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98% of ITU research is freely available online

25 April, 2018

The IT University of Copenhagen is the leading Danish university when it comes to using Open Access for scientific publications.

CAST IT: Verifying one million digits of Pi

Research software Thore Husfeldt cast IT

19 April, 2018

In this podcast, Thore Husfeldt talks to Yves Bertot, a leading researcher on correctness of software and the verification of mathematical proofs.

What happens when the boundaries between play and labour collapse?

Computer Science Department Research

16 April, 2018

The concept of playbour, a contraction of play and labour, is central when looking at how to hold on to participants in online Collaborative Commons, and create a form of sustainability, says Giacomo Poderi. He is a postdoc at the IT University of Copenhagen, who, in a new project, is studying participants’ subjective experiences in the commons.

ITU team honoured for research paper on SSDs

Computer Science Department Research data storage Philippe Bonnet

5 April, 2018

Professor Phillippe Bonnet and his former PhD students Matias Bjørling and Javier Gonzalez were honoured for their work on Solid State Drives (SSDs) at the 9th Annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop hosted by the University of California, San Diego.

Big Data Analytics pays off, new research shows

Business IT Department Research big data business Oliver Müller

4 April, 2018

On average, companies can increase productivity by 3.75 percent by implementing Big Data Analytics solutions, shows research from the IT University of Copenhagen and the University of Liechtenstein. Their study is based on data from more than 800 major companies.

Machine learning can predict the effect of genetic mutations

Jes Frellsen Computer Science Department Research artificial intelligence

3 April, 2018

Essentially, machine learning is concerned with developing algorithms that can teach a machine to solve problems based on examples, says Associate Professor Jes Frellsen, whose research shows, among other things, that machine learning can be used to predict the effect of genetic mutations.

Digitalization is transforming the relationships between the state, corporations, and citizens

Research Business IT Department digitization James Maguire

22 March, 2018

Denmark is on its way to become a central node within the global distribution of data. Postdoc James Maguire investigates the rise of Apple, Facebook, and Google's datacenters in Denmark.

New student startup wants to make buying cryptocurrencies easy

Entrepreneurship startups fintech Blockchain ITU Business Development

20 March, 2018

Students Julien Protain and Samy Tessier have founded Clockwork Trader – a platform that will give Danes easier and cheaper access to buying cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum. The company has received an investment of DKK 225,000 kroner from ITU Business Development and Syddansk Innovation and is planning to launch later this year.

Looking for a cheaper, better and faster way to develop software

Research Maria Paasivaara Computer Science Department software management

15 March, 2018

By making their software development processes agile, companies can improve the quality of products while reducing production costs and time. Associate professor Maria Paasivaara explores how to take global software engineering into the future by challenging the traditional company hierarchy.

Meet the ITU graduate behind Zendesk

Entrepreneurship software startups

13 March, 2018

Morten Primdahl is co-founder of Zendesk, one of the biggest ever Danish IT success stories. Here he talks about his time at ITU and passes good advice on to next generation of IT entrepreneurs.

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