Flagship: AI og Digital Transformation

Artificial intelligence and digital transformation are becoming ever more integrated into our daily lives. The question is no longer whether our society is changing, but how we can help ensure that this transformation takes place on the basis of knowledge, with a focus on value creation and responsibility.

At the IT University of Copenhagen, we work with AI and digital transformation in ways that enhance people’s skills, creativity, and capacity to act, while maintaining critical reflection, professional judgement, and social responsibility.

In the AI framework, “AI with Value and Responsibility”, we describe how the IT University of Copenhagen takes a holistic approach to AI and digital transformation. AI is a shared strategic area in which research, education, innovation, and lifelong learning work together to help individuals, organisations, and society make informed and responsible choices in a digital world.

You can find the latest news about our work with AI and digital transformation below.

AI with value and responsibility

With the AI Framework, ITU brings research, education, innovation, and continuing education together in one coordinated effort.

The aim is to develop and apply artificial intelligence in ways that create tangible value – responsibly

ERC Grant to bring self-healing AI hardware into space

The GROW-AI team, led by Professor Sebastian Risi at the IT University of Copenhagen, has been awarded a 2025 ERC Proof of Concept Grant for a project aimed at making future space technologies more resilient to radiation and hardware failures.

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Why human-centred computing is the key to navigating the AI era

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape how we work, communicate, and make decisions, one question is becoming increasingly urgent: who ensures that technology works for people? ITU's Head of Research, Morten Hjelholt, talks AI, human-computer-interaction, and future demands.

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ITU project will study how humans react when AI systems fail

New research led by Associate Professor Paolo Burelli aims to prevent disasters at sea by tackling alarm overload, loss of trust, and confusion in increasingly autonomous vessels.

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Design

postdoc Willem van der Maden and Professor Jichen Zhu

ITU researchers secure NordForsk grant to investigate responsible AI in design

Two researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen are investigating how AI is transforming the way we design digital services – and how we can ensure that this transformation is responsible.

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Sustainable AI

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.

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Neuroevolution

Yujin Tang Sebastian Risi David Ha and Risto Miikkulainen

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

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

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Neuroscience

Decoding the Brain: Can AI help predict human behaviour?

What if it were possible to read the brain like a book? Paolo Burelli and his colleagues at the IT University’s brAIn Lab work at the cutting edge of digital technology and neuroscience.

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Language models

Researcher takes on linguistically grounded language models

Associate Professor Rob van der Goot has received DKK 6,988,496 to explore how to incorporate human linguistic knowledge directly into the design of language models, challenging the dominant paradigm that relies on ever-growing datasets.

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Interaction with AI

New research project explores human-AI entanglement

Professor at ITU, Jichen Zhu, has secured 7.19 million 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.

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Trustworthy AI

ITU researcher wants to make AI more trustworthy

Associate Professor Christian Hardmeier has been granted DKK 7.18 million for a project that investigates how large language models can better communicate uncertainty to users.

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