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Professor portrait: Marco Carbone was always going to be a computer scientist

Marco CarboneAbout ITUProfessor portraitResearchsoftware

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

Morten HjelholtProfessor portraitEvents

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

Hanna Elina WirmanPawel GrabarczykEventscomputer games

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

Jonas Juulawards

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

Researchartificial intelligencealgorithmsdata science

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

Andrzej WasowskiResearchsoftware

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

About ITUResearchMorten Hjelholt

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

Sami BrandtJustyna StarostkaResearchdigital art

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

Jonas Juul

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.