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Research project to boost sustainable AI

The environmental impact of AI is significant and growing. The researchers behind the new research project, DEEP, have received a 5,6 million DKK grant for a project focused on reducing the cost and the carbon footprint of AI solutions.

Nutan Limaye granted 12.8 million DKK to explore the limits of computation

The Carlsberg Foundation has granted Professor at the IT University, Nutan Limaye, 12.8 million DKK to develop a new theory on the limits of algorithms.

PhD student co-authors book on cyber dilemmas

The Danish book, Cyberdilemmaer - om mødet med virkeligheden, which has just been published, focuses on everyday situations where we must make decisions about IT security. One of the book’s authors is Raha Asadi, a PhD student at the IT University of Copenhagen, who hopes the book will help create a basis for dialogue between technical and non-technical colleagues.

New ITU Podcast: The IT security expert on the political desire for mass surveillance?

In a pilot episode of the IT University’s new podcast series, Tech-away, Carsten Schürmann, Head of the Centre for Information Security and Trust, discusses the CSA Regulation, under which the EU wants to require all messaging services to scan our digital communications. Although the proposal was blocked by German politicians, the political desire for mass surveillance is far from dead.

ITU researcher secures DKK 6.99 million for linguistically grounded language models

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Carlsberg Foundation funds project to embed real-world language knowledge into AI – beyond scale and compute.

ITU researchers receive international award

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AIS Impact Award goes to Danish researchers for the first time, recognising ITU research that sets the standard for ethical use of blockchain technology.

New research project explores human-AI entanglement to promote responsible use

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Professor at ITU, Jichen Zhu, has secured 7.19 million kroner from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a new project that investigates how people interact with artificial intelligence in highly subjective domains such as emotion recognition – and how to design tools that support more responsible use.

ITU researcher wants to make AI more trustworthy

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Associate Professor Christian Hardmeier has been granted DKK 7.18 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The grant is given for a project that investigates how large language models can better communicate uncertainty to users.

Can nature’s own design process help the next big AI leap?

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ITU professor Sebastian Risi is the co-author of a new open-access resource on an emerging field that could shape the future of artificial intelligence.

Nordic project with ITU participation aims to strengthen future citizenship

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In an era of algorithms, misinformation, and weakened trust in institutions, children and young people must be equipped to navigate democracy in the digital society. A new Nordic project focuses on solutions – and Associate Professor Gitte Stald from the IT University of Copenhagen plays a central role.