Benjamin Uwe Kille

Benjamin Uwe Kille is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at NTNU, affiliated with the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, particularly in recommender systems, natural language processing, fairness in AI, and political text analysis. He leads initiatives involving large language models (e.g., SP-BERT for Scandinavian languages) and explores ethical challenges in AI applications like healthcare and education. Kille is actively involved in organizing workshops (e.g., INRA) and contributes to public outreach through lectures and media engagements.

Research Interests: His work spans algorithmic fairness, news personalization, political discourse analysis, and generative AI applications in healthcare and public services. Recent studies include detecting political viewpoints in Norwegian texts and ensuring fairness in recommendation systems for previously unseen users.

Publications: His recent work addresses topics like transparent fairness mechanisms, news image-text alignment, and Scandinavian language models. He co-authored reports on AI in healthcare (AIFAL project) and presented at venues like ACM RecSys and NorwAI events.

Outreach & Teaching: Teaches TDT4215 - Recommender Systems at NTNU. Engages in public discourse via talks at companies (e.g., Nordea, Statsbygg) and media interviews (e.g., Gemini.no, Digi.no). Collaborates with institutions like SINTEF and the Norwegian Directorate of Health on AI applications.

Labs & Teams: Active in the NAIL (Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Lab) and NorwAI initiatives, driving advanced AI research and development in Norway.