"Digital Design Department"

Video: Is artificial intelligence the key to human consciousness?

Digital Design Department Paolo Burelli Research artificial intelligence

12 November, 2024

"Our future is going to look like science fiction." Associate professor at IT University of Copenhagen, Paolo Burelli, uses artificial intelligence to approach a better understanding of the human brain and consciousness.

Study: Social media platforms fail to remove illegal hate speech

Digital Design Department Computer Science Department Research algorithms ethics social media

3 July, 2024

Preliminary results from an EU-supported project shows that most reported hate speech on social media is either not removed or left unanswered. Researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen are a part of the study and responsible for collecting and analysing the data on hate speech in Denmark.

ITU researchers secure EU funding for research in digital agriculture and affective gaming

Digital Design Department Elisa Mekler Steffen Dalsgaard Business IT Department Research Climate IT computer games green IT

15 April, 2024

Professor Steffen Dalsgaard and Assistant Professor Elisa Mekler have collectively secured almost half a million euros from the Marie Sklodowska Curie Programme to fund two postdocs working on projects in digital agriculture and affective gaming.

New mentorship programme provides ITU graduates with role models in the games industry

Digital Design Department Education computer games diversity career

18 January, 2024

A new women’s mentorship programme for students in ITU’s Games MSc aims to provide graduating students with role models in the games industry. We spoke to Games student Saskia Joanna Rauhut and her mentor, Executive Technical Producer at IO Interactive, Cristina Vega, about the importance of representation and career paths in the industry.

Conference and handbook: How to bridge the digital gap

Digital Design Department Research digitization

5 December, 2023

The research project CAPE is coming to an end. CAPE will mark the occasion with a conference on 7 December and the publication of a handbook on how libraries and government institutions can support citizens struggling to use digital services.

How good are we at navigating the digital stream of information?

Digital Design Department Gitte Stald democracy digitization media social media

25 September, 2023

A new project sets out to gauge the level of media literacy in the Nordic countries, and one of the experts tasked with qualifying the project survey is Associate Professor Gitte Stald from IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design department.

Velux Fonden to fund ITU research project in digital care practices

Digital Design Department Anna Vallgårda Erik Grönvall Jonas Fritsch Marie Ertner Signe Yndigegn Research design digitization grants health seniors

28 June, 2023

Five researchers from IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design Department have secured 5.7 million kroner from Velux Fonden to investigate how digital technologies affect the relationship between users and care providers in the healthcare system.

Hanna Wirman investigates how online games are used in unforeseen ways

Digital Design Department Hanna Elina Wirman Research computer games democracy

19 June, 2023

Games are everywhere – even in the most unlikely places. Hanna Wirman, Associate Professor at IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design Department, investigates extraordinary ways in which games are used for other purposes than entertainment including political protests and international conflicts.

Educating future game designers to make the game industry more sustainable

Digital Design Department Hanna Elina Wirman Climate IT computer games

12 June, 2023

A multi-disciplinary research group investigates how to make future game developers include sustainability. At the workshop, NASG Un-Jam, held at the IT University of Copenhagen, 23 European students contributed to the project by developing prototypes of environmental and cultural friendly games.

Do deepfake videos challenge the integrity of online information?

Digital Design Department Aske Mottelson Research artificial intelligence algorithms awards democracy social media

7 March, 2023

Deepfakes – highly realistic synthetic audio-video content depicting actual individuals – may potentially increase the dissemination of disinformation online, but research on the phenomenon and how users are affected is sparse. A new research project spearheaded by the IT University’s Human-Centered Data Science research group tackles the issue.

New research and industry collaboration to improve usability of cyber security tools

Digital Design Department Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath Collaborations Research cybercrime design grants software

6 February, 2023

Cyberattacks are multi-dimensional, but cybersecurity software lacks the ability to represent threats. A new research and industry collaboration headed up on the ITU side by Associate Professor of Digital Design at the IT University, Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath, sets out to make cybersecurity tools more accessible and usable.

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

Digital Design Department Sebastian Risi 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.

Research spinout LAIKA helps creative writers overcome the dreaded writer’s block

Digital Design Department Martin Pichlmair Entrepreneurship Research algorithms artificial intelligence computer games

5 December, 2022

Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Martin Pichlmair, has spearheaded the development of LAIKA – new artificial intelligence that acts as a helping hand for creative writers struggling to find inspiration. Today, LAIKA is officially launched as a spinout company in collaboration with the ITU Business Unit.

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

Digital Design Department Sebastian Risi 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.

ITU launches new Center for Digital Play

Digital Design Department Anders Sundnes Løvlie Hanna Elina Wirman Lisbeth Klastrup Miguel Sicart Paolo Burelli About ITU artificial intelligence computer games design social media

24 October, 2022

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.

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

Digital Design Department Luca Rossi Vasilieos-Spyridon Vlassis Business IT Department Research big data Climate IT data science digitization ethics grants

1 June, 2022

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.

Rasmus Ejlers Møgelberg and Jonas Fritsch receive grants from IRFD

Digital Design Department Jonas Fritsch Rasmus Ejlers Møgelberg Computer Science Department Research awards design software programming languages Stina Hasse Joergensen

10 May, 2022

The two researchers – from Computer Science and Digital Design at the IT University respectively – have each secured a grant of approximately 2.8 million kroner for their research projects.

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

Digital Design Department Sebastian Risi 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.

Using Minecraft to explore climate change topics with school children

Digital Design Department Research Climate IT computer games

8 February, 2022

Few of the world’s most popular games deal directly with climate issues. However, games can still be used to make gamers think about real world problems, says Associate Professor, Hans-Joachim Backe, who is developing tools for teachers to discuss climate issues based on for example Minecraft.

ITU PhD fellow named Game Changer by gaming industry mainstay

Digital Design Department Research computer games ethics Leon Xiao

5 January, 2022

PhD fellow at the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen, Leon Y. Xiao, is new to ITU, but his research into the legal and ethical aspects of the gaming industry has already made an impact. Gaming industry mainstay, GamesIndustry.biz, recently named him one of 2021’s Game Changers.

"Programming languages are my colour palette” – ITU’s Mogens Jacobsen wins prestigious art grant

Digital Design Department Mogens Jacobsen awards design digital art programming languages

8 December, 2021

The artist Mogens Jacobsen who teaches at Digital Design at the IT University of Copenhagen creates art inspired by technology and scientific research. Today, he is the recipient of a grant from the prestigious Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation.

A virtual reality visit to the doctor’s office may persuade sceptics to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Digital Design Department Aske Mottelson Research virtual reality

25 October, 2021

According to a new scientific paper, a virtual visit to the doctor may help convince sceptics of the COVID-19 vaccine to get vaccinated. Lead author of the paper, Assistant Professor of Digital Design at ITU, Aske Mottelson, explains how VR can make a radical difference.

ITU researchers receive Villum grant to improve image recognition systems

Digital Design Department Anders Sundnes Løvlie Sebastian Risi 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

Digital Design Department Sebastian Risi About ITU 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.

New research project at ITU: How can we make digitalization of the public sector a citizen driven project?

Digital Design Department Research grants digitization

16 April, 2021

The lack of user participation in the digitalization of the public sector in the Nordic countries blocks a truly successful digital transformation. The aim of the new research project CAPE is to investigate how to increase user involvement in the development of public e-services.

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

Digital Design Department Research artificial intelligence computer games Sebastian Risi

6 August, 2020

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

New Study: User-based surveillance is not effective against fake-news

Digital Design Department Research social media Michele Coscia

6 July, 2020

The defence against fake news, to a large extent, relies on the social media users identifying and "flagging" suspicious stories, but are we, the users, really capable of doing that? No, a new study concludes.

ITU launches research center for digital welfare

Digital Design Department Business IT Department Computer Science Department Research e-government Brit Ross Winthereik digitization

30 September, 2019

We know too little about the consequences of comprehensive digitization of the welfare society. Now, a new interdisciplinary research center at ITU will investigate the effects of public digital solutions and create a basis for ensuring that public digitization aligns with the values of the welfare society.

Computer game creates better understanding of Alzheimer's

Digital Design Department Education computer games student life

26 June, 2019

Five students from the IT University's MSc in Games have created ‘Forgotten’ – a game that provides insight into what living with Alzheimer's is like. The students hope that the game can help give especially young people a better understanding of the disease.

The IT University of Copenhagen launches Center for Information Security and Trust

Digital Design Department Carsten Schürmann Business IT Department Computer Science Department IT security

11 March, 2019

With the establishment of a multidisciplinary research center, the IT University aims to create a foundation for raising the level of IT security in Denmark so that it matches current and future cyber threats.

New ITU lab examines the emotional aspects of technology

Digital Design Department Education Research design Jonas Fritsch

5 March, 2019

Technology has become such a substantial part of our lives that it affects our experience of ourselves and our surroundings. AIR Lab is a new interdisciplinary meeting place at ITU that takes the emotional aspects of technology seriously.

Award-winning thesis: Young investors want influence

Digital Design Department Education awards fintech apps

14 November, 2018

A concept for an investment app for young people won two students from Digital Media and Design the FA bachelor thesis award 2018. They received the award in connection with Finance IT Day on Wednesday 14 November – and the winners are naturally planning to invest the DKK 30,000 prize.

ITU graduates created one of Italy’s biggest game successes

Digital Design Department Entrepreneurship computer games startups

20 September, 2018

Three graduates from ITU’s Games programme went on to found what would become one of Italy’s most successful indie game studios, 34BigThings. We talked to the founders about their company and their time at ITU.

Spinout from ITU automates strenuous lab work

Digital Design Department Research Entrepreneurship startups robots

13 September, 2018

Robot professor Kasper Støy has founded Flow Robotics, which lets a robot take over repetitive pipetting tasks that lead to hand and arm injuries among lab workers.

Robotic fish teaches itself to swim

Digital Design Department Research robots artificial intelligence

15 August, 2018

Inspired by the black ghost knifefish, two researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen have developed a soft robot that taught itself to swim. By means of an evolutionary algorithm, the artificial fish has discovered a swimming technique resembling that which the knife fish developed through natural evolution.

ITU hosts triple conference on games

Digital Design Department Research Events computer games Espen Aarseth

10 August, 2018

From August 13-17, more than 80 computer game researchers from around the world will gather at the IT University of Copenhagen for three consecutive conferences on games analysis, history and philosophy.

ITU researcher receives artificial life-award

Digital Design Department Sebastian Risi Research 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

Digital Design Department Research computer games artificial intelligence Sebastian Risi

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.

ITU researcher receives award for intelligent lighting project

Digital Design Department Research awards design green IT

7 June, 2018

Kjell Yngve Petersen, Associate Professor at the IT University in Copenhagen, has received the energy sector’s research award ELFORSK for a project on intelligent lighting that provides energy savings as well as better lighting for the users.

What can we learn from the Facebook data scandal?

Digital Design Department Business IT Department social media privacy Aske Kammer Brit Ross Winthereik Irina Shklovski

7 May, 2018

The Cambridge Analytica scandal where data from 87 million Facebook users was abused has raised concerns and debate about the implications of sharing personal data with global tech companies. Here, three ITU researchers reflect on what we can learn from the scandal.

Young ITU researcher receives EliteForsk travel grant for teaching computers to think strategically

Digital Design Department Research artificial intelligence computer games awards

1 March, 2018

Niels Justesen is awarded a travel grant of DKK 200,000, and plans to travel to both New York and France, to work with some of the leading researchers in computer games and robots.

Digital trends for 2018: Data ethics, IT security and self-driving cars

Digital Design Department Business IT Department Computer Science Department Rasmus Pagh Kasper Støy Irina Shklovski Søren Debois Lone Malmborg

22 December, 2017

What’s in store for technology in 2018? We have asked five ITU researchers to share their predictions.

A Tinder app for art

Digital Design Department Education ITU thesis digital art design

20 December, 2017

Digital technologies allow us to create more targeted and personalized museum experiences, according to Marie Bryndum and Maria Muhandes, who studied Digital Design and Communication at ITU. In their thesis project, they designed a Tinder-like app that gives museum visitors easier access to information about the artworks.

Digital design programme sharpens technical focus

Digital Design Department Education design Jonas Fritsch

11 December, 2017

The IT University's MSc programme in Digital Design and Communication changes its name to Digital Design and Interactive Technologies (DDIT). At the same time, the programme will give students a stronger technical foundation.

Thesis project turned into an award-winning puzzle game

Digital Design Department Education ITU thesis computer games

6 December, 2017

Four students from ITU’s Games programme dedicated their thesis to making the Virtual Reality (VR) experience more social. The resulting game ‘Tell Me What You See’ won the award for ‘Most Innovative Newcomer’ at the game festival Play17 and took the prize as best ITU student project in 2017.

Can chemotherapy at home benefit cancer patients?

Digital Design Department Education design health ITU thesis

17 November, 2017

Since 2015, some Danish cancer patients have had the opportunity to receive parts of their chemotherapy treatment in their own homes. What advantages and disadvantages does this have for the patients? This was the central question posed by Cecilie Jo Nielsen and Astrid Ellen Dalsjö in their MSc thesis from Digital Design and Communication at the IT University of Copenhagen (the programme changed its name to Digital Design and Interactive Technologies in November 2017).

Savings concept for young bank customers wins bachelor thesis award

Digital Design Department Education design fintech

9 November, 2017

Three Digital Media and Design students at the IT University of Copenhagen have received FA's bachelor thesis award for a project, in which they developed a digital concept in the form of a savings app for young bank customers. The honour comes with a DKK 30,000 prize.

Creating more realistic hand movements in VR

Digital Design Department Education computer games ITU thesis

26 October, 2017

How can you create a more realistic Virtual Reality experience? Well, it might help if your hand couldn’t move straight through solid objects like tables and walls. Phillip Phoelich and Óscar Losada set out to create a software solution to this problem in their thesis project from the Games programme at the IT University of Copenhagen.

Three ITU faculty awarded for excellence in teaching

Digital Design Department About ITU Business IT Department Computer Science Department

18 October, 2017

At ITU’s annual party on September 29, three faculty members received ITU’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The awards were given based on the students’ course evaluations. ITU faculty are generally ranked highly by students, according to a survey by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science from earlier this year.

CAST IT: Game Studies From The Hobbit To Minecraft

Digital Design Department Research computer games Espen Aarseth Thore Husfeldt cast IT

13 October, 2017

Learn more about computer games and the field of Game Studies in this podcast featuring Espen Aarseth, professor at ITU.

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.

New robot printer spits out recyclable robots

Digital Design Department Computer Science Department Research robots Sebastian Risi

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.

Scandinavian design methods are popular in Japan

Digital Design Department Research design seniors Lone Malmborg Collaborations

30 March, 2017

A group of researchers from the ITU Co-design team are experiencing great interest from Japanese universities and companies who want to learn more about the Scandinavian design methods. A new collaboration with the Hakodate Future University is now being signed.

ITU appoints Denmark’s first professor in computer games

Digital Design Department Research computer games Espen Aarseth

29 March, 2017

The IT University of Copenhagen has appointed Espen Aarseth Professor of Game Studies, a field he has played a significant role in establishing. On Tuesday, April 4, he will share his take on the state of computer games research and the still unanswered questions about the impact of games on our lives.

The robots of the future are soft and octopus-like

Digital Design Department Research digital art robots

27 February, 2017

Soft robots made from materials like silicone have the potential to change what we use robots for and challenge how we perceive them, says PhD student Jonas Jørgensen, who uses his combined background as a physicist and art historian in his experiments with the technology.

ITU appoints new professor in digital design

Digital Design Department Research health

20 February, 2017

Minna Isomursu has joined ITU as a professor in interaction design and co-design in the university’s Digital Design department. At ITU she will among other things continue her research on improving health care services using data.

Designing a health care system for everyone

Digital Design Department Research health Erik Grönvall

20 February, 2017

For people who travel to a new country to work or study, getting to know a new health system can be a challenge. Erik Grönvall studies how technology might help to make public services more accessible for new and old citizens alike.

Computer games are an art form, too

Digital Design Department Research

30 January, 2017

Just like films, literature and theatre, computer games are important artefacts through which we can understand our cultural heritage, says Hans-Joachim Backe. His research is about finding out exactly how digital games communicate – and sometimes inspire players to reflect on the morality of their own actions.

5 digital trends to keep an eye on in 2017

Digital Design Department Business IT Department Computer Science Department

10 January, 2017

Blockchain technology will create a basis for a whole new economy, artificial intelligence will enter our daily lives, and the responsibility of media giants will come into focus. We have asked five researchers at the IT University to take a peek into the crystal ball and predict what digital trends will shape the coming year.

Researchers to create more engaging digital museum experiences

Digital Design Department Research

27 September, 2016

The IT University of Copenhagen is leading a new research project helping museums across Europe exploit the potential of technology for engaging art and culture audiences. The project has received €2,4 million in EU funding.

How does Wi-Fi feel on the body?

Digital Design Department Research Anna Vallgårda Erik Grönvall Jonas Fritsch awards

27 June, 2016

Three researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen have developed and studied FeltRadio, a device that translates radio waves from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth into electrical impulses on the body. In the beginning of June, the project received an Honorable Mention Award at the DIS conference in Brisbane.

Experiments change our views of computer design

Digital Design Department Anna Vallgårda design Research

10 June, 2016

Have you ever wondered why the computer looks the way it does? Why it is made of steel with a keyboard and a screen?

ITU creatives bridge the gap to the industry

Digital Design Department Education design

3 May, 2016

The new student organization ITU Designers is bringing together students from all ITU study programmes to help students expand their portfolio and build their knowledge of the industry.

Creative machines: The next frontier for artificial intelligence

Digital Design Department Education artificial intelligence

2 May, 2016

Artificial intelligence can solve routine tasks but still struggles to be creative or collaborate with us.

New research will help us understand computer games

Digital Design Department Research computer games Espen Aarseth

2 May, 2016

Espen Aarseth, Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, has received one of Europe's most prestigious research grants, an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) of two million Euro. He will spend the next five years laying the groundwork for the first comprehensive theory of computer games.

Communication of cultural heritage: Is digitization a must?

Digital Design Department Research diversity media

3 February, 2016

Massive amounts of money have been spent to digitize the Danish cultural heritage. However interactive installations and comprehensive websites far from always have the desired effect. The research project ‘Det digitale Glyptotek’ will investigate if and how communication of cultural heritage can be enriched by the use of IT.

New report: Danes are skilled, but often uncritical media users

Digital Design Department media Research Gitte Stald

18 December, 2015

Danes are generally competent media users, shows a new report by the IT University prepared for the Danish Agency for Culture and the Culture Authority and The Media Council. Many are, however, quite uncritical, and some groups have difficulties in keeping up with digitalization.

Students exhibited digital artworks

Digital Design Department digital art computer games Education

2 December, 2015

A sensitive robot and a womb simulation were among the creative installations on display when students from Digital Media and Design exhibited their final projects at ITU on December 1.

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