Sámi AI Lab is a research group located at Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Guovdageiadnu, Norway and UiT The Arctic University of Norway located in Tromsø, Norway. We investigate possibilities for AI to improve the Indigenous Sámi experience through artificial intelligence technologies.

People

Sámi AI Lab members:

  1. Professor Lars Ailo Bongo (PI; Sámi allaskuvla and UiT)
  2. Assistant Professor Samuel Valkeapää (Creative industries lead; Sámi allaskuvla)
  3. Associate Professor Kajsa Møllersen (Language and education lead; Sámi allaskuvla)
  4. Anne-Torill Nordsletta (researcher)
  5. Dr. Nikita Shvestov (Health equity; postdoc, UiT)
  6. Ernie Roby-Tomić (Creative industries; PhD student, UiT)
  7. Maarit Magga (Language and education; Developer, Sámi allaskuvla)
  8. Ragnhild Abel Grape (Language Technology Evaluation; Master student, UiT)
  9. Kevin Mathias Bergan (Creative industries; Master student, UiT)

Collaborators:

  1. Brita Elvevåg (UiT, Health equity)
  2. Benjamin Ricaud (UiT, Language Technology Evaluation)
  3. Sandra Just (UiT, Health equity)
  4. Ánde Somby (UiT, Creative Industries)
  5. Outi Laiti (University of Helsinki, Creative Industries)

Contact information

Lars Ailo Bongo: larsab@samas.no

Sámi allaskuvla,
Hánnoluohkká 45,
NO-9520 Guovdageaidnu,
Norway