"Carsten Schürmann"

"The aim is our trust"

6 May, 2025

As part of the Danish Science Festival, the IT University and the newspaper Dagbladet Information gathered a number of experts to discuss cyber warfare in Denmark and how prepared we are for it. The Minister of Resilience and Preparedness, Thorsten Schack Pedersen, also participated in the talk.

ITU researcher investigates elections in Greenland

Carsten Schürmann Collaborations Research democracy

11 March, 2025

On 11 March 2025, the election for Inatsisartut (Greenland's parliament) will take place. For several years, researchers from ITU, led by Professor Carsten Schürmann and Center for Information Security and Trust, have been investigating election and the possibility of internet elections in Greenland, and the election today is no exception.

Ukraine’s head of IT security of the digital infrastructure gave insights in cyberwarfare in online lecture at ITU

Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department IT security

3 October, 2023

In an online lecture, held at IT University of Copenhagen on September the 28th, Victor Zhora, who is responsible for cybersecuring the Ukrainian digital infrastructure, took students and researchers behind the front lines of the cyberwar, which he describes as the “first cyber world war”.

Newly appointed professor: Creating trust is crucial in cyber security

Carsten Schürmann Research data science democracy

19 November, 2019

Trust and cyber security are interconnected in elections and digital voting, says the newly appointed Professor Carsten Schürmann. If the result of an election is not trusted, it does not matter if it is correct.

ITU appoints three new professors in Computer Science

Carsten Schürmann Thore Husfeldt Yvonne Dittrich Computer Science Department algorithms software privacy

29 October, 2019

Security in digital democracies, algorithms and the human aspect of software engineering are among the new professors’ research areas.

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

Carsten Schürmann Business IT Department Computer Science Department Digital Design 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.

ITU researcher shows how to hack the Emmy Awards on a popular American TV show

Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research IT security

12 June, 2018

Carsten Schürmann, associate professor and election security expert, demonstrated how to manipulate the result of the Emmy awards in an interview with Nathan Fielder, the host of the popular TV show, Nathan For You, which is pre-nominated for an award.

IT security is vital for the democratic process

Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research IT security democracy

22 February, 2018

Many countries are digitizing the electoral process. Associate professor Carsten Schürmann explores how it can be done without jeopardizing voters' trust.

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.

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.

CAST IT: Electronic Elections

Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research democracy IT security cast IT Thore Husfeldt

19 May, 2017

In this podcast, Thore Husfeldt discusses digital democracy with ITU researcher Carsten Schürmann.

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