News from Visual Intelligence

Meet Veronica and Qing, our new Associate Professors

February 19, 2026

We happily welcome Veronica Lachi and Qing Liu as new Associate Professors at SFI Visual Intelligence.

My Research Stay at Visual Intelligence: Artur Radzivil

February 12, 2026

Artur Radzivil is a PhD Research Fellow at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. He visited Visual Intelligence in Oslo from September to November 2025.

Successful PhD defense by Marius Aasan

February 11, 2026

Congratulations to Marius Aasan, who successfully defended his PhD thesis at the University of Oslo on February 10th.

Visual Intelligence at TEKDagen 2026

February 10, 2026

We had the pleasure of talking to UiT students about the career opportunities at SFI Visual Intelligence and UiT at TEKdagen 2026.

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 Aker Nscale's AI Giga Factory in Narvik, 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.

NRK.no: Lara (16) startet med programmering som niåring

February 4, 2026

Få kvinner søker seg til fag innenfor kunstig intelligens. Det kan skape blindsoner, mener ekspert (Norwegian news story in NRK.no).

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.