SIRIUS is a Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI) financed by the Research Council of Norway that brings leading companies in the IT and oil and gas sector together with the University of Oslo, NTNU, Simula Research Laboratory and the University of Oxford. The aim of the centre is to deliver research that advances the digitalisation of Norwegian industry, with a starting point in the oil and gas sector.
The SFI BigInsight analyses large amounts of data with a consortium of partners in the private, governmental and research sectors. This is done by developing novel methods for statistical analysis and machine learning. We meet the challenges of the current data revolution by developing the analytical tools needed to extract knowledge from complex data and deliver big insight. We focus on two central themes: personalised solutions and prediction of changes in complex models.
The opening has the following program
- Coffee and croissant from 08:30
- Welcome by the Head of Department, Knut Liestøl at 09:30
- The Minister for Trade and Industry, Monica Mæland, opens the SIRIUS and BigInsight centers
- Managing Director of the Research Council of Norway, Arvid Hallén, presents centre plaques to the SIRIUS and BigInsight SFI Centres. These centres together are a national cluster of industrially-oriented research on analytics, data science and applied ICT.
- Greetings from senior management in Statoil, Schlumberger, IBM and Oracle
- Greetings from the University. Prof. Ragnhild Hennum & Prof. Morten Dæhlen
- An introduction to SIRIUS and its objectives in innovation and research. Prof. Arild Waaler
- Synergies and cooperation between SIRIUS and BigInsight. Prof. Ingrid Glad.
- Keynote address on Ontology Based Data Access by Prof. Ian Horrocks, University of Oxford