Aparna Varde is a Full Professor, SDU Vejle, MMMI, Centre for Software Technology. Her expertise is in Intelligent Systems, with research themes spanning Explainable AI and Sustainable AI. Some of her recent projects include Commonsense Knowledge in AI Systems, and Sustainable AI for Environment & Health. She is the Principal Investigator on a research grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation in Denmark, and the primary supervisor of 3 PhD candidates at SDU Vejle. As career highlights, Dr. Varde has over 150 publications, 12 best paper awards at conferences, and around 20 million DKK worth of research funding overall.
Joakim Bruslund Haurum is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at SDU and faculty member of the Pioneer Centre for AI. His research focuses on computer vision and machine learning for expert tasks, with particular emphasis on fine-grained visual analysis, open-world recognition, and multimodal learning. Joakim is also passionate about creating datasets, benchmarks, and rigorous evaluations that advance trustworthy and reproducible AI research. Beyond research, Joakim also actively contributes to the international computer vision community through co-organization of reputable workshops and conferences.
Emil Njor is an Assistant Professor at SDU and an Edge AI researcher specializing in data-centric optimizations and automation. He holds a PhD from DTU, is a former Harvard Fulbright Scholar, and is the creator of the Edge AI Foundation-endorsed "Wake Vision" dataset. Emil is passionate about driving the green transition through sustainable AI, while maintaining a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring future tech innovators.
