SAMBA

Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning and Image Analysis - SAMBA

The SAMBA department has comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge in the fields of statistics, machine learning and image analysis. We are one of Europe's largest and most competent groups within applied statistics and statistical-matematical modelling. We cover a broad spectrum of methods and are a world leader in some of these areas. The appropriate choice of method for the various problems is thus one of our strengths. Many calculations involve uncertainty and the accurate calculation of this quantity is an important speciality.

Research areas

Statistics for climate and environment

Our research within statistics for climate and environment is a mixture of applied, problem-driven projects and fundamental research eligible for publication in scientific journals.

Statistics for finance, insurance and commodity markets

We use statistical methods to quantify all kinds of risk in the banking, insurance and commodity markets. We work a lot with models related to Basel II and Solvency II and have developed a large number of systems related to trading and risk management for various power companies.

Statistics for marine resources and health

We cover a wide range of applications within the areas marine resources and health.

Statistics for technology, industry and administration

We cover a wide range of applications including forecasting, time series analysis, network modelling, optimal delivery, logistics, optimal steering of industry processes, reliability analysis, cost surveys and analysis of very large data sets.

Earth observation

We do research and development of methodologies for analysis of digital remote sensing data from satellites and aircrafts. Application areas include environmental monitoring, climate change monitoring, environmental emergency detection, natural resource mapping and map revision.

Image Analysis and Machine Learning

We have extensive knowledge in the fields of image analysis and machine learning. Object extraction, characterization and recognition from images are central for many of these applications. Another central theme is the analysis of sequences of data, including motion detection and characterization.

Big Insight

This center for research-based-innovation is funded by the Research Council of Norway. Big Insight produces innovative solutions for key challenges facing our consortium of private, public and research partners, by developing original statistical and machine learning methodologies.

Last 5 scientific articles

Aldrin, Magne Tommy; Jansen, Peder A; Stryhn, Henrik. A partly stage-structured model for the abundance of salmon lice in salmonid farms. Epidemics (ISSN 1755-4365). pp 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2018.08.001. 2018.

Tvete, Ingunn Fride; Bjørner, Trine; Skomedal, Tor. Mental Health and Disability Pension Onset Changes in Consumption of Antianxiety and Hypnotic Drugs. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology (ISSN 2333-3928). 5 doi: 10.1177/2333392818792683. 2018.

Kampffmeyer, Michael C.; Salberg, Arnt Børre; Jenssen, Robert. Urban land cover classification with missing data modalities using deep convolutional neural networks. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (ISSN 1939-1404). 11(6) pp 1758-1768. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2834961. 2018.

Lund, Eiliv; Nakamura, Aurelie; Snapkov, Igor; Thalabard, Jean-Christophe; Olsen, Karina Standahl; Holden, Lars; Holden, Marit. Each pregnancy linearly changes immune gene expression in the blood of healthy women compared with breast cancer patients. Clinical Epidemiology (ISSN 1179-1349). doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S163208. 2018.

Guttorp, Peter; Thorarinsdottir, Thordis Linda. How to save Bergen from the sea? Decisions under uncertainty. Significance (ISSN 1740-9705). 15(2) pp 14-18. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01125.x. 2018.

Publications in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, earlier years