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Training future leaders in artificial intelligence (27.06.2023)

Over the next 5 years, a large interdisciplinary project at UiB will advance the frontier of knowledge in artificial intelligence (AI), with a particular focus on reliable and ethical development in the field. The program is supported by the EU and aims to train 19 researchers from various disciplines to become the future leaders in AI research and technology.

Portrettbilde av Tore Tungodden, universitetsdirektør ved UiB

Tore Tungodden appointed as new University Director (26.06.2023)

The University Board at UiB has appointed Tore Tungodden as the new University Director.

The Rector and the Minister of Health opened the international leprosy conference (21.06.2023)

Rector at UiB Margareth Hagen and Minister of Health Ingvild Kjerkol were among several introducers when The 2023 Hansen Anniversary opened. Over 30 nations are represented at the commemoration.

The five PhDs Leonce Leandry, Innocent Sosoma, Elimercy Ntagalinda, Abdul-rahman Mumbu, and Zabibu Afazali visited the University of Bergen for the annual meeting of the Math4SDG project.

Using mathematics to fight disease (19.06.2023)

In June 2023 the project Math4SDG held its annual meeting in Bergen. We met up with five PhDs in the project to discuss how they will use applied mathematics to combat infectious disease and how the project aims to increase mathematical literacy in Tanzania and Uganda.

A new consortium in Norway gathers to establish a groundbreaking offshore wind centre (16.06.2023)

Offshore Wind 2040 (OW2040) is on track to become a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) by the end of 2024. If the Research Council of Norway approves the FME application, OW2040 could become a world-leading hub for offshore wind development.

Denne steinen er fra havbunnen og er bygget av små stilker skapt av jernspisende bakterier.

Diving into deep-sea mining would be reckless (07.06.2023)

“We ask for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining until more research has been conducted on the consequences of such interventions for life in the ocean. Norway must take an international initiative for more research into this,” says biology professor Lise Øvreås from the University of Bergen on World Ocean Day.

A face-to-face summer research school, at last! (05.06.2023)

This week, more than 70 PhD students from all over the world assemble in Bergen for the annual Bergen Summer Research Schools—for the first time since the pandemic.

A face-to-face summer research school, at last! (05.06.2023)

This week, more than 70 PhD students from all over the world assemble in Bergen for the annual Bergen Summer Research Schools—for the first time since the pandemic.

COMFORT project warns of irreversible damage to marine environment (05.06.2023)

Climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten our oceans. The EU-COMFORT project calls for imminent greenhouse gas reduction to limit irreversible damage.