Maj Schian Nielsen is a Senior Research Librarian at the University Library of the University of Agder. Her work focuses on multilingualism, crosslinguistic awareness, and German language pedagogy. She is affiliated with the research groups 'Media and Communication Studies' and 'Multilingualism in Society and Education (MUSE).' University of Agder Research Groups: Media and Communication Studies, MUSE Her research explores how multilingual awareness can enhance grammar instruction in German third-language (L3) teacher education programs across Denmark and Norway. Recent publications analyze curriculum structures, educational materials, and the integration of generative AI tools like ChatGPT in multilingual education contexts. Scientific output trends reveal a focus on: Cross-linguistic pedagogy L3 German acquisition Grammar teaching methodologies AI applications in language learning Teacher training for multilingual classrooms Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) frameworks She has not been publicly recognized with scientific awards listed in the available data.
Jon Atle Gulla is a Professor at NTNU and Director of the Norwegian Research Centre for AI Innovation (NorwAI). He holds academic leadership roles, including former Head of the Department of Computer Science and Informatics at NTNU. His expertise spans Semantics, Language Technology, Recommender Systems, and AI-driven innovation. He has nearly 150 international publications and advised over 100 students across MSc, PhD, and postdoctoral levels. Education: MSc in Computer Science (1988), PhD in Computer Science (1993) from Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) MSc in Linguistics (1995), University of Trondheim MSc in Management (Sloan fellowship, 2003), London Business School Research interests focus on Semantics and Language Technology applied to Recommender Systems, Information Retrieval, and Text Analysis. He explores AI-based innovations in digitalization and entrepreneurship, advising industry on AI adoption and commercialization. Notable projects include Big Data collaborations with DNB, RecTech for news recommendation, and Trondheim Analytica analyzing political texts/social media. Publications emphasize AI applications in news recommendation, political text analysis, and Scandinavian language models. His work addresses ethical AI, copyright implications, and cross-lingual NLP challenges. Awards: Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Arts and Sciences. Advising/grants: Supervised 30 PhD students and 70 MSc students. Involved in startups like Fast Search & Transfer (acquired by Microsoft) and Mito.ai/Strise.ai. Active in reviewing for journals like Data & Knowledge Engineering and conferences like ACL. Labs/teams: Leads NorwAI, co-founder of INRA and NOBIDS workshops. Collaborates with industry and academia on AI-driven solutions.
Erik Velldal is a Professor in the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the Section for Machine Learning , Department of Informatics, University of Oslo . With over 25 years of experience in machine learning and natural language processing (NLP), he leads the SANT project focused on sentiment analysis and contributes to major research initiatives including MediaFutures , NorwAI , and Integreat (Norwegian Center for AI Research). His work bridges linguistic theory and computational methods, emphasizing semantic modeling and uncertainty detection. Research interests include sentiment analysis , language modeling , event extraction , and machine learning applications to NLP. Recent publications address cross-domain sentiment classification , generative event analysis , and multilingual model adaptation . He co-developed the Norwegian Review Corpus (NoReC) and Norwegian Anaphora Resolution Corpus (NARC) , foundational resources for Norwegian NLP. His projects often involve collaboration with international institutions, reflected in publications at venues like ACL, COLING, and EMNLP. Current efforts focus on entity-level sentiment analysis , diagnostic datasets for Norwegian , and evaluating compositional generalization in language models. No public record of scientific awards or part-time appointments exists.
Andrei Kutuzov is an Associate Professor in the Language Technology Group (LTG) within the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo. He serves as the Norwegian on-site manager of the High-Performance Language Technology (HPLT) project and has made significant contributions to computational linguistics and natural language processing. His research primarily focuses on computational linguistics and natural language processing, with specialized expertise in semantic change detection, diachronically aware language models, distributional semantics, and large language models. Kutuzov has been instrumental in developing Norwegian language resources including NorBERT, NorELMo models, and the very large-scale NORA.LLM generative models. He created WebVectors, a web service for exploring neural distribution models for Norwegian and English texts. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong focus on semantic change modeling, multilingual dataset development, and Norwegian language technology. His work spans from theoretical linguistic analysis to practical applications in language modeling, with significant emphasis on low-resource and Nordic languages. Kutuzov's research demonstrates a consistent trajectory toward improving language models' understanding of semantic evolution and developing robust evaluation frameworks for Norwegian language processing. Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium (NORA) award as Distinguished Early Career Researcher (2022) Kutuzov teaches several advanced courses including IN5550 - Neural Methods in Natural Language Processing (2019-2025) and IN3050 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (2024-2025). He has received research funding through the HPLT project which focuses on developing high-performance language technologies. His laboratory work centers around the Language Technology Group at UiO, where he collaborates on developing Norwegian language resources and models, with particular emphasis on diachronic semantic analysis and multilingual capabilities.
Joao Carlos Amaro Ferreira is a Professor at the Faculty of Logistics, Molde University College (HiMolde), Norway. He holds PhDs in Computer Engineering and Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon and the University of Minho, respectively. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare, energy, transportation, IoT, blockchain, and smart cities. He has led over 40 projects, including 6 as Principal Investigator, and contributed to international conferences like OAIR and INTSYS. He served as IEEE CIS President (2016-2018) and is an IEEE Senior Member since 2015. His academic contributions span AI-driven solutions for public sector informatics, healthcare data quality, and cybersecurity. He actively participates in European projects such as e-Hospital4Future and explores blockchain applications in supply chains and medical records. Ferreira leads the ABC-AI research group, emphasizing ethical and applied AI. His work bridges academia and industry through projects like gamification systems for eco-driving and AI in fisheries traceability. Recent publications highlight AI's role in cardiovascular disease detection, emergency department optimization, and blockchain-enhanced healthcare interoperability. He collaborates internationally, co-editing journals like Applied Sciences , and has authored patents in edge computing for maritime monitoring.
Lilja Øvrelid is a Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, leading the Language Technology Research Group. Her research focuses on syntactic and semantic text processing using machine learning techniques such as dependency parsing, negation analysis, and sentiment analysis. She teaches courses including IN1140: Introduction to Language Technology , IN5550: Neural Methods in NLP , and INF5830: Natural Language Processing . Her academic interests span natural language processing, machine learning, and computational linguistics, with a particular emphasis on Norwegian language technology. Recent publications highlight work in sentiment analysis (including patient feedback), event extraction from Norwegian news, benchmarking language models, emotion analysis for under-resourced languages (Pashto, Farsi-Dari), and bias detection in multilingual models. She actively contributes to the development of Norwegian language resources such as NorBench, NorQuAD, and NoReC. Current projects include BigMed and SIRIUS , focusing on biomedical text mining and AI infrastructure. Collaborations with colleagues like Erik Velldal, David Samuel, and Vladislav Mikhailov are frequent in her work. Despite no explicit mention of scientific awards, her contributions to NLP and computational linguistics are substantial through publications, datasets, and tool development.
Egor Kostylev serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics within the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on the theoretical foundations connecting symbolic and sub-symbolic artificial intelligence, particularly examining relationships between formal logic systems and machine learning approaches. His educational background includes an MSc (Specialist, 2005) and PhD (Candidate, 2009) from Lomonosov Moscow State University under Prof. Vladimir A. Zakharov. He subsequently held research positions at the University of Edinburgh (2010-2013) and the University of Oxford (2013-2020) before joining the University of Oslo in 2020. Kostylev's research interests center on bridging symbolic AI formalisms with sub-symbolic approaches. He investigates connections between various logics (Description Logics, Temporal Logics, Datalog), query languages (SPARQL, Regular Path Queries, OTTR), and machine learning formalisms (Graph Neural Networks, Markov Logic Networks). His work addresses critical challenges in Explainable, Trustworthy, and Green AI through theoretical foundations that connect different AI paradigms. His publication record demonstrates consistent high-impact contributions in theoretical computer science and AI, with numerous publications in top venues including AAAI, LICS, Journal of the ACM, and ICLR. His recent work shows a clear trajectory toward unifying logical reasoning with neural network approaches, particularly through graph neural networks and their connections to logical formalisms. The research spans theoretical foundations of knowledge representation, temporal reasoning in knowledge bases, and the logical expressiveness of modern neural architectures. As a research leader, Kostylev supervises multiple PhD students including Shuwen (Aurora) Liu, Maximilian Pflüger, Roxana Pop, Dongzhuoran Zhou, and Erik Snilsberg. He serves as a Research Theme Leader for the Integreat SFF: Norwegian Centre for Knowledge-driven Machine Learning. His teaching responsibilities include IN3020/4020 Database Systems courses. He leads the Data and Knowledge Management (DKM) research group at the University of Oslo, which focuses on foundational aspects of knowledge representation, database theory, and the intersection with modern machine learning techniques. The group actively collaborates with international researchers and contributes to advancing theoretical understanding of how symbolic and neural approaches to AI can complement each other.
Mark Brown is a Professor at the Department of Communication and Culture at BI Norwegian Business School. He holds a PhD from the University of Oslo (2008) and has extensive experience in academia since 1998, transitioning from business roles in sales and IT. His research focuses on the intersection of language, business, and environmental discourse, emphasizing sustainability communication, corporate social responsibility, and ethical stakeholder dialogue. He has published widely on topics such as corporate environmental rhetoric, Wendell Berry’s ecological philosophy, and the application of John Rawls’ political theory to business ethics. Education Background: PhD in Humanities (2008), University of Oslo MPhil in English (1997), University of Oslo Bachelor of Arts (1995), University of Oslo MSc in Chemical Engineering (1982), Imperial College London Research Interests: Combines linguistic analysis with environmental and business ethics, exploring how corporations construct discourses around sustainability and nature. Key themes include corporate greenwashing, stakeholder communication dynamics, and the rhetorical framing of ecological issues. Teaching: Specializes in intercultural communication at the undergraduate level, including courses on business cultures, ethical dilemmas, negotiation strategies, and presentation skills. His pedagogical work integrates digital learning tools and higher-level cognitive development in students. Grants/Advising: No explicit grants listed, but his research has been supported through institutional affiliations and academic collaborations. He has advised on educational initiatives like the Learning Lab Pilot Programme (2014–2015). Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary research groups focusing on communication studies, sustainability, and ethics. Collaborates frequently with colleagues in humanities and business schools.
Professor Ole-Christoffer Granmo is a distinguished academic at the University of Agder, Norway, where he serves as Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Technology. He is the Founding Director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) at the University of Agder, leading cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Dr. Granmo obtained his master's degree in 1999 and his PhD in 2004, both from the University of Oslo. His academic journey has been marked by significant contributions to the field of AI, most notably the creation of the Tsetlin machine in 2018, for which he received the AI research paper of the decade award from the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NORA) in 2022. Professor Granmo's research primarily focuses on logical and causal world modeling across multiple modalities including images, sound, and natural language. His work spans logical auto-encoding, convolution, regression, transformer architectures, and reinforcement learning, all with the overarching goal of creating ultra-low-power artificial general intelligence through transparent logical learning and reasoning. His publications reveal a strong emphasis on interpretable AI systems, hardware implementations, and applications across diverse domains including cybersecurity, healthcare, social media analysis, and bioinformatics. AI Research Paper of the Decade (2022) - Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NORA) Eight paper awards in machine learning Professor Granmo has coordinated over seven research projects and mentored 55+ master's students and nine PhD students. His leadership extends to co-founding the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NORA) and establishing two companies: Anzyz Technologies AS and Tsense Intelligent Healthcare AS. As an advisor at Literal Labs, he actively bridges academic research with practical industry applications, demonstrating his commitment to translating theoretical innovations into real-world solutions that address complex challenges across multiple sectors.
Özlem Özgöbek is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Technology and Informatics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, and recommender systems with a focus on privacy, fake news detection, and educational technology. NTNU - Department of Computer Technology and Informatics Her work explores multimodal fake news detection, privacy implications in recommender systems, and technology-enhanced classroom interaction. Recent publications analyze digital education trends and classroom tools. Özgöbek collaborates with international researchers and contributes to news recommendation workshops. Her projects address ethical AI, environmental sustainability, and real-time information processing.
Carlos Velasco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing at BI Norwegian Business School, where he co-founded the Center for Multisensory Marketing. He holds a D.Phil. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford and has established himself as a leading researcher at the intersection of psychology, marketing, and human-computer interaction. His research focuses on multisensory experiences and their underlying principles, with particular attention to crossmodal correspondences between sensory modalities. His work spans diverse areas including digital dining, food technology, customer experience management, and the application of emerging technologies like AI, VR, and the Metaverse in sensory marketing. Velasco has published extensively in top journals across multiple disciplines including Food Quality and Preference, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business Research, Psychology and Marketing, and International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. His research reveals consistent patterns in how sensory inputs influence consumer behavior and product perception, particularly examining how visual elements, sounds, and shapes correspond with taste experiences. Velasco's work also explores the ethical dimensions of customer experience design in digital environments and investigates how cultural contexts shape multisensory food experiences globally. Velasco has authored several influential books including Multisensory experiences: Where the senses meet technology (2020 and 2025, Oxford University Press), Digital dining: New innovations in food and technology (2025, Springer Nature), and the edited collection Multisensory packaging: Designing new product experiences (2019, Palgrave Macmillan). Serves on editorial boards of Food Quality and Preference Journal of Business Research Psychology and Marketing International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science International Journal of Food Design Currently, Velasco co-hosts the customer experience management podcast and collaborates with companies worldwide on topics including multisensory experiences, immersive technologies, Web3, food and drink, branding, and consumer research. His work bridges academic research with practical applications in marketing and product design.
Adín Ramírez Rivera is a Professor in the Digital Signal Processing and Image Analysis (DSB) group at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. His research focuses on representation learning and computer vision, particularly exploring machine learning methods to describe and understand visual data. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of the ELLIS Society. Education : PhD from Kyung Hee University's Image Processing Lab, South Korea; Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, majoring in Computer Science and Systems Engineering. Ramírez Rivera's research spans diverse computer vision tasks including facial analysis, object detection, image enhancement, and vision transformers. His work emphasizes self-supervised learning, fair representation learning, and novel neural network architectures for image segmentation and classification. Recent publications highlight trends in vision transformers, crowd counting, facial expression recognition, and fair representation learning. His articles frequently address statistical modeling, feature extraction, and deep learning techniques for visual tasks. Scientific Awards : Senior Member of the IEEE, Member of the ELLIS Society. He collaborates with researchers across institutions, contributing to projects involving anomaly detection, multilingual translation, and astrophysical modeling. His lab affiliations include the Digital Signal Processing and Image Analysis group and the Section for Machine Learning at the University of Oslo.
Jaakko Timo Henrik Järvi is a Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen, Norway, with additional affiliations at the University of Turku, Finland. His research focuses on programming language design, generic programming, and human-computer interaction, particularly in GUI frameworks and software reuse. His research interests include generic programming, programming language design (especially the Magnolia language), high-performance computing, array programming, and GUI engineering. He emphasizes formal methods and algebraic specifications to build reusable and efficient software systems. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications in software development and education. The recent publications highlight a strong trend in declarative GUI frameworks, multi-selection models, and generic programming. His work explores domain-specific languages for GUI structure manipulation, reusable selection semantics across platforms, and optimizing array computations using the Mathematics of Arrays. These efforts reflect a consistent focus on software abstraction, correctness, and reusability. Jaakko Järvi has supervised doctoral students, including Tetiana Yarygina, whose dissertation explored microservice security. While no specific grants are detailed, his work on VisAST was supported by the Research Council of Norway (Project 250683), indicating active external funding. He frequently collaborates with researchers like Magne Haveraaen, Knut Anders Stokke, and Sean Parent. He contributes to tools and frameworks such as the MultiselectJS library and the VisAST educational tool. These are outcomes of collaborative research teams focused on improving software development practices and computer science education.
Anders Nes is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NTNU in Trondheim. His research focuses on philosophy of mind, perception, language, and action, with notable contributions to debates on the perception-cognition distinction and the nature of conscious inference. He has held previous affiliations including Researcher at the Center for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN) in Oslo, and fellowships at Oxford University's Christ Church and Balliol Colleges. Nes actively participates in academic dissemination, including panel discussions on AI ethics and digitalization. He organizes the Trondheim Philosophy of Perception Circle and teaches advanced perception seminars. His work bridges analytic philosophy with cognitive science, emphasizing phenomenological and epistemological dimensions of mental processes. Research interests include philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence, non-conceptual content in utterance comprehension, and the phenomenology of thinking. Key themes in his writing address intentional processes, modular stimulus-control in perception, and the role of consciousness in inferential reasoning. Nes' recent articles explore reasons-responsive embodied processes and the epistemic roles of perception versus cognition.
Bjørnar Tessem is a Professor at the Department of Information and Media Studies, University of Bergen. His research focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning applications in journalism and sustainable resource management, particularly fisheries. He leads projects like MediaFutures and collaborates with researchers on anomaly detection in fisheries data and ethical AI in automated journalism systems. His work bridges computational methods with societal challenges, emphasizing fairness, transparency, and sustainability. Research interests include AI-driven journalism frameworks, knowledge graphs for news angles, sustainable fisheries monitoring via machine learning, and ethical implications of AI in media. Key projects involve developing tools for detecting violations in fishing activities and enhancing news production through automated systems. He also contributes to public understanding through popular science articles on technology and AI. Recent articles highlight advancements in collective anomaly detection for fisheries surveillance, future technologies in journalism, and fairness in automated data journalism systems. Tessem’s research is supported by grants from the Research Council of Norway and has implications for both academic and industry applications in media and environmental sectors.
