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How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg receives impressive media coverage all over the world

24 March, 2023

Bent Flyvbjerg, Professor at IT-University of Copenhagen and University of Oxford, has recently had his book How Big Things Get Done published. The book has received a spectacular welcome and a massive press coverage worldwide.

Do deepfake videos challenge the integrity of online information?

Aske Mottelson Digital Design Department Research artificial intelligence algorithms awards democracy social media

7 March, 2023

Deepfakes – highly realistic synthetic audio-video content depicting actual individuals – may potentially increase the dissemination of disinformation online, but research on the phenomenon and how users are affected is sparse. A new research project spearheaded by the IT University’s Human-Centered Data Science research group tackles the issue.

Professor portrait: Teaching and teaching teaching is Claus Brabrand’s hallmark

Claus Brabrand About ITU Computer Science Department Education programming languages software

6 March, 2023

On March 23, Claus Brabrand, Head of the Center for Computing Education Research (CCER) and member of the Computer Science Department at the IT University of Copenhagen, will present his inaugural lecture as professor. He has spent the past twenty years working in educational research and is today considered a thought leader in the field. The lecture will take place at 14:00 in Auditorium 0 (zero).

ITU web server targeted by attackers, system integrity remains intact

About ITU

28 February, 2023

On Thursday, February 23, ITU’s web server was targeted by cyberattackers. The server went offline briefly but the system integrity remains intact.

ITU project to monitor illegal hate speech on social media platforms

Leon Derczynski Computer Science Department ethics social media

27 February, 2023

Social media platforms are required by law to remove illegal content – such as hate speech – but in Denmark, monitoring of the platforms ceased in 2018. A new ITU lead project aims to monitor platforms for instances of hate speech in Danish and report to the EU.

Ambitious EU funded robot research project to ensure sustainable food handling

Kasper Støy Research algorithms artificial intelligence grants innovation robots

20 February, 2023

The EU MOZART project investigates the latest robotic technologies and system solutions to drive the food industry towards economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The project is coordinated by Professor Kasper Støy of the IT University of Copenhagen.

New face at ITU to help build the “Danish embassy of AI”

Toine Bogers Collaborations Computer Science Department Research artificial intelligence

6 February, 2023

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Toine Bogers, is a new face at the IT University of Copenhagen. Alongside his work at ITU, he is also the new Chief Scientific Officer of the Pioneer Centre for AI – a collaborative effort between five Danish universities to conduct and facilitate fundamental research in AI.

New research and industry collaboration to improve usability of cyber security tools

Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath Collaborations Digital Design Department Research cybercrime design grants software

6 February, 2023

Cyberattacks are multi-dimensional, but cybersecurity software lacks the ability to represent threats. A new research and industry collaboration headed up on the ITU side by Associate Professor of Digital Design at the IT University, Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath, sets out to make cybersecurity tools more accessible and usable.

Radu-Cristian Curticapean secures funding from Villum Fonden for research in resource requirements

Radu-Cristian Curticapean Computer Science Department Research algorithms grants

24 January, 2023

This year, 22 research talents from the technical and natural sciences will receive a combined total of DKK 126 million through Villum Fonden Young Investigator Programme. One of this year’s recipients is Associate Professor of Computer Science from the IT University of Copenhagen, Radu-Cristian Curticapean who has been awarded 3 million DKK for research in the field of theoretical computer science.

Regarding incident at last year's exam

Per Bruun Brockhoff About ITU

13 January, 2023

Students taking the Security 1 exam on December 22, 2022, were presented with an exam set identical to last year’s. The university administration is still in the process of investigating the incident.

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