Trial lecture and PhD dissertation in computer science 20.02.2026 - Master of Science Birk Sebastian Frostelid Torpmann-Hagen

Trial lecture
Master of Science Science Birk Sebastian Frostelid Torpmann-Hagen holds a trial lecture on assigned topic for the Ph.D. degree in science, Friday February 20th, 2026 at 10:15.

Title: " Continual learning in visual content: challlenges and approaches "

Dissertation - Ph.D. degree
Master of Science Science Birk Sebastian Frostelid Torpmann-Hagen will publicly defend his Ph.D. thesis on Friday February 20th, 2026 at 12:15.

Title: " Runtime Verification and Evaluation of Visual Deep Learning Systems under Distributional Shift "

The thesis is available here: https://nva.sikt.no/registration/019c4686b4a0-adb0237d-da79-4b43-8438-547751320d89.

Audience
Both the trial lecture and dissertation take place in Store Auditorium, B302, Realfagbygget. The trial lecture and defense will also be streamed.

Trial lecture: https://uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=59d1afe6-3131-47a9-bd48-b3ee009cc61e
Dissertation: https://uit.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=9055bb88-4aec-403a-acaa-b3ee009cc77d

The following has been appointed as the assessment committee for the defense:

Professor Jenny Benois-Pineau, School of Sciences and Technologies, University of Bordeaux (1st Opponent)
Associate Professor Massimiliano Ruocco, IDI, NTNU (2nd Opponent)
Professor John Markus Bjørndalen, Department of Computer Science, UiT (Internal member and leader of the Committee)

Supervisors for Science Birk Sebastian Frostelid Torpmann-Hagen have been:

Professor Dag Johansen, Department of Computer Science, UiT (Main Supervisor)
Head of AI Michael Riegler, Simula Research Laboratory
Professor Pål Halvorsen, Simula Met

Kortnytt fra Institutt for informatikk

Fuglesteg, Jan jan.fuglesteg@uit.no Studierådgiver