Swedish AI Society | SAIS

At this year’s SAIS workshop, in Umeå, we had the pleasure to listen to two presentations from both the SAIS AI Master’s Thesis award winners from 2018 and 2019.

First out was Sólrún Halla Einarsdóttir, the winner of best AI Master’s Thesis 2018, who presented her thesis “Theory Exploration on Infinite Structures“. In her presentation she presented her work on extending the theory exploration system Hipster, using the extension with the Isabelle theorem prover. In her presentation she demoed the implementation and discussed the evaluation that shows the usefulness of the new theories generated. Congratulations, Sólrún, for great work and a great presentation!

Next, was the presentation from our 2019 winners, Jesper Jönsson and Emmy Sjöstrand, with the winning thesis entitled “Cell Image Transformation Using Deep Learning“. In their presentation they introduced the problem of image transformation that they have addressed at the company Cella Vision AB. In their thesis they evaluated a number of different techniques to transform images, originating from different types of microscope cameras, into images looking exactly as a medical analyst would expect them to look, e.g., with respect to colors and level of detail, as if it was coming from a traditional microscope. Congratulations to Jesper and Emmy for their interesting and useful results, as well as for a great presentation at the workshop!

We now look forward to next year’s award – if you have some really good Master’s students presenting their work during 2019, don’t forget to nominate them for the award in 2020!

** Deadline extended, new deadline March 1st 2019 **

In order to stimulate work in the area of artificial intelligence at the undergraduate level of education, SAIS has created a special yearly award for the best Master’s thesis (examensarbete) in the area of artificial intelligence. The winner will be awarded travel funds of 5000SEK, and is expected to present the winning contribution in connection with the SAIS workshop 2019.

To nominate a Master’s Thesis for the award, the following rules apply:

• The thesis is in one of the main areas of artificial intelligence research.
• The thesis has been presented officially during the period of January 1, 2018 – January 31, 2019.
• An electronic copy of the thesis (PDF) and a short written motivation by the nominator should be sent to mthprize@sais.se, include the terms “SAIS” and “Master’s Thesis award” in the subject line, no later than February 22nd March 1st, 2019. The nomination should include a short motivation why the thesis should be selected as the winner, and state its contributions to AI.
• The nominating person must be a member of SAIS, but does not have to be the official examiner or primary supervisor.
• Only one thesis nomination per nominating person is permitted.
• The master thesis project has to be conducted by a student registered at a Swedish university or other higher education establishment in Sweden, and/or presented in Sweden.

The SAIS board will review the nominated Master’s theses and determine a winner based on factors such as novelty, thoroughness, readability, scientific value and relevance to artificial intelligence, both with respect to research and to potential applications. The decision by the SAIS board will be final. The date and location of the SAIS workshop where the winner will present the thesis is still to be determined.

Fredrik Heintz – President of SAIS
Eva Blomqvist – Board member of SAIS

In order to stimulate work in the area of artificial intelligence at the undergraduate level of education, SAIS has created a special yearly award for the best Master’s thesis (examensarbete) in the area of artificial intelligence. The winner will be awarded travel funds of 5000SEK, and is expected to attend the SAIS workshop to present the winning contribution.

To nominate a Master’s Thesis for the award, the following rules apply:

• The thesis is in one of the main areas of artificial intelligence research.
• The thesis has been presented officially during the period of January 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017.
• An electronic copy of the thesis (PDF) and a short written motivation by the nominator should be sent to mthprize@sais.se, include the terms “SAIS” and “Master’s Thesis award” in the subject line, no later than February 5th, 2017. The nomination should include a short motivation why the thesis should be selected as the winner, and state its contributions to AI.
• The nominating person must be a member of SAIS, but does not have to be the official examiner or primary supervisor.
• Only one thesis nomination per nominating person is permitted.
• The master thesis project has to be conducted by a student registered at a Swedish university or other higher education establishment in Sweden, and/or presented in Sweden.

The SAIS board will review the nominated Master’s theses and determine a winner based on factors such as novelty, thoroughness, readability, scientific value and relevance to artificial intelligence, both with respect to research and to potential applications. The decision by the SAIS board will be final. The selected winner will be announced in time for the 2017 SAIS workshop, where the winner will be expected to present their work.

Fredrik Heintz – President of SAIS
Eva Blomqvist – Secretary of SAIS