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Students collaborate with local hospital in wayfinding project

CollaborationsEducationErik Grönvalldesign

Intricate hallways and confusing signage present challenges for patients, visitors and staff alike at Amager Hospital. As a part of their education in Service Design, students from the IT University developed new wayfinding solutions for the hospital.

Digitalization creates IT job opportunities in finance

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The financial sector needs skilled workers that can help the industry to keep up with rapidly developing technologies. On 17 November, companies from the financial sector met with ITU students for Finance IT Day 2015.

The Death of Business as Usual

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The development of ICT is changing business in every corner of the society. With the establishment of the new research group, TIME, the IT University of Copenhagen is strengthening its efforts to become a leading institution in the areas of innovation, management and value creation with IT.

Researchers: Digitalization is critical to the continued success of the LEGO Group

CollaborationsResearchmanagementbusinessPernille Kræmmergaard

A comprehensive digitalization plays a key role in the LEGO Group’s continued journey which stretches from near-death experience to record profits, according to a new paper by digitalization researchers Pernille Kræmmergaard and Omar A. El Sawy. The paper has just won first place in the 2015 SIM Paper Award Competition.

Innovation game gave students insight into business processes

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A group of 60 students from Digital Innovation & Management at the IT University went behind the scenes at the clothing company Getro. The project resulted in a number of suggestions for how the company can improve its business processes - and gave the students new insights on the challenges of a real company.

Networking paves the road for female coders

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Female_Coders is a new network for female students who are interested in programming. On Monday, October 12, the group held its first workshop at the IT University of Copenhagen.

Culture Night at the IT University

The IT University of Copenhagen opens its doors on Copenhagen’s Culture Night and invites grown-ups and kids into a fascinating digital world. On this night, you can meet a juice-dispensing robot, control an electronic ball with your mobile and find out if happiness improves your decision-making abilities.

Meet your new virtual pets

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Have online cat videos become a tad too predictable? Is your dog starting to bore you with the same old tricks? Soon you might be able to find new, entertaining alternatives in the virtual world.

Industrial PhD from ITU wins award at eGovernment conference

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Christian Østergaard Madsen, Industrial PhD student at the IT University, has won ‘Outstanding Paper’ at the EGOV 2015 conference about digital public administration. The winning paper is about citizens’ choice of forms of contact with public authorities.

ITU Business Innovators

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Entrepreneurship has been part of the IT University DNA since day one and last year ITU Business Development A/S was established to support researchers and students wanting to start their own businesses. It’s still the early days, but expectations and ambitions are high and support great.