Visual Intelligence organized a special curricular course on Generative AI at UiT The Arctic University of Norway this spring. The course covered Large Language Models, Generative AI for images, and Generative AI for audio.
Associate professor Benjamin Ricaud organized a new special curricular course on Generative AI at UiT The Arctic University of Norway this spring semester. The course covered Large Language Models, Generative AI for images, and Generative AI for audio.
Generative AI is a cutting-edge technology that uses machine learning algorithms to create or generate data, content, or information autonomously. It can produce text, images, music, and even other types of media by learning from existing examples and then generating new, often highly realistic, and contextually relevant content.
- Generative AI has a wide range of applications, from natural language processing and image synthesis to creative content generation and data augmentation, revolutionizing various industries and offering innovative solutions in fields such as art, entertainment, healthcare, and more, says Ricaud.
- Most companies that visit UiT to pitch ideas for master projects typically lean towards generative AI. The course is thus extremely valuable and relevant in the industry sector, as well as academia and research, Ricaud adds.
The goal of the course was to give students a hands-on experience with these new technologies. The students practiced with new open-source tools for generative AI. At the end of the course, the students will understand the concepts behind generative AI and be able to program and interact with their own generative models.
- The course also emphasized creating different AI tools, which could lead to possible startup ideas, Ricaud adds.
The evaluation was based on a 3-weeks project at the end of the course. The students got to run a practical experiment in which they performed and analyzed one or more methods discussed in the course. The students delivered a report about it, including its code.
Around 20 UiT students signed up for the new course, which is a significant amount compared to regular courses at the master's level.
Visual Intelligence assisted by funding one of the course teachers Erland Grimstrad, a previous UiT student working at the startup Abdera.ai.
Congratulations to Jørgen Agersborg, who successfully defended his PhD thesis at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on November 28th.
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.
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Forskere har utviklet kunstig intelligens som automatisk kan måle hjertets struktur – både raskt og presist (Norwegian popular science article on forskning.no)
The Visual Intelligence Graduate School gathered our early career researchers for a 3-Day Science Communication workshop at Skibotn field station outside of Tromsø, Norway.
Onsdag inngikk Aker Nscale og UiT Norges arktiske universitet en ti-årig samarbeidsavtale for å utvikle og styrke kompetansemiljøene for kunstig intelligens i Narvik og Nord-Norge. Aker Nscale garanterer for 100 millioner kroner i avtaleperioden (news story on uit.no)
Centre Director Robert Jenssen and PhD Candidate Lars Uebbing had two fruitful days together with researchers at The Alan Turing Institute's headquarters in London
Centre Director Robert Jenssen represented Visual Intelligence at Outlook North in Harstad, Norway
Senior Research Scientist Anders Waldeland is nominated for the Digital Trailblazer 2025 Award. The winner is announced at the Dig X Subsurface conference in Oslo, Norway in December.
Visual Intelligence researchers have developed an AI to automatically measure the heart's structure – both quickly and accurately. They believe it can help doctors detect and treat cardiovascular diseases faster.
Samuel Kuttner and Elin Kile presented research on PET and artificial intelligence at evening seminar on early detection of prostate cancer organized by the Norwegian Prostate Cancer Assocation.
Centre Director Robert Jenssen represented Visual Intelligence at Svarte Natta 2025 – North Norway's journalist and media conference organized by the Norwegian Union of Journalists.
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Preetraj Bhoodoo, who recently won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the PRESIMAL Autumn Reserach School 2025.
We happily welcome Sigurd Almli Hanssen and Adrian Duric as new PhD Candidates at SFI Visual Intelligence's hubs in Tromsø and Oslo respectively.
AI expert Eirik Agnalt Østmo explains that the law is intended to make AI technology safe for everyone (Popular science article on sciencenorway.no)
Aitor Sánchez is a PhD candidate at the Intelligent Systems Group of the University of the Basque Country in Spain. He visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from March to June 2025.
We happily welcome Nicolo Grometto as a new PhD Candidate at SFI Visual Intelligence in Bodø, Norway.
Visual Intelligence hosted a hybrid meeting with researchers from the Alan Turing Institute at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway.
Visual Intelligence researchers participated in this year's Forskningsdagene: an annual national research festival which aims to stimulate the general public's interest and curiosity in research.
Norge arbeider med å få på plass en egen lov for kunstig intelligens. Loven skal passe på at vi bruker KI på en trygg måte (Norwegian news article at uit.no).