Arctic AI Day 2025

This year, the theme of Arctic AI Days is Towards Responsible AI — artificial intelligence systems that are designed and developed to prioritize ethical, transparent, fair, and accountable practices.

Responsible AI ensures that processes, decisions, and underlying mechanisms are understandable and explainable to humans, while also considering broader societal impacts, human rights, and environmental sustainability.

By enabling users, regulators, and stakeholders to clearly see, assess, and understand how decisions are made, we can promote AI solutions that are not only effective but also aligned with societal values and public trust.

The event is open for everyone and there is no registration fee.

Join us at Arctic AI Day 2025 to share your innovative research and collaborate towards building a future with responsible AI!

Programme

8:30 Registration and coffee

9.00 Welcome: Dean Jukka Riekki, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu

9:15–11:15 Keynote session
Keynote: Vice President Laura Piila, Optomed
Keynote: Director Aleksi Kallio, CSC
Keynote: Professor Sanna Järvelä, University of Oulu

11:15 Poster teaser

11:30–12:30 Lunch & Posters

12.30–14.00 Session 1
ELLIS Institute Finland presentation – Professor Simo Saarakkala and ELLIS PI
Assistant Professor Matti Pouke, University of Oulu
Senior Research Fellow Neslihan Yalcin Bayramoglu, University of Oulu
Professor Netta Iivari, University of Oulu

14:00–14:30 Coffee & Posters

14.30–16.00 Session 2
Research Professor Tuomo Alasoini, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Postdoctoral Researcher Farid Hamzehaghdam, University of Oulu
Assistant Professor Miguel Caro, Aalto University
University Lecturer Satu Tamminen, University of Oulu

16:00–16:30 Posters

16:30–19:00 Cocktails

Registration

Register for the event here.

Please register by October 29th. Registration includes complimentary coffee breaks, lunch and cocktail event. The event is free for participants, but registration is needed to join as there are limited places available.

Call for posters

During the event, it is possible for you to present your research work as a poster and/or demonstration. The presentations can include ongoing work or already published results. The topics can cover, but are not limited to:

• development of AI methods for your own research
• applying AI methods in your own research
• research ideas to start discussion, such as, recognizing data sources that could be useful to model phenomena of interest
• propose your own topic!

To participate the Arctic AI Day poster session, you need to prepare a 2-page poster paper (before event, peer reviewed) and a poster for the event (event day 6th Nov). You may use your own template for the poster paper.

• Poster format: Posters should be visually engaging, clearly presenting your research objectives, methodologies, and outcomes. Please use the University of Oulu poster template.
• Submission deadline: 27.10.2025 for the posters
• Notification of acceptance: 29.10.2025

Course credit

If you’re a student (of any level), you can gain 2 credits from the event. Please note that the credits are not available if you have the credits from the previous Arctic AI Days events.

To perform this course, participate in the Arctic AI Days and return a report to the course instructor (ella.peltonen@oulu.fi). The report is evaluated as lessons learned and based on the thoughts and ideas you got during the event.

The report structure should be the following:

• Summary of at least three talks you found engaging and your thoughts based on the research questions presented
• Describe three posters or demos you visited and why you found them engaging or interesting. Please note that if you presented a poster or demo by yourself, there is no need to write this part of the report. Please indicate your poster/demo name in your submission.
• In conclusion, what are your lessons learned and future research or project ideas? How can you utilize your learning in your professional career? Critical thinking is encouraged.

The report is supposed to be four pages long (two pages if the student presented their poster/demo) and returned in a PDF format. The course is graded pass/fail.

More information

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Event Coordinator Henna Rannanpää (henna.rannanpaa@oulu.fi).