Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the IE Faculty

Strategic Research Area

Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the IE Faculty

The Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (IE) is dedicated to becoming an internationally leading research institution in several strategically important fields through targeted initiatives. As part of this commitment, the faculty is making clear priorities to develop its capabilities in artificial intelligence.

The IE faculty has a strong and diverse AI research community with interdisciplinary collaboration across several of IE's departments. We work with a variety of technology areas and approaches to AI, such as visual computing and image recognition, digital twins, robotics and autonomous systems, language technology, explainable AI, AI & IoT, and more.

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  • Photo of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, former Rector Anne Borg, NAIL Director Heri Ramampiaro, and Assoc. Prof. Inga Strümke, in the AI Lab at NTNU. Around them a crowd of eager listeners.
    The Prime Minister of Norway visiting NTNU and the IE Faculty to kick-off for the new national digitalisation strategy in 2023. Pictured here with former Rector Anne Borg, NAIL Director Heri Ramampiaro and NTNU Assoc. Prof. Inga Strümke in the AI Lab. Photo: Amanda Schrøder/NTNU.

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Sparebank1 SMN collaboration with NTNU and NAIL – 40MNOK investment

Photo of Assoc. Prof. Benjamin Kille talking about the potential in Large Language Models at the launch event.
Photo: Kai T. Dragland/NTNU.

“Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and Constitution Day all at once”, was the description of the launch of SpareBank 1 SMN’s new collaboration with the Norwegian Open AI Lab. The bank is investing 40 million NOK over the next five years, and the funds will support research on responsible AI, combating financial crime, and developing expertise for businesses in Central Norway.

 

 

 


Oslo Municipality and NTNU Sign Cooperation Agreement 

Photo of Dean Ingrid Schjølberg and Commissioner for Finance, Hallstein Bjercke, signing the agreement at Oslo City Hall.
Photo: Rein Blomquist / Oslo kommune.

On January 9th 2025, Oslo Municipality and NTNU signed an agreement to enhance knowledge development, continuing education, and innovation-driven research. The agreement includes two focus areas: information security and preparedness, and artificial intelligence and language models.

This partnership aims to strengthen the connection between academia and the public sector, supporting Oslo's strategy for knowledge-based development, innovation, and digital technology. The collaboration will lead to more efficient services, better decision-making, and a focus on sustainable development.

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Centers and initiatives

Centers and initiatives

In addition to several centres including an AI component, the IE Faculty currently hosts two initiatives that have their main focus on AI: The Norwegian Open AI Lab (NAIL) and the Norwegian Research Center for AI Innovation (NorwAI). These two centers collaborate closely.

NAIL is a permanent AI initiative at NTNU. NAIL promotes NTNU's work on sustainable and reliable AI and serves as a network for entities working with, utilizing, and researching artificial intelligence. NAIL aims to create strong partnerships across academia, private industry, and the public sector by providing a meeting place, a framework for collaboration, and coordination of activities within the network. They seek to unite the AI community across NTNU and stimulate interaction with other universities and research centers to strengthen Norwegian research in the field.

NorwAI, funded by the Research Council, focuses on applied AI and big data. Running from 2020 to 2028, it aims to explore and implement new industrial products and services. NorwAI collaborates closely with partners to solve industrial problems, with a focus on language models, Natural Language Prosessing (NLP), personalization, reliability, explainability, large-scale machine learning, hybrid AI, and societal implications.

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Projects and spin-offs

Projects and spin-offs

These are some of the projects and spin-offs from the IE faculty. These represent only a small handful of the work that have close connections to or even started out from our faculty.