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ITU researchers secure prestigious Villum Experiment grants
Projects in infant cognition, robotics, and privacy-preserving AI receive funding for early-stage research.
Sami Brandt is the first winner of the ITU Research Award
Sami Brandt is the winner of the first-ever ITU Research Award. Please find out more about Sami Brandt and his research in this article.
Cancan Wang wins the 2025 ITU Teaching Award
Associate Professor Cancan Wang from the Digitalization, Democracy, and Governance (DDG) section at ITU is this year’s Teaching Award recipient. We spoke with Cancan about her teaching practices and what the award means to her.
Professor portrait: Eva Rotenberg wants to make algorithms simpler – for everyone’s benefit
On October 3, 2025, at 14:30, Professor Eva Rotenberg will deliver an inaugural lecture in Auditorium 02 at the IT University of Copenhagen. The lecture is titled: “A story of shortest paths.”
Professor portrait: Luca Aiello wants to make the internet a better place
On 24 September 2025 at 14:30, Professor Luca Aiello will give his inaugural lecture in Auditorium 0 at the IT University in Copenhagen.
Professor portrait: Marco Carbone was always going to be a computer scientist
On 19 September 2025 at 15:00, Professor Marco Carbone will give his inaugural lecture in Auditorium 02 at the IT University in Copenhagen.
Professor portrait: Morten Hjelholt wants to understand the digital welfare state
On 5 September 2025 at 15:00, Professor and Head of Research Morten Hjelholt will give his inaugural lecture in Auditorium 02 at the IT University in Copenhagen. The lecture is entitled: “Everywhere and Nowhere: The Digital State and Its Citizens”.
25 Years of Games at ITU
This year, games research and education at the IT University of Copenhagen celebrates its 25th anniversary. The anniversary will be celebrated at ITU on 26 and 27 August, with talks and an exhibition about the games made by ITU students and alumni.
Jonas Juul receives the H.C. Ørsted Research Talent Award 2025
Assistant Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Jonas Juul, has received the H.C. Ørsted Research Talent Awards 2025. Jonas Juul receives the prize for his research on social networks, information technology and complex systems’ physics.
ITU receives two Danish Data Science Academy Fellowships
Each year, the DDSA awards a total of 10 PhDs, and 6 postdocs. This year, ITU has secured two – Nils Grünefeld who will undertake a PhD in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, and Ola Rønning will begin a postdoc project in Probabilistic Programming.
ITU researcher wants to improve statistics models
Professor Andrzej Wasowski has been granted DKK 6.1 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The grant is given for a project that is looking into how probabilistic models can become more reliable.
ITU researcher receives grant for project on verification of reflective programs
Assistant Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Eduard Kamburjan, has received a Sapere Aude grant of almost DKK 6.2 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark. The grant will fund a project that will investigate how to verify reflective programs.
Morten Hjelholt appointed head of research
Professor Morten Hjelholt has served as interim head of research since January and is highlighted for his “commitment, conviction, and a management philosophy”. Starting 1 August, he will take on the position permanently.
ITU researchers want to bring classical music to you
Is it possible to use technology to bring arts and music closer to people? This is one of the purposes of the research project XTREME, which is investigating how mixed reality can be used to bring music and art experiences to audiences that otherwise have some barriers to experience them.
Jonas Juul has been accepted into the Young Academy
The Young Academy has revealed which talented young researchers have been admitted this year. Among them is Assistant Professor Jonas Juul from the It University of Copenhagen.
Professor portrait: Thomas Binder's research connects to a changing world
On 19 June 2025 at 14:30, Professor Thomas Binder will give his inaugural lecture in Auditorium 0 at the IT University of Copenhagen. The lecture is entitled: “What design can do and how it matters”.
Professor portrait: Veronika Cheplygina improves the field of machine learning through meta-research
On 10 June 2025 at 14:30, Professor Veronika Cheplygina will present her inaugural lecture in Auditorium 0 at the IT University of Copenhagen. The lecture is entitled: “Not real research”.
"The aim is our trust"
As part of the Danish Science Festival, the IT University and the newspaper Dagbladet Information gathered a number of experts to discuss cyber warfare in Denmark and how prepared we are for it. The Minister of Resilience and Preparedness, Thorsten Schack Pedersen, also participated in the talk.
Professor portrait: Nutan Limaye is pushing the boundaries of complexity theory
On 22 May 2025 at 14:30, Professor Nutan Limaye from the section Theoretical Computer Science will present her inaugural lecture in Auditorium 0 at the IT University of Copenhagen. The lecture is entitled “My reflections on the last two decades and Complexity Theory”.
Professor portrait Anna Vallgårda challenges the design of care technology
On 9 May 2025 at 14:30, Professor Anna Vallgårda will give her inaugural lecture in Auditorium 0 at the IT University of Copenhagen. The lecture is entitled: ”Radical Redesign of Care Technologies”.
Inaugural lecture of Professor Eva Rotenberg
Professor Eva Rotenberg will present her inaugural lecture entitled "A story of shortest paths."
Seminar: Borders, (im)mobilities and databases
Join this seminar, which combines scientific and artistic regimes of engagement. The seminar explores how imaginaries of the present and future of digital borders, with their promises of order, seamless governance and frictionless flows of bodily data, are constructed, as well as how the lived reality of administrative and spatial tactics, policies and technologies of borders
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