News from Visual Intelligence

Successful PhD defense by Srishti Gautam

March 15, 2024

We congratulate Srishti Gautam for successfully defending her PhD thesis and achieving the PhD degree in Science at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

- UiT har en viktig rolle i utviklingen av KI i nord

March 12, 2024

Det sier førsteamanuensis Kristoffer Wickstrøm. På NHO Arktis sin årskonferanse i Alta delte han innsikt om KI-potensialet og argumenterte for hvorfor nordnorske bedrifter bør investere i denne teknologien. (Norwegian article).

Co-director Line Eikvil featured in top list of 50 most influential tech women in Norway

March 8, 2024

Congratulations to Visual Intelligence co-director Line Eikvil, who was featured on the Abelia and ODA Network's list of the fifty most influential tech women in Norway!

What causes an AI program to treat genders differently?

March 8, 2024

Artificial intelligence tends to perform worse on women, but why? What can be done to ensure that AI-related technologies work well for everyone?

New principal investigators at Visual Intelligence

February 15, 2024

Visual Intelligence congratulates associate professors Elisabeth Wetzer, Ali Ramezani-Kebrya, and Kristoffer Wickstrøm with their recently promoted roles as principal investigators at the research centre.

Two Visual Intelligence papers accepted for prestigious AI conference

February 9, 2024

New information theories and divergences by Visual Intelligence have been developed and accepted in the prestigious International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2024. ICLR has an acceptance rate of approximately 30 percent.

forskning.no: Can Norwegian invention revolutionize AI?

February 9, 2024

In a Norwegian news story by forskning.no, Visual Intelligence director Robert Jenssen comments on the "Tsetlin machine", an AI algorithim developed by researcher Ole-Christoffer Granmo from the University of Agder.

Taught graph machine learning at the Geilo Winter School

February 8, 2024

Associate professor Benjamin Ricaud was one of three invited lecturers at the 24th Geilo Winter School. His presentations focused on graph spectral theory, graph signal processing and their connection to graph machine learning.

TV2: Facebook to tag AI-generated pictures: - Major news

February 8, 2024

In a Norwegian news story by TV2, associate professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm shares his views on Meta's recent statements saying they will tag all AI-generated pictures published on their platforms.

TV2: Experts warn: - Makes you a felon

February 5, 2024

In a news story by TV2, associate professor Elisabeth Wetzer at UiT Machine Learning Group addresses the accessibility of deepfake tools and the necessity of proper AI legislation to combat the production and spread of such materials.

Visual Intelligence represented at Arctic Frontiers 2024

January 30, 2024

Visual Intelligence (VI) director Robert Jenssen represented the research centre during the Arctic Frontiers panel discussion, "Tilpasning til fremtidens næringsliv: kunnskap og kunstig intelligens".

Meet Petter, our new science communicator

January 26, 2024

His core work tasks involve communicating research activity from Visual Intelligence and UiT Machine Learning Group, as well as being a facilitative resource for science communication. - I am very excited to get acquainted with our researchers and their projects, says Bjørklund.

Thank you for participating in NLDL 2024!

January 16, 2024

Thank you to our participants who traveled to Tromsø to attend this year’s Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference (NLDL) from the 9th to 11th of January!

Midt i skitværet spår de bedre og raskere værmelding

January 10, 2024

Forskere i Tromsø bruker kunstig intelligens til å forstå vær og klimaendringer.

Til Tromsø for å diskutere kunstig intelligens

January 7, 2024

Kommende uke møtes rundt 250 internasjonale forskere innen kunstig intelligens (KI) i Tromsø.

Pratet om kunstig intelligens og NLDL-konferansen på NRK Radio

January 5, 2024

I morgen tidlig kunne du høre senterleder for Visual Intelligence, Robert Jenssen prate om kunstig intelligens og NLDL-konferansen på NRKs radiosending. Hør hele NRK-intervjuet med Jenssen her (tidsstempel 01:30:00):

Ka e KI, Podcast fra UiT med Robert Jenssen

December 19, 2023

Podcast episisode 6 i UiT sin podcast serie KA I KI.

Kunstig intelligens: Advarer mot diskriminering av minoriteter

December 19, 2023

Helsevesenet er om bord når KI-toget nå forlater stasjonen. Men kan vi stole på at kunstig intelligens driver likebehandling av pasienter? – Det finnes en risiko for diskriminering, og minoritetsgrupper er særlig utsatt, advarer Mathias Karlsen Hauglid.

Hvordan bør fotavtrykket av regjeringens satsing på kunstig intelligens se ut i Nord-Norge i 2030?

December 11, 2023

Debatt innlegg av Kristoffer Wickstrøm (førsteamanuensis) Robert Jenssen (professor og leder for visual Itelligence )

Change of Chair of the Visual intelligence Board

December 11, 2023

Gudmundur Jøkulsson, Kongsberg Satellite Services succeeds Anita Schumacher, CEO University Hospital of North Norway as chair of the Visual intelligence Board from 2024.