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During the NORA Annual Conference 2026 in Oslo, we presented our annual awards, recognising outstanding contributions to AI in Norway. The awards honour individuals and organisations that have demonstrated excellence in research, innovation, community building, diversity, and societal impact across the Norwegian AI ecosystem.
Each year, the NORA Awards highlight how AI development in Norway is driven not only by scientific excellence, but also by collaboration, responsibility, and societal engagement. This year’s winners represent the very best of what the Norwegian AI ecosystem can achieve when research, innovation, and public value come together.
Poushali Sengupta, PhD-student og medlem av studentrådet til forskerskolen NORA-Tech, fikk prisen for beste muntlige presentasjon på den internasjonale IEEE-konferansen for AI og maskinlæring i praksis (AAIML 2026), som ble holdt i Tokyo, Japan. Presentasjonen hennes, Correlation-Aware Feature Attribution-Based Explainable AI, ble anerkjent for sitt betydelige bidrag til feltet pålitelig og forklarbar kunstig intelligens.
Poushali Sengupta, a PhD student and member of the NORA-Tech Research School Student Council, has been awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award at the IEEE International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AAIML 2026), held in Tokyo, Japan. Her paper, "Correlation-Aware Feature Attribution-Based Explainable AI," was recognized for its significant contribution to the field of trustworthy and interpretable artificial intelligence.
Faunus Hub, part of the NORA Startup network, has been awarded the Gründerprisen 2025 for its work turning real-time barn observations and predictive analytics into practical tools for improved broiler production and animal welfare. The award, presented by GründerAcademy in partnership with Sparebank1 Sør-Norge, includes a NOK 250,000 grant to support the company’s continued development.
Faunus Hub, part of the NORA Startup network, has been awarded the Gründerprisen 2025 for its work turning real-time barn observations and predictive analytics into practical tools for improved broiler production and animal welfare. The award, presented by GründerAcademy in partnership with Sparebank1 Sør-Norge, includes a NOK 250,000 grant to support the company’s continued development.
The Norwegian startup Reliable AI — a member of the NORA.startup network — won the Outstanding Demo Award at the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) 2025 in Bologna. ECAI, Europe’s oldest and most prestigious AI conference, convenes thousands of researchers, industry leaders, and technology communities worldwide. The 2025 conference ran from Monday to Thursday, with one full day dedicated to demo presentations.
Halden, June 2, 2025 — Each year, NORA Awards are handed out. These awards are an annual recognition and tribute to the Norwegian AI Community and are given to recognise exceptional efforts of individuals and actors in the Norwegian AI community throughout the year.
The NORA awards are handed out in six different categories:
- Lifetime achievement
- Early Career Investigator
- Community Building and Education
- Diversity in AI
- Publication of the decade
- Startup
The NORA Awards is presented at the NORA Annual Conference, with the following categories: