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ITU launches new Center for Digital Play

Anders Sundnes LøvlieHanna Elina WirmanLisbeth KlastrupMiguel SicartPaolo BurelliAbout ITUDigital Design Departmentartificial intelligencecomputer gamesdesignsocial media

The new Center for Digital Play at the IT University of Copenhagen will serve as base for research in computer games, creative AI, design, and digital culture.

Flyvbjerg: IT projects lack sufficient risk assessment

Bent FlyvbjergDanish Institute for IT Program ManagementComputer Science Departmentbusinessmanagement

According to VKR Professor and Head of the Danish Institute for IT Program Management at the IT University, Bent Flyvbjerg, cost overruns on large-scale IT projects can be attributed to faulty risk assessment. In a new scientific article, the researcher and his colleagues present a power law to combat the problem.

ITU receives positive accreditation

Per Bruun BrockhoffAbout ITUEducation

In an accompanying report, the Danish Accreditation Institution bases its decision to award the IT University a positive accreditation on the university’s “a well-founded and ongoing quality assurance practice that systematically and comprehensively addresses issues of quality and relevance and supports the continuous development of all study programmes.”

ITU researcher’s spinout company Mindpool is acquired by leading innovation platform Wazoku

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The research spinout Mindpool, co-founded by researcher at the IT University’s Business IT department, Carina Antonia Hallin, has been acquired by leading innovation platform Wazoku.

Workshop: Understanding the pitfalls of case-study research with Bent Flyvbjerg

On Thursday Oct. 6, VKR Professor of IT project management at ITU, Bent Flyvbjerg, will host a workshop about common misunderstandings that hamper effective case-study driven research. Danish as well as international researchers are encouraged to sign up.

Recommendations to boost cooperative enterprise based on ITU research

Hanne Westh NicolajsenLene NielsenVasiliki BakaBusiness IT DepartmentResearchbusinessdemocracy

Danish startups and entrepreneurs lack knowledge of the potential in cooperative enterprise. The Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs’ taskforce on cooperative enterprise has published a new set of recommendations for legislators to address the problem. A team of ITU researchers has been instrumental in devising the recommendations by analyzing democratic entrepreneurship in Denmark.

Per Bruun Brockhoff appointed new Vice-Chancellor of the IT University of Copenhagen

Per Bruun BrockhoffAbout ITU

Department Head at DTU Compute, Per Bruun Brockhoff, will take office as Vice-Chancellor of the IT University on September 1, 2022.

Innovation projects apply knowledge in practice – and presents new perspectives on research

Bernardo Machado DavidCancan WangBusiness IT DepartmentComputer Science DepartmentResearchfintechgrants

Researchers at the IT University of Copenhagen, Cancan Wang and Bernardo David, have secured funding from Copenhagen Fintech to realize their respective innovation projects in a private sector context. Innovation projects allow researchers to apply their knowledge in practice and gain new research insights.

NERDS research group wins best research environment award

Luca Maria AielloLuca RossiMichael SzellMichele CosciaRoberta SinatraAbout ITUawardsbig datadata scienceVedran Sekara

The IT University’s Networks, Data, and Society (NERDS) research group is the winner of Danish Young Academy’s award for best research environment.

Funding: ITU researchers examine cultural dynamics in the age of digitalisation

Luca RossiVasilieos-Spyridon VlassisBusiness IT DepartmentDigital Design DepartmentResearchbig dataClimate ITdata sciencedigitizationethicsgrants

Associate Professor at Digital Design, Luca Rossi, and Postdoc at Business IT, Vasilieos-Spyridon Vlassis, have secured 4.6 million kroner from the European CHANSE programme for their respective research projects in digital innovation and social and cultural dynamics.