Computer Vision News - February 2023

23 Northern Lights Deep Learning to offend anybody by suggesting a specific name for 2024, but I have high hopes that we’ll continue to attract speakers at this very high level. ” Is there anything else they would like to see next year? “ Very strong Northern Lights! ” Michael laughs. As we wrap up, Robert highlights the importance of the conference for UiT as part of its big push on deep learning and AI, including, through Mihaela and Polina, an increased focus on machine learning and deep learning in the healthcare direction. UiT is part of a network of AI universities and institutions in Norway called NORA - Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium, which is also a collaborator for NLDL. “ In Norway, it’s not only us here at our university, but it’s an effort by a bigger Norwegian community, ” he reveals. “ That’s something we’re really grateful for! ” If you are curious to read about Stine’s thesis, see her own feature in the Medical Imaging section of this magazine. one week before the deadline due to the high demand. As for dream speakers, Robert is happy to report that they have been very fortunate so far, and he is sure that will continue. “ Mihaela van der Schaar and Polina Golland had already said they wanted to attend our conference, and we were very happy to have them this year, ” he says. “ In the past, we’ve had people like Bernhard Schölkopf, Serge Belongie , Arthur Gretton, Lars Kai Hansen, and Julia Schnabel . I don’t want