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ITU students and alumni win awards at Copenhagen Gaming Week

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21 February, 2025

ITU was represented with games developed by both students and alumni from the university at Copenhagen Gaming Week and ‘Spilprisen’ that took place last week. Students from the MSc Games won the award for ’Best Student Game’, while alumni from the same study programme won for ‘Best Debut’.

ITU students take on fake news with video game

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2 July, 2024

In only 48 hours, Saskia Joanna Rauhut, Giorgio Perri, and Ioannis Maliaras from ITU’s MSc in Games programme completed a video game that tackles fake news in a profound and thought-provoking manner. The game was developed at the “Truth, Lies & Democracy” game jam in Barcelona.

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

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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

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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.

Hanna Wirman investigates how online games are used in unforeseen ways

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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

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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.

Professor portrait: “My weird and playful approach is what drives my research”

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22 May, 2023

On May 26, Miguel Sicart, Head of Center for Digital Play, presented his inaugural lecture as professor. He has spent the past twenty years working in games research at IT University of Copenhagen, and today he is considered a pioneer in the field of game studies.

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

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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

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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

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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.

Using Minecraft to explore climate change topics with school children

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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

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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.

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

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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.

Software students win award for educational game about tech monopolies

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11 November, 2020

Lily Li and Olivia Winkel finished their bachelor's degree in Software Development with a project on computer games as a learning tool. The thesis has just received FA’s bachelor award - with the recognition comes a check for DKK 30,000.

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

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6 August, 2020

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

Computer game creates better understanding of Alzheimer's

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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.

ITU graduates behind new Virtual Reality startup

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28 January, 2019

With a new Virtual Reality tool, two entrepreneurs from the IT University of Copenhagen have created a faster and easier way to create 3D animations. Their company, Sidetracked, has just landed a DKK one million investment which will enable them to launch their product this summer.

ITU graduates created one of Italy’s biggest game successes

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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.

ITU hosts triple conference on games

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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.

AI generates new challenges for Mario

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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.

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

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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.

Thesis project turned into an award-winning puzzle game

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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.

Creating more realistic hand movements in VR

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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.

CAST IT: Game Studies From The Hobbit To Minecraft

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13 October, 2017

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

Researchers are training a deep learning algorithm to beat humans at StarCraft

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4 October, 2017

Computers have already crushed humans at chess, Go and poker. Now, researchers at the IT University of Copenhagen are training an algorithm to beat the best human players in the sci-fi computer game StarCraft. If the project succeeds, it will be another quantum leap forward for artificial intelligence (AI).

ITU appoints Denmark’s first professor in computer games

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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.

New startup wants to create social gaming experiences

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24 February, 2017

Tanja Lind Tankred and Mira Dorthé have founded the new independent game studio Other Tales Interactive specializing in narrative games for mobile platforms. Their first game Tick Tock started as a thesis project at the IT University of Copenhagen.

New research will help us understand computer games

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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.

300 gamers are taking over ITU on April 1-3

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9 March, 2016

The student organization ITU LAN is organizing a weekend full of non-stop gaming, intense tournaments and friendly banter in front of the screen.

Concerns about video games: Conference at ITU on January 20-22

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18 January, 2016

An upcoming conference at the IT University of Copenhagen sheds light on the latest research on computer games and asks why the relationship between violence and computer games continues to be the subject of heated debate.

ITU alumni among nominees at Independent Games Festival

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13 January, 2016

Game companies emerging from the IT University of Copenhagen are in the international top league – three companies founded by former students are among the nominees at the 2016 Independent Games Festival Awards.

Students exhibited digital artworks

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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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