News from Visual Intelligence

Meet Siyan, our newest Doctoral Research Fellow

April 2, 2026

We happily welcome Siyan Chen as a new PhD Reseearch Fellow at SFI Visual Intelligence's hub in Tromsø, Norway.

Visual Intelligence Annual Report 2025

March 31, 2026

The Visual Intelligence Annual Report 2025, highlighting the centre's progress, activities, achieved innovations, staff, funding, and publications for 2025, is now available to read on our websites.

Centre Director Robert Jenssen wins UiT's Research and Development Award

March 30, 2026

Congratulations to Centre Director Robert Jenssen, who received UiT's Research and Development Award at the university's annual celebration.

Visual Intelligence strengthens ties with Pioneer Centre for AI in EHR-related research

March 26, 2026

Visual Intelligence researchers contributed to the Pioneer Centre for AI workshop on Electronic Health Records research. The aim was to strengthen ties between the two centres on EHR-related research.

Nordlys: Her blir KI-studentene grillet av sin «egen» teknologi

March 24, 2026

Tre av studentene i sivilingeniør i Kunstig Intelligens ved UiT skal delta i NM i KI. Slik gikk det da de ble intervjuet ved hjelp av kunstig intelligens (News article on nordlys.no).

My Research Stay at Visual Intelligence: Rami Al-Belmpeisi

March 15, 2026

Rami Al-Belmpeisi is a PhD Research Fellow in the Visual Computing section at DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark. He visited Visual Intelligence in Tromsø from November 2025 to February 2026.

Visual Intelligence inspires future students at the UiT Open Day

March 12, 2026

Visual Intelligence researchers came to the UiT Open Day to inform the students about UiT's study programme, and inspire them to pursue AI-related studies and career paths.

Michael Kampffmeyer receives the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Young Researchers

March 11, 2026

Congratulations to our colleague Michael Kampffmeyer, who received the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Young Researchers in 2026.

Meet Rahul, our new PhD Research Fellow

March 10, 2026

We happily welcome Rahul Baburajan as a new PhD Research Fellow at SFI Visual Intelligence's hub in Tromsø.

Sarina Thomas named one of Norway's Top 50 Women in Tech

March 6, 2026

Congratulations to our colleague Sarina Thomas, who has been recognized as one of Norway's Top 50 Women in Tech!

Dagsavisen: Hun lærer kunstig intelligens å forstå medisinske bilder

March 4, 2026

Elisabeth Wetzer forsker på hvordan maskiner kan lære å analysere medisinske bilder – og samtidig forstå hva legene faktisk ser etter (Norwegian news article on dagsavisen.no)

Successful preparatory Norwegian AI Championship course

March 3, 2026

Visual Intelligence researchers organized a preparatory course for UiT AI students who are attending this year's Norwegian AI Championship.

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?".