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Bestyrelse.

Lars Frelle-Petersen and Kristine Stenhuus have been appointed as members of ITU’s Board of Directors

July 13, 2018

The IT University’s Selection Body has appointed Kristine Stenhuus, Vice President of NNIT, and Lars Frelle-Petersen, Deputy Director General of Confederation of Danish Industry, as new external members of the university’s Board of Directors.

IT-Universitetet i København.

Record number of applicants for ITU

July 6, 2018

Once again, an IT education from the IT University of Copenhagen is at the top of the wish list for a record number of young people – the university has received 11 percent more applicants this year. At the same time, the share of female applicants has increased from 22 to 28 percent.

Christopher Gad

Data leaves us with gaps of knowledge

June 28, 2018

Data, e.g. from assessments of public schools, needs to be contextualized in order to be used for something meaningful. Associate professor, Christopher Gad investigates how public institutions collect, use and interpret our data.

IoT-udviklere kalder til dataetisk revolution

IoT developers call for a data ethics revolution

June 22, 2018

Across Europe, IoT developers are calling to end careless data security practices and ethically questionable WiFi-connected products, shows a new analysis by researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen. The researchers are currently developing the ethical guidelines and tools to help developers as they debate existing problems and design future technologies.

Super Mario landscape.

AI generates new challenges for Mario

June 13, 2018

A group of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that automatically generates new levels for computer games. The technology opens up for new possibilities for adapting the difficulty of game levels to individual players.

ITU researcher shows how to hack the Emmy Awards on a popular American TV show

June 12, 2018

Carsten Schürmann, associate professor and election security expert, demonstrated how to manipulate the result of the Emmy awards in an interview with Nathan Fielder, the host of the popular TV show, Nathan For You, which is pre-nominated for an award.

Kjell Yngve Petersen.

ITU researcher receives award for intelligent lighting project

June 7, 2018

Kjell Yngve Petersen, Associate Professor at the IT University in Copenhagen, has received the energy sector’s research award ELFORSK for a project on intelligent lighting that provides energy savings as well as better lighting for the users.

Softwarefejl skal findes automatisk.

New research project: Finding software bugs automatically

June 6, 2018

Software defects often manifest themselves far from where the problem has actually occurred. In a new project, researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen want to build a technology that automatically detects and diagnoses deep-seated software errors. The project has received DKK 6 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Coding needs to be demystified

May 31, 2018

How do you even begin to strike up a conversation with a software engineer or a web developer about their work, when you have no knowledge of programming? Does it seem like pure gibberish, or like trying to figure out a magic trick, when you hear the IT professionals you live or work with talk about their fields? And from the other perspective, how do IT specialists explain their specialised knowledge, and make it accessible to non-specialists?

Uizard.

ITU graduates teach AI to turn designs into code – and land international investment

May 30, 2018

Three ITU graduates have founded Uizard, a startup aiming to make it easy for anyone to build apps or websites. The company has secured $800,000 in funding from a group of investors and received international media attention– before even launching their product.

Sunniva Sundbukt, ph.d.-studerende på ITU.

Digital payments create new opportunities for unbanked Indonesians

May 17, 2018

In Indonesia, the majority of the population do not have bank accounts or credit cards. The use of digital payment methods, however, is rapidly increasing. In her PhD project, Sunniva Sandbukt investigates how a digital economy and blockchain-based currencies could come to benefit ordinary citizens.

Ny startup vil give turister lokale oplevelser i København.

New startup leads tourists to local spots in Copenhagen

May 15, 2018

Three ITU students have developed Motes, a web app that provides location-based tips for alternative sights in Copenhagen.

Collage.

BuILD lab gives students a unique opportunity

May 14, 2018

ITU's Business Innovation Lab (BuILD) has arranged a Scrum Master Certification Course for MSc students at ITU, in collaboration with Implement Consulting Group. The course has given students concrete competencies that they can undoubtedly use in their future work life.

Facebook.

What can we learn from the Facebook data scandal?

May 7, 2018

The Cambridge Analytica scandal where data from 87 million Facebook users was abused has raised concerns and debate about the implications of sharing personal data with global tech companies. Here, three ITU researchers reflect on what we can learn from the scandal.

Mads Tofte.

Mads Tofte is leaving the ITU at the end of the year

April 30, 2018

Vice Chancellor Mads Tofte is leaving his position when his fixed-term appointment expires at the end of the year.

IT-Universitetet i København.

98% of ITU research is freely available online

April 25, 2018

The IT University of Copenhagen is the leading Danish university when it comes to using Open Access for scientific publications.

Giacomo Poderi.

What happens when the boundaries between play and labour collapse?

April 16, 2018

The concept of playbour, a contraction of play and labour, is central when looking at how to hold on to participants in online Collaborative Commons, and create a form of sustainability, says Giacomo Poderi. He is a postdoc at the IT University of Copenhagen, who, in a new project, is studying participants’ subjective experiences in the commons.

Non-Volatile Memories Workshop.

ITU team honoured for research paper on SSDs

April 5, 2018

Professor Phillippe Bonnet and his former PhD students Matias Bjørling and Javier Gonzalez were honoured for their work on Solid State Drives (SSDs) at the 9th Annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop hosted by the University of California, San Diego.

Big Data Analytics pays off, new research shows.

Big Data Analytics pays off, new research shows

April 4, 2018

On average, companies can increase productivity by 3.75 percent by implementing Big Data Analytics solutions, shows research from the IT University of Copenhagen and the University of Liechtenstein. Their study is based on data from more than 800 major companies.

Jes Frellsen.

Machine learning can predict the effect of genetic mutations

April 3, 2018

Essentially, machine learning is concerned with developing algorithms that can teach a machine to solve problems based on examples, says Associate Professor Jes Frellsen, whose research shows, among other things, that machine learning can be used to predict the effect of genetic mutations.

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