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CAST IT: Cybersecurity And Star Wars

Research cast IT IT security software Thore Husfeldt

20 September, 2017

Cybersecurity and the early history of software engineering are among the topics discussed in this episode of CAST IT, featuring Rebecca Slayton.

Big data from space to be used in ITU classrooms

Computer Science Department Education Collaborations big data Philippe Bonnet

20 September, 2017

A new collaboration between the IT University of Copenhagen and the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education gives students and researchers the chance to work with data collected by the EU’s earth observation program, Copernicus.

CAST IT The truth in digital society

Research cast IT media algorithms Thore Husfeldt

19 September, 2017

Vincent Hendricks talks about information, knowledge and truth in the internet age.

USA: Virginia ditches DRE voting machines after ITU researcher’s hack

Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research democracy IT security e-government

12 September, 2017

In July 2017 associate professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Carsten Schürmann made the headlines in the international media with a hack that demonstrated the vulnerabilities of the DRE voting machines used in the U.S. elections. Now these voting machines are decertified in the state of Virginia.

New survey: The notion of echo chambers on Facebook is exaggerated

Digital Design Department Research Luca Rossi democracy social media

5 September, 2017

A new survey by the research group DECIDIS at the IT University of Copenhagen challenges the notion that social media make users with different political positions invisible to each other. Nearly a third of Danes sometimes change their opinion as a result of a political discussion on Facebook.

Danish Foreign Ministry grant to fund workshop on blockchain

Business IT Department Research Blockchain Roman Beck

30 August, 2017

ITU Professor Roman Beck, who leads the newly founded European Blockchain Center, has secured a small grant of 88.000 Danish kroner from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

First generation of data scientists begin studies at ITU

Computer Science Department Education big data Natalie Schluter

29 August, 2017

The first 70 students have begun their studies in the IT University of Copenhagen’s brand-new bachelor programme in Data Science, Denmark's first of its kind. Over the next three years, they will learn to derive knowledge from big data, and their skills will be in high demand.

IT University of Copenhagen welcomes record number of new students

About ITU Education student life

21 August, 2017

On the first day of the new semester, ITU welcomed 378 new bachelor students – the biggest year group in the history of the university.

Can AI prevent relapse among drug addicts?

Computer Science Department Education algorithms artificial intelligence health ITU thesis

16 August, 2017

In his thesis project, ITU student Christopher Bjerre developed a software tool for use in addiction treatment. Using a combination of machine learning algorithms, the tool can predict relapse with great accuracy and thus help rehabilitation staff to prevent it from happening.

ITU researcher’s hack of a US voting machine makes headlines around the world

Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research algorithms democracy digitization e-government innovation IT security management

1 August, 2017

Carsten Schürmann, Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, hacked an American WINVote machine at DEF CON, one of the world's largest hacker conventions. The hack has now been receiving a lot attention in some of the worlds most influential media.

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