ITU researcher awarded prestigious EU grant
Marie Curie Fellow at IT University of Copenhagen, Alena Thiel, has secured the ERC Starting Grant for the project, ModelFutures. The project focuses on the use of statistics and digital quantification in four African welfare systems.
New research project to ensure a just green transition in the Nordic-Baltic Region
A new four-year, Nordforsk funded research project, coordinated by associate professor at ITU Vasilis Galis, will partner with Indigenous and local grassroots communities in Greenland, Lithuania, and Sápmi to learn about their experiences and challenges in the context of environmental justice.
IT University of Copenhagen turns 25
Today, IT University celebrates its 25th anniversary, marking a significant journey since its inception in 1999 with an inaugural class of 147 students. Since then, the university has grown exponentially to accommodate approximately 2,800 students. According to ITU Rector Per Bruun Brockhoff, this growth is driven by the soaring demand for the skills that ITU graduates possess.
Study: Social media platforms fail to remove illegal hate speech
Preliminary results from an EU-supported project shows that most reported hate speech on social media is either not removed or left unanswered. Researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen are a part of the study and responsible for collecting and analysing the data on hate speech in Denmark.
ITU students take on fake news with video game
In only 48 hours, Saskia Joanna Rauhut, Giorgio Perri, and Ioannis Maliaras from ITU’s MSc in Games programme completed a video game that tackles fake news in a profound and thought-provoking manner. The game was developed at the “Truth, Lies & Democracy” game jam in Barcelona.
Researchers work to solve healthcare’s growing e-waste problem
Associate Professor Daniel Fürstenau and PhD Fellow Camille Rønn lead a 9-million-euro Horizon Europe project aimed at solving the growing e-waste problem in the healthcare industry and closing its current linear take-make-waste operations.
Video: Can Artificial Intelligence be trusted?
Artificial intelligence or advanced algorithm? ITU researcher Nanna Inie focuses on how we talk about artificial intelligence in the public debate and which consequences it has for our understanding of the technology when it is described with human characteristics.
ITU Center behind the first ever ethical guidelines for European blockchain infrastructure
Europe is building a new digital infrastructure based on Blockchain technology. Representative for Denmark, Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen’s Business IT Department, Roman Beck and Research Assistant Signe Agerskov, have been in charge of convening the ethical guidelines that will ensure the system aligns with European values.
AI driven job matching has a bias problem, new ITU research tackles the issue
Algorithms are far from objective. In a new three-year industry partnership with Jobindex, ITU Associate Professor Toine Bogers and Postdoc Mesut Kaya will work to develop job and candidate recommendation algorithms that take multi-sided fairness into account.
Why digital data from our eyes will have significant implications for better or for worse
Professor at the IT University, Dan Witzner Hansen, has spent the most of his career researching how we collect and utilize data from our eyes. Now, he is a partner in the EU project, Eyes4ICU, which he hopes will be the fundation of the next generation of researchers in the field.
ITU researchers secure EU funding for research in digital agriculture and affective gaming
Professor Steffen Dalsgaard and Assistant Professor Elisa Mekler have collectively secured almost half a million euros from the Marie Sklodowska Curie Programme to fund two postdocs working on projects in digital agriculture and affective gaming.
Professor Sami S. Brandt’s research in audio-visual computing began with a love of music
On 11 April at 15:00, newly minted professor of the Computer Science Department at IT University in Copenhagen, Sami S. Brandt will present his inaugural lecture in Auditorium 0 at IT University of Copenhagen.
InnoCollab takes on innovation projects after Open Entrepreneurship
Since 2017, Peter Ibsen and Nikolaj Oppermann have built a bridge between ITU's researchers and the business world via the Open Entrepreneurship programme. The project, which was completed at the turn of the year, has been such a success that the IT University has launched an innovation unit, InnoCollab, to continue the work.
ITU researcher secures Carlsberg Foundation grant for query optimisation
Associate Professor Zoi Kaoudi from IT University’s Computer Science Department has secured approximately five million kroner for research in query optimisation.
Jens Christian Godskesen is stepping down as prorector 1 August 2024
Jens Christian Godskesen will be resigning his position as prorector on 1 August 2024. Jens Christian will be returning to a position as associate professor at the Computer Science Department to resume his research career.
Grant: ITU researcher working for transparency in training data for AI
Assistant Professor at IT University of Copenhagen’s Computer Science Department, Anna Rogers, has just secured a prestigious 940 000-euro Villum Young Investigator grant for a research project aimed at developing new methods for identifying references to language model training data.
ITU researcher part of Horizon Europe project to make urban mobility sustainable
Together with 31 partners from 15 countries Associate Professor Michael Szell will run a new urban mobility project implementing innovative mobility strategies in 12 cities for the next four years.
New mentorship programme provides ITU graduates with role models in the games industry
A new women’s mentorship programme for students in ITU’s Games MSc aims to provide graduating students with role models in the games industry. We spoke to Games student Saskia Joanna Rauhut and her mentor, Executive Technical Producer at IO Interactive, Cristina Vega, about the importance of representation and career paths in the industry.
Associate Professor Nutan Limaye receives prestigious ACM award
The ITU researcher receives the ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) Award for her outstanding contributions to computational complexity, and her active encouragement and mentoring of women in the field.
ITU researcher to spearhead Horizon Europe funded project for immersive experience of art and culture
Associate Professor Sami S. Brandt coordinates an 8.0 million-euro Horizon Europe project and leads a research and industry collaboration focused on developing mixed reality technology for the culture industry.
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