# Professor Ole-Christoffer Granmo

## Technical Steering Committee, Chair

    ![Ole-Christoffer Granmo portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/ole-christoffer-granmo-2026-555.webp)

Prof. Ole-Christoffer Granmo is the Founding Director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) at the University of Agder, Norway. His passion for artificial intelligence was lit at the age of ten when he got his first computer and discovered programming. Fascinated by the idea of superintelligence, he obtained his master's degree in 1999 and his PhD degree in 2004, both from the University of Oslo, Norway. In 2018, Granmo created the [Tsetlin machine](../tsetlin-machines/) built upon propositional logic and the work of [Mikhail Tsetlin](../tsetlin-machines/michael-tsetlin-biography.html); for this he was awarded the ‘AI research paper of the decade’ by the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NORA) in 2022 Dr. Granmo has authored 180+ refereed papers with eight paper awards in machine learning, encompassing learning automata, bandit algorithms, Tsetlin machines, Bayesian reasoning, reinforcement learning, and computational linguistics. He has further coordinated 7+ research projects and graduated 55+ master- and nine PhD students. Dr. Granmo is also a co-founder of NORA. Along with chairing Literal Labs’ Technical Steering Committee, Dr. Granmo is also a co-founder of NORA and co-founded Anzyz Technologies and Tsense Intelligent Healthcare.

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### Select publications by Ole-Christoffer Granmo

Professor Ole-Christoffer Granmo has contributed to the authorship of the following papers relevant to Literal Labs' technology.

**[An Optimised Toolbox for Advanced Image Processing with Tsetlin Machine Composites](https://www.literal-labs.ai/tsetlin-machines/cifar-10-benchmarks.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/tsetlin-machines/cifar-10-benchmarks.html)

**[REDRESS: Generating Compressed Models for Edge Inference Using Tsetlin Machines](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/compress-tsetlin-machine-automata.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/compress-tsetlin-machine-automata.html)

**[Systematic Search for Optimal Hyper parameters of the Tsetlin Machine on MNIST Dataset](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/optimise-hyperparameters-tsetlin-machine-mnist.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/optimise-hyperparameters-tsetlin-machine-mnist.html)

**[Visualization of Machine Learning Dynamics in Tsetlin Machines](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machine-visualisation.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machine-visualisation.html)

**[Learning automata based energy-efficient AI hardware design for IoT applications](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/royal-society-ai-automata.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/royal-society-ai-automata.html)

**[Interpretable Tsetlin Machine-based Premature Ventricular Contraction Identification](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machine-ecg.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machine-ecg.html)

**[Interpretable Text Classification in Legal Contract Documents using Tsetlin Machines](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machine-text-classification.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machine-text-classification.html)

**[Low-Power Audio Keyword Spotting using Tsetlin Machines](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/low-power-keyword-spotting.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/low-power-keyword-spotting.html)

**[The Tsetlin Machine — A Game Theoretic Bandit Driven Approach to Optimal Pattern Recognition with Propositional Logic](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/game-theory-pattern-recognition-ai.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/game-theory-pattern-recognition-ai.html)

**[An Introduction to Tsetlin Machines](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machines-overview.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machines-overview.html)

**[Tsetlin Machine Unified - Github Code Base](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machine-github.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/research/tsetlin-machine-github.html)