From the left: Selma Skar Baglo, Petter Bjørklund, Samuel Kuttner, and Benjamin Ricaud at the science fair at the Science Centre of Northern Norway. Photo: UiT.
Visual Intelligence researchers participated in various dissemination activities throughout Forskningsdagene 2024. The activities aimed to disseminate general knowledge about deep learning and Visual Intelligence's research activities to the general public.
Visual Intelligence researchers participated in various dissemination activities throughout Forskningsdagene 2024. The activities aimed to disseminate general knowledge about deep learning and Visual Intelligence's research activities to the general public.
By Petter Bjørklund, Communication Advisor at SFI Visual Intelligence
Forskningsdagene (The National Science Week in Norway) is an annual research festival in Norway. The festival aims to stimulate the general public's curiosity and interest in science and research through various popular science events across Norway. The overarching theme of Forskningsdagene 2024 was "Health". This year's festival was organized from September 18th to 29th 2024.
Researchers from the Visual Intelligence consortium in Tromsø participated in various dissemination activities throughout the research festival. The activities aimed to disseminate general knowledge about deep learning and Visual Intelligence's research activities.
AI has the potential to transform the health sector in various ways. In a popular science article for children aged 12 to 14, centre director Robert Jenssen and associate professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm discuss the potential of AI within healthcare and its current applications at healthcare institutions in Scandinavia.
The story was featured on UiT The Arctic University of Norway's popular science magazine Labyrint and the popular science news platform ung.forskning.no.
Associate professors Benjamin Ricaud and Samuel Kuttner have worked extensively the past year with developing an AI exhibition for children at the Science Centre of Northern Norway. The exhibit aims to stimulate children's interest and understanding for AI technologies.
The exhibition was officially launched as part of an open science fair at the science centre on September 22nd. Children of all ages and parents got to test out the latest addition throughout the event. Approximately 1000 unique visitors participated in the open event.
The launch was accompanied by a stand activity which aimed to give children and parents an introduction to AI. Ricaud, Kuttner, VI communication advisor Petter Bjørklund and UiT student Selma Skar Baglo were present at the launch and stand activity.
Nordlys, the largest news agency in Northern Norway, wrote a news article about the exhibition. Read more about it on Nordlys (NB! Requires a subscription)
PhD candidate Jørgen Aarmo Lund took part in the popular science event "På helsa løs" at Vertshuset Skarven on September 26th. The event invited UiT researchers to present their academic work to the general public. Around 55 people participated in the popular science event.
Lund gave a presentation titled "Voffor det då? Om "forklarbarhet" i helse-KI". The talk addressed the importance of explainable AI models within healthcare.
After the presentation, the audience got the opportunity to ask questions to Lund about the presented topic.
Our summer students have worked on projects related to fatigue and stress recognition with machine learning as their first research experience. Their results were presented at Georg Sverdrups hus at University of Oslo on October 16th 2024.
PhD candidate Rwiddhi Chakraborty recently gave an invited research talk titled "Perspectives on Multimodal Reasoning" at the Pioneer Centre for AI at University of Copenhagen.
Visual Intelligence was represented at Frampeik 2024 by associate professor Elisabeth Wetzer. The event gathered student researchers at Verdensteatret in Tromsø for discussions around AI-related topics.
Registration for the Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference 2025 is now open. The general deadline for registration is January 1st 2025.
We happily welcome Jan Zavadil, who recently started as a doctoral research fellow at Visual Intelligence in Tromsø in September 2024.
93 people from across the Visual Intelligence (VI) consortium gathered at Quality Airport Hotel Gardermoen for Visual Intelligence Days 2024, 24th to 25th of September.
Congratulations to Ghadi Al Hajj for successfully defending his PhD thesis and achieving the degree of Philosophiae Doctor at the University of Oslo on September 16th 2024!
Kommende søndag er det åpen dag på Nordnorsk vitensenter. Der lanseres vitensenteret siste nyvinning, en interaktiv utstilling basert på kunstig intelligens (KI).
Durgesh Kumar Singh is a PhD candidate at Visual Intelligence (VI) in Tromsø. He visited the University of Oslo and GE Vingmed Ultrasound from May to June 2024.
Maskinlæringsgruppen på UiT og SFI Visual Intelligence har arbeidet med å lage en utstilling som skal øke barns interesse, nysgjerrighet, og forståelse for kunstig intelligens. Nå vil den være utstillingsklar under et åpent familiearrangement på Nordnorsk vitensenter 22 september
Forskere har trent opp kunstig intelligens til å finne og kategorisere mikrofossiler. De tror arbeidet kan bli til stor nytte for geologer verden over (Norwegian news story at forskning.no).
Associate professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm represented Visual Intelligence at Nordnorsk ingeniørkonferanse 2024.
We happily welcome Christian Salomonsen, who recently started as a doctoral research fellow at Visual Intelligence in Tromsø.
I fremtiden kan leger og sykepleiere få hjelp av kunstig intelligens med å gjøre jobben sin. Men hvordan? En KI-forsker forklarer.
Associate professor and PI Elisabeth Wetzer participated in this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Vienna, Austria. The conference is one of the world's largest annual gatherings for Nobel Prize winners.
We happily welcome Preetraj Bhoodoo, who recently started as a doctoral research fellow at Visual Intelligence in Oslo.
Centre director Robert Jenssen was featured in an NRK Radio interview about the Arendalsuka event "Hvordan implementerer vi KI for bruk i helsesektoren på en trygg måte?"
Visual Intelligence was represented by director Robert Jenssen during the UiT event "Hvordan implementerer vi KI for bruk i helsesektoren på en trygg måte?". The event addressed how to safely implement artificial intelligence tools in the fields of health and medicine.
Director Robert Jenssen and postdoctoral research fellow Changkyu Choi represented Visual Intelligence at the Europe-Korea Conference on Science and Technology (EKC) 2024.
Jeff Clark is a Research Fellow in AI at University of Bristol and co-founder and CEO of IngeniumAI: a startup company in radiology AI from the University of Bath and Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust. He visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from June to July 2024.