News from Visual Intelligence

Centre Director Robert Jenssen meets Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education, Sigrun Aasland

February 6, 2026

Centre Director Robert Jenssen met with Sigrun Aasland, Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education, alongside UiT and Aker Nscale representatives to give an update on the AI data center in Kvandal, Norway.

My Researcher Stay at Visual Intelligence: Zheming Xu

February 5, 2026

Zheming Xu is a PhD Research Fellow at Beijing Jiaotong University. She visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from September 2025 to January 2026.

Visual Intelligence represented at Arctic Frontiers 2026

February 4, 2026

Visual Intelligence was represented by Centre Director Robert Jenssen, Associate Professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm, and VI Alumna Sara Björk at the Arctic Frontiers side session "How can AI and satellite collaboration strengthen Arctic resilience?"

Petter Tømmeraas visits Visual Intelligence in Tromsø

February 3, 2026

Petter Tømmeraas, Director of Data Center Services at Aker Nscale, visited SFI Visual Intelligence to learn more about our research projects and AI startups established by former UiT students.

Meet Keyne and Boye, our newest PhD Research Fellows

January 23, 2026

We happily welcome Keyne Oei and Boye Sjo as new PhD Research Fellows at SFI Visual Intelligence in Tromsø and Oslo respectively.

Successful PhD defense by Børge Solli Andreassen

January 13, 2026

Congratulations to Børge Solli Andreassen, who successfully defended his PhD thesis at the University of Oslo on December 18th 2025.

NLDL 2026 was a great success!

January 12, 2026

Attracting 280 international AI researchers, the Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference (NLDL) 2026 was successfully organized from January 5th to 9th 2026 at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway.

Fruitful mentoring session with Professor Mihaela van der Schaar

January 11, 2026

Visual Intelligence hosted a special NLDL 2026 mentoring session for young researchers with Professor Mihaela van der Schaar – a globally renowned AI researcher and expert

NLDL 2026 featured on NRK; Norway's national public broadcasting and radio corporation

January 9, 2026

Centre Director and NLDL General Chair Robert Jenssen was interviewed by NRK about this year's Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference.

TechWatch: KI-forskere møtes i Tromsø for å diskutere næringslivets behov

January 7, 2026

270 internasjonale KI-forskere samles denne uken i Tromsø, med næringslivets bruk av kunstig intelligens høyt på agendaen (News article on techwatch.no)

uit.no Toppforskere på kunstig intelligens samles i Tromsø

January 5, 2026

270 KI-eksperter fra nært og fjernt møtes ved UiT for å dele siste forskningsnytt. Et av formålene er å styrke internasjonale bånd og samarbeid på tvers av det globale KI-miljøet (Norwegian news article on uit.no)

unn.no: Forskningsmillioner til pasientrettet KI-satsing

December 23, 2025

Med ferske millioner på konto skal Senter for pasientnær kunstig intelligens (SPKI) ved UNN bidra i et stort nasjonalt KI-prosjekt de neste fire årene (News article on unn.no)

Meet Zijun, our newest Doctoral Research Fellow

December 22, 2025

We happily welcome Zijun Sun as a new Doctoral Research Fellow at SFI Visual Intelligence in Tromsø, Norway.

Happy Holidays from SFI Visual Intelligence!

December 18, 2025

The Visual Intelligence Management Team, Robert Jenssen, Line Eikvil, Anne Solberg, and Inger Solheim, wishes everyone a happy holiday season and new year!

Visual Intelligence represented at EurIPS 2025

December 8, 2025

Several of our researchers represented SFI Visual Intelligence at EurIPS 2025 – the NeurIPS-endorsed European AI conference.

Anders Waldeland receives the Digital Trailblazer Award 2025

December 4, 2025

Congratulations to Senior Research Scientist Anders Waldeland, who was awarded the Digital Trailblazer Award 2025 at the Dig X Subsurface conference in Oslo, Norway.

sciencenorway.no: AI can help detect heart diseases more quickly

December 3, 2025

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence that can automatically measure the heart's structure – both quickly and accurately (Popular science article on sciencenorway.no)

Successful PhD defense by Jørgen Agersborg

November 28, 2025

Congratulations to Jørgen Agersborg, who successfully defended his PhD thesis at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on November 28th.

State Secretary Marianne Wilhelmsen visits SFI Visual Intelligence and UiT

November 26, 2025

State Secretary Marianne Wilhelmsen visited UiT The Arctic University of Norway to learn more about SFI Visual Intelligence and UiT's AI initiatives in education and research.

TV2.no: Sier Elon Musk er smartere enn Leonardo da Vinci

November 25, 2025

KI-chatboten Grok har fortalt brukere at verdens rikeste mann er både smartere og sprekere enn noen andre i verden – inkludert basketballstjernen LeBron James og Leonardo da Vinci (Norwegian news article on tv2.no)