NIKT 2025

We are pleased to invite you to an exciting panel discussion at this year's NIKT conference. Harald Holone will moderate the discussion, focusing on the skills that companies will need in the future, both from our upcoming IT students and researchers.

The panel will be in Norwegian and consists of leading representatives from various sectors:

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA):

KDA develops and delivers technology and systems that protect people and critical infrastructure globally. Through innovation and state-of-the-art industrial production, we create jobs and value for our suppliers, partners, customers, and owners. Per-Olav Rusås, Senior System Engineer at KDA in Moss, will share his insights regarding KDA's future needs for IT expertise.

Institute for Energy Technology (IFE):

IFE conducts research for a better future and has been internationally leading in energy research since 1948. We bridge the gap between research, education, and industrial operations. Morgan Kjølerbakken, Head of Applied Data Science at IFE, will provide insights into the needs IFE identifies for the future of energy research.

Østfold Hospital:

Østfold Hospital conducts high-quality health research across several disciplines, focusing on creating new knowledge that improves patient treatment and healthcare services. The hospital aims to become a leading research hospital in the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, with an established research environment and an increased number of research projects and PhDs. Jarl Schjerverud, project manager for digital training and simulation, will provide insights into the hospital's needs for future healthcare technology.

Nexans:

Nexans is one of the world's leading producers of cables and cabling solutions, driving electrification forward and leading the transition to renewable energy. Jon-Arne Häll, Head of Early Engagement, brings 28 years of experience in various roles within Nexans and recently represented Nexans in a panel debate at Arendalsuka.

We look forward to an engaging discussion with our panel participants, where together we will explore the future skill requirements in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

NIK 1 

Tuesday 10 am  - 11:30 am   Chair: Edvard Pedersen

• FragFM: Fragmented Fourier Matrix for multi-seasonality extraction in Univariate Long-Term Time Series Forecasting (Aditya Dey, Jonas Kusch and Fadi Al Machot)
• Revisiting Structured Representation Use in LLM (Michal Chudoba, Tomasz Wiktorski and Sergey Alyaev)
• A Representative Sampling Approach to Few-Shot Transfer Learning (Rusith Chamara Hathurusinghe Dewage, Habib Ullah, Muhammad Salman Siddiqui, Rakibul Islam and Fadi-Al Machot)

NIK 2

Tuesday 1:30 pm - 4 pm    Chair: Maben Rabi

• Explaining Monocular Depth Estimation - Diving into Regional Differences in the Prediction (Sabine Fischer, Øyvind Ødegård, Frank Lindseth, Steven Yves Le Moan and Gabriel Hanssen Kiss)
• Flexible Visualization of Eye Tracking Data to Aid Assessment of Visuospatial Neglect (Alexander Holt, Joel Mattias Tømmerbakk, Tor Ivar Hansen and Xiaomeng Su)
• Passive bandwidth estimation for fog computing with Kubernetes (Kjetil Omang, Carsten Griwodz and Frank Johnsen)
• Selective Temporal Fusion using Recurrent Attention for End-to-End Autonomous Driving (Andreas Bentzen Winje, Florian Wintel, Gabriel Hanssen Kiss and Frank Lindseth)
• Data Replication for Distributed Emergency Management Systems (Øyvind Hanssen)

NOKOBIT 1

Tuesday 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm; Chair: Selina Demi

• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Norwegian Public Sector: Status 2025 (John Krogstie)
• Artificial intelligence as a partner in knowledge work (Synnøve Bjørgum, Tara Kenny, Karen Sæbbo Osmundsen and Kjersti Berg Danilova)
• Designing sustainable ICT platforms (Sunniva Bjerke, Carolina Gunnesdal, John Krogstie and Dimitra Chasanidou)
• Consortium Myopia: How Collective Ownership Creates Strategic Deadlocks in Digital Platforms (Hong-Ngan Hua and Thomas Østerlie)
• Emerging Knowledge Networks in the Architectural Transformation of Digital Infrastructures (Egil Øvrelid, Andrea Helmersen and Madin Cej)

NOKOBIT 2

Wednesday 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chair: Mary Luz Sanchez Gordon 

• An Automated Solution to Exam Scheduling at Østfold University College (Ole Marcus Hansen, Radin Morik, Shvan Nasser, Stine Vågnes and Monica Kristiansen Holone)
• Generative AI for Reducing Language and Administrative Barriers for Immigrants in Public Services (Emma Ju Blix and Ilaria Crivellari)
• Interpretable AI for Fisheries Data (Aida Ashrafi, Bjørnar Tessem and Katja Enberg)
• Guide: scoping challenges in the deployment of augmented reality navigation for impaired individuals (Georgios Marentakis, Morten Gustavsen, Jan-Erik Vinje and Tom-Robert Bryntesen)