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ITU researcher secures ERC Consolidator grant to develop rapid learning abilities in AI

Sebastian Risi Digital Design Department Research algorithms artificial intelligence grants

13 December, 2022

Professor Sebastian Risi from the IT University’s Digital Design department has received 1.9 million Euros from the European Research Council to develop AI that is capable of adapting to and learning from unforeseen events in a bid to unleash more of the enormous potential of autonomous machines.

Gaming AI engine developers modl.ai close 8.5-million-euro funding deal

Sebastian Risi Digital Design Department Entrepreneurship algorithms artificial intelligence computer games

9 November, 2022

The company, co-founded by Professor at the IT University, Sebastian Risi, tackles complex game development problems with automation and an army of bots.

Professor Sebastian Risi receives grant to develop policy learning with neural networks

Sebastian Risi Digital Design Department Research algorithms artificial intelligence

20 April, 2022

Professor in the Digital Design Department at the IT University of Copenhagen, Sebastian Risi, has received a grant of approximately 550,000 Danish kroner for his work on neural cellular automata to grow neural network policies capable of adapting to novel complex reinforcement learning tasks.

ITU researchers receive Villum grant to improve image recognition systems

Sebastian Risi Anders Sundnes Løvlie Digital Design Department Research grants

23 September, 2021

Professor Sebastian Risi and Associate Professor Anders Sundnes Løvlie have just received a Villum Synergy grant for a project to improve image recognition systems by training on nonphotographic visual art.

Professor Profile: Sebastian Risi develops AI by having machines play videogames

Sebastian Risi About ITU Digital Design Department artificial intelligence computer games

4 August, 2021

How do you teach a computer to be creative and adaptive? The same way we humans learn it: by playing games and solving problems. Professor of Digital Design Sebastian Risi uses games to train neural networks for problem solving in the real world. He will give his inaugural lecture entitled "Creative AI: Machines that Play, Adapt, and Create" on August 23.

ITU professor in Prestigious Journal: Game Technology Can improve AI-Development

Sebastian Risi Digital Design Department Research artificial intelligence computer games

6 August, 2020

Professor Sebastian Risi publishes paper in Nature Machine Intelligence on how to improve training of robots with popular video game technology.

Researchers from ITU receive five grants from Independent Research Fund Denmark

Sebastian Risi Barbara Plank Bernardo Machado David Leon Derczynski Steffen Dalsgaard Research grants

21 October, 2019

The grants will fund research in artificial Intelligence, urban air and language and other research areas. Five researchers receive the grants for their respective research projects.

ITU researcher receives artificial life-award

Sebastian Risi Research Digital Design Department artificial intelligence awards

6 August, 2018

Associate professor at The IT University of Copenhagen, Sebastian Risi, receives “Distinguished Young Investigator Award.”

AI generates new challenges for Mario

Sebastian Risi Digital Design Department Research computer games artificial intelligence

13 June, 2018

A group of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that automatically generates new levels for computer games. The technology opens up for new possibilities for adapting the difficulty of game levels to individual players.

New robot printer spits out recyclable robots

Sebastian Risi Computer Science Department Research Digital Design Department robots

3 July, 2017

In just 13 minutes, a newly developed robot printer can transform an aluminum wire with little motors attached into a functional robot that can be recycled and reused for other purposes. Researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU), MIT and Columbia, among others, are behind the invention, which might eventually be used in space or in disaster situations.

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