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The PhD special event highlights a diverse spectrum of research topics, ranging from statistical methods for change detection and methane emission analysis using drones, to the role of electric vehicles in renewable energy integration, trustworthy AI through explainability and fairness, and advances in data-constrained language modeling.

Join us at the Science Library on May 8, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM.

Join us at the Science Library on April 3, where theoretical physicist Morten Hjorth-Jensen explores how Quantum Technology and Artificial Intelligence are shaping the world of tomorrow. Learn how these powerful tools intersect, what they mean for science and society, and where the frontier of innovation is headed.

How do we communicate with chatbots, and how does artificial intelligence influence democracy? Join us at the dScience Lunch Seminar at the Science Library for a discussion on these pressing questions. Linguists Ingrid Lossius Falkum and Nicholas Allott will explore how humans perceive and interact with AI-powered language models, while political scientist Rune Karlsen will present research from the KnowAI project, investigating AI’s role in shaping political knowledge, public opinion, and democratic processes. 

How can ethical principles keep pace with rapidly evolving AI in healthcare? In this seminar, PhD researcher Jonathan Adams presents structured methods that combine philosophical foundations with practical tools to guide ethical AI development.

Join us for our weekly lunch seminar in the dScience lounge with Andreas Carlson.

Join us for our weekly lunch seminar in the dScience lounge with Ulysse Teller Masao Côté-Allard.

How can we make sense of messy, limited data in the search for better cancer treatments? In this week’s dScience Lunch Seminar, Professor Manuela Zucknick presents a powerful probabilistic modeling approach that tackles the challenges of small, noisy datasets in high-throughput drug combination screens—paving the way for more precise and reliable predictions in oncology.

How can we integrate complex models with real-world data under uncertainty? At this week’s dScience Lunch Seminar, Berent Ånund Strømnes Lunde from Equinor will discuss ensemble-based data assimilation, a method used in fields like weather forecasting and subsurface modeling. He will introduce the Ensemble Information Filter (EnIF), an approach that improves statistical efficiency, removes ad-hoc localization, and addresses key challenges in large-scale systems. Join us for a discussion on the future of data assimilation and its applications.

Join us in the dScience Lounge for a talk by Ágnes Király on the anisotropic mechanical behavior of rocks—how their textures influence deformation from the Earth’s crust to its core.

Seismic anisotropy is often discussed, but what about viscous anisotropy? Ágnes will explain how rock textures shape both elastic and viscous behaviour and discuss modeling techniques.

Join us for our weekly lunch seminar with Øystein Sørensen. Learn how intensive longitudinal data from apps and wearables can reveal complex patterns in psychological research. Øystein Sørensen will present a method to improve dynamic structural equation models (DSEMs) using regression splines, making them more flexible and accurate. He will also discuss the benefits of using Stan and key challenges in analysing such data.

Join us for this week’s dScience Lunch Seminar with Krubeal Danieli as he explores how bio-inspired AI enables flexible navigation. His research, drawing on neuroscience, models how the brain forms internal maps in real time, allowing agents to explore and navigate without extensive training. This talk bridges the gap between neuroscience and AI. Complimentary lunch included!

This course is targeted on early career researchers such as PhD candidates and postdocs. It will give you an overview of fundamental project management principles and learn how to apply these to academic research settings. Participant will also learn how to utilize this knowledge into transferable skills.

Join us at the Science Library on February 6, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM, for a talk on Environmental Digital Twins. Professor Einar Broch Johnsen from the University of ̽����ѡ will explore how digital replicas of natural systems, such as the ̽����ѡ fjord, can transform environmental management through live data, simulation, and semantic technology. Good opportunity to learn about cutting-edge applications of digital twin technology!

Is science and research at the heart of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy? How can Norway’s AI students and researchers get involved in making the first comprehensive legal framework for AI? Join this special edition of the dScience Lunch Seminar with Policy Officer at the European AI Office, Alex Moltzau to get some answers. 

Join us for our weekly lunch seminar in the dScience lounge with Kristin Brunk. She will share insights from 45 years of citizen science data on the bluethroat’s breeding distribution across Fennoscandia, exploring how this iconic alpine bird responds to climate change. Brunk will also discuss innovative bioacoustic research and opportunities for collaboration with data scientists.

This course is targeted on early career researchers such as PhD candidates and postdocs. It will give you an overview of fundamental project management principles and learn how to apply these to academic research settings. Participant will also learn how to utilize this knowledge into transferable skills.

Join the dScience lunch seminar at the dScience lounge to hear biostatistician Harald Weedon-Fekjær discuss the complexities of mammography screening. He will explore the debate around non-progressive tumours detected through screening and how statistical modeling helps provide insights at the population level. If you’re interested in the public health balance of cancer screening, this talk is not to be missed.

This week’s dScience lunch seminar delves into one of AI’s pressing challenges: how to balance explainability and accuracy in complex machine learning models. Poushali Sengupta, Ph.D. Research Employee at the Department of Informatics, will introduce ExCIR (Explainability through Correlation Impact Ratio), a novel method that addresses this trade-off.

Welcome to our weekly lunch seminar held in the dScience lounge with Antonio Martini.

Join the dScience lunch seminar, featuring Sondre Wold, as he explores the intriguing challenges of compositional generalisation in language models. Despite their remarkable capabilities, large language models often falter on simple tasks, exposing limitations in their ability to understand and combine basic elements into complex structures. Sondre will delve into his research and recent international work, shedding light on where these models fall short and discussing potential strategies for improvement.

Welcome to our weekly lunch seminar held in the dScience lounge with Salvatore Florio.

Join the dScience Lunch seminar with Benedikte Wallace as she explores AI-generated dance using deep learning. Wallace will discuss her work on how humans respond to the movements created by AI, highlighting both the challenges and discoveries in using AI for creative tasks. Discover how movement can express emotion, even in robots.

Welcome to our weekly lunch seminar held in the dScience lounge with Duncan Watts.

Welcome to our dScience lunch seminar in the Science Library with Henrik Skaug Sætra.

Join us at the dScience lunch seminar to hear Anne Maria Eikeset and Kjetill S. Jakobsen discuss how genome sequencing is transforming biodiversity research and opening new possibilities for the public sector and industry.