AI professor receives UiT's Young Researcher Award
Michael Kampffmeyer, one of UiT's youngest professors, has already distinguished himself with his contributions to AI research. He has now won UiT's award for young researchers at the university's annual celebration.
"It's a great honor to receive this recognition, especially in the company of other young and excellent researchers at the university."
This is what Kampffmeyer says after receiving the award. It is given to young researchers aged 40 and under who has distinguished themselves through outstanding research or artistic development work. He is a professor at SFI Visual Intelligence and the UiT Machine Learning Group.
"Research is not a one-man job. There is a lot of teamwork behind our efforts. I want to thank everyone involved, especially the Machine Learning Group, the students, international collaborators and the institute administration for the great support which makes our possible," Kampffmeyer adds.
A young research talent
Kampffmeyer became professor at the young age of 32 and has in short time distinguished himself as a young research talent. He has contributed to novel and innovative AI methods in fields like health and remote sensing.
His work focuses on developing more efficient and responsible AI that offers better explainability, quantifies uncertainty, and requires less training data. He has received several national and international awards for his contributions to AI research.
With over 90 publications in internationally recognized journals and conferences, Kampffmeyer has headed large externally funded research projects, and supervised seven PhD candidates. He currently supervises ten candidates on the doctoral level.
Through Visual Intelligence, Kampffmeyer has contributed to new AI innovations in close collaboration with partners from the private and public sector. He has established a broad collaborative network between UiT and leading AI research communities in the USA, Europe and Asia. He is a central figure in the Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference – which gathers AI researchers from 28 different countries to Tromsø annually.
"An impressive research portfolio"
Centre director Robert Jenssen congratulates Kampffmeyer on the award and says it is an important recognition of his work.
"Michael has an impressive research portfolio of significant contributions to AI research. Few researchers have managed to achieve so much in just a few years. We are very grateful to have such hard-working colleagues like Michael in Visual Intelligence," Jenssen says.
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