The Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AI, also known as TRUST, will be one of Norway's six new research centers for artificial intelligence. This was announced when the government's AI billion distributed at a press conference on June 11 at UiO, Scene HumSam.
– This is a landmark day for AI research in Norway, says Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland in a press release from the Research Council.
Will strengthen capacity and increase competence in safe AI
TRUST receives 200 million NOK to establish the new research center. The funding is for five years of research on artificial intelligence. TRUST aims to build capacity within the research environments, increase AI competence in society, and contribute to innovation with significant societal benefits.
The TRUST research center will be led by the University of Oslo, SINTEF, and the Norwegian School of Computing (Norsk Regnesentral). The center will be hosted by dScience at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and the core of the center will be located at Oslo Science City. The center has numerous partners from academia, research, the public sector, the private sector, and civil society. The centre’s leader will be Arnoldo Frigessi, a professor at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO.
Several researchers from NJORD and the Department of Geosciences were involved in the TRUST application and will contribute to the center. The research center is set to start up in the fall of 2025.
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TRUST Becomes National Centre for Artificial Intelligence – Awarded Funding by the Research Council of Norway, dScience/UiO