NORA Award for Lifetime Achievement
To recognize an individual affiliated with a Norwegian institution who has made profound contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence, influencing the work of many others and helping to shape the state of the art.
Previous winners
2025: Michael Riegler
2024: Arnoldo Frigessi
2023: Jim Tørresen
2022: Agnar Aamodt
NORA Award for Distinguished Early-Career Investigator
To recognize an individual affiliated with a Norwegian institution who is early in their career (typically pre-tenure), but has already made important contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Previous winners
2025: Mikkel Lepperød
2024: Michael Kampffmeyer
2023: Ishita Barua
2022: Andrei Kutuzov
NORA Award for AI Community Building and Education
To recognize an individual affiliated with a Norwegian institution who has provided truly exceptional service to the field of Artificial Intelligence by, for example, helping to organize the Norwegian AI community, developing valuable resources for the AI community, initiating and developing initiatives for teaching and educating about Artificial Intelligence, such as courses, research schools, graduate schools, workshops, conferences or seminars (new or existing).
Previous winners
2025: Inga Strümke
2024: Morten Irgens
2023: Morten Goodwin
2022: Pinar Heggernes
NORA Award for Diversity in AI
To recognize an individual affiliated with a Norwegian institution who has been active and in the forefront of shedding light on gender issues in the field of AI, or other types of discrimination such as age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc.
Previous winners
2025: Lars Ailo Bongo
2024: Leonora Bergsjø
2023: Roger Søraa
2022: Cathrine Bui
NORA Award for Outstanding Publication of the Decade
To recognize the authors (at least one affiliated to a Norwegian institution) of an influential publication in any venue from the last decade (2013-2023) that has had a profound impact on the field of Artificial Intelligence, as evidenced by follow-up research, citations, or attention brought to the field.
Previous winners
2025: Yaman Umuroglu (2014-2024) - Finn: A framework for fast, scalable binarized neural network inference (2017)
2024: Marija Slavkovik (2013-2023) - Formal verification of ethical choices in autonomous systems (2015)
2023: Kai Olav Ellefsen (2012-2022) - Neural modularity helps organisms evolve to learn new skills without forgetting old skills, 2015
2022: Ole-Christoffer Granmo (2011-2021) - The Tsetlin Machine, 2018
NORA.startup Award
To recognize a Norwegian startup company either developing or using AI technology that has achieved outstanding results, for instance through the acquisition of public or private funding initiatives or customer growth. The startup must conduct research-driven innovation in collaboration with researchers affiliated with a Norwegian institution.
Previous winners
2025: Mynder
2024: DoMore
2023: Factiverse
2022: NablaFlow