual Intelligence at the CuttingEdgeAI seminar "KI anno 2023: I offentlighetens interesse?" at the University of Bergen on March 7th.

forskning.no: Derfor fungerer KI dårligere på kvinner

March 8, 2025

Det hender at kunstig intelligens behandler menn og kvinner ulikt. Hvordan skjer dette? KI-forsker Elisabeth Wetzer forklarer hva som ligger bak skjevhetene i teknologien (Popular science story in forskning.no and sciencenorway.no)

Researcher: This makes AI perform worse for women

March 8, 2025

Artificial intelligence may treat men and women differently. How does this happen? AI researcher Elisabeth Wetzer explains the biases surrounding AI technology.

Board member Viktoria Stray featured in list of Top 50 Influential Tech Women in Norway 2025

March 7, 2025

Congratulations to Visual Intelligence board member Viktoria Gulliksen Stray for being featured in Abelia and ODA-Nettverk's list of Top 50 Influential Tech Women in Norway 2025!

Director Robert Jenssen presented Visual Intelligence to Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education, Sigrun Aasland

March 6, 2025

Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education, Sigrun Aasland (Ap) got to hear about Visual Intelligence's work toward developing the next generation of deep learning methodology at a visit to UiT in Tromsø

NRK.no: Studenter etterlyser bedre informasjon om KI-regler på eksamen

March 3, 2025

Hva er lov og hva er ikke lov? Det er blant spørsmålene studentene stiller seg. (NRK.no story featuring director Robert Jenssen)

Visual Intelligence at TEKdagen 2025

February 11, 2025

We had the pleasure of talking to students about the exciting career opportunities at Visual Intelligence and UiT The Arctic University of Norway during TEKdagen 2025

School visit from Breivang upper secondary school

February 5, 2025

Last week, we welcomed students from Breivang upper secondary school to a full-day practical session on AI and programming at UiT The Arctic University of Norway