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SURE-AI – a national AI research centre

Hosted by Simula, SURE-AI – Centre for Sustainable, Risk-averse and Ethical AI is a national AI research centre uniting interdisciplinary Norwegian research institutions and industry.

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One of the six national AI research centres.

SURE-AI brings together experts from both research institutions and industry, with more than

of its participants being mathematicians, complemented by electrical engineers and computer scientists. The project is structured around dedicated work packages and innovation clusters.

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Partner contacts

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

Bright lighthouse at night, its beams radiating into a dark, starry sky.

Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

Leadership

Leadership

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

mail@sure-ai.no

The centre integrates top-tier international research partners through adjunct positions and strategic institutional collaborations.

Contact us with general inquiries, media and more: contact@sure-ai.no

The centre integrates top-tier international research partners through adjunct positions and strategic institutional collaborations.

Contact us with general inquiries, media and more: contact@sure-ai.no

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Leadership

Leadership

Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Thomas M. Surowiec

Deputy Centre Director

thomas@sure-ai.no

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Fabian A. Harang

Director of Research

fabian@sure-ai.no

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Holger Hussmann

Director of Innovation

holger@sure-ai.no

Lena Korsnes

Director of Administration and Operations

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SURE-AI brings together experts from both research institutions and industry, with more than

40%

of its core AI researchers being mathematicians, complemented by electrical engineers and computer scientists. In addition, we have researchers in the domains of energy engineering, finance, climate science, social sciences and ethics.

The project is structured around dedicated work packages and innovation clusters.

Partner contacts

Partner contacts

Norwegian Research Partners

Simula, Oslo

PHD

Norwegian Research Partners

Simula, Oslo

PHD

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Eirik Rosnes

Chief Research Scientist, Simula Research Laboratory

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Pål Halvorsen

Chief Research Scientist, Simula Research Laboratory

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Håkon Kvale Stensland

Senior Research Scientist, Simula Research Laboratory

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Mikkel Lepperød

Research Scientist, Simula Research Laboratory

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Fred E. Benth

Professor, BI - Norwegian Business School

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Giulia Di Nunno

Professor, University of Oslo

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Fulvio Castellacci

Professor, University of Oslo

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Markus Bugge

Associate Professor University of Oslo

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Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard

Professor, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Kimmo Kansanen

Professor, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Hans Munthe-Kaas

Professor, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway

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Cordian Riener

Professor, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway

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Shivika Mittal

Senior Researcher , CICERO

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Asbjørn Torvanger

Senior Researcher, CICERO

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Magnus Moe Nygård

Scientist, Institute for Energy Technology

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Bernard Enjolras

Research Professor, Institute for Social Research

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Knut Nordanger

Senior Adviser, SINTEF Community

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International Research Partners

Simula, Oslo

PHD

International Research Partners

Simula, Oslo

PHD

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Elvin Isufi

Associate Professor, TU Delft

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Antonio Ortega

Professor, University of Southern California

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Hao Ni 

Professor, University College London

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Christa Cuchiero

Professor, University of Vienna

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Cédric Richard

Professor, Université Côte d'Azur

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Pascal Frossard

Professor, EPFL

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Torsten Hoefler

Professor, ETH Zürch

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Enrique Zuazua

Professor, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität and University of Deusto

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Harbir Antil

Professor, George Mason University

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Christopher Salvi

Associate Professor, Imperial College London

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Deniz Günduz

Professor, Imperial College London

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Zenon Medina-Cetina

Associate Professor, Texas A&M University 

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Xin Guo

Professor, University of California, Berkeley

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Industry partners

Simula, Oslo

PHD

Industry partners

Simula, Oslo

PHD

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Erik Wold

Senior Partner & CTO, Rystad Energy

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Benjamin Thürer

Lead Data Scientist, Rystad Energy

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Gabriele Martinelli

Senior Manager, London Stock Exchange Group

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Maxim Kartamyshev

Analyst, Norges Bank Investment Management

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Stian Kirkeberg

Head of AI & Machine Learning, Norges Bank Investment Management

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Nicolò Maffei-Faccioli

Researcher, Norges Bank Research

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Arnt Emil Ingulstad

Chief Technology Officer, Scalemem AS

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Hugo Kohmann

Chief Executive Officer, Dolphin Interconnect Solutions AS

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Tore Høylie

Chief People & Operations Officer, Rema 1000 Norge

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Sara Malacarne

Senior Research Scientist
Telenor ASA

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Jeriek Paul Van den Abeele

Research Scientist

Telenor ASA

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Preben Richter

Head of Risk Management, Hydro Energi AS

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Josephine Mikaela Aamodt

Research Coordinator, Skatteetaten

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Key objectives

SURE-AI's mission is to pioneer a new generation of artificial intelligence that is fundamentally more reliable, efficient, and responsible.

The centre works on creating methods that enable AI to accurately analyse complex and varied data in critical fields like energy and climate science, thereby making data-driven research more reproducible and reliable. We are also creating adaptive AI systems that can learn from changing or limited data, making them effective in dynamic environments such as financial markets and environmental monitoring.

Our research is concentrated in ten dedicated work packages bringing together a diverse team of experts from academia and industry.

Partner contacts

Partner contacts

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no

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Baltasar Beferull-Lozano

Centre Director

baltasar@sure-ai.no