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Award-winning thesis: Young investors want influence

Digital Design Department Education awards fintech apps

14 November, 2018

A concept for an investment app for young people won two students from Digital Media and Design the FA bachelor thesis award 2018. They received the award in connection with Finance IT Day on Wednesday 14 November – and the winners are naturally planning to invest the DKK 30,000 prize.

Is blockchain more than a buzzword?

Business IT Department Research Blockchain Roman Beck business

31 October, 2018

Blockchain is a much-discussed technology during these years, and distinguishing between hype and actual opportunities can be difficult. In this video, Roman Beck, Professor at ITU and Head of the European Blockchain Center, explains what kind of solutions the technology may lead to in the future.

ITU students are the most satisfied in the Nordic countries

About ITU Education career student life

22 October, 2018

A new survey from the research company Universum revelas that students at the IT University of Copenhagen are the most satisfied among IT and engineering students in the Nordic countries, both when it comes to their university, career services and job prospects.

Martin Zachariasen becomes new Vice Chancellor of the IT University of Copenhagen

About ITU Martin Tvede Zachariasen

27 September, 2018

Martin Zachariasen, Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Southern Denmark, will be the new Vice Chancellor of the IT University of Copenhagen. He will assume the position on January 1, 2019.

ITU graduates created one of Italy’s biggest game successes

Digital Design Department Entrepreneurship computer games startups

20 September, 2018

Three graduates from ITU’s Games programme went on to found what would become one of Italy’s most successful indie game studios, 34BigThings. We talked to the founders about their company and their time at ITU.

3 ways to overcome the gender gap in IT education

Education Research diversity

17 September, 2018

Preconceived notions about what men and women are skilled at influence young people's choice of education, according to both Danish and international research. Valeria Borsotti, anthropologist and Diversity Consultant at ITU, delved into the reasons behind Danish women's choice or rejection of a technical IT education.

CAST IT: The price of anarchy

Research cast IT algorithms business Thore Husfeldt

14 September, 2018

ITU’s Thore Husfeldt interviews Stanford professor Tim Roughgarden about algorithmic game theory in the cross-section between computer science and economics.

Spinout from ITU automates strenuous lab work

Research Digital Design Department Entrepreneurship startups robots

13 September, 2018

Robot professor Kasper Støy has founded Flow Robotics, which lets a robot take over repetitive pipetting tasks that lead to hand and arm injuries among lab workers.

VILLUM grant for ITU project on privacy protection

Computer Science Department Research data storage IT security grants Andrzej Wasowski

10 September, 2018

Professor Andrzej Wąsowski receives DKK 2 million for an experimental research project that aims to increase privacy for users of digital technologies in the data-driven economy using new methods.

Startup incubator helps students create the next Danish IT success

Entrepreneurship startups innovation student life

3 September, 2018

The entrepreneurial spirit is in great shape at the IT University, where students can get help to develop their business ideas through ‘Startup Programme’. So far, more than 40 startups have received help with everything from legal advice to funding.

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